Lower Mayflower seat "evictions"

[Lyndhurst Road End]

I'd also expect a fair size rise in the cost of season tickets this coming season. Everyone was expecting to pay more this season and were very happy with the price, BUT after a year in the championship and seeing what we are up against and other clubs costs I think it's inevitable. (like the increase in corporate availability).
Everyone has a price, for me this season (mostly 😉) has been extremely entertaining and worth paying for.

 

[greenbear]

Moving of the seats I actually get, I'd be a bit miffed if it was my seat as I'd expect anyone would be but I'd accept for the greater good.. however the bit that I'm not a fan of is there is currently a large waiting list as the stadium is sold out of season tickets and of course than being sold out for each match as a whole. So this selection of 'premium tickets' is being took off those that have supported us through the last few years. This is a gamble, we want to keep people having the argyle buzz and people wanting to come rain and shine, not just for a bit of flash.

 

[IJN]

To stay in my same seats my only option is this new “club gold” offering, club offered 10% discount on the £1,495 + VAT for kids, still works out at £70odd per game for a child

Ah I see what you mean.

No brainer really, you have to move don't you?

 

[MGM]

Isn’t everything going up?

To be honest l expect a price rise for Championship or league one football next season. It’s just the way things are these days so l wouldn’t expect Football to be different.

Plus, we have a waiting list. So if someone doesn’t want their ticket, someone else will. We are lucky in the sense we don’t get “tourist” supporters like a London club would do. This is why clubs like Tottenham can yet again put season prices up for OAP’s next season.

These clubs want the “day tripper“ to come & spend their money in the club shop. Its sickening to see the way top level football is going & treating the loyal supporter.

As for making room for corporate seats l feel for the people being evicted. However, with limited room & a fan base that now wants to compete in a league it’s not financially equipped to do, then what alternative is there to generate more money. Corporate sales at HP are going through the roof so commercially this makes viable, financial sense.

l don’t like it, but it’s the price you pay if you want to be successfu.

 

[Green 1886]

Ah I see what you mean.

No brainer really, you have to move don't you?

Yes indeed, but where is the question? As I take my 2 kids they (understandably) won’t allow seats that are not together so quite what the offering will be remains to be seen, but wherever it maybe they’re m not going to give the view that I’ve had for the past 4 seasons (will be behind a pillar in the grandstand or front row somewhere else - basically seats nobody else wants)

 

[Daz]

If you want the club to spend more on the team, then this is the sort of thing you're just going to have to suck up.

That’s great until they stop OAP discounts as they can get more money (I think Spurs have done this), then they stop U18 discounts etc etc. I think turfing people out of their seats as they can get more money for them is a poor show if I’m honest. It doesn’t take in to account the loyalty of supporting the club through thin and thinner for decades.

The club are getting millions of pounds more next season if they stay up. The Gold package in my opinion has no value whatsoever. Fair play to the club if they can get it, how long they will I don’t know. There is some value in the gold plus which is what I will probably end up having to do.

 

[Brechin Hedge]

maximise attendance or optimise attendance.

this is a big issue in football at the moment. do you maximise ground attendance (number of bums on seats) or optimise attendance (less bums on seats but more cash as you sell corproate packages etc).

we are seeing this at argyle. less cash for season tickets so while demand is high restrict season tickets and sell match tickets instead.

beginning of the end for me. everything done by the club requires extra profit. works while times are good. not so clever when the team struggles and you rely on the die hards.

 

[NLG]

Yes, and like others I’ve tried introducing my kids into argyle. At £80 a s/t it’s represented good value and got them hooked, I’m now being asked to pay around the same amount PER GAME as I paid per season.

As long as they offer you seats elsewhere then I guess it's just something you have to accept, kids prices are ridiculously cheap, rightly so, but do cost the club in reduced average revenue per seat.

 

[Fergy]

Despite our recent successes, I do question whether we have enough wealthy ‘supporters’ who would be prepared to pay that.

Cornwall and Devon has its affluent areas outside of Plymouth but are those inhabitants really going Argyle regularly?

 

[Green Flash]

The club is generally well run but I think it has to offer value in everything it does to maintain long term goodwill and thrive as a business - it is riding the crest of a wave at the moment, so can probably get away with more in the short term, but that will not last forever. Evergreen membership that appears to offer very poor value and this club gold package that no longer even gives access to the main hospitality lounge for nearly £80 per match shows me that on occasion they are losing sight of this.

 

[Sherford Green]

Despite our recent successes, I do question whether we have enough wealthy ‘supporters’ who would be prepared to pay that.

Cornwall and Devon has its affluent areas outside of Plymouth but are those inhabitants really going Argyle regularly?

I’m sure Argyle have spent quite some time gaining evidence on what people are prepared to pay for certain facilities when they attend Argyle. They wouldn’t have made this decision if they weren’t confident they would sell the seats. That said, I do think they need to be very careful not to alienate long standing fans.

 

[Green 1886]

I can envisage a scenario where we’re struggling in league 1, or dare I say it back in league 2 in 8-10 years time. I wonder what price argyle will put on my seat then?
I’ve never been one to buy into this whole “this is MY SEAT” nonsense, but I’ve been going for over 35 years, a season ticket holder for well over half of it, it now feels I’m being priced (and bullied out of it). I’ll reserve full judgement until I see what alternative Argyle offer, but with a season ticket waiting list I’m not holding out much hope. It’s more my kids (and others in the same boat) who I feel for. Been reeled in by some really good offers over the past few seasons to now effectively be dropped for Harry Enfields “Loadsamoney” instead

 

[Brechin Hedge]

£80 for a club gold ticket? what do you get for that??? really am curious why anyone would pay £80 to watch a match when you can pay £16.74 with a mayflower season ticket?????

 

[Green 1886]

£80 for a club gold ticket? what do you get for that??? really am curious why anyone would pay £80 to watch a match when you can pay £16.74 with a mayflower season ticket?????

Already posted it.

 

[MGM]

Football is a game for everyone. Nice in theory but how many working class people with families can afford it?

ln a way, as Argyle fans we haven’t experienced the levels of success where it will really hit us in the pocket. If we really want competitive pricing for fans then Argyle have to pass that costings onto the corporate levels.

And this is at our current levels l would say people can justify it. Yet the more successive we become, the higher the price will be. And the more people on the waiting list.

A club like Argyle, has a limited capacity ground. They are going to unfortunately annoy a section of the fan base as they tried to maximise every penny they can get.

This is what football has done. It’s created very rich people & it’s not exactly looked after the fans. I’m not talking Argyle. In general, there is a greed that has corrupted this game & costs are just going up. What’s next, the first U.K. based club to pay a million a week in wages for a player? Or the first club U.K club to spend £150 million on a player. Where does it stop? Can it even stop itself?

What we experiencing now is a situation we had to find a solution too because costs in football are out of control.