Test Match -Stadium not full

Okay so using Big Macs as a guide we can safely say the cheapest England ticket is R300.

I have paid R400+ for test matches (3N and RC) so not really that duur. I know when family gets involved it could be quite expensive.
 
cr@zydude said:
How would you have us compare the prices?
£40 is about 10 Big Macs in the UK
R150 is about 5 Big Macs in SA
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The best way to compare would be to use the Real Exchange rate ie. the Foreign price level x exchange rate divided by the domestic price level.

I think that this is a factor, though rich folks in SA could easily be paying the SA ticket prices.
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Just because people have the ability to pay that much for a ticket does not mean that they are willing to pay that much for a ticket.
 
cr@zydude said:
How would you have us compare the prices?
£40 is about 10 Big Macs in the UK
R150 is about 5 Big Macs in SA

I think that this is a factor, though rich folks in SA could easily be paying the SA ticket prices.
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Haha, rather use the average big mac indicator where it shows how many hours is needed to afford one big mac :p

Different taxes on fast food in different countries make a direct comparison silly.

Piesank said:
Okay so using Big Macs as a guide we can safely say the cheapest England ticket is R300.

I have paid R400+ for test matches (3N and RC) so not really that duur. I know when family gets involved it could be quite expensive.
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Big Mac guide is flawed. Ie Siggies in the UK are R75-90 a box of 20. In SA R30-35. Luxury goods are never a great comparison.
 
Using the ticket prices that MH posted as a guide we see that for the most expensive ticket the UK is 3.2 times more expensive than SA: 98*15/450 = 3.2

To put that number into perspective the UK average annual earning per person is 12.1 times higher than the average South African while 2.9 times higher than the average white South African (perhaps a better comparison given the demographics of rugby).

So in conclusion we are paying very close (in real terms) to what the British rugby fans are paying for test matches given the fact that white South Africans are main supporters of rugby in SA. However if SARU is aiming to try garner greater black support for the sport they are failing to provide for that income category.
 
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FoXtroT said:
Using the ticket prices that MH posted as a guide we see that for the most expensive ticket the UK is 3.2 times more expensive than SA: 98*15/450 = 3.2
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If you are a south african. Working in the UK changes that number.
 
Sigh I just spent 15 minutes looking for an article about how Stade Francais have changed their approach in ticket sales which resulted in full stadiums for their top 14 games.

They basically made it 20E for the dad, 10 for first kid, 5 for second and the rest were free, something to that extend.

Really bothers me that I can't find it now :(
 
Piesank said:
Sigh I just spent 15 minutes looking for an article about how Stade Francais have changed their approach in ticket sales which resulted in full stadiums for their top 14 games.

They basically made it 20E for the dad, 10 for first kid, 5 for second and the rest were free, something to that extend.

Really bothers me that I can't find it now :(
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Old age :p

Sounds like a great way to get the future generations in on the act and make it a fun family day.
 
........ where's the excuses now I wonder. Thought it was only Durban that did that :rolleyes:
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
........ where's the excuses now I wonder. Thought it was only Durban that did that :rolleyes:
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The organisation around these events is also terrible. I spend hours on the highway, 30 minutes at the turnstiles and missed 20 minutes of game time in the drinks queue during the last NZ game at Soccer City.

All that had to do was follow the same plan as the World Cup.

This year I opted for my couch.
 
cr@zydude said:
52 800 today at Soccer City. That's about 37 000 empty seats.
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Sad that the Tickets were not made cheaper to attract more people. We had the "cheap seats" at R225 / pp. I would have dropped those to R150 and made the R300 tickets R220.

phaktza said:
The organisation around these events is also terrible. I spend hours on the highway, 30 minutes at the turnstiles and missed 20 minutes of game time in the drinks queue during the last NZ game at Soccer City.

All that had to do was follow the same plan as the World Cup.

This year I opted for my couch.
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I must say that I felt there were more than enough "beer" points. Out of the eight or so beers I bought only once did I stand in a queue for longer than 5 minutes, it was the half time break of the springbok game. Even then I only stood for no more than 10 minutes to get a round of beers for all of our group.
 
Devill said:
I must say that I felt there were more than enough "beer" points. Out of the eight or so beers I bought only once did I stand in a queue for longer than 5 minutes, it was the half time break of the springbok game. Even then I only stood for no more than 10 minutes to get a round of beers for all of our group.
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That's 'cos it was not a full house! :p
 
Devill said:
Sad that the Tickets were not made cheaper to attract more people. We had the "cheap seats" at R225 / pp. I would have dropped those to R150 and made the R300 tickets R220.



I must say that I felt there were more than enough "beer" points. Out of the eight or so beers I bought only once did I stand in a queue for longer than 5 minutes, it was the half time break of the springbok game. Even then I only stood for no more than 10 minutes to get a round of beers for all of our group.
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For a special event like that, I would have like to see a full house, other sources have put the attendance at 62 000. One thing to consider though, is that the crowd would have filled any other stadium in the country.
 
Yea but this weekends event was very tricky. It was 2 soccer games and 1 rugby game followed by a music concert. So i would even go as far as saying a large part of the crowd went for the soccer+music , or at least from where i was sitting and the rest went for the rugby. 1 ticket, same seats for the entire day.

So chances are alot of the people who bought tickets were people willing to actually watch the soccer and the rugby, knowing you might end up with a vuvuzela blaring right behind you the entire time .

The tickets were actually quite cheap considering what you got. I paid R220, and that was for 2 international games (Bafana and Springboks). However it's most likely wayee too much for the "masses" who watch soccer and you end up with a bit of a catch 22 situation when filling the stadium.

Either way i loved the amount of people there, the parking and traffic was brilliant, the queues were fine for beer/food and we were not sitting like sardines in the seats either. Also it helped that everyone did not arrive and leave at the same time, some stayed for the concert, some left after soccer, some left after the rugby etc etc.
 
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