Watching cricket this summer in England without taking out a second mortgage.

[Prince EWS]

Attending live sport is one of my passions but cricket really is pushing it. I know in the UK the value for price is much worse than here in Australia too having attended two tests in England last year.

They usually get pretty good crowds in the UK though don't though? Sell outs at Lords etc?

Can't criticise the pricing if it's a sell-out. If anything a sell-out suggests they've under-priced their tickets.

 

[BoyBrumby]

They usually get pretty good crowds in the UK though don't though? Sell outs at Lords etc?

Can't criticise the pricing if it's a sell-out. If anything a sell-out suggests they've under-priced their tickets.

Who'da thunk PEWS is a Tory, eh?

You don't **** with market forces. Regulation is commie talk...

 

[Spikey]

'Watching cricket this summer in England without taking out a second mortgage'


county tickets are cheap iirc

 

[Prince EWS]

Who'da thunk PEWS is a Tory, eh?

It's pretty well common knowledge in most parts tbh.

Have you not seen my results in the political compass thread?

 

[Black_Warrior]

Hi all... so, after this calculation (for two people, vs South Africa):



I have sadly decided against the Lord's ballot this year. I consider myself lucky enough to potentially be able to afford it, but thinking what else I can do with this kind of money - especially given I know who crappy the crappy seats are - it's just not going to be worth it.

So... I was wondering... what is the best way to watch cricket for a decent price next summer? Anyone got any thoughts/suggestions? I'm wondering if there's anything 'off the beaten track' as it were - or something a bit different - that anyone has enjoyed before.

I'm in East Anglia/the South East, BTW.

90 bucks for train tickets? Is that for one person? Are they suburban metro trains or inter state?

 

[Son Of Coco]

100 pounds for the crappiest seats? **** me dead!

I'd just sit at home and watch it on TV. Unless you get a kick out of the pompous old farts in their blazers eating sandwiches out of a picnic basket at lunch time of course. I considered that worth the 35 pound admission 9 years ago...but it's not worth 100 quid.

 

[Uppercut]

They usually get pretty good crowds in the UK though don't though? Sell outs at Lords etc?

Can't criticise the pricing if it's a sell-out. If anything a sell-out suggests they've under-priced their tickets.

Most games don't sell out, although more and more are now that England aren't ****e. You can always get a market-price seat from a tout anyway.

There's more to consider than that though, you get a ****ty atmosphere when prices are high. As Brumby will know, being an Arsenal fan and all.

 

[GIMH]

I guess that was Burgey's point RE ground sizes

 

[Jono]

They usually get pretty good crowds in the UK though don't though? Sell outs at Lords etc?

Can't criticise the pricing if it's a sell-out. If anything a sell-out suggests they've under-priced their tickets.

That's stupid thinking. You don't encourage kids to the play the game by pricing tickets so high that only a specific segment of society to be able to experience live international cricket.

This isn't solely a demand/supply issue. There are broader impacts on the sport.

 

[Prince EWS]

That's stupid thinking. You don't encourage kids to the play the game by pricing tickets so high that only a specific segment of society to be able to experience live international cricket.

This isn't solely a demand/supply issue. There are broader impacts on the sport.

Meh, if more people than the stadium holds want to come to the ground I'm much more comfortable letting the people willing to pay the most in than whoever managed to book first.

This isn't solely a demand/supply issue.

You do realise who you're talking to, right?

 

[Spikey]

PEWS is also in favour of letting kittens die

 

[Jono]

But Prince this isn't a conservative free market issue. Its simple common sense, explain to me how old farts who can afford coming to the cricket being 70% of the crowd helps the game?

Cricket will always be an inferior sport anyway to football because its not viewer friendly and the players have less earning capacity. Why make things worse by making it more difficult for kids to experience the game?

If you have more money in the sport through greater participation, everyone is happy.

 

[benchmark00]

PEWS is also in favour of letting kittens die

How was your pizza bro?

 

[Pothas]

To be fair there are aways plenty of school children about and child tickets are a good deal cheaper.

Prices are expensive and I don't like the bidding process but I still love watching cricket live and it is not in out of proportion with other sports in the UK. Football can be bloody expensive (£45 for Tin o paint cup final at Wembley last year) and it is the bargain of the century compared to the British GP.

 

[Uppercut]

But Prince this isn't a conservative free market issue. Its simple common sense, explain to me how old farts who can afford coming to the cricket being 70% of the crowd helps the game?

Cricket will always be an inferior sport anyway to football because its not viewer friendly and the players have less earning capacity. Why make things worse by making it more difficult for kids to experience the game?

If you have more money in the sport through greater participation, everyone is happy.

When it's first come first serve with low prices a bunch of tickets are bought by touts and sold above the real market value anyway. The only difference is that the profit goes to the touts instead of to cricket.

Also, child tickets are way cheap.

 

[Spikey]

How was your pizza bro?

I can still taste it

 

[Prince EWS]

But Prince this isn't a conservative free market issue.

Haha that's exactly what it is. It's a textbook example ffs. You may have noticed that despite clearly having strong views on a lot of things I don't actually tend to post about politics or economics on CricketWeb because I have some views that would considered really out there and this is a cricket forum so I don't want to ostracise myself based on non-cricketing issues, so maybe this is one of those cases and I should just stfu.

But seriously, it really is just a textbook example of people trying to drag social class distinction issues into what is a pretty straight-forward material goods economics issue. The 'right' to attend sporting events is not a basic human right that should be afforded to everyone regardless of socio-economic standing; cricket tickets are a luxury material good and in the UK at least they face the centric economic problem with Tests - finite resources that are unable satisfy demand. Socialists might like to believe that wealth is just an accident of circumstance but the real truth of the matter is that those who make successes out of themselves and can pay more for these things deserve first dibs on material goods in limited supply - or if they feel like it, they deserve the right to ensure their family members do. If you and one other bloke both want a ticket and he's willing to pay double what you are then why the **** should you get it because you got in line 20 seconds earlier? It's a completely arbitrary way of allocating resources that has no fair basis to it at all ffs. If you have a better way of allocating tickets when more than the capacity would like to attend I'd like to hear it.

As for your stuff about it being bad for the game and more participation generating more money.. I'd like to see some data on expert queue-standers being more likely to take up cricket than people who can actually afford fairly priced tickets tbh.

 

[benchmark00]

I can still taste it

The Ham & Hilfy special?

 

[Spikey]

edit bency plz delete your post and then repost and then i'll edit this. ty

 

[Prince EWS]

edit bency plz delete your post and then repost and then i'll edit this. ty

Nah bro it's a fail.