Guest Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Don't be disappointed...get in quickly! http://nme.seetickets.com/Event/2014-BRITISH-FIM-SPEEDWAY-GRAND-PRIX/Millennium-Stadium/713930/?src=id1nmevenue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irk Deflector Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Don't be disappointed...get in quickly! http://nme.seetickets.com/Event/2014-BRITISH-FIM-SPEEDWAY-GRAND-PRIX/Millennium-Stadium/713930/?src=id1nmevenue Is that a dodgy site? It doesn't look like the normal one! Whilst it's a good meeting prices are a rip off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Don't be disappointed...get in quickly! http://nme.seeticket...src=id1nmevenue Is that a dodgy site? It doesn't look like the normal one! Whilst it's a good meeting prices are a rip off. The NME site is presumably part of the company who own New Musical Express. Here's more infor on NME https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME I just found the site when I was searching for more info on a possible 2014 USA Grand Prix/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob tatum Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 Prices for cardiff are not a rip off. £29 for a great seat and a great venue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irk Deflector Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Prices for cardiff are not a rip off. £29 for a great seat and a great venue. Rip off given these cheap tickets cost £19 a few years go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 (edited) It cost over 20 quid to go to osdsal for the world final in 1985! 29 quid is about the same as i paid to go to the nz gp this year and i think its great value Edited June 23, 2013 by waihekeaces1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) It cost over 20 quid to go to osdsal for the world final in 1985! 29 quid is about the same as i paid to go to the nz gp this year and i think its great value Actually not true. Standing tickets at Odsal were £7.50 and seats (less than 5000) in the Stand were £15, £17.50 and £20. Nothing over that. I'm not decrying your point on the value you had at Western Springs as £29 sounds a decent price. I presume market forces led Mr Buckley to set the prices keenly. But the vast majority at the 85 Final had £1 change from a tenner after paying to get in and buying a programme. . Edited June 24, 2013 by Grand Central Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 But the vast majority at the 85 Final paid nowhere near a tenner for both entry and Programme.. I seem to remember the cheapest tickets for the 1990 World Final at Bradford were GBP 17.50, and that was considered quite a hike at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) Prices for cardiff are not a rip off. £29 for a great seat and a great venue. Rip off given these cheap tickets cost £19 a few years go! It cost over 20 quid to go to osdsal for the world final in 1985! 29 quid is about the same as i paid to go to the nz gp this year and i think its great value Actually not true. Standing tickets at Odsal were £7.50 and seats (less than 5000) in the Stand were £15, £17.50 and £20. Nothing over that. I'm not decrying your point on the value you had at Western Springs as £29 sounds a decent price. I presume market forces led Mr Buckley to set the prices keenly. But the vast majority at the 85 Final had £1 change from a tenner after paying to get in and buying a programme. I seem to remember the cheapest tickets for the 1990 World Final at Bradford were GBP 17.50, and that was considered quite a hike at the time. Some good comments but the 1985 Odsal-staged World Final was 28 years ago. Money values have moved on a little since then - and riders are paid far more than they were then. And the £17.50 mentioned for the year 1990 in real terms now is £33.69. Edited June 24, 2013 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Some good comments but the 1985 Odsal-staged World Final was 28 years ago. Money values have moved on a little since then - and riders are paid far more than they were then. And the £17.50 mentioned for the year 1990 in real terms now is £33.69. It's all so long ago and things are different in every way that I cannot see the point of any such comparisons. I was just correcting an inaccuracy. You can compare prices over decades by many means, 'real' terms, relative to earnings, even in pints of beer. But it's all pretty pointless. That was the price then. This is the price now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 It's all so long ago and things are different in every way that I cannot see the point of any such comparisons. I was just correcting an inaccuracy. You can compare prices over decades by many means, 'real' terms, relative to earnings, even in pints of beer. But it's all pretty pointless. That was the price then. This is the price now. I apologise. I was obviously wasting my time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 No apology needed at all. As you said the 1985 Final was 28 years ago And 1990 was still 23 years ago. The question of the price for next year is still a very valid one, though. It's just the looking back in time that doesn't seem to offer much help. To me at any rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 £29 for a seat in the Millenium Stadium is not bad value at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 £29 for a ticket is not a bad price - about the third of a price for a rock concert. But why do I have to rush to get a ticket for Cardiff, when I can wait 13 months and buy one on the day. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) Don't be disappointed...get in quickly! http://nme.seeticket...src=id1nmevenue £29 for a ticket is not a bad price - about the third of a price for a rock concert. But why do I have to rush to get a ticket for Cardiff, when I can wait 13 months and buy one on the day. All the best Rob No reason at all. In the original message I just wanted to highlight that thoughts are already centred on the 2014 British GP and ticket availability is already there for those who might be interested. Edited June 25, 2013 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irk Deflector Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Some good comments but the 1985 Odsal-staged World Final was 28 years ago. Money values have moved on a little since then - and riders are paid far more than they were then. And the £17.50 mentioned for the year 1990 in real terms now is £33.69. World Final was a one off, not shown live on TV and arguably the sport had bigger stars and following in the 80's. GP's are like a Circus, televised live and perhaps more of a show/event - but for me don't have the same sparkle of a one off Final. I love the way the tickets are advertised with xx% saving on the previous years price - which had gone up by the same xx% the year before. Who are they trying to fool - saving my ar53! My beef on prices isn't just the cheapest tickets, sat in the gods, are £29 but that all prices have increased to silly levels. I attended every Cardiff GP from 2002 to 2011 and initially sat lower tier near the starting gate (paying more than £29 a seat!) then moved to middle tier because of price hikes. BSI have seen fit to increase prices in recent years despite world financial turmoil since 2007 - taking the P? To be fair I have reacted the same way to every other company who have tried to increase their prices in recent years - I shop around, look for better value or alternatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Science Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 World Final was a one off, not shown live on TV and arguably the sport had bigger stars and following in the 80's. GP's are like a Circus, televised live and perhaps more of a show/event - but for me don't have the same sparkle of a one off Final. I love the way the tickets are advertised with xx% saving on the previous years price - which had gone up by the same xx% the year before. Who are they trying to fool - saving my ar53! My beef on prices isn't just the cheapest tickets, sat in the gods, are £29 but that all prices have increased to silly levels. I attended every Cardiff GP from 2002 to 2011 and initially sat lower tier near the starting gate (paying more than £29 a seat!) then moved to middle tier because of price hikes. BSI have seen fit to increase prices in recent years despite world financial turmoil since 2007 - taking the P? To be fair I have reacted the same way to every other company who have tried to increase their prices in recent years - I shop around, look for better value or alternatives. What do you think the price should be for the British GP ? baring in mind this years line up is the arguably the strongest ever, riding in one of Britains best stadia,with a roof,in a major city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irk Deflector Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 What do you think the price should be for the British GP ? baring in mind this years line up is the arguably the strongest ever, riding in one of Britains best stadia,with a roof,in a major city. IMO the cheapest tickets should be £20 to £25 max with proportionate reductions on the higher value tickets. All BSI seem to have done is push fans in to the higher tiers with their price hikes, the result being more spaces at track/middle tier level than ever was the case! Do BSI use the British GP to subsidise other GP events? Just a thought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Do BSI use the British GP to subsidise other GP events? I think BSI only promote the Copenhagen and Gothenburg GPs themselves in addition to the British GP. I think Cardiff is certainly their money spinner, although it would seem unlikely they'd want to subsidise loss-making events on a ongoing basis. This said, it must be questionable whether Gothenburg makes any money these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 THEY will also be promoting Stockholm this year and pretty well run the Italian GP as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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