When will Enough be Enough

[Canadian]

One of my Friends Posted this on FB, Makes me Bloody Sick to the Stomach.

 

Our matchday tickets (Ottawa Fury)  are fairly affordable compared to Hockey and CFL (Canadian Footbal League ((Better then the NFL))  in the city and other sports around the country... ($23)  well here's a story from England lol

 

http://www.thesportbible.com/articles/you-re-charging-how-much

 

In a world where you can watch every Bayern Munich home game of the season for £105, West Ham want fans to pay up to £77 for a ticket to their Premier League opener against Spurs on Saturday.

We repeat: £77 to watch a Sam Allardyce team play football. We say play football, we mean watch their defence take turns thwacking the ball towards Enner Valencia while Andy Carroll necks Jaegerbombs on the bench and Kevin Nolan kicks anyone that has the audacity of coming within six yards of him.

A bargain, we're sure you'll agree.

The East London club have classified their opening day derby against Spurs as a Category A fixture, with the cheapest available tickets costing £50 for members and £55 for non-members. For anyone thinking of taking their kids, we recommend staying clear of the Band A seats, as junior tickets in those areas will set you back £41.

This weekend marks the beginning of the penultimate season the Hammers will spend in the Boleyn Ground and their fans will be hoping that it's an improvement on last year's home form, when Sam Allardyce's '19th century football' heralded only seven victories in 19 games and a miserly 25 goals.

Hammers fans have taken to Twitter to vent their disgust at the ticket prices;

Adrian Leahy (@adieleahy): '@davidgold if you really are serious about making football affordable how come you keep raising the prices ? More & more fans priced out !'

Danny Smith (@DannyyySmith): 'How can west ham charge £70 to the game against spurs ? Wouldn't mind but we don't even play football! HOOOFBALL!! @davidgold.'

Andrew (@{griffina71): 'I took my son to watch Dortmund last year return flight and ticket cost £6 less !!!!'

At the opposite end of the spectrum,Hull City, who finished only three points shy of West Ham last season, will charge only £16 for adults and £5 for under 15's when Stoke City visit the KC Stadium on August 24th.

The extortionate prices aren't limited to West Ham's matchday tickets, either, as their cheapest season tickets come in at £620, more expensive than the cheapest ones at Manchester United and London rivals Chelsea. At the other end of the scale, their most expensive season ticket comes in at a staggering £910, which works out at just shy of £50 a game.

Following the announcement on the ticket prices, it's understood this was Big Sam's reaction . . .

 

 

In a world where you can watch every Bayern Munich home game of the season for £105, West Ham want fans to pay up to £77 for a ticket to their Premier League opener against Spurs on Saturday.

We repeat: £77 to watch a Sam Allardyce team play football. We say play football, we mean watch their defence take turns thwacking the ball towards Enner Valencia while Andy Carroll necks Jaegerbombs on the bench and Kevin Nolan kicks anyone that has the audacity of coming within six yards of him.

A bargain, we're sure you'll agree.

The East London club have classified their opening day derby against Spurs as a Category A fixture, with the cheapest available tickets costing £50 for members and £55 for non-members. For anyone thinking of taking their kids, we recommend staying clear of the Band A seats, as junior tickets in those areas will set you back £41.

This weekend marks the beginning of the penultimate season the Hammers will spend in the Boleyn Ground and their fans will be hoping that it's an improvement on last year's home form, when Sam Allardyce's '19th century football' heralded only seven victories in 19 games and a miserly 25 goals.

Hammers fans have taken to Twitter to vent their disgust at the ticket prices;

Adrian Leahy (@adieleahy): '@davidgold if you really are serious about making football affordable how come you keep raising the prices ? More & more fans priced out !'

Danny Smith (@DannyyySmith): 'How can west ham charge £70 to the game against spurs ? Wouldn't mind but we don't even play football! HOOOFBALL!! @davidgold.'

Andrew (@{griffina71): 'I took my son to watch Dortmund last year return flight and ticket cost £6 less !!!!'

At the opposite end of the spectrum,Hull City, who finished only three points shy of West Ham last season, will charge only £16 for adults and £5 for under 15's when Stoke City visit the KC Stadium on August 24th.

The extortionate prices aren't limited to West Ham's matchday tickets, either, as their cheapest season tickets come in at £620, more expensive than the cheapest ones at Manchester United and London rivals Chelsea. At the other end of the scale, their most expensive season ticket comes in at a staggering £910, which works out at just shy of £50 a game.

Following the announcement on the ticket prices, it's understood this was Big Sam's reaction . . .

