{"id":407493,"date":"2011-04-29T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/arsenal-fans-call-on-club-to-reconsider-planned-hike-in-ticket-prices\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T12:37:00","slug":"arsenal-fans-call-on-club-to-reconsider-planned-hike-in-ticket-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/arsenal-fans-call-on-club-to-reconsider-planned-hike-in-ticket-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal fans call on club to reconsider planned hike in ticket prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>29 Apr 2011 13:37:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.7290961817\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stan Kroenke\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/36c72955128489_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stan Kroenke<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"37\">The Arsenal Supporters\u2019 Trust (AST) plan to issue majority shareholder Stan Kroenke with a letter advising against an increase in the price of season tickets.<\/p>\n<p>The letter raises issue with any changes being made while both fans and the team face a period of uncertainty, particularly with the current economic climate and the club still in an offer period following Kroenke\u2019s takeover.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of season tickets at the Emirates have been frozen since 2006, yet there has been a rise of six-and-a-half per cent imposed on 7,000 executive club level seats, while the club&#8217;s season tickets prices already start at \u00a3893, amongst the highest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement addressed to chief executive Ivan Gazidis and a number of other directors, including Kroenke, the AST have raised their grievances directly with the club\u2019s hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wider economic climate means that many fans are suffering,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;They can no longer afford the high cost of tickets, and we have been approached by many concerned members who tell us that accepting a price rise is no longer a matter of choice, but will force their exclusion as their finances just can&#8217;t stretch to meet it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A further reason to postpone the rise is the uncertainty caused by the takeover by Kroenke Sports Enterprises KSE. I am sure you appreciate the perception that there will be if the price increase is implemented without the guarantee that it is not for the benefit of shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If custodianship means anything it is to look after the long-term interests of the club and demonstrate the same loyalty and appreciation of supporters as those same supporters show to the club throughout their lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The AST believe the club should aim to make up the \u00a350 million gap in commercial revenues between themselves and Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/36c72955128489_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/29\/2463495\/arsenal-fans-call-on-club-to-reconsider-planned-hike-in\" title=\"Arsenal fans call on club to reconsider planned hike in ticket prices\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal fans call on club to reconsider planned hike in ticket prices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 29 Apr 2011 13:37:00 Stan Kroenke Related Links Teams The Arsenal Supporters\u2019 Trust (AST) plan to issue majority shareholder Stan Kroenke with a letter advising against an increase in the price of season tickets. The letter raises issue with any changes being made while both fans and the team face a period of uncertainty, particularly with the current economic climate and the club still in an offer period following Kroenke\u2019s takeover<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":407494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-407493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal fans call on club to reconsider planned hike in ticket prices - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/arsenal-fans-call-on-club-to-reconsider-planned-hike-in-ticket-prices\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal fans call on club to reconsider planned hike in ticket prices - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 29 Apr 2011 13:37:00 Stan Kroenke Related Links Teams The Arsenal Supporters\u2019 Trust (AST) plan to issue majority shareholder Stan Kroenke with a letter advising against an increase in the price of season tickets. 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