Season Ticket prices for Everton Stadium revealed

Also now an option to spread payments over 12 months (currently it's 10.)

Bring on The Fourth Grace.

Now if we could only score a goal.

Even if it's just league matches, £900 divided by 19 is about £47 per game. Compared to pro sports in the US, that's a terrific deal. The average NFL fan is going to pay well upwards of $200 per seat per game.

Maybe next season I'll move to Merseyside.

It will be interesting to see if they sell out if we get the mild recession that some are predicting over here.

Nice touch putting the cap on youth tickets.

I understand that as a team we've underperformed for way too long, but on the other hand, for many of those years we have kept prices far too low in comparison to other clubs in the Premier League, and that has compromised to some extent our ability to compete.

Obviously, if we don't remain in the Premier League. the cost of tickets will seem very steep, but if we manage to stay in the Premier League, the prices will to a large extent seem justified.

It is a tough time for very many of the fans and we'll have to wait and see what the actual uptake is, I would guess the supporters will find the money from somewhere and support the club as best as they can, and the club have probably done enough research to justify the new prices.

Everton season ticket prices have been revealed for the 25/26 season and fans have every right to feel aggrieved.

Everton are severely underperforming this season and while an impending takeover looks set to revitalise the club, it would seem ludicrous for season ticket prices to increase drastically… or not.

The prices revealed by the club [29 November] show a £85 increase on the cheapest adult ticket available, which is situated in the family stand of their new stadium. Otherwise, the cheapest adult ticket available is priced at £730 with the average cost coming in at £775.

To put that into context, it works out costing a supporter an average of £40.78 per game, which with various things considered, is an astounding cost.

The ticket pricing sees a 15.3 per cent increase on the cheapest available.

Everton fans should be furious at news today ahead of stadium move

But then again, that link posted by Fred is a Goodison News site, so nothing more to say about that shithouse site.

As Rob says, it should be no surprise that prices have gone up. We need to generate more revenue, whilst maintaining the balance and considering the locally based supporters.

We have American owners coming in, they are going to run the club like a professional business off the pitch, and we haven't been used to, probably since the days of the late Sir John Moores?

We have another 15,000 or so seats to sell and the key here is, if I'm right in thinking we face harder times, even recession next year.

These sites with their straight out of school "posters." I refuse to call them journalists. Anyone can write anything on social media, it's up to us to just ignore most of it.

It's a £¾B stadium we're moving into and, if you didn't think there'd be significant increases in price, then more fool you.
Doesn't matter that we're shit. You don't get to pay on a quality-dependent basis.

Bottom line is: Nobody's forcing you to pay.

Also, I tend to think that with 60k we could fill the ground week-in & week-out, with the numbers waiting for a season-tickets, many others like Danny who need tickets, and many others who do not go every game. And then, of course, in due course, the glory-hunters who jump on the EFC bandwagon.

If there is a recession that forces people to give up their season ticket, then that will be unfortunate, but believe me, there will be thousands who will be more than willing and able to afford to pay for a season ticket. The new stadium will sell out of season tickets every season, along with any tickets on a match-by-match basis.

Also, as Brian says, it was inevitable that there would be an increase in prices. What did people expect, a decrease or to remain the same as this season?

There are two things here. As I've said before, and don't ask me the technicalities, but safe standing can increase the capacity to over 60,000 like in some European stadiums.

And unfounded rumours that there are plans to fill in another dock to extend one of the stands.

If the latter is feasible, I hope we don't go the wrong way, or we'll be floating on the Mersey!!!

The other rumour would cost a small fortune when we could have put up a bigger stadium in the first place.

I was basing it on adult prices, certain areas will have increased more, but I think, on a whole, for the majority of senior and junior tickets, the club have done very well with the prices, when elsewhere clubs are trying to phase out junior and senior tickets, with the option of 12-month direct debit as well, a big pat on the back for the club.

Too big a risk hiking the prices up too much for the first season: bums on seats and a full stadium for the first year and by doing so not driving regular season ticket holders away, the club have for large parts got it spot on.

I think a second tranche of premium seats then went on sale, in the West and Lower East Stands; again, that would have given the club an updated feel for demand vs supply.

I understand that all those premium seats sold out in October, probably leading the club to feel that demand was such that they could announce a further block of (semi-)premium seats in the Upper East Stand.

Initial enquiries about that latter announcement might have given the club a further feel that demand was still holding up and informing their decisions about the prices announced today.

Add in the club's evidence for demand from current non-season ticket holders.

I guess!

Thing is Paul, we couldn't!

Moreover, I don't think that site can handle much more than the planned 52,888 capacity.

Any stand can be higher surely - look at the crap they added on.

About 6 or 7 years ago, a guy was invited to the Winslow to give a talk on safe standing. He brought with him an example of a rail seat commonly used in Germany; they are very compact and designed to be locked in the up position, for safety, during safe standing.

I thought these would be fitted at BMD to allow a ratio of 3 standing to 2 seats. I am not sure that what has been fitted, would allow the same increase in capacity.

I used it before, but Schalke, who I follow and go watch, manage to do it.

For internationals, 54,000 (all seated). For league matches, they get 63,000 into the Veltins Arena.

