nwgull
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Is that what they called St Mary's - a stadium that now sees over 30k through the gates every match - when Southampton got relegated to league 1?When we go down will the Amex be renamed The White Elephant Stadium?
Is that what they called St Mary's - a stadium that now sees over 30k through the gates every match - when Southampton got relegated to league 1?When we go down will the Amex be renamed The White Elephant Stadium?
Should be at least a 10% reduction in ticket prices if we go down
It wouldn't surprise me if Tony Bloom covered the loss of income out of his own pocket.With the potential of 30% non renewals that would need an increase of 42% in ticket prices. This would give us the same budget that the fans are not happy about and another £10million+ loss!
Tickets will not go up by 42% so he will have to stump up £15million plus next season!It wouldn't surprise me if Tony Bloom covered the loss of income out of his own pocket.
It also wouldn't surprise me if people still moaned about him not spending enough.
Tickets will not go up by 42% so he will have to stump up £15million plus next season!
Who's making this quick buck?Exactly, much as other clubs have done in the past, and is common in Germany too.
Where there's customers, theres a quick buck to be made.
Same as he stumped up in 12/13 then. Let's hope his pockets are as deep as they appear. Wouldn't blame him if he wanted the losses cut.
and I was under the impression we were 'Premier League Ready' ......
I just enjoy watching us play football, it never occurred to me to base my viewing decision on a target I'd set for the chief executive.Well its irrelevant to me as i wont renew. My target for barber is champ football.
Who's making this quick buck?
I just enjoy watching us play football, it never occurred to me to base my viewing decision on a target I'd set for the chief executive.
When the Season Ticket renewal letters came out last season much was made of the caveat that prices would increase with a promotion to the PL. Regardless of the fact that TV income would grow enormously, the Club felt it would be right to raise the prices.
As we are now just as likely to be challenging for a relegation spot as we were a play off spot last year, maybe Barber would like to add a caveat into the forthcoming letter to provide us some comfort that there would be a nice price reduction next season if we went down. I'm sure the sales of our valuable assets could be offset against this.
If the pricing structure is not well thought out, the AMEX could very quickly become a white elephant of a Club that got so close but failed when they needed that extra investment in Jan 2013.
12-15k in League 1 would reduce the Harvey's queues at half time though.
Barber would be off like a shot after justifying frozen/increased season ticket prices, telling us how lucky we are and belittling anyone who challenges the word of the Barb. It's all about him rather than the club; all that matters is his ego.
Opinions Paul, Opinions! Don't get all hissy again will you?
To justify the cost of the season ticket Im setting a target of Champ football otherwise I will pick and choose. After all there will be LOADS of seats to choose from.
So if Barber wants my business as a customer then minimum standards need to be met. And MY minimum standard is Champ football.
More than just an opinion though isn't it? At best it's a personal slur, at worst, character assassination.
To justify the cost of the season ticket Im setting a target of Champ football otherwise I will pick and choose. After all there will be LOADS of seats to choose from.
So if Barber wants my business as a customer then minimum standards need to be met. And MY minimum standard is Champ football.
It's too expensive as it is now, Barber should be pricing tickets to fill the stadium every game. He seems to be ignorant regarding the average earnings of people around Brighton who want to watch Football..