 

In a world where you can watch every Bayern Munich home game of the season for £105, West Ham want fans to pay up to £77 for a ticket to their Premier League opener against Spurs on Saturday.

We repeat: £77 to watch a Sam Allardyce team play football. We say play football, we mean watch their defence take turns thwacking the ball towards Enner Valencia while Andy Carroll necks Jaegerbombs on the bench and Kevin Nolan kicks anyone that has the audacity of coming within six yards of him.

A bargain, we're sure you'll agree.

The East London club have classified their opening day derby against Spurs as a Category A fixture, with the cheapest available tickets costing £50 for members and £55 for non-members. For anyone thinking of taking their kids, we recommend staying clear of the Band A seats, as junior tickets in those areas will set you back £41.

This weekend marks the beginning of the penultimate season the Hammers will spend in the Boleyn Ground and their fans will be hoping that it's an improvement on last year's home form, when Sam Allardyce's '19th century football' heralded only seven victories in 19 games and a miserly 25 goals.

Hammers fans have taken to Twitter to vent their disgust at the ticket prices;

Adrian Leahy (@adieleahy): '@davidgold if you really are serious about making football affordable how come you keep raising the prices ? More & more fans priced out !'

Danny Smith (@DannyyySmith): 'How can west ham charge £70 to the game against spurs ? Wouldn't mind but we don't even play football! HOOOFBALL!! @davidgold.'

Andrew (@{griffina71): 'I took my son to watch Dortmund last year return flight and ticket cost £6 less !!!!'

At the opposite end of the spectrum,Hull City, who finished only three points shy of West Ham last season, will charge only £16 for adults and £5 for under 15's when Stoke City visit the KC Stadium on August 24th.

The extortionate prices aren't limited to West Ham's matchday tickets, either, as their cheapest season tickets come in at £620, more expensive than the cheapest ones at Manchester United and London rivals Chelsea. At the other end of the scale, their most expensive season ticket comes in at a staggering £910, which works out at just shy of £50 a game.

Following the announcement on the ticket prices, it's understood this was Big Sam's reaction . . .

 

In a world where you can watch every Bayern Munich home game of the season for £105, West Ham want fans to pay up to £77 for a ticket to their Premier League opener against Spurs on Saturday.

We repeat: £77 to watch a Sam Allardyce team play football. We say play football, we mean watch their defence take turns thwacking the ball towards Enner Valencia while Andy Carroll necks Jaegerbombs on the bench and Kevin Nolan kicks anyone that has the audacity of coming within six yards of him.

A bargain, we're sure you'll agree.

The East London club have classified their opening day derby against Spurs as a Category A fixture, with the cheapest available tickets costing £50 for members and £55 for non-members. For anyone thinking of taking their kids, we recommend staying clear of the Band A seats, as junior tickets in those areas will set you back £41.

This weekend marks the beginning of the penultimate season the Hammers will spend in the Boleyn Ground and their fans will be hoping that it's an improvement on last year's home form, when Sam Allardyce's '19th century football' heralded only seven victories in 19 games and a miserly 25 goals.

Hammers fans have taken to Twitter to vent their disgust at the ticket prices;

Adrian Leahy (@adieleahy): '@davidgold if you really are serious about making football affordable how come you keep raising the prices ? More & more fans priced out !'

Danny Smith (@DannyyySmith): 'How can west ham charge £70 to the game against spurs ? Wouldn't mind but we don't even play football! HOOOFBALL!! @davidgold.'

Andrew (@{griffina71): 'I took my son to watch Dortmund last year return flight and ticket cost £6 less !!!!'

At the opposite end of the spectrum,Hull City, who finished only three points shy of West Ham last season, will charge only £16 for adults and £5 for under 15's when Stoke City visit the KC Stadium on August 24th.

The extortionate prices aren't limited to West Ham's matchday tickets, either, as their cheapest season tickets come in at £620, more expensive than the cheapest ones at Manchester United and London rivals Chelsea. At the other end of the scale, their most expensive season ticket comes in at a staggering £910, which works out at just shy of £50 a game.

Following the announcement on the ticket prices, it's understood this was Big Sam's reaction . . .

[Chris]

Sports very expensive these days, majority see it as a way of paying for a better players and other things. It's not acceptable but I suspect it will sustain because fans keep paying it. It's sort of like a highway robber really, your bound to hand over the money in order to stay alive and fans will want to keep supporting their team.

Still, I am surprised to learn that it's $23.

How does it compare to American teams?

[lambleypie]

$23, £20 Notts.

No difference really, its happening all over.