£289 Season Tickets

Sadly not here folks, West Ham announce reductions with new TV deal and move to Olympic stadium of course 2016/2017. Let's hope more premier league clubs take note. Love the banner in the PIC we need one of those

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32399291

 

Cheapest season ticket falls from £620 to £289

 

Hmm

 

They have to sell the extra 20,000 seats somehow.

 

They certainly should be able to at £766 total for a family of four. 2 adults 2 children.

 

It's about time that Premier League clubs realised that the only place that the TV money does not go, is to those supporters who actually go to matches.

I am not saying that under £300 for an adult should be the norm, but £500 is enough.

 

So if we get handed a new stadium with an extra 20k seats, yeah, I'd agree.

If that place isn't full it's going to look frigging awful. I bet the prices rise the year after too.

How much will that place actually cost them?

How close to actual West Ham is it BTW?

Not really a great example of what to emulate unless you just cherry pick the good sounding bits and ignore the rest imo.

 

It wouldn't work for us because we don't have the fan base.

West Ham do, they sell out every game at extortionate prices, this will work for them, they have the ability to fill the stadium and are even more likely to with this price structure.

 

£2 Million a year rent. Or roughly a 7,000 supporter increase at the new price...
Subcontext...

 

The overall scenario may not be, but the basic premise of pricing to fill the stadium should be the same for us.

 

I don't know the area that well. In London terms 3 miles is quite a lot. Is the new stadium still in an area which could be called West Ham? I'm not trolling BTW, I'm genuinely curious. Didn't a couple of clubs lay claim to it? Isn't there a proper club closer?

 

Please read the small print for the 2015/2016 season there prices are going up by 5%

 

Leyton Orient is only 2.5 Miles. But they are a struggling L1 team, who will in no way fill it.
I also doubt they could afford 2mil rent.

 

Upton Park and The Olympic Stadium are in the same borough (Newham). Leyton Orient is not part of Newham, so despite being geographically closer to the Olympic Stadium they have less claim to it than West Ham.

 

Aha OK cheers. For some reason I was thinking I'd read something about Charlton but West Ham using it seems reasonably legit on balance.

I'll be impressed if they do fill it every game and look forward to seeing them also halve the cost of away fans tickets too.

 

The only losers in this is leyton orient. Orient said west ham would under cut them.

 

Stamford Bridge is in Fulham. But I don't think Chelsea fans are bothered.