Arsenal announces freeze on ticket prices

Stays till the End · Post by **Stays till the End** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:41 pm

this taken from arsenal.com

Arsenal Football Club is pleased to announce a freeze in both Matchday and Season Ticket prices for the 2007/08 season.

Including the last season at Highbury, before the Clubâ€™s move to the new 60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium, it will be the third successive season that ticket prices have remained constant.

For the first season at Emirates Stadium (2006/07), although additional price points were introduced to reflect the wider choice of seats available at their new home, the Club made the decision to keep all ticket prices the same as equivalent category seating at Highbury. Consequently, todayâ€™s announcement means that many Arsenal supporters will have paid the same price for their ticket for three seasons running.

For most Premiership matches in the 2007/08 season, a large proportion of matchday tickets at Emirates Stadium will be available for Â£32 each, with tickets for OAPs and Under-16s being available for Â£14 and Â£13 respectively.

Arsenalâ€™s general admission Season Ticket Holders will be able to renew their Season Tickets for exactly the same price. A Season Ticket at Arsenal will continue to offer supporters all 19 home Premiership matches, as well as seven cup matches from the FA Cup and UEFA competitions. Season Ticket prices for Arsenalâ€™s Disabled Supporters will also remain the same.

Arsenal has also frozen prices for existing Season Ticket Holders in â€˜Club Levelâ€™, the tier around Emirates Stadium which comprises 6,700 premium seats, offering quality hospitality. Season Tickets in this area for the 2007/08 season will be available from Â£2,500.

The Club will also be actively pursuing the policy of reducing prices of possible Carling Cup matches at Emirates Stadium next season.

Arsenal Managing Director, Keith Edelman said: â€œWe are delighted that our ticket prices will be frozen for next season. We have regular consultation with our supporters and ticket prices are always mentioned as a key concern. Therefore, we are proud that our prices have now remained constant for three seasons and have also stayed in line with those at Highbury, even though our new home is a world class venue offering our supporters an enviable range of new facilities.â€

Rilo II · Post by **Rilo II** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:31 am

Great news. I would prefer a price cut because it is still far too expensive, but at least they stay the same another season.

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:44 pm

Excellent news! I'd hoped that the move to Emirates would see a drop in prices, but I guess freezing them for two years is the next best thing.

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:57 pm

Am I the only one who couldn't find this article on arsenal.com or on newsnow? I thought it would have made the news, like Chavski's announcement a couple of weeks ago. I hope its true, but just want to see it in black and white!! Am I looking in the wrong place??

gunner67 · Post by **gunner67** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:00 pm

I think 'stays til the end' took it straight off the website MK. I'm sure I saw it there yesterday.

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:17 am

Found it now - tucked away in news archive. Thanks.

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:50 am

There are some clubs in the premiership who are CUTTING prices why cant Arsenal? every game is a sell-out for God"s sake. Compare are season ticket prices with Man utd and Liverpool.I also think season ticket prices should also be decided on if we are in the Champions league next year.The UEFA cup is european footballs answer to the Carling cup.

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:07 am

donaldo wrote:There are some clubs in the premiership who are CUTTING prices why cant Arsenal? every game is a sell-out for God"s sake.

You've answered your own question. There is no way that a club who sells out each week will ever cut prices! Look which clubs are doing it, Bolton, Blackburn...says it all

donaldo wrote:Compare are season ticket prices with Man utd and Liverpool.

Give it 5 years and my bet is that Man Utd & Liverpool will be every bit as expensive as Arsenal. The reason they've been relatively cheap all these years is just because the owners knew that they are located in the arse end of the world and their fans couldn't afford higher prices. The new owners will just say, charge the higher price and if the current fans can't afford it then there are plenty of others who can!

Cesc is God · Post by **Cesc is God** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:55 pm

Well, at least they haven't gone up

shu · Post by **shu** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:36 pm

I wrote to Keith Edelman after the manure game telling him that i didn't think that Â£50 necessarily represented good value when i had to look thro the net to see the other end and how i was glad that i didnt take my boy and spend Â£100 for that view. I pointed out that whilst i could afford to go to every game , did it represent good value when i can watch it on the box etc.
His reply was that there are cheaper games i could go to !!!!!!!!!!!!
Marie Antionette or what "he can't afford the burgers , let him eat cake"

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:36 pm

My point was that the top price for a season ticket at Old Trafford is Â£703 and at Anfield is Â£660. That is nearly Â£200 pounds less than the cheapest season ticket at Ashburton. That is a disgrace.

Trevheff · Post by **Trevheff** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:14 pm

The truth of the matter is that the only chance we've got of ever seeing a drop in prices is if the club go through a period of serious unachievement and the ground has empty seats on a regular basis (now none of us want that do we?!!).

While we remain succesful and continue to be 'fashionable' there will always be enough people (not necessarily true Gooners) who will be prepared to pay the high prices to fill the ground. And as MK Gould has said, while that continues the club will never drop prices.

Unfortunately the move to the Emirates also signalled a even bigger shift from Arsenal the Football Club to Arsenal the Corporate business.

Graham Wilkinson · Post by **Graham Wilkinson** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:29 am

Of course, our unhappy demise in the FA Cup and Champions League means that season ticket holders are "owed" one credit from this season.

Because of this, if we are expected to pay exactly the same amount next season as we paid this season, it actually counts as a price increase. The club's statement is ambiguous on the point but it wouldn't surprise me if they are trying to sneak in a small price rise while pretending to freeze prices.

Stays till the End · Post by **Stays till the End** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:53 pm

Graham Wilkinson wrote:Of course, our unhappy demise in the FA Cup and Champions League means that season ticket holders are "owed" one credit from this season.

Because of this, if we are expected to pay exactly the same amount next season as we paid this season, it actually counts as a price increase. The club's statement is ambiguous on the point but it wouldn't surprise me if they are trying to sneak in a small price rise while pretending to freeze prices.

we played 7 cup ties pehaps you are forgeting dynamo zagreb in the cl qualifiers.

Dangooner · Post by **Dangooner** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:47 pm

donaldo wrote:My point was that the top price for a season ticket at Old Trafford is Â£703 and at Anfield is Â£660. That is nearly Â£200 pounds less than the cheapest season ticket at Ashburton. That is a disgrace.

I know someone at work who as a Charlton season ticket, and he pays around the Â£600 mark.

I know the club have seats at Â£32, but to then charge Â£46 for the same seat, for a cat A game... That kind of price hike annoys me just as much.

But then, what can you do? If you want to watch the Arsenal you don't have much choice, and the club know this.