Singapore F1 ticket and Tv rights
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Tickets for the British F1 race were being sold at between 180-220GBP (about S$600) on the internet. I wonder how much will the tickets for our F1 race next year and how much government tax will be levied. Perhaps a 30% tax like the special tax on all hotel rooms during the F1 race would be reasonable. Then there is the TV rights. I should think $20 pay per view should be pretty reasonable. Since not every home has cable TV, Mediacorp should start looking into how they can make the F1 race available to paying customers who do not have cable. Otherwise Starhub will have a monopoly and the price of the television broadcast may be much higher.
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Im already saving for Grand Stand tickets
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Once again you demonstrate how little you know about Formula 1.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Tickets for the British F1 race were being sold at between 180-220GBP (about S$600) on the internet. I wonder how much will the tickets for our F1 race next year and how much government tax will be levied. Perhaps a 30% tax like the special tax on all hotel rooms during the F1 race would be reasonable. Then there is the TV rights. I should think $20 pay per view should be pretty reasonable. Since not every home has cable TV, Mediacorp should start looking into how they can make the F1 race available to paying customers who do not have cable. Otherwise Starhub will have a monopoly and the price of the television broadcast may be much higher.
You don't tell us where those 180 quid seats are located. Different stands around the track are priced differently. And then we don't know if it's a single-day pass or if it covers qualifying and the practice sessions as well. Compound this with Hamilton-mania - by now all the cheaper tickets have been snapped up.
And FOM controls the broadcast rights, that's why the graphics used in every country are the same. It would've been discussed anyway at the negiotiations and they don't come cheap. ESPN-SS already controls the rights to broadcast the race in this region and they broadcast every qualifying session and race live.
Don't you want the economy to benefit? Let people who don't have cable TV go to the pubs and kopitiams to watch. They don't have a problem doing it week in and week out for football.
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if i didn't remember wrongly, an article was saying that the tickets are planned at the sub $100 range? and besides, planned route is so long, i am sure there will be open spaces where people are able to stand beside the road and be very close to the track for the pure adrenaline rush when a car speeding at 300kmh zoom past you. i can imagine our government spending a lot of money covering up the the planned route with fence to prevent people from climbing into road.
seriously doubt the tickets sales can cover that cost. guess the only reason is the exposure that sg will receive from this event. -
instead of comparing the prices for the UK event, I think it makes more sense to benchmark against that of Malaysia, Shanghai, Jpan and Australia. My feeling is that prices will be above those of Malaysia, Shanghai but lower than Japan's.
No doubt these tickets don't come cheap but it shld not be exorbitant lest the buzz fizzle out by year one. It does not make sense if the gahmen tailor this strictly 100% to draw the tourists, there must be some local supporters - and high prices put them off. Already, being a street race, ppl can throng to Marina foodcourt or for those working in Merill Lynch or UBS, they get to see the race from their office - which is free. Not unless, gahmen pass a law to have them block up the windows during the event to avoid "free" viewing.. -
There's no way you can compel private building management to cover up their windows.
As in Monaco, people could simply plop a high chair on their yacht and use some binoculars and view the race.
For us, there's a lot of vantage points that we cannot block off.
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Watching the race from binoculars at the top of a building is no better than watching television.
Ticket prices should reflect the cost of bringing the race here and how much the market will bear. Being the first race in Singapore, I think even with ticket prices between $200-$600, people will still buy. After all, I have paid S$1200 for a ticket to watch Aida.
Pay per view charges should be higher for businesses like pubs and hotels. They can afford to pay and it will be daft if any pub or kopi tiam tries to save he money. So $120 fee is not excessive.
Time to tax till they squeak. -
Any on knows the price of Malaysia and Mornaco grand stand tickets?
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aiyah... i just buy those remote control helicopters, attach a camera and live live feed loh! can follow the cars and route somemore!
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$1200? You must be a great fan then.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Watching the race from binoculars at the top of a building is no better than watching television.
Ticket prices should reflect the cost of bringing the race here and how much the market will bear. Being the first race in Singapore, I think even with ticket prices between $200-$600, people will still buy. After all, I have paid S$1200 for a ticket to watch Aida.
Pay per view charges should be higher for businesses like pubs and hotels. They can afford to pay and it will be daft if any pub or kopi tiam tries to save he money. So $120 fee is not excessive.
Time to tax till they squeak.
But that doesn't beat being in the stage of things itself.
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Give this Oxford quality person a break lah. He is a complete novice in motorsports.Originally posted by Kuali Baba:Once again you demonstrate how little you know about Formula 1.
You don't tell us where those 180 quid seats are located. Different stands around the track are priced differently. And then we don't know if it's a single-day pass or if it covers qualifying and the practice sessions as well. Compound this with Hamilton-mania - by now all the cheaper tickets have been snapped up.
And FOM controls the broadcast rights, that's why the graphics used in every country are the same. It would've been discussed anyway at the negiotiations and they don't come cheap. ESPN-SS already controls the rights to broadcast the race in this region and they broadcast every qualifying session and race live.
