View Full Version : Ticket Price Hike!
galwayhoop
30/11/2006, 9:06 AM
ha? what has that got to with intake PER seat?
i persume that he is talkin about the take per seat per game. therefore if you play less games your figure for the overall period will level itself off
Nothing, If they kept the prices at Lansdowne levels, overall FAI income would be massively down. Seeing as they can't organise more games, they have to raise prices just to keep income levels where they are. And its how many games? 4/5? Not too big an increase IMO
Student Mullet
30/11/2006, 10:08 AM
I'll pay the extra 20 quid for these games if it means I don't have to buy tickets for stupid friendlies.
galwayhoop
30/11/2006, 10:13 AM
fair point. will probably end up costing less!!
paul_oshea
30/11/2006, 10:15 AM
Nothing, If they kept the prices at Lansdowne levels, overall FAI income would be massively down. Seeing as they can't organise more games, they have to raise prices just to keep income levels where they are. And its how many games? 4/5? Not too big an increase IMO
have to agree, its not too big in fairness, all things considered ( like those bigots at G.A.A headquarters ;) ;) ).
Kingdom
30/11/2006, 11:00 AM
have to agree, its not too big in fairness, all things considered ( like those bigots at G.A.A headquarters ;) ;) ).
I don't believe for one minute that when we go back to Lansdowne the prices will be reduced. And until they start proving that they are capable of using money correctly then then I don't believe increased ticket prices (in Landsowne) can be justified.
Schumi
30/11/2006, 12:26 PM
I'll pay the extra 20 quid for these games if it means I don't have to buy tickets for stupid friendlies.The last game of the group v Cyprus might as well be a friendly in fairness.
Student Mullet
30/11/2006, 12:30 PM
The last game of the group v Cyprus might as well be a friendly in fairness.I dinno, it could be a six pointer to decide 6th place,
SUB of the day
30/11/2006, 2:31 PM
The ROI football team will play at GAA HQ in their next home game.This is huge, seismic, historic.The whingefest in this thread is so off the mark.75,000 fans in a worldclass stadium, I can't wait, and would pay well over 50 euro to be at the first one.BTW the cheapest rugby ticket is 80 euro...nuff said.
Student Mullet
30/11/2006, 2:33 PM
The ROI football team will play at GAA HQ in their next home game.This is huge, seismic, historic.The whingefest in this thread is so off the mark.75,000 fans in a worldclass stadium, I can't wait, and would pay well over 50 euro to be at the first one.BTW the cheapest rugby ticket is 80 euro...nuff said.The cheapest rugby ticket is 30 euro.
paul_oshea
30/11/2006, 3:05 PM
thats cos the hill doesnt have to be converted.....
SuperDave
30/11/2006, 3:12 PM
but landsdowne was liable for rent too, albeit a smaller amount.
i reckon that the projected net intake for the fai per seat surely must be vastly greater than that achieved at landsdowne....
put simply... a proportion of every ticket price goes on fixed costs... security, insurance, stewards etc, and regardless of capacity these costs increase proportionately so the same ticket price would be necessary for 10,000 as for 110,000 people (give or take a small amount of fixed costs, say covered by corporate box profits). Rent at croke is the big thing and €1.5m/75,000 spectators is €20 a ticket... roughly the increase in price. Fair dos, and the stadium will be full for the wales, slovakia and germany games
and of course ticket prices won't be reduced at lansdowne... sure they'll have huge loans to pay back. I'm sure they won't be able to raise much of the capital without lending.
SUB of the day
30/11/2006, 6:14 PM
The cheapest rugby ticket is 30 euro.
The cheapest rugby STAND SEAT is 80 euro.....
stickyjoe
30/11/2006, 6:51 PM
Tickets are expensive yea but the 50 euro tickets are not that much more expensive then we`d pay in the East/West in Landsdowne. And we`ll be playing in a world class stadium compared to the kipthat was landsdowne.
BTW, how much is the average premiership ticket? I`d imagine more then 50 euro
Bring on Croker !
BTW, how much is the average premiership ticket? I`d imagine more then 50 euro
apart from chelsea, you'd pay no more than 50e depending on the game
CollegeTillIDie
30/11/2006, 10:16 PM
EL fans should boycott anything to do with the GAA, including international football games in Croker, until Thomas Davis back off and leave the Hoops to their stadium in Tallaght.
Dodge
30/11/2006, 10:24 PM
EL fans should boycott anything to do with the GAA, including international football games in Croker, until Thomas Davis back off and leave the Hoops to their stadium in Tallaght.
They should boycott anything involving the FAI for worse crimes against football in Ireland. (Agree with your sentiments though)
galwayhoop
30/11/2006, 10:38 PM
EL fans should boycott anything to do with the GAA, including international football games in Croker, until Thomas Davis back off and leave the Hoops to their stadium in Tallaght.
that would hurt the GAA how? they would still get the € 1.5m for each game and the FAI would lose revenue from less ticket sales
paul_oshea
01/12/2006, 12:02 PM
great to see the usual sh1te reveluionist stuff coming out from the same posters as always.....how would a boycott affect the G.A.A?!?! eh it wouldn't...
have to agree on the tallaght thing though.....its a bit hypocritical....is it really though?
Collyontour
01/12/2006, 1:18 PM
Boycott?? Seriously, the only thing that would do is hurt yourselves. You'd either be giving up your block booking tickets or you'd be paying for them and standing outside the stadium in the rain.
