Arsenal raise season ticket prices for successive year after Champions League boost

Arsenal have announced a rise in season ticket prices for the forthcoming season. A statement on the club's website reads: «Consistent with the changes we made for the 2023/24 season, General Admission season ticket and match-by-match ticket prices will increase by six per cent in the lower tier and four per cent in the upper tier next season.

»As a result of the additional fixture and the ticket price increase, season ticket holders in the Upper Tier will pay an additional £113 on average for their season ticket, with those in the Lower Tier paying an average of £103 more than this season.

«As General Admission season ticket holders are owed the difference between a category A and category B game following all three 2023/24 UEFA Champions League Group Stage fixtures being categorised as Bs, the actual increased outlay for renewing season ticket holders will be an additional £73.68 on Upper Tier and £72.58 on Lower Tier.»con

This follows last season’s increase of five per cent for general admission season tickets, six per cent for the lower tier and four per cent for the upper tier. Arsenal have been a far more competitive team in the last two seasons, finishing second in 2022/23 and currently in the same position two points behind leaders Liverpool in the 2023/24 campaign.

The additional fixture relates specifically to the change of format to next season's Champions League. The first stage is expanding from six to eight games meaning an additional home fixture.

Tickets have been in extreme demand with the club putting in place a new ballot system for non-season ticket holders to get tickets. There is also now more incentive for existing season ticket holders to use or transfer their tickets in the hope of improving