It seems to be restricted to the "Nordkurve", their main home supporters end. The rest of the stadium remains seated.

I often spend a lot of time stood up, especially at away matches.

My reasoning is based on Manchester City, struggling to fill out their stadium on a regular basis, and nothing more.

The club seem to have got this spot on, they have got their premium crowd sorted, the more affluent than your average fan sorted, and now these prices seem for what the vast majority of what current STH expect, new STH expect.

And just as important, don't forget the thousands of fans we have who can't afford or commit to go every week... people seem to underestimate the value and loyalty we have given for decades. I personally have held season tickets, have gone to every game of a season by just turning up.

I have had loads of seasons I didn't go and loads like last season were I went a handful. I still think I am as much an Evertonian as someone who has sat in the same seat for 30 years, it just defies any logical way of saying who's more important than whom.

That is why I'm confident that, with this new beautiful stadium, we can all be accommodated – any bitching about pricing or capacity right now just seems ridiculous.

Look at the official sites or drone images and see what will soon be ours to think you were going to pay the same or have you and 8 of your mates sitting in the same spot (virtually) is ridiculous and to be honest... that word I used to hate... 'entitled'.

We are all entitled to be given a chance for our loyalty and support to be recognised and accommodated, I agree, but I believe the club have achieved this with what has obviously been a really thorough approach to satisfy all fans.

I applaud the people at the club for this and believe once all fans sit down at their new seats they will have no complaints.
The facilities, food, drinks, toilets, social areas wrapping 3 quarters around the stadium is incredible and I believe justifys a noticeable hike... but how could it be any other way?

I personally just look forward to having a chance to go and see my team play in a world class stadium with superb facilities.

Yes but, Tony, their fans are used to winning trophies every season, so get a bit bored with all that. We'll never get to such a position of being bored like that!

Seriously, I'm with Billy #26 - I just can't wait to get into the new place.

I must be insane, feeling a shock result coming our way tomorrow, akin to the 1-5 away win in Brighton, that seemingly came out of nowhere. COYB. UTFT.

Making the stand taller means also making it deeper, which is why, as Danny says, the adjacent dock land would be needed.

That's Everton (fans) that.

This raises the capacity by 2,500, so there will need to be some other areas also to get an extra 7,500 to make a 60,000 capacity.

Presumably that 2,500 will be walk-up sales? And that there's something in the purchase conditions saying you're not guaranteed a seat and at anytime you could turn up and find you have to stand.

On the question of raising the stand height, I seem to remember during the planning phase the height of the structure had to be reduced slightly.

I vaguely recall that was something to do with pandering to World Heritage?

And look how that turned out for us.

"Presumably that 2,500 will be walk-up sales? And that there's something in the purchase conditions saying you're not guaranteed a seat and at any time you could turn up and find you have to stand".

Eric, I'm ignorant about converting seated areas to safe standing, especially on a match-by-match basis as I think Danny referred to at one of the German clubs.

So, if in January, I buy a seat, in what could at some time become a safe standing area, do I get a specific numbered seat (say, Row A, Seat 20)? And when it becomes safe standing do I have to stand in that row? Who makes sure I do stand there? Or doesn't it matter?

All I see is 3 into 2 doesn't go. They are selling the season ticket seats to 2 people, so how does the third person get a ticket? It can't be a season ticket?

And those 2 who buy their seats must have some sort of clause in their purchase contract that they don't have a right to sit, it could be changed to a standing position at any time the club decide?

Maybe Danny can tell us how it works at other grounds? Or anyone else?

The anomaly in that being that the 14- to 17-year-olds have to pay a premium to not have a guaranteed seat?

I must be missing something?

Paul there were many, many restrictions when building on BMD.

One of them, as mentioned by Eric, was a height restriction.

This in turn affected the width.

There were restrictions with regard to the proximity to the water treatment plant.

There were, I was told, also weight restrictions on the complete structure itself.

It wasn't just a case of "well let's build it ten metres longer and wider and higher."

That just wasn't possible at the time mate according to what I was told.

The "Nordkurve" (home end) is the lower section behind the goal.

It is bouncing throughout the match.

Go high, or stretch those legs.

Let's see what happens. I'm still a bit confused as to if and how it would be implemented.

I don't think you will need your stool.

Each row in the South Stand is about 18"-20" higher the the row in front.

It'd be great if they did incorporate some safe standing and make it a bit cheaper.

I would imagine the prices would be not cheap obviously but not Speke airport expensive? They don't want us all pissed up before the match starts as well, or getting rat-arsed and jumping in the dock after as well!!... So reasonable prices but no loopy juice like Stella – just watery crap like Carlsberg maybe??

It's not long before we find out though.

Everton have held season ticket prices a bit too low in recent years in my opinion given the level of demand. Something you can probably thank Bill Kenwright for as it happens.

I think they will sell out especially with being able to spread the cost. I've always said 52,888 seats is not enough and that may force prices up over time when the Yanks get their heads around it.

Personally, we are somewhere between 7,500 and 8,000 on the waiting list and, if we get the chance, we will be buying.

The main hospitality section costing £6,500 per seat sold out nearly two years ago and this came with a commitment of 3 years – planned ticketsprices are reasonable and reflect demand and a nod to affordability.