Are Arsenal tickets more expensive because the clubs home ground is in London?
This is one of the most used excuses when anyone questions Arsenal's high ticket prices, you get the usual response of "everything's more expensive in London."
To determine whether this theory is correct you can look at different Premier League clubs's average ticket price, the position the club finished in the previous Premier League campaign and the cost of living in that area. I'll compare two similar clubs in terms of previous league position: Arsenal and Manchester United, Newcastle and West Ham, Tottenham and Liverpool to see if there is a correlation between the cost of living and the cost of a match day ticket.
This is one of the most used excuses when anyone questions Arsenal's high ticket prices, you get the usual response of "everything's more expensive in London."
To determine whether this theory is correct you can look at different Premier League clubs's average ticket price, the position the club finished in the previous Premier League campaign and the cost of living in that area. I'll compare two similar clubs in terms of previous league position: Arsenal and Manchester United, Newcastle and West Ham, Tottenham and Liverpool to see if there is a correlation between the cost of living and the cost of a match day ticket.
Club | Arsenal | Manchester United | West Ham United | Newcastle United | Tottenham Hotspur | Liverpool | |
City | London | Manchester | London | Newcastle Upon Tyne | London | Liverpool | |
Previous League position (12/13) | 4th | 1st | 10th | 16th | 5th | 7th | |
Cost of Living (Consumer Price Index) | 117.97 | 107.17 | 117.97 | 95.04 | 117.97 | 95.20 | |
Ticket Price for a Premier league game (£) (13/14) | 76 | 42 | 51.5 | 42.5 | 56.5 | 45 |
Cost of living figures – Numbeo
Ticket Prices – Guardian
Ticket Prices – Guardian