West Ham yesterday announced season ticket renewal price increases yesterday with supporters facing increases of between 6.04% and 11.43%
Bands 5 and 6 adults have seen the biggest increases between 9.68% and 11.43% with all other ticket bands (1966 and bands 1-4) averaging 6.21%
The Over 66 and Under 21 category have seen an average rise of 7.5% excluding bands 5 and 6 who have seen an average rise of 10.55%
U18’s will need to pay more too with the £99 season ticket disappearing after 8 years, bands 5 and 6 will pay £109 per season an increase of 10.55%
All other bands in junior tickets rise by an average 7.82%
Season ticket holders have until 3 June to renew or face losing their seat
The renewal deadline for ten-month finance agreements is Tuesday 30 April, and the renewal deadline for four-month finance agreements is Friday 24 May.
Last season the renewal rate was 94% with the previous summer being 97% so there is no reason to believe renews will not be in the mid nineties again or above.
Revenue wise the increases will bring in an additional £2.5m to the club coffers by my estimates. Currently the 48,500 season ticket holders pay around £34m rising to £36.5m next season
Below is the breakdown of each category increase, percentage and comparison to last season.
Greedy bunch of sods. Average price rise in the country is 5%. No they are not satisfied with that.
On top of that they want to push new concession prices to the back.
I think its a disgrace that prices go up but still have to pay for cup & European games! Sunday Thursday are bad for all workers need to get up the next day.
West Ham try to pride themselves on working class background but should actually look at german teams and how the protect their fans with price hikes!