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It is a bit disappointing that the prices have risen again. Obviously the main incentive is the prospect of an All-Ireland ticket if your County qualify. Given the demand for tickets in Galway last year and the amount of people who seem to have missed out, I foresee a large increase in Galway Hurling season tickets this year (from an admittedly low starting point). The price increase does also make the Club+ a more attractive offer in Counties where it's available, for an extra €80 you get access to club matches and don't need 60% attendance to qualify for an All-Ireland ticket. As for what you get, you would also have the knockout stages of the League covered, even if your own county aren't involved. Last year 1/4 and Semis were €15/€20 and Final was €25/€30 - first price is pre-purchase, second matchday price. And according to the Terms and Conditions, the Hurling Season Ticket now gives free admission to the "opening two matches of the GAA Senior Provincial Championship for the selected County", for whatever that's worth. The €5 per match discount seems to exclude Provincial games now, so only All Ireland 1/4s and Semis fall under that I assume. I will be interested to see what the admission prices are for the Provincial Round Robin games (I assume Provincial Councils each decide their own). I would imagine (and hope) that it would be at most €25, and hopefully less, given the additional fixtures. If I recall correctly, the Leinster Final stand tickets last year were €35 (€40 on the day), with Semi-Final €25 and Quarter-Final €20, so €30 for a provinicial group game would be very steep. game.on.now.ger (Galway) - Posts: 423 - 28/10/2017 07:53:06 2058743 Link 0 |
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The saving are modest enough, your right. But if you and others are enraged about the extra 20 Euro, surely saving anything, be it 1 Euro, who be great news. I know Cavan may not be at an all Ireland stage yet but they are building a team and are in with a shot at Ulster and certainly in with a chance of getting to the super 8's. Which will mean Croke Park and I know when Cavan go on a run the support is fantastic. If they play Dublin in the super 8's a season ticket could come in handy as it would be a sell out. Also you get in to the club finals for free which I took advantage off even though no one from Tyrone was playing. It's not going to suit everyone, I know that, but in my case and many others it really is an advantage. The extra 20 Euro is annoying but certainly not enough for me not to buy one. The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2088 - 28/10/2017 08:56:24 2058745 Link 0 |
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300 seems very steep when i only pay 120 euro for basically same thing in dublin, i actually make money on the parnell pass aswell as being guaranteed championship tickets for all dublin matches, i go to both football and hurling dublin matches and club matches so you only need to go to 8 matches between them all to have made money on it really.
hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 28/10/2017 09:19:46 2058747 Link 0 |
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It's very steep. It might even be more than 300. Like I said I don't know the ins and outs of it but you really need to use it to get the benefits. The Cavan CB don't do the club+ option. Only one of two counties that don't offer it.
Hardtimes (Cavan) - Posts: 1056 - 28/10/2017 14:25:58 2058789 Link 0 |
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It's 120 at the moment increased from 99 euro last year and guarantee next year it will be 150 euro, makes no sense, only 4 or 5 teams feel they can win Sam or Liam so why would the other counties pay that much for a season ticket when they believe they wouldn't make it to Croke Park, if we believed that our county gets all our season ticket money and it helps improve our chances of progress then many would whinge but accept it, this code of secrecy where we haven't a clue where the money is going is wrong and until the Grab All Association shows us in plain writing where every cent is going, the breakdown each county gets, why match ticket prices are increasing, the reason why season ticket prices are increasing, how much the top brass are paid then we will always be sceptical of what they are doing riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 28/10/2017 23:50:11 2058874 Link 0 |
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Not sure what the breakdown will be in 2018 with the price increase, but I know for 2017 that for the €99 ticket the county got €45 and for the €200 ticket they got €145. Interesting to see how much of the €20 increase will go to the counties.
game.on.now.ger (Galway) - Posts: 423 - 29/10/2017 06:25:55 2058894 Link 0 |
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I'm not enraged. I'll still go to games and pay at the gate. But what they are offering is not a season ticket. They're trying to sell a block of tickets at zero discount and trying to pass it off as a season ticket or some sort of bargain. I am from Cavan. A season ticket for a Cavan man should be just that. Throwing in the club final tickets is a cheap ploy and irrelevant as a season ticket for a particular county. I generally attend the club finals BTW. If I was from West Cork or North Donegal though a ticket to the club finals would hardly be a threat. The GAA is very fond of back slapping itself as a grass roots organisation especially to non Irish. This was particularly evident in the Jeff and Kammy show. But the reality is that those Club Houses, Changing Rooms, Gyms, All Weather Pitches and floodlights are being built by volunteers, paid for by donations and by people driving the roads selling club blottos and tickets to strictly, not by some benevolent overseer. How much of this extra money will go to clubs? And who are they trying to shake down with this "season ticket"? The very same people I just mentioned. Look, the Parnell Pass sounds like a terrific deal and the very definition of what a season ticket should be. Well done to Dublin CB. Our CB living up to stereotype don't offer a club+ option or anything remote in value. Proper season tickets should be available and should be value for money. They could take in club league and championship games within the county, U20 intercounty matches etc. What's wrong with offering value for money to the very same people I mentioned above- people who give up an awful lot of their spare time fund raising and coaching. It might actually encourage more people to attend games and bring the kids along, both at club and inter-county and it could actually bring in more money. Personally I wouldn't mind spending more money on a proper more expansive season ticket. If I didn't get the value out of it so what but at least the flexibility would be there. Like I said I think it's a mean attempt by the GAA and a marketing opportunity missed. Hardtimes (Cavan) - Posts: 1056 - 29/10/2017 14:20:47 2058948 Link 1 |
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Hardtimes am I missing something here when you say your CB don't offer a +club ticket. Surely the Season Ticket in every County in Ireland has the option to buy a +Club ticket but the cost will go from 120 euro to 200 euro.
