[Albion] Category A* games introduced for 2019/20

[Goldstone1976]

Liverpool and ManU have been designated category A* for next season, with the other four of the big 6 (including the PL Champions for the last two seasons) remaining Cat A.

I can only assume it’s to allow for higher match day ticket prices (have they already been announced for next season?) either this season or in future seasons, although I spotted it in the context of the four-match hospitality option, where you can choose 1*Cat A or Cat A* game (for the same price).

The club are clearly gearing up for something, but it’s not clear to me what atm.

https://www.brightonandhovealbion.c...y-hospitality/?dm_i=2D77,1F97M,3IPKDH,4QBDE,1

 

[Invicta]

Palace @ category C..... surely not !

 

[Goldstone1976]

Palace @ category C..... surely not !

Yeah, that caught my eye too. From memory, it was B last season.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Yeah, that caught my eye too. From memory, it was B last season.

From balls to crap

 

[Bozza]

"Commercial Match Categories 2019/20"

 

[Justice]

Man Utd? They will be battling it out in the bottom half of the table along with us next season.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Palace @ category C..... surely not !

One of the few not to sell out last season. Not helped by being played on a Tuesday night.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

“Champagne on arrival”

This is an upgrade. Last season it was Prosecco. Season before it was Ridgeview English Sparkling.

 

[Hamilton]

“Champagne on arrival”

This is an upgrade. Last season it was Prosecco. Season before it was Ridgeview English Sparkling.

Ridgeview would be an upgrade on champagne.


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[Me and my Monkey]

Ridgeview would be an upgrade on champagne.


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Indeed. Very expensive and rather tasty. In contrast to most champagnes - very expensive and massively overrated.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Ridgeview would be an upgrade on champagne.


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The club seemed to cut back a lot last year, although there was a noticeable uplift in price. The Prosecco on arrival was far cheaper than the Ridgeview from the previous season. The complimentary drinks one could choose from were noticeably far more limited than the previous season as well.

 

[Stat Brother]

The club seemed to cut back a lot last year, although there was a noticeable uplift in price. The Prosecco on arrival was far cheaper than the Ridgeview from the previous season. The complimentary drinks one could choose from were noticeably far more limited than the previous season as well.

The game's gone.

 

[Whitechapel]

One of the few not to sell out last season. Not helped by being played on a Tuesday night.

It sold out, although admittedly last minute.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

One of the few not to sell out last season. Not helped by being played on a Tuesday night.

Getting back to the original post; hospitality demand for the Liverpool game far outstripped all other games last season and broke all/most records apparently. I presume it will be priced according via the new A* status.

 

[el punal]

One of the few not to sell out last season. Not helped by being played on a Tuesday night.

Segregation innit. That mob were only allocated 2000 tickets, and same for reverse fixture, on police advice. Hence the lower number. Tuesday night or not this is a Palace fixture, it is still a must-go-to game.

 

[Goldstone1976]

"Commercial Match Categories 2019/20"

Thanks. I’d missed that rather obvious word.

It’s still (slightly) interesting though, in that even for Match, Ball, and Kit sponsorship the price for Cat A and A* games are the same. I don’t understand why you’d introduce a different category, determine and publish which opponents are in that new category, and then charge the same as for the pre-existing category.

Perhaps it’s just teeing up the chance to charge more in 20/21...

https://www.brightonandhovealbion.c...y-sponsorship/?dm_i=2D77,1F97M,3IPKDH,4QBDE,1

 

[el punal]

Palace @ category C..... surely not !

Apparently so. I have it on good authority that the club are introducing a dress code for this fixture - black hoodies must be worn at all times. On the menu the dessert will be Bombe Surprise, and indoor sparklers will be distributed to provide a pyrotechnic atmosphere to compliment the occasion.

In the South Stand the visiting fans will be able to enjoy a one-off special - Piglets Deluxe Humble Pie, full of gristle, hard to swallow, and with a lingering bitter aftertaste.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Getting back to the original post; hospitality demand for the Liverpool game far outstripped all other games last season and broke all/most records apparently. I presume it will be priced according via the new A* status.

Thanks. I’d missed that rather obvious word.

It’s still (slightly) interesting though, in that even for Match, Ball, and Kit sponsorship the price for Cat A and A* games are the same. I don’t understand why you’d introduce a different category, determine and publish which opponents are in that new category, and then charge the same as for the pre-existing category.

Perhaps it’s just teeing up the chance to charge more in 20/21...

https://www.brightonandhovealbion.c...y-sponsorship/?dm_i=2D77,1F97M,3IPKDH,4QBDE,1

I hadn’t spotted A* is the same as A. Doh.

 

[Wozza]

I'd like to think that someone, somewhere, has been asking: When are the commercial match categories out?

 

[southstandandy]

How low will the categorisation go? Will we be category 'R' for clubs like Liverpool?