MickeyT
01/12/2006, 4:17 PM
The FAI must be delighted to see so many people justifying the price hike. Take a look at the price of tickets to 2 matches to see France play in the Stade de France: http://www.fff.fr/billet/340385.shtml.
If the French FA tried to charge people 50 euro a pop to watch a match from behind the goal the fans would stay away in their droves and the FA wouldn't try it again that's for sure. Most of ye will remember paying only 25 euro for a seat behind the goal in Stuttgart as well.
The only way the FAI (an organisation that has wasted money hand over fist for years) will sit up and take notice is if people vote with their feet.
I don't expect this to happen at all, and neither do the FAI so expect it to be minimum 60 euro in 2008 if we're playing there.
pineapple stu
01/12/2006, 6:58 PM
I rang them to give out and I was told that I should put a little note on my application form saying that I want to be in a singing section.
Turns out that - wait for it - they forgot. About the whole thing. Apparently there's other steps yet in deciding where everyone goes, blah de blah de blah, but the bottom line is they forgot to put the one f***ing line on the f***ing form like they were f***ing told to. :rolleyes:
RonnieB
03/12/2006, 9:42 AM
ffs, they cant even do the simple things. Bunch of clowns. Still haven't got my letter that was being sent out to block booker, everyone else get theirs?
SuperDave
03/12/2006, 1:13 PM
ffs, they cant even do the simple things. Bunch of clowns. Still haven't got my letter that was being sent out to block booker, everyone else get theirs?
i take it waiting listers haven't got letters yet? you wouldn't want the fai to **** up, a letter to get lost in the post and to lose a place.
supasparx
03/12/2006, 7:57 PM
apart from chelsea, you'd pay no more than 50e depending on the game
Arsenal is now the most expensive ticket in the premiership. I paid £66 sterling (98euro) for the game against Liverpool last month, and have not paid less than £44 sterling (65euro) yet this season.
reder
04/12/2006, 11:56 AM
The FAI have to absorb a lot of extra costs. The security bill for Croke park will be way way higher the lansdowne. For the germany and wales games there will probably be 6500 away fans. This means the cops, who lets be honest dont like football supporters, will have to increase their presence greatly. The riot police will be out in force and they whole thing will be complete OTT. I can almost see the OTT GAA backed headlines about hardcore German and Welsh hoolies coming to town. No doubt england fans will be dragged into it also, somehow!!
The FAI will also have little or no income from friendlies for the next few years.
As for the FAI office staff, I must say I have always found them extremely helpful, my emails are always responded to very promptly and Emma & Mary are very professional in their work.
As for the singing section, I presumed it would be the lower tier behind the goal which is the canal lower as the away fans have the other end. My sister works in H&S and said there is no earthly way the FAI can openly advocate an all standing section. I just say we should all go into the Canal Lower, stand and sing. They cant throw all the canal end out of the ground for persistent standing!
reder
04/12/2006, 11:58 AM
Arsenal is now the most expensive ticket in the premiership. I paid £66 sterling (98euro) for the game against Liverpool last month, and have not paid less than £44 sterling (65euro) yet this season.
Some of the ticket for arsenal are £90. Most clubs charge between 30-40. Wigan are the cheapest some of their category B games are £25 and category A games are £30.
pineapple stu
04/12/2006, 12:44 PM
As for the singing section, I presumed it would be the lower tier behind the goal which is the canal lower as the away fans have the other end.
Yep, that's correct.
Anyone who gets tickets through their eL clubs will still be included in this section. Although I understand they haven't sent those forms out either...
The FAI must be delighted to see so many people justifying the price hike. Take a look at the price of tickets to 2 matches to see France play in the Stade de France: http://www.fff.fr/billet/340385.shtml.
If the French FA tried to charge people 50 euro a pop to watch a match from behind the goal the fans would stay away in their droves and the FA wouldn't try it again that's for sure. Most of ye will remember paying only 25 euro for a seat behind the goal in Stuttgart as well.
The only way the FAI (an organisation that has wasted money hand over fist for years) will sit up and take notice is if people vote with their feet.
I don't expect this to happen at all, and neither do the FAI so expect it to be minimum 60 euro in 2008 if we're playing there.
There is no way we can compare European ticket prices with prices here. Sure for the France game in 2004 and the Germany game in 2006 tickets were sold to the public on the internet, something unheard of here in Ireland.
For some reason this country has a insatiable demand for tickets to big sporting events, such as soccer and rugby internationals, GAA and rugby finals, Ryder cup etc.
Irish sports fans will pay any amount of money to see any sporting event.
And I totally agree that the prices for the new Lansdowne Rd will keeping going up and up, regardless of capacity, and people will keep coming and coming.
MickeyT
15/12/2006, 1:40 PM
Irish sports fans will pay any amount of money to see any sporting event.
Vast amounts of these "Irish sports fans" won't pay any money at all to watch their local team down the road play.
I also don't see why we can't compare European prices with prices here. The facilities are comparable, the cost of living is comparable, the only thing that probably isn't comparable is the quality of the football.
NeilMcD
15/12/2006, 1:40 PM
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Irish sports fans will pay any amount of money to see any sporting event.
I dont agree with that statement. There are loads of people who do not attend any League of Ireland games ever. What the Irish public have a huge deman for is the high profile sporting occassions.
I dont agree with that statement. There are loads of people who do not attend any League of Ireland games ever. What the Irish public have a huge deman for is the high profile sporting occassions.
True - Irish people will pay any amount of money to see any 'high profile' sporting event with international connatations.
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