£6 dearer to watch Reading at home than away this season!

[bb0118]

Throughout the season I have totalled up each ticket price that adult AST's have been charged and here are the results:

Arsenal - £32
Aston Villa - £25
Blackburn Rovers - £25
Bolton Wanderers - £21
Charlton Athletic - £20
Chelsea - £48
Everton - £28
Fulham - £30
Liverpool - £32
Manchester City - £23
Manchester United - £36
Middlesbrough - £24
Newcastle United - £32
Portsmouth - £28
Sheffield United - £26
Tottenham Hotspur - £32
Watford - £20
West Ham United - £32
Wigan Athletic - £25

TOTAL COST = £539

Only 3 teams have charged us the most expensive ticket prices (prices according to footballgroundguide) - Chelsea, Newcastle and Watford!

Just thought I'd share that all with you anyway.

[RG30]

Depends though bb0118 has the club use a "Platinum, Gold, Silver" pricing structure, so different opinions but anything over £30 at this level is unacceptable, but the top 4 got away with charging it.

[bb0118]

I should add that im comparing a home ST to an away ST to watch Reading this season. Also note thats its at least £3 cheaper is you sat in lower tier at Chelsea and Everton.

[The 17 Bus]

as an ddition to this can I point out that a ticket for Newcastle is £35, same cost of going to Wembley for the Cup Final, come on RFC have a look at yourselves.

[Row Z Royal]

I should add that im comparing a home ST to an away ST to watch Reading this season. Also note thats its at least £3 cheaper is you sat in lower tier at Chelsea and Everton.

And £5 cheaper in the lower at Spurs than the upper.

[Huntley & Palmer]

YAWN, the prices are high due to the capacity. If and when it goes up the prices will come down as we struggle to fill it

[66DD]

My ticket for Old Trafford was £42.

[cmonurz]

YAWN, the prices are high due to the capacity. If and when it goes up the prices will come down as we struggle to fill it

I would be very very surprised if (barring a relegation) prices came down at all.

If they were genuinely 'too high', as oppose to 'expensive' then we wouldn't be selling out every week. I am sure that once the capacity increases, we will achieve, 28-30,000 crowds every week at these same prices. I don't actually think we have a much wider fan base than this, so decreasing prices would, imho, then have little effect.

[Dirk Gently]

Yes and no.

I don't think that adult ST prices will come down, although I can possibly see some reductions in junior and OAP prices.

What I can see happening, though, are promotions for the less popular matches (e.g. Wigan if they're still around) - things like family/group ticket reductions and kids for a quid etc - to help fill the stadium for that type of match.

So perhaps average ticket prices will come down, rather than individual ticket prices.

[Behindu]

I don't actually think we have a much wider fan base than this, so decreasing prices would, imho, then have little effect.

I'm never sure what the term 'fan base' means to be honest.

There are a million or so people within pretty easy reach of the Mad Stad. It's not a question of how many might be potential STH, more a question of how many might come once a season if the marketing is done well.

20,000 STH plus 4k away fans plus 10k match day sales should be quite doable in this area.

[Turns8]

Add getting to and from each of the grounds and also the comparative spend on the day, food drink etc...and I would suggest that overall you have spent a considerable amount more going to away games...I think the pricing at Reading is about right really.

[readingfc_4_life_and_beyo]

YAWN, the prices are high due to the capacity. If and when it goes up the prices will come down IF we struggle to fill it

[readingfc_4_life_and_beyo]

I don't actually think we have a much wider fan base than this, so decreasing prices would, imho, then have little effect.

I'm never sure what the term 'fan base' means to be honest.

There are a million or so people within pretty easy reach of the Mad Stad. It's not a question of how many might be potential STH, more a question of how many might come once a season if the marketing is done well.

20,000 STH plus 4k away fans plus 10k match day sales should be quite doable in this area.

The number of people willing to go to a particular match is how I see it. The fan base increases against Man Utd etc. because of the number of people wanting to watch a match. They are our fan base, because they give money to watch our matches whether they support the team or not.

[working class hero]

I should add that im comparing a home ST to an away ST to watch Reading this season. Also note thats its at least £3 cheaper is you sat in lower tier at Chelsea and Everton.

A truer comparison would be match day prices for home games [as that is what you pay for an away ST]. This makes RFC look really rather expensive.

[Behindu]

I should add that im comparing a home ST to an away ST to watch Reading this season. Also note thats its at least £3 cheaper is you sat in lower tier at Chelsea and Everton.

A truer comparison would be match day prices for home games [as that is what you pay for an away ST]. This makes RFC look really rather expensive.

Although not always easy as some clubs have a lot more pricing options so you can;t be sure you are comparing like with like.

Will be good when the expansion is completed and we have had a couple of seasons with big TV money as until then it's rather misleading to compare us with Fulham, Bolton, Charlton etc as the background agaisnt which the prices are set is so different.

I'm sure we'd all love to be paying 'just' £20 a game each week!!

[Mr Angry]

For the vast majority of the other teams in this Division, Reading is one of the least attractive games they had at home this season, and their respective pricing policies reflected that.

For us, with a relatively small capacity, and with demand far out-stripping supply, added to the fact that we were going to be seeing some of the most iconic teams and players in World football at our stadium, the prices were set accordingly.

To try and compare our pricing with that of other teams needs to have an understanding of pretty basic economics before reaching the position of Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells at the situation.

[Behindu]

To try and compare our pricing with that of other teams needs to have an understanding of pretty basic economics before reaching the position of Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells at the situation.

I think most people do understand why, but it still hits them in the pocket...

The club have said the extra capacity will allow them to do more with the pricing but as things stand there is nothing (other than I suppose altrusim) which would suggest they are not pitching the prices about right for the circumstances.

[Huntley & Palmer]

YAWN, the prices are high due to the capacity. If and when it goes up the prices will come down as we struggle to fill it

I would be very very surprised if (barring a relegation) prices came down at all.

If they were genuinely 'too high', as oppose to 'expensive' then we wouldn't be selling out every week. I am sure that once the capacity increases, we will achieve, 28-30,000 crowds every week at these same prices. I don't actually think we have a much wider fan base than this, so decreasing prices would, imho, then have little effect.

There will be a break point on the pricing where the maximum price is reached, I would envisage it being now. The price won't come down if the East Stand extension sells out or is within a 1000 or so of capacity, I can imagine it will be as the whole of the South Stand would be offered as the away end and the current RFC fans in there would be relocated to an area somewhere else in the ground.