Fan thoughts on season-ticket hikes
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We asked for your thoughts on season ticket price increases at Wolves. In recent days fan groups have raised frustrations, with some calling for a boycott of the tickets. Various sections of the ground have seen price changes, with some tickets up 17% and one category of under-14s tickets up 176% in price from £105 to £290.
"As chair of the trust, I want you to boycott it," Daniel Warren, from the Wolves 1877 Trust, told BBC Radio WM.
Here are some of your replies on the story:
Simon Asbury: I will not be renewing my season ticket. I hope the person who gets my seat will support them in the Championship. I live in Nottinghamshire and will in the future watch Mansfield Town.
Chris: This increase is obscene. They no longer care about passion, they only want money! The economy of Wolverhampton is far worse than that of London.
Jamie: Once in a while, you have to try and stop corporate greed. Premier League tourism is a new phenomenon allowing owners to increase season ticket prices knowing they can replace those who can't afford it with fair weather football fans. They don't support Wolves; they are there to see the Premier League. Today's announcement is so unjustified.
Nick: I actually think it’s not bad. Our tickets have hardly gone up over the last five years. The cost of living has affected clubs. It also might sort a problem at Wolves in how hard it is to get tickets because the same faces have kept a monopoly on them. Maybe now the rest of us can get them.
Tony Dixon: Scandalous price rise of 17% for me and my pension increase was 8%. Mine has doubled in the last three seasons. Supported and followed wolves for 65 years but I am not sure this can continue. So thanks Jeff Shi, you are achieving your aim to remove elderly support from the ground to attract younger supporters at a higher cost.
Ashleigh: My ticket has increased from £730 to £835, which in itself is ridiculous. The real blow though is that I plan on taking my kids when they're older as I live in East Manchester and would've loved my kids to support Wolves. However the children's price increases are abhorrent. They'll now likely grow up supporting Man City, and I can't blame them.