La Liga broadcasters lose around half a million subscribers

http://www.marca.com/blogs/fair-play/2013/09/30/mal-negocio.html

"Paid television, which is what finances the majority of the clubs, is also suffering from the impact of the crisis. The business has lost 12% of its market over the past year, around half a million subscribers, according to the last quarterly report published by the Commission of the Telecommunications Market.

"Canal+, market leader, has lost 98,713 clients and is left with 1,646,172. The operator ONO is now down to 829,999 after losing 76,000. Telefonica's losses are more numerous, that lost 158,685 clients with 630,324 remaining."

"Worse still is that it is getting harder to see full stadiums in La Liga. The prices of the tickets are unthinkable for a country that suffers a crisis with 6m unemployed. Exactly the opposite than Germany. We need only look at these prices to realize that the football executives live in another world."

Valladolid-Málaga 25-50 euros
Valencia-Rayo 5-60
Almería-Barcelona 150-190
Real Sociedad-Sevilla 25-60
Real Madrid-Atlético 70-235
Osasuna-Levante 40-60
Celta-Elche 25-50
Espanyol-Getafe 25-60
Betis-Villarreal 30-60
Granada-Athletic 30-55

Bayern Munich 12-58 euros
Borussia Dortmund 13-50
Bayer Leverkusen 10-63
Frankfurt 9-40
Freiburg 8-50
Mainz 10-34
Schalke 12-43
Borussia Monchengladbach 13-37
Stuttgart 12-60
Hamburgo 11-78
Hannover 11-43
Werder Bremen 6-50
Fortuna Dusseldorf 10-38
Nuremberg 11-40
Wolfsburg 7-58
Hoffenheim 10-45
Augsburg 11-32
Greuther Furth 10-34
Average 10,33-47.39

The jig is up.

Jigging is for suckers.  

Was the cheapest ticket in Almeria - Barcelona really 150€?

I'm rather impressed by Valencia's bundesliga-like pricing

Will take some more years till we can see it on the pitch but La Liga is finished

even paid television suffers in spain :xavi:

Sad but somewhat inevitable figures, those lost subscribers.

If clubs know their business they prolly should lower their prices to get maximum return.

Those are averages or a price range for tickets to those games? Shit I have paid over 1000 bucks for tickets to bulls or bears game. I paid 2000 bucks a piece for blackhawks stanley cup tickets those prices are cheap!

white_star wrote:Those are averages or a price range for tickets to those games? Shit I have paid over 1000 bucks for tickets to bulls or bears game. I paid 2000 bucks a piece for blackhawks stanley cup tickets those prices are cheap!

Really? Wow. I wouldn't let myself get ripped off that way. ^^

rwo power wrote:

white_star wrote:Those are averages or a price range for tickets to those games? Shit I have paid over 1000 bucks for tickets to bulls or bears game. I paid 2000 bucks a piece for blackhawks stanley cup tickets those prices are cheap!

Really? Wow. I wouldn't let myself get ripped off that way. ^^

Ripped off? If you want good seats then you pay up. You make that choice. Sitting courtside in the nba is not cheap heck even the firs few rows will cost alot. Same goes for the nfl you have to pay to sit close lol

Art Morte wrote:Sad but somewhat inevitable figures, those lost subscribers.

If clubs know their business they prolly should lower their prices to get maximum return.

Clubs are not about maximum return, in fact their modus operandi is about no return at all, just try to exist while losing the least amojnt of money possible.

La liga will be a-ok, european football has suffered much worse. Reccesions, two world wars, cold war, communism, dictatorships, market constraints. Spain will bounce back up.

Maybe they should stop tryna sell La Liga rights and just start trying to sell off rights to 2 games...el classico only la liga games people care about anyway tbh

chump league

white_star wrote:Those are averages or a price range for tickets to those games? Shit I have paid over 1000 bucks for tickets to bulls or bears game. I paid 2000 bucks a piece for blackhawks stanley cup tickets those prices are cheap!

There cheap to an american, not to the spanish, which is what this article is about

1991 wrote:

white_star wrote:Those are averages or a price range for tickets to those games? Shit I have paid over 1000 bucks for tickets to bulls or bears game. I paid 2000 bucks a piece for blackhawks stanley cup tickets those prices are cheap!

There cheap to an american, not to the spanish, which is what this article is about

No they aren't either. Those are courtside sits(or damn near close). They're bound to be expensive. Average NBA ticket is somewhere around $100, iirc.


white_star is a boss

I should move to Germany.

Blue Barrett wrote:

1991 wrote:

white_star wrote:Those are averages or a price range for tickets to those games? Shit I have paid over 1000 bucks for tickets to bulls or bears game. I paid 2000 bucks a piece for blackhawks stanley cup tickets those prices are cheap!

There cheap to an american, not to the spanish, which is what this article is about

No they aren't either. Those are courtside sits(or damn near close). They're bound to be expensive. Average NBA ticket is somewhere around $100, iirc.


white_star is a boss

You can be a boss too! Finish school work hard very hard open your own business and you will be courtside or sitting first row at stamford bridge. People who work hard and smart in life get rewarded so good luck mate.

its ok. theyll bail out banks wholl lend 100m to madrid to buy a player that costs more than bayerns team v city last night.
gotta protect those classicos...

Just when you think the Bundesliga's high attendance is due to passionate fans.. You find out it's because their prices are so cheap

Dat vagi moment

How does Osasuna get off charging a minimum of 40 Euros to watch one of their matches? That's ridiculous

La Liga & EPL ticket prices are scandalous.

The greatest team sport match in history last week was only 25euro to get into.

For those of you wondering what match i'm on about:



Sporting perfection this one!