Arsenal fans vent anger as the club raises season ticket prices for a second successive year with calls to freeze prices rejected.
More unwanted price hikes… with the Supporters Trust saying Arsenal rejected their calls to freeze ticket prices, meaning fans will pay approximately 10% more than this season.
The announcement stated that prices will increase for the 2024/25 season, with fans in the upper tier facing an average additional cost of £72 per season.
More unwanted price hikes…
“We are disappointed Arsenal rejected our call for a freeze in ticket prices. A supporter buying a season ticket for 2024/25 will pay approximately 10% more than this season,” say @AST_arsenal https://t.co/0m0ZuKW2yK
— The FSA (@WeAreTheFSA) February 20, 2024
On the other hand, those in the lower tier will see a rise of £73 per season after factoring in refunds from the current term. This equates to just over £3 per game.
Fans in the ‘Centre Upper’ section of the Emirates Stadium will have to pay £2,050 for their general admission season ticket, while the cheapest adult season ticket is priced at £1,073 for the wing, corner, and goal lower sections.
Arsenal wrote in a statement: “Our ambition is to continue competing at the highest level and investing in our teams in an environment where costs continue to rise.
“We are also continuing to make investments to improve the matchday experience for our supporters at Emirates Stadium.”
General Admission Season Ticket Prices 2024-25
The table below shows the General Admission Season Ticket Prices for 2024-25, per arsenal.com. Please note, prices are based on Champions League qualification and are inclusive of VAT.
| Upper Tier | Adult | Young Adult (25% discount) |
Junior (50% discount) |
Cannon (50% discount) |
Cannon (57% discount*) |
| Centre Upper | £2,050.50 | £1,538.00 | £1,025.25 | £1,025.25 | £881.75 |
| Centre Upper – No UEFA | £1,903.00 | £1,427.25 | £951.50 | £951.50 | £818.25 |
| Centre Upper Back | £1,551.50 | £1,163.75 | £775.75 | £775.75 | £667.25 |
| Next to Centre Upper | £1,551.50 | £1,163.75 | £775.75 | £775.75 | £667.25 |
| Next to Centre Upper – No UEFA | £1,495.00 | £1,121.25 | £747.50 | £747.50 | £642.75 |
| Next to Centre Upper Back | £1,373.50 | £1,030.25 | £686.75 | £686.75 | £590.50 |
| Wing Upper | £1,373.50 | £1,030.25 | £686.75 | £686.75 | £590.50 |
| Wing Upper – No UEFA | £1,373.50 | £1,030.25 | £686.75 | £686.75 | £590.50 |
| Wing Upper Back | £1,206.00 | £900.00 | £603.00 | £603.00 | £518.50 |
| Corner Upper | £1,373.50 | £1,030.25 | £686.75 | £686.75 | £590.50 |
| Goal Upper | £1,462.50 | £1,097.00 | £731.25 | £731.25 | £629.00 |
| Goal Upper Back | £1,206.00 | £904.50 | £603.00 | £603.00 | £518.50 |
| Lower Tier | Adult | Young Adult (25% discount) |
Junior (50% discount) |
Cannon (50% discount) |
Cannon (57% discount*) |
| Centre Lower | £1,172.50 | £879.50 | £586.25 | £586.25 | £504.25 |
| Wing Lower | £1,073.00 | £804.75 | £536.50 | £536.50 | £461.50 |
| Corner Lower | £1,073.00 | £804.75 | £536.50 | £536.50 | £461.50 |
| Goal Lower | £1,073.00 | £804.75 | £536.50 | £536.50 | £461.50 |
Note:
All General Admission season ticket holders up to the age of 18 (Juniors and Cannon) will receive a 50% discount regardless of where they sit
Young Adult season ticket holders aged 19 to 24 will continue to receive a 25% discount in all General Admission areas
*Cannon Members who currently receive a 57% discount will continue to receive this during the 2024/25 season if they remain a Cannon, after which it will be phased down to 50% over a three-year period or when they reach the next age bracket – whichever happens first
| Lower Tier | Junior* (66% Discount) |
Senior** (57% discount) |
| Existing Family Enclosure Members |
£364.75 | £461.50 |
*Junior Gunner Members who currently receive a 66% discount will continue to receive this during the 2024/25 season if they remain a Junior Gunner, after which it will be phased down to 50% over a three-year period or when they reach the next age bracket – whichever happens first
**Senior Citizen season ticket holders who currently sit in the Family Enclosure will keep their concession at the current discount rate of 57% for the 2024/25 season – this discount will be kept under review for future seasons
| Upper Tier | Disability Access Members (50% discount) |
| Centre Upper Back – Disability Access | £775.75 |
| Corner Upper – Disability Access | £686.75 |
| Upper Behind Goal – Disability Access | £731.25 |
| Lower Tier | Disability Access Members (50% discount) |
| Lower Centre – Disability Access | £586.25 |
| Lower Wing – Disability Access | £536.50 |
| Lower Corner – Disability Access | £536.50 |
| Lower Behind Goal – Disability Access | £536.50 |
AST response to Arsenal ticketing announcement
We are disappointed Arsenal chose to reject our call for a freeze in ticket prices given the club will benefit from playing more home matches next season.
