THE FAW have confirmed they are to review its prices for international football at Millennium Stadium after the two World Cup home qualifiers to date have produced sparse corwds of 18,000 and under 12,000 respectively in a 78,000 capacity ground.
The opposition in each instance (Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein) have hardly been crowd pullers but ticket pricing has been a factor. Family prices have been reasonable but the upper tiers have been £15 to £25 with 10% booking fee on top when it used to be £5 to £10. The attraction/novelty of attending Millennium Stadium has worn away too - everyone's been there by now.
It makes sense to charge low prices and have a fuller ground but in these times of tight finances, many people are making the decision to watch internationals on tv and there neds to be more inspiration, and less complacency, to pull crowds back.
At least it's finally dawned on them and they're thinking about it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7711605.stm
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