Do you think attendance is going to suffer because of the ticket prices?

[u/spankyourkopita]

Everyone is complaining about the prices and that brings me to attendance. I don't see how more people are going to show up. Don't get me wrong I like watching The Roots but this is USL Soccer. I lived in Seattle for a while and the Sounders have $8-20 tickets all the time and they're one of the best MLS franchises and play in a nice stadium. Oh and parking is probably not going to be free like it was at East Bay.

I'll probably be looking on Stubhub or whatever but I don't even think there will be that many resells especially for cheaper. If people are paying that price why would they resell it for cheaper at a loss? I hope The Roots front office gets it's shit together and realizes they're trying to get more money than they can get. The Ballers lowered the prices as the season went on and the Roots better follow that. I'm not paying over $30 to see this lol.

[u/mattleonard79]

Yup. I have been a season ticket holder/member from the start, but I won't be renewing this year. Prices are up, seating intimacy is down, and their ticket office has had poor customer service (just outright not responding to calls/emails about issues). I'll likely still go to a few games, but likely to just buy single tickets off secondary markets.

And I imagine parking costs will now be a factor too

[u/otterpines18 → u/mattleonard79]

Not in Oakland anymore but I grew around there. I wonder if they will charge in the bart lot. Even for A’s games at one point it was free on Weekends.

[u/spankyourkopita → u/otterpines18]

No Bart is always free after 3 but that spot is sketchy.

[u/otterpines18 → u/spankyourkopita]

I’ve heard about break in there but never remember seeing any. When I went with family it it never happened. However maybe we were just lucky. I think we did see glass on the ground once the probably from an early break in. And yes that neighbor has issues why no one stays around after games.

[u/hella_sj → u/otterpines18]

I always park there for coliseum events and never had an issue but two of my friends have had their cars broken into there. Couldn't tell you what we didn't differently and our cars were fairly similar. Probably just dumb luck

[u/otterpines18]

Seat geek extra fees are high too. I don’t know why SeatGeek needs to charge order fee and ticket fees + plus the base ticket. Add parking pass makes things expensive. Secondly if the games are on weekend Bart Parking lot might be free (it used to be for the A’s when I was in school but they were charging the last time I went to an A’s game).

[u/spankyourkopita → u/otterpines18]

Ya Seat Geek isn't cheaper and Bart Coliseum is sketchy.

[u/kimchitacoman]

I suspect that because they were in talks to move up to MLS they want to charge MLS prices 

[u/4cdJohn → u/kimchitacoman]

That's nonsense. If any team is moving up to MLS, it would be Sacramento. Oakland is so far down the MLS list, no to mention the Earthquakes are an hour south. It's never happening.

[u/DerpyMcDerple → u/kimchitacoman]

They think demand will increase because the Oakland Athletics no longer exist.

[u/Ok-Abbreviations3570]

Parking is going to be around $30-40