Ticket Prices 2021-22

[Derby Wolf]

Had 'the chat' with my dad earlier about affordability for tomorrow and he's going to pay whatever they increase it by for a year as next year he moves into the 65+ concession. I could afford more but I've got a figure in my head I won't budge on so time will tell.

 

[sycophantia]

Don't particularly like being ripped off but for me personally the prices aren't that relevant, only go 6-8 games per season and its a bit of a 'treat' for me,
can see it will impact people who go more regularly or season ticket holders.

 

[The Bear]

Don't particularly like being ripped off but for me personally the prices aren't that relevant, only go 6-8 games per season and its a bit of a 'treat' for me,
can see it will impact people who go more regularly or season ticket holders.

Same here. Though I don't like seeing season ticket prices going up for no good reason as that filters down to match tickets.

 

[The Saturday Boy]

We have been ripped off for years, this is just how much more we will be ripped off.

 

[sycophantia]

Be interesting to know how much its gone up for a match day ticket since I started going 50 years ago (in real terms) I simply can't remember how much I paid as a junior....25 pence maybe?

 

[The Saturday Boy]

Be interesting to know how much its gone up for a match day ticket since I started going 50 years ago (in real terms) I simply can't remember how much I paid as a junior....25 pence maybe?

My first season ticket in 1988 was £95. Cumulative inflation between 1987 and 2021 is just under 142% meaning if my first season ticket had risen just by inflation it would now cost £230. Your 25p would would be £3.10.

 

[Tredman]

My first season ticket in 1988 was £95. Cumulative inflation between 1987 and 2021 is just under 142% meaning if my first season ticket had risen just by inflation it would now cost £230. Your 25p would would be £3.10.

Last season (we could go) worked out at just over £3 a game for a junior season ticket.

 

[The Saturday Boy]

Last season (we could go) worked out at just over £3 a game for a junior season ticket.

I have never had a junior season ticket.

 

[Tredman]

I have never had a junior season ticket.

Uhuh, you quoted Syco who said he paid 25p as a junior.

 

[From Distant Shores]

My junior season ticket for the North Bank cost 5 guineas in 1969 (or 1970) for 42 games. That's the equivalent of 12p per game.

 

[Alan]

My season ticket for Charlotte FC's inaugural season came out to about £580. Are we talking higher or lower than that for Wolves this season?

 

[Tony Towner]

We'll tell you tomorrow.

 

[Alan]

Oop. Didn't realize we didn't know for sure, yet. I guess all the signs point to an increase?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yes, they sent Vinny Clark to lie about us not being able to compete with Leicester with all their added ticket money (except their ground is more or less the exact same size as ours, their season ticket prices were *already* lower than ours and they've frozen them for this season, and there's no way they make much money off corporate hospitality, at least not vastly more than us. Their ground was properly built on the cheap).

 

[Alan]

Not to say that Clark wasn't off base in general, but mayhap Leicester bring in extra money (relative to Wolves) because they've let King Power have the naming rights on the ground?

I get the sense that most Wolves supporters would sooner burn Molineux to the ground than see it renamed. Imagine the furor if we started rocking up at ManBetX Stadium.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Meh, wouldn't bother me. No-one remembers that Middlesbrough had the BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium or Southampton had the Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium. Everyone would always just call Molineux by the same name as they always have.

Thing is though naming rights are a one-off item, pretty much. It's got no bearing on ticket prices - and given that King Power are the owners, they really can't circumnavigate any FFP regulations by paying £100m+ a year to "sponsor" the stadium. It's got to be fair market value, it's not something you can hide away as it has to go in the accounts.

We could probably have Fosun pay £10m or so over say, four years to call it "Fosun Molineux". Chickenfeed really though. Except that doesn't really matter as it has no bearing on anyone, whereas pricing people out and ripping fans off definitely does have a bearing on a lot of things, and it's going to end up equally being an insignificant amount to an established (sort of) Premier League club with rich owners.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

Lets just hope they have looked at all the comments since the Q&A a fair few weeks back and revised a better strategy. Id imagine the initially chatter was to push £650 - £700...

 

[Tony Towner]

Generally speaking it's new grounds that get naming rights, fans are accepting of that. Older ones the media don't even play the game, St James' Park was still called that even when Ashley slapped Sports Direct onto it, so not only does your brand piss the fans of you don't even get the positive exposure you were looking for.

 

[Derby Wolf]

Lets just hope they have looked at all the comments since the Q&A a fair few weeks back and revised a better strategy. Id imagine the initially chatter was to push £650 - £700...

thats my fear.

Jez Vinny will make out its only an increase of £50 in real terms because most have £100 they kindly held on to.

I could imagine him justifying charging more for the NB because its newer facilities whilst simultaneously ignoring the state of the Steve Bull.

This has got later backpeddle written all over it.

 

[Kenny]

Thoughts and prayers with the folk looking after the Wolves Twitter feed today.