Viewing figures for The Open are out .... Shocking!

[Val]

£80 for over 12 hours of action with the top golfers in the world. Good value IMO when you consider how much it is to watch an hour and half in the premiership, what is it a ticket now? £45-£50.

What gets my goat is food prices, £7.50 for a burger + £3 for chips

 

[Fish]

£80 for over 12 hours of action with the top golfers in the world. Good value IMO when you consider how much it is to watch an hour and half in the premiership, what is it a ticket now? £45-£50.

What gets my goat is food prices, £7.50 for a burger + £3 for chips

This will always be a gripe at events of any kind as the host course will charge huge amounts for tents and vans etc to sell on the days from their course, they then have to predict their sales against those hiked costs and so high prices are a reflection of that, it's never been any different anywhere!

 

[Val]

This will always be a gripe at events of any kind as the host course will charge huge amounts for tents and vans etc to sell on the days from their course, they then have to predict their sales against those hiked costs and so high prices are a reflection of that, it's never been any different anywhere!

I know how it all works but it still gets my goat. Stella was £4.90 a pint which is high but not as bad as the food

 

[Fish]

I know how it all works but it still gets my goat. Stella was £4.90 a pint which is high but not as bad as the food

I've paid that in some golf clubs around here and further south, scandalous mark up!

 

[fundy]

If you think £4.90 for a pint was bad dont go to the british masters at the grove this year and have a beer!!!!

 

[Alex1975]

If you think £4.90 for a pint was bad dont go to the british masters at the grove this year and have a beer!!!!

Tickets were free... they can kinda charge me whatever for the beer.

 

[fundy]

Tickets were free... they can kinda charge me whatever for the beer.

Ill have a lager each round then please

 

[Fish]

Tickets were free... they can kinda charge me whatever for the beer.

Your round then....again :smirk:

 

[Alex1975]

Happily buy you both a pint or two.... Guessing your both driving?

 

[fundy]

Happily buy you both a pint or two.... Guessing your both driving?

Im sure Ill manage to get a lift if youre buying every round

 

[Fish]

Happily buy you both a pint or two.... Guessing your both driving?

Im sure Ill manage to get a lift if youre buying every round

I'll stay over and happily fall over when full :cheers:

 

[LincolnShep]

This will always be a gripe at events of any kind as the host course will charge huge amounts for tents and vans etc to sell on the days from their course, they then have to predict their sales against those hiked costs and so high prices are a reflection of that, it's never been any different anywhere!

I agree broadly but it's not quite "always" a gripe at "any event of this kind"; a sandwich or a beer is less than £2 at the US Masters. Most other places, however, try to milk visitors for every last penny.

 

[Fish]

I agree broadly but it's not quite "always" a gripe at "any event of this kind"; a sandwich or a beer is less than £2 at the US Masters. Most other places, however, try to milk visitors for every last penny.

That's just under $3 and probably about right in the USA, they probably don't rip the vendors off either by charging extortionate rental space?

Hard to compare when abroad with variables in currency exchange.

 

[Val]

That's just under $3 and probably about right in the USA, they probably don't rip the vendors off either by charging extortionate rental space?

Hard to compare when abroad with variables in currency exchange.

It's easy to compare, big cities in the US will charge anything from $4-$8 a beer depending where you are, big cities in the UK have similar prices to the Open.

 

[freddielong]

Maybe in a world were worse presenters and lots of adverts is better then lower figures is really more people watching it.

 

[Val]

Maybe in a world were worse presenters and lots of adverts is better then lower figures is really more people watching it.

Maybe it is just that.

 

[BubbaP]

I couldn't spot on the article, how are these viewing figures obtained, are they much more than best guesses?

 

[Papas1982]

Maybe in a world were worse presenters and lots of adverts is better then lower figures is really more people watching it.

Broken record.....

 

[Val]

Broken record.....

Have a like bud :thup:

 

[Imurg]

To the OP - shocking..?
Really?
Did anyone in the Universe think they were going to be much different to what they are.?
I'd have said "as expected"