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EPL Talk
Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League
As you’re sitting at home watching Premier League, spare a thought for the punters who are paying significant amounts to watch their home team play. How much? Scroll through the prices below to see the top prices for each category of matches.
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1 year ago
It's ridiculous to have all these conditions and stipulations; a game is a game is a game. It's not fair for the fan to have to pay more just to see one of the "Big Four". Ticket prices are already high enough.
1 year ago
If someone could provide that info I'd be grateful.
Is there similar uproar about ticket prices there?
Also what's the average attendance for these American sports (do they regularly sell out for example)?
1 year ago
I don't know a lot about the NFL or NBA ticket prices, but baseball prices range from about $20 to maybe $100 or more, depending on the section. The minor league baseball games are much cheaper, often having no ticket over $50.
I do know quite a bit about soccer prices, since those are the games that I go to. In Chicago, season ticket for standing section is $200 for next season. Aside from luxury suites, the most expensive tickets are roughly $60. All of the MLS teams upped their prices for games against the Galaxy, ostensibly because of Beckham, so the cheapest tickets for that were $40.
For nonleague matches, ticket prices drop quite a bit. All tickets for Open Cup matches were $20, regardless of section.
Pricing does go up in other markets, but not by much (except maybe in LA). Chicago, I believe, has the cheapest pricing in the league. Lower league matches have very cheap tickets, as in baseball.
1 year ago
The NFL plays a 15 game regular season schedule (15 games for 15 weeks and 1 off week) and then has the playoffs. In comparison, baseball plays 182 games, so a midweek home game can be very cheap and the high price of Red Sox, Yankees and a few other teams skew prices.
So here are some NFL stats:
League Revenue: $5.8 Billion
Average player salary: $1.4 million
Average attendance: 67,738
Average percent of stadium filled for a regular season game:90%
Prices:
Average NFL ticket: $62.38 (£31)
Highest Average ticket: $90.80 (£45) - New England Patriots
Lowest Average ticket: $41 (£20.50) - Buffalo Bills
Average parking fee (everyone drives to the game): $25
This compares to about the same as the EPL, though I would say that the current dollar to pound exchange rates makes the NFL tickets look a little cheaper to a Brit than they actually are to the average American.
1 year ago
First of all, the NFL plays a 16-game regular season schedule, not 15 as you said. It's 16 games plus a bye week; 17 weeks in the regular season. I also can pretty much guarantee that NFL stadiums are much more than 90% full on average as you claimed.
Secondly, MLB uses a 162-game schedule, not 182.
Not sure where you're getting your facts.
1 year ago
As to your question about average attendances for those American sports, I'll do my best to answer.
Because MLB, and we won't talk about Minor League Baseball (which set a new attendance record this year), uses a 162-game regular season schedule, sellouts are uncommon. There are only a few teams that sellout every home game or, at the least, come very close, and those are Boston, Los Angeles (Angels), Chicago (Cubs), San Francisco (only because of Barry Bonds but that will end next season), and New York (Yankees). The other 25 teams rarely, if ever, sell out.
Go to the page at the bottom of this paragraph for the complete figures. Be warned, however, that the numbers there reflect tickets sold, not actual attendance. The 5 teams I mentioned above are the only ones who regularly sell out their home games.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/attendance
As far as basketball goes, you'd have to identify whether you're talking about college basketball or the NBA. Major college basketball games sell out routinely, with the student sections providing an atmosphere that is probably the most lively of any sport in America and, I will argue to no end, more lively than that found at Premiership games. Look up the Cameron Crazies at Duke University for more information.
1 year ago
This is in no small part down to the pricing structure. You can watch a Bundesliga game atttended by 80,000 people (my example is Dortmund) for £8.50 with reductions for youngsters, pensioners etc.
A season ticket would cost £110.
Admittedly it is standing but some people (including myself) actually prefer it.
1 year ago
These prices do not include club level seats, which can be in the neighborhood of $200.
1 year ago
Hmmm, pretty easy for me. One of the main headings is 'Tickets' - Choose 'How to apply' and scroll down the page. So basically one click of the button from the homepage.
Anyhow!