TyroneUltra (Tyrone) - Posts: 307 - 30/10/2017 12:14:45 2059089 Link 0 |
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No. Us and only one other county didn't offer that option last year. We have Club Breffni, a very expensive version of the Parnell Pass. I guess the CB figured the club+ option would effect membership. I didn't even bother checking this season so not sure if they've changed their stance. I think the club+ option would make the season ticket more attractive but as for the basic package- it's a bit of a joke to call it a season ticket. E.g this season I would need to commit now to a drive to Cork, Ennis and Ballybofey next year and presumably a back door game down the country somewhere just to break even. Considering last year I drove to Omagh and Enniskillen to be told the games were off at zero notice with zero apology, I'm reluctant to pay into their scam. The GAA has become very corporate and is fast losing the run of itself.
Hardtimes (Cavan) - Posts: 1056 - 30/10/2017 13:29:10 2059100 Link 1 |
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Not sure how practical this might be but should anyone who is renewing get a discount? maybe in line with attendance in previous year leftandwide (Meath) - Posts: 91 - 01/11/2017 14:04:24 2059523 Link 0 |
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10 euro on the pre-purchase. They must be doing away with it. They must be going up to 15 euro per game. It is the only explanation. Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 02/11/2017 14:43:34 2059790 Link 0 |
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This used to be the practice of giving Season ticket holders a discount of €10 on renewing their ticket. I remember renewing for €75 instead of the €85 to purchase a new ticket. Then they removed the discount for renewing and increased the price to €100. The price remained the same for two years to €120 this year. To make things worse the gaa even charge you €3 for posting your season ticket out.
shaggylegend (Monaghan) - Posts: 1928 - 03/11/2017 00:00:19 2059934 Link 0 |
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I wonder what level of uptake there has been - if there is no saving, I suspect many more like me won't be renewing. Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 03/11/2017 10:25:57 2059996 Link 0 |
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the discount for renewing is the way season tickets work in most other sports.
leftandwide (Meath) - Posts: 91 - 03/11/2017 11:37:17 2060026 Link 0 |
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I had intended to buy a ticket but won't now. Depending on the price of the first championship game I might save a fiver!!! And that's if I manage to get to all games. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1834 - 04/11/2017 19:41:35 2060477 Link 1 |
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I think the season ticket is good value. You would pay a small fortune to see a soocer match a Lansdowne Road. it was 60- 70 euro to see Man Utd in August. I'm sure it was the same to see Liverpool when they came. You would nearly have the price of an all -Ireland ticket. Plus - the GAA is far more exciting. Sliotharyslope (Wexford) - Posts: 136 - 05/11/2017 08:31:03 2060529 Link 0 |
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There is no doubting that the GAA is great value when compared to rugby or (international) soccer, but the question being posed is about the value of buying the season ticket as opposed to buying the tickets during the season as the games come up, and in that regard there are little or no savings to be made, it's simply a way for the GAA to get paid in advance for league tickets. That said I have renewed mine, but that is more in the hope of Dublin making an all Ireland final at which stage the season ticket is invaluable, but for counties that may not be in contention at the tail end of the year I can't see the value anymore. AHP (Dublin) - Posts: 323 - 05/11/2017 11:39:07 2060550 Link 0 |
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You can get season tickets for the provinces for 14 games plus free entry to provincial a team games plus a load of other benefits (different in each province) for about 300 which is excellent value What other than the tickets to games do gaa season ticket holders get? ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 05/11/2017 12:12:24 2060554 Link 0 |
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I suppose it depends on how you define value. High demand sporting events are all together different things. You cannot compare. Some International friendlies in Aviva they give away tickets for. Some Premiership season ticket holders this season can watch their team for a £5. League games are for the most part poorly attended sporting events. There is huge scope for improving the numbers through the gate. Upping the prices is not one of them.
Hardtimes (Cavan) - Posts: 1056 - 05/11/2017 12:39:05 2060560 Link 0 |
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Unless you want to guarantee an all Ireland ticket there is not much benefit in buying a season ticket. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1834 - 06/11/2017 23:07:18 2060895 Link 1 |