Arsenal confirm 6.5% increase in ticket prices

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Arsenal have confirmed a 6.5 per cent rise in ticket prices for the 2011-12 season.

The Gunners’ chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, has maintained that the increase in pricing, which was revealed exclusively by Goal.com in March, has been considered “very carefully”, with the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust having previously raised their concerns with the club’s hierarchy.

“We thought about this increase, the first in three seasons, very carefully,” he said on the club’s official website.

“We fully understand fans are facing rising costs in many areas of their lives and their club faces the same issues.

“We have acted responsibly over the years to balance the impact of even inflationary increases on our fans with the rightful demand that we compete at the highest level and we will continue to do so.”