Reply to: Cost of going to the Odeon - rant warning

[SandyD]

FYI, many banks / bank accounts offer some benefits one of which is half priced cinema tickets, I get it through Lloyds.

[Mordac]

Should they be? Prices have gone up recently though at quite a few clubs but at least you get a decent sausage and beer, and you can still smoke at most stadiums...

There's a FB page: European Football Weekends which is quite interesting to see how many UK fans fly out to the continent to watch games rather than homegrown talent...

They hike up the prices for away fans in Euro competitions, was what I meant.

[darmstadt]

(Not for visiting English fans they're not. )

Should they be? Prices have gone up recently though at quite a few clubs but at least you get a decent sausage and beer, and you can still smoke at most stadiums...

There's a FB page: European Football Weekends which is quite interesting to see how many UK fans fly out to the continent to watch games rather than homegrown talent...

[BR14]

What day to they have their unwaged special deal?

Monday.
you'll have to hurry.............................

[Old Greg]

VUE Cwmbran £5 and they've got posh seats....

VUE are ****ers apparently though. If there are no other cinemas in the area its a tenner.

What day to they have their unwaged special deal?

[psychocandy]

If you want to see the latest film = Torrents
If you want an "experience" = Pay the price and go to the cinema

When we take the kids I use my Cineworld Unlimited which gives me a 25% discount on the crap they want, when it's just MrsMac and I we go to Everyman big comfy double sofas, drinks brought to your seat etc but as a babysitter usually costs us a minimum of £40, throw in £20 for Uber we know it's going to be an expensive evening so make the most of it.

Torrents = wank quality. I used to do it but it was so tulipe it was a waste of time.

Did for Descendents 3 recently for my 6 year old. Even she said it was too blurry.

[psychocandy]

It cost me £4.99 when I went to see it in Swansea last week.

VUE Cwmbran £5 and they've got posh seats....

VUE are ****ers apparently though. If there are no other cinemas in the area its a tenner.

[scooterscot]

I think football tickets are much cheaper in Germany than England too?

€20-30 or there abouts. Isn't that the norm in England?

[BrilloPad]

Yup indeed - very interesting youtube video on it... and how to game it!

Hopefully scooter can graph that for us.....

[original PM]

(Not for visiting English fans they're not. )

German clubs are fan-controlled (no private individual or commercial organisation/sponsor can control more than 49% of the club).
That's why ticket prices are low by comparison to the UK. Dortmund have the highest average home attendance in the world (c.80k per match) even though everyone knows Bayern Munich will win the league. Most German top-flight clubs offer a standing season ticket for around EUR200. Which is roughly the same as a pair of top-priced seats for a home game at Arsenal.

Yup indeed - very interesting youtube video on it... and how to game it!

[Mordac]

I think football tickets are much cheaper in Germany than England too?

(Not for visiting English fans they're not. )

German clubs are fan-controlled (no private individual or commercial organisation/sponsor can control more than 49% of the club).
That's why ticket prices are low by comparison to the UK. Dortmund have the highest average home attendance in the world (c.80k per match) even though everyone knows Bayern Munich will win the league. Most German top-flight clubs offer a standing season ticket for around EUR200. Which is roughly the same as a pair of top-priced seats for a home game at Arsenal.

[edison]

I agree about experience. In fairness I'm making my comparisons to cinemas here in Munich, where normally I'm paying half for the same experience. Which includes a beer. In a glass! Not a plastic cup.

I think football tickets are much cheaper in Germany than England too?

[BrilloPad]

I understand the reinforced "fat" seats cost extra.

Even at the Heathrow Thistle?

[woohoo]

I agree about experience. In fairness I'm making my comparisons to cinemas here in Munich, where normally I'm paying half for the same experience. Which includes a beer. In a glass! Not a plastic cup.

I understand the reinforced "fat" seats cost extra.

[scooterscot]

I agree about experience. In fairness I'm making my comparisons to cinemas here in Munich, where normally I'm paying half for the same experience. Which includes a beer. In a glass! Not a plastic cup.