AIMC, Italian Milan Membership Affiliation, have printed a fiery assertion concerning the ticket costs on their web site. Certainly, because it has now change into clear, the loyal followers ended up paying greater than vacationers for the Champions League video games.
The administration has come beneath heavy criticism for the ticket pricing this season, not simply within the Champions League but additionally in Serie A. The sport towards Liverpool as the costs have been manner too excessive, leading to about 15k unsold tickets (!).
On their web site, AIMC concerning the state of affairs and above all as a consequence of one factor, specifically the Champions League ‘mini-packs’. Certainly, those that paid for what primarily is a UCL group stage season ticket needed to pay extra, in comparison with shopping for tickets individually for every recreation.
“WE ARE FANS, NOT CUSTOMERS!
Season ticket holders are handled like vacationers and occasional followers, or worse. That is the bitter feeling we have now been carrying with us for months and right now we have now had additional proof, with the publishing of the complete UCL worth checklist.
“Let’s take 2nd blue and 2nd inexperienced for instance, sectors the place the Milan Golf equipment (AIMC) have the best variety of season tickets:
“Single-match price for Serie A season ticket holders:
“With all due respect to the organised followers (and some different loyalists) who signed up for the mini-packs even earlier than the draw, they needed to pay a whopping €159 in whole (€40 per match!!!). And the identical comparability might be made with all the opposite sectors of the stadium, simply examine the value lists of all of the matches.
“It’s now clear that the industrial coverage of this firm doesn’t take into consideration the followers who’ve colored San Siro for years, it’s sufficient that the stadium is crammed with puppets and vacationers who overpay for tickets within the huge matches (towards Juve: 2nd blue/inexperienced at €124, third crimson at €114 and 1st blue/inexperienced at €154!)
“This implies households can solely go to the stadium for the ‘ineffective’ matches by gifting away tickets for €2 simply to fill the stadium. To not point out the sponsors and buddies of buddies who’re reserved quite a few tickets within the huge matches, particularly in European away matches, to the detriment of the onerous core of our followers who observe Milan all the time and in any case whatever the opponents and the distances.
“And the proof that the technique drawn up by the industrial space of this firm is clearly incorrect, regardless of the quite a few recommendations acquired over time, might be discovered within the numbers of this begin of the season:
Failure to promote out the Serie A season tickets
Failure to promote out the one huge match with Liverpool with round 15 thousand unsold tickets and choreography postponed as a consequence of lack of individuals
Champions mini-packs virtually halved in comparison with final yr
Half-empty stadium with Brugge, Crimson Star, Udinese, Empoli regardless of the quite a few season ticket holders
“However, there may be none so deaf as he who is not going to hear, if you’d like a stadium with out a soul, boring, empty and devoid of color you’re on the fitting path, as a result of the client goes to the stadium provided that the present supplied is gorgeous and nice whereas the true fan will all the time go there whatever the consequence, and we have now proven you greater than as soon as: in these years confronted with mediocre outcomes we have now been the one ones all the time current!
“The conclusions are yours…”
Maybe the membership anticipated to cost extra for the tickets, however needed to again down after the Liverpool fiasco. Both manner, it’s a shame that the loyal followers are been fleeced by the membership, particularly since this has been an issue for just a few seasons now.