What happens when you’re a top 6 premier league club.

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

Rip off hospitality!

 

[Jesus_was_a_Blade]

You know it's not compulsory right?
If you've got £130 to waste, great... If not slum it with them rest of us

 

[Liaminho9]

I wouldn't complain too much.

Me and my dad are season ticket holders at the Lane, but live in Cheshire. A local friend of our managed to get us an offer for 2 Hospitality seats at the Etihad for our game there in December.

£352 each.

And that was WITH discount.

 

[Stretch]

Has Chansiri bought the club and we don't know about it?

 

[William]

Rip off hospitality!

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Anyone wanting to take advantage of this offer, but not wanting to pay £130 can meet me in the Roebuck at 1pm before the game. You’ll be offered a free glass of Prosecco and a TABLE SERVICE meal of your choice before being given a tour of the area between there and the ground by your knowledgable guide. Cost is £65, and availability is subject to having the right amount of loyalty points or having a mate who has. Match day Program is included in the price. Any takers?

 

[stringer]

How much will a regular ticket be for that game?

 

[Eza Blade]

I must admit I would get hostile around that buffet if I’d spent 130 notes!!

But the again I get hostile around most buffets

 

[The Vicar]

Don't knock it!

Like many things in life, if those who can afford it want to splash out & enjoy a bit of something special as we cement [hopefully happened before] our place in the PL for next season, why not? It all goes in the pot for the club.

Something is only a rip off if you have no option, & on this occasion we all have.

 

[Maidenhead]

You know it's not compulsory right?
If you've got £130 to waste, great... If not slum it with them rest of us

£156 for mere mortals

 

[BushBlade]

Sorry lads but socialism is dead. You want things, they cost.

 

[JohnDenver]

I did a similar gig at a Championship club last week (no, not them). Cost me £100 and there was no fizz. So this package seems par for the course.

 

[bornablade]

We need to find something to kick the club about.

Norwood's fault.

 

[HoodedClaw]

Rip off hospitality!

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Why is it?

 

[PokerBlade]

What did you expect it to cost?

 

[8lade]

Straight into McCabe's back pocket, it does still go there doesn't it?

 

[SB_90]

£130 I was expecting to be far worse up at £180/£200, man city cost £40 just for a seat, so for £90 extra to be in hospitality. & the most expensive league cup final ticket is £100

 

[Pedro's Winger]

This might be obvious but how do we provide hospitality nosh etc in the BLUT?

 

[SCSteve]

Not sure how it's a rip off. If it doesn't sound like good value or something you'd enjoy don't do it.

From memory they sent a similar deal out for the Boxing Day game against Watford. I assumed they did that as they were expecting corporate turnout to be low on Boxing Day (a bit like airlines over booking flights). Not sure why they would think that about the last game of the season on a Saturday afternoon.

The more of this type of stuff they can do the better it is for the club surely. There is a lot of talk about putting another 4-5k on capacity, but we would probably be better financially doubling up the number of boxes and corporate tickets from a revenue point of view.

 

[Tarqs]

Can tell the Prince is here, first thing to price up as the sole owner and he's ripping us off.

Expect 4 figure season tickets next season and club 1889 deals!

 

[DerbyStar]

What do you expect hospitality to cost exactly? Weird

 

[Blade56]

City will be in lockdown and open buffets banned due to Carona virus by then. Mark my words

 

[guancheblade]

How is this anything other than a rip off?

Seats in BLUT will be £42 tops. So deduct that from the £130 and you are paying £88 for a cheap nasty glass of cava and a buffet! Better off going somewhere else for a proper sit down meal and a decent bottle of wine and it won't even cost half that per head.

 

[cjx blade]

This might be obvious but how do we provide hospitality nosh etc in the BLUT?

They have tables in the legends of the lane museum and then take their seats before the game starts.

 

[raul]

I think you can, on a special occasion, push the boat out on a treat for yourself if it's something you'd like to experience.

But once you've talked yourself/ the loved one paying for it into doing so, your first extra expense is a £26 surcharge to the Treasury for the privilege of paying five times more than you usually would to watch a game.

No, you're ok thanks.

 

[MobileBlade]

I must admit I would get hostile around that buffet if I’d spent 130 notes!!

But the again I get hostile around most buffets

Unless you can claim the VAT back its £156.

 

[JayGreen17]

Great idea by the club, looking to increase revenue and steadily building the commercial and hospitality areas, as long as there’s mixed pricing that’s appropriate for all then this should be well received.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

And to think some people think any ground improvements won't be focused on hospitality...! It's a huge money spinner as there are companies out there who are willing to pay for it. How many hospitality places so we currently have? Doubling it up on a improved south stand with a safe standing Kop would be my dream next 2/3 years

 

[wavy-blade]

How is this anything other than a rip off?

Seats in BLUT will be £42 tops. So deduct that from the £130 and you are paying £88 for a cheap nasty glass of cava and a buffet! Better off going somewhere else for a proper sit down meal and a decent bottle of wine and it won't even cost half that per head.

£88 , that`s a belly full of beer before the match and a lap dance at a special club after the match , now that`s what i call hospitality

 

[Tom Bott]

And to think some people think any ground improvements won't be focused on hospitality...! It's a huge money spinner as there are companies out there who are willing to pay for it.

Not at the Theatre of Comedy and Rust though.

 

[wavy-blade]

I will have you know there are some awesome executive boxes at the rust bucket