The prices of Maccabi Haifa tickets and subscriptions irritate the team's fans
Maccabi Haifa manages, this season, complex and charged relations with the team's fans and I just remind you that the season has only just begun.
It started with the fact that the fans were not satisfied with the refund for last season, when it was not possible to enter the fields, due to the corona epidemic. Fans who purchased a subscription expected a more significant refund.
Ticket prices for the Champions League match against Maccabi Tel Aviv were high and after complaints from the fans, the management of Maccabi Haifa lowered prices.
Maccabi Haifa management announcement ahead of the "Champion of Champions" match
"Dear fans, we are aware of the criticism regarding the prices for the "Champion of Champions" game and the large expenses that the green crowd has around the team, especially this month.
The ticket prices that were set for this game were based on the ticket prices that were in the past in meetings between the teams.
Therefore, we have decided that for the upcoming home game in the European framework, we will significantly lower the ticket prices for season ticket holders:
◄ North/South stands and families - NIS 40.
► Silver and Mizrahi - 60 shekels.
Your support is not something that is taken for granted and is very moving and I thank you for that"
Ticket prices for the game against Hadera:
Precisely in the match against Hadera in the first round that was in Netanya, the club stood behind the crowd and supported the protest which finally managed to lower the ticket prices to an amount that was comfortable for the fans and the crowd came in droves, not that it helped the game ended in a zero draw and Hadera was even better and more dangerous.
The conflict with the audience regarding the cost of the tickets came to a head when the subscription prices for the team's three home games in the Conference League were announced.
A fan who wants to attend the games will have to purchase a subscription to all three games.
In light of the club's advertising, the audience is once again resentful for the reason that Maccabi Tel Aviv also plays in the same establishment and the prices they published are much cheaper.
Ticket prices - subscription for three games in the Conference League - comparison between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa:
The results of the meeting with the fan organizations:
After a meeting that took place between the fan organizations and the heads of the club, 2 different messages came out.
The club published a message saying that a fan who purchases a subscription will receive an additional ticket as a gift for one of the three games:
"For the first time, Maccabi Haifa will host a European home leg at the Ofer Semi. Three teams from Europe's leading leagues are expected to come to Haifa for an attractive and quite challenging home. Together with our audience, we expect a warm winter at the Semi, hoping for unforgettable experiences, so let's push the team in Europe.
And there is also a benefit, everyone who purchases a subscription to games in Europe, will receive an additional free ticket to one of the games in Europe of his choice and based on available space, in the Mizrahi, Silver, Avi Ran, Family and Southern stands. So here you have the opportunity to bring a friend, girlfriend or brother with you to the game.
It will be possible to redeem the ticket for the upcoming game starting Sunday, September 12.9, at 10:00. The additional ticket is according to the priority of the purchase.
Happy and exciting new year to all of us."
The fan organizations, on the other hand, published a statement on their behalf, saying that the compromise is that every fan who purchases a subscription will be entitled to receive a ticket to the Toto Cup final match:
"The management of Maccabi Haifa apologized a month ago for its high prices and promised to improve and take into account the subscriptions, and just like you, we were surprised by the subscription prices for the Conference League.
Therefore, we initiated a meeting with the club's management, where we made it clear that the robbery of ticket prices must stop, we kept silent for too long considering the team's situation and due to the corona crisis which brought losses to the club (according to them), but the relationship is not one-sided, you have to consider the fans and not see them as a wallet That he will open at any moment they ask.
We demanded a reduction in prices and comparing them to the price of a game in proportion to the cost of the subscription, in light of the sale and purchase of some fans, we understood that logistically this is a little problematic. The solution to the situation is - every subscriber who buys a subscription to the Conference League will receive a ticket to the final of the Toto Cup for free, every subscriber will receive the ticket according to his stand is Belongs, that is, a gold subscriber will get a gold ticket and a northern subscriber will get behind the gate and so on.
By offsetting the price of the final game, we get 4 tickets at a reasonable and correct cost for each fan. Soon the club will issue an orderly notice explaining how you can exercise your right. From here we ask the fans - not to run to buy tickets, we will make sure to stand up to any body that tries to rob our fans.
Maccabi Haifa fans are not ATMs."
The conflict with the fan organizations is not over:
Now, not only are the group's fans angry about the prices of the subscriptions, but to this was also added a fight over the versions and the outline of the discount after purchasing a subscription. Many Maccabi Haifa fans feel like "ATMs" or "walking wallets" according to quite a few posts that appeared on social networks.
We estimate that Maccabi Haifa and the fan organizations are moving towards a very busy season in everything related to the financial issue. It can be hoped that at least in the professional section it will be quiet and the crowd will be satisfied with what they see on the grass.
It's about time that the CEO of Mashbir Latrakhan Ben Dov returns to his previous job. The clown thinks that the club's dedicated fans are a cash register
Nice attempt to explain!
But I didn't understand... I don't visit Sami Ofer. I might want to go with the grandson to some game. How much will a ticket to the game in reasonable places cost me?