Arsenal are guaranteed to play at least one more game in Europe next season as the Champions League and Europa League group stages are expanded. It could well be two more games with the extra knock out game being introduced. We had hoped that the extra revenue these games will generate would mean Arsenal could lessen the annual uplift.
These proposals mean a supporter buying an Arsenal season ticket for 2024/25 will pay approximately 10% more than this season.
This size of increase is unnecessary at a time when club revenues from broadcast and commercial revenues will increase by up to £150m over two seasons to exceed a predicted half a billion pounds during this current season.
Most disappointingly the club could have mitigated the impact of this price increase by making available the option of purchasing a 19 game Premier League only season ticket for those who wanted it, as happens at the vast majority of PL clubs.
An optional 19 game season ticket would not only have provided supporters with a more affordable purchase but more importantly it would have seen more tickets become available for red, silver and overseas members to buy, something the Club says is a priority.
Previous discussions with the Club had been positive about this option and we will continue to press for this for the 2025/26 season.
We welcome the decision to increase the support being given to the Junior Gunner category. This follows the discounts introduced previously for younger adults and students. Our young fans are the club’s future and this should help more young people to attend the Emirates.
However we are concerned at the decision to reduce the senior concession benefits offered including removing any option for new purchases of a discounted season ticket and greatly reducing the match by match discount.
We believe the Club could be more generous in the support it gives to this category of match attending supporter and we will closely monitor the impact of this decision and feedback from our members.
During recent discussions on ticketing arrangements we were pleased to secure a commitment that a full report on this season’s ballot outcomes would be provided to the Advisory forums and supporter groups with enough time to review so that changes can be made for next season.
We also welcome a commitment made at the Arsenal Advisory Board that further resources will go into the fight against touting and we will continue to press for more to be done here, together with more explanation around what has been achieved to date.
Twitter users reacted with Arsenal fans taking to vent anger as the club raises season ticket prices for a second successive year…
@djefferson947: It’s absolutely appalling. Ripping fans off as do so many other clubs.
@GoldenGoonerlg: There should be a loyalty ticket, I have been a season ticket holder since 83. Never even got on the fixed mural. As we know in life,’it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.’ As for Europe, Zero is guaranteed until the table says it is. We are £ signs always have been
@a_maskell: For everything that’s improving on the field, off the field, the club has no idea, yet another massive own goal. It’s worrying the way these things seem to be getting worse by the season…
@annerobotham: Whatever your stripe, please support trusts like these. They are literally the wall between you and the rampant greed that we all suffer for in the game. I absolutely love Arsenal but honest, clear conversations from fans are still desperately needed everywhere.
@sebwright: Thank you AST and I fully support your statement. @Arsenal why is it the fans that should suffer? The cost of living crisis is affecting us all and yet you have decided to increase the ST pricing by 10% in the past 2 season. Really disappointing.
@ReservedGunner: Pretty grimm from @Arsenal. I understood why season ticket prices went up this season after years of staying frozen. But to impose another massive ABOVE INFLATION hike on supporters is out of order. As usual, we only matter when they want us for atmosphere or shirt sales
@MLArsenal:
Below is a breakdown of the ST price and the amount of games we played in the league and cups averaging price/game
21/22 – £2500 (No European football) – 23 matches £109/game
22/23 – £2995 (Europa) – 24 Games £125/game
23/24 – £3300 (CL) – 27 Games (Max)
24/25 – £3560 (CL)??
@James49808712: This is all planned to drive out the old boy season ticket holders.. to tick boxes
@Its__Mark: My ticket goes up 4% again next season. Frustrating to say the least considering we’re not even close to winning a major trophy yet.
@joeyhaslam82: £2000 for one season ticket in the upper tier at arsenal next year. Me and my 3 kids will pay around £500 in total @OfficialBWFC. How on earth is the average man supposed to take his family to the match at these prices. That’s before buying them all a kit. #gamesgone #wagecap
@Den_AFC: Fuel added to the fire once again by Arsenal Football Club. There’s been enough problems this season with the attendance & tickets, but why not increase the prices on top?
@JohnEdward1810: Just got the email from @Arsenal about next season ticket prices, mine is going from £892 to £1073, that’s the price on the website, lower tier is going up by 6%, and upper tier 4%. I don’t think them prices are 6% and 4% at all. we are getting 1 extra European game ticket.
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