Don't you want the economy to benefit? Let people who don't have cable TV go to the pubs and kopitiams to watch. They don't have a problem doing it week in and week out for football.
People says building, he says TOP of the building.
And the best is...he like to dig when he is in a hole.
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ur RC heli will be too slow to catch up..maybe can only record soundOriginally posted by tomsss:aiyah... i just buy those remote control helicopters, attach a camera and live live feed loh! can follow the cars and route somemore! -
The last Pacific Grand Prix was 12 years ago. Bet you haven't been following the sport for at least that long.
Is your memory so poor that all you remember is how much you paid, but not even the difference between being on-site and watching it on TV?Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Watching the race from binoculars at the top of a building is no better than watching television.
Ticket prices should reflect the cost of bringing the race here and how much the market will bear. Being the first race in Singapore, I think even with ticket prices between $200-$600, people will still buy. After all, I have paid S$1200 for a ticket to watch Aida.
Pay per view charges should be higher for businesses like pubs and hotels. They can afford to pay and it will be daft if any pub or kopi tiam tries to save he money. So $120 fee is not excessive.
Time to tax till they squeak. -
What is the planned seating capacity? Grandstand seats are going to be quite expensive. I think SGD$400 to around SGD$600 should be about right for the best seats. Cheaper viewing areas should be made affordable from $SGD50 onwards.
Are they planning on opening up the singapore river for private vessels for that event? -
I agree with private vessels watching from Singapore River...do a special cruise for $1000 a person. As for seats, market research will come up with a figure as to the number of foreign tourists coming in. If they have spent 2k to fly in just to watch the race, they wouldn't mind paying $600-$800 a ticket. Follow the UK, charge more for a ticket but allow them to use the same ticket for the practice and the test races as well.Originally posted by footprints:What is the planned seating capacity? Grandstand seats are going to be quite expensive. I think SGD$400 to around SGD$600 should be about right for the best seats. Cheaper viewing areas should be made affordable from $SGD50 onwards.
Are they planning on opening up the singapore river for private vessels for that event?
I do not agree with cheap viewing areas as long as there are people prepared to pay more. This is an elite event for those who can afford to pay. -
really that expensive ? how aboout grand stand seats ? 600 - 800 ?
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Yeah and so is a football cup final where the prices are comparable.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:I do not agree with cheap viewing areas as long as there are people prepared to pay more. This is an elite event for those who can afford to pay.
I think cheaper *but limited* tickets can be issued for vantage points from some of the buildings where the view is restricted. It's better than closing off entire areas and penalising the shop owners there, but aids crowd control. -
Yeap.Originally posted by Kuali Baba:Yeah and so is a football cup final where the prices are comparable.
I think cheaper standing tickets can be issued for vantage points from some of the buildings where the view is rather limited. It's better than closing entire areas and penalising the shop owners there, but aids crowd control.
We have to take into account our shops too.
OM may think of motorsports as something for the elite, but there are groups out there who want to bring it to the masses, and rightly so.
We always need a local fan base, and a middle-class one, to sustain any new economic sector. -
I'll gladly pay 600 bucks for the grandstand, even if its just a one day pass.
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I think its totally justified to charge around 600bucks for a grandstand seat. The promoter should get a proper ROI from hosting the event. Its not charity.
F1 is like watching a top football match or some top performing artists. I remember back those days when micheal Jackson came to singapore, people were paying 400bucks per seat.
But as lazerlords rightly pointed out, we shouldn't make the F1 grandprix only for the elite. We need a middleclass fan base here and there should be affordable seats.
I think the cheapest sepang tickets are around 50bucks or so. Ofcourse those are just entry tickets and they have to camp on the hills to watch. But thats fair enough, gotta pay to play. But dont make it strictly for the uber rich only. -
"Follow the UK, charge more for a ticket but allow them to use the same ticket for the practice and the test races as well."Originally posted by oxford mushroom:I agree with private vessels watching from Singapore River...do a special cruise for $1000 a person. As for seats, market research will come up with a figure as to the number of foreign tourists coming in. If they have spent 2k to fly in just to watch the race, they wouldn't mind paying $600-$800 a ticket. Follow the UK, charge more for a ticket but allow them to use the same ticket for the practice and the test races as well.
I do not agree with cheap viewing areas as long as there are people prepared to pay more. This is an elite event for those who can afford to pay.
hahaha...Follow the UK ?
You don't even know there are such tickets for most motorsports events?
Follow the UK, follow the UK....hahahaha.... -
I expect the lower price ticket to be around $50 each and the grand stand ticket to be about $800.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Tickets for the British F1 race were being sold at between 180-220GBP (about S$600) on the internet. I wonder how much will the tickets for our F1 race next year and how much government tax will be levied. Perhaps a 30% tax like the special tax on all hotel rooms during the F1 race would be reasonable. Then there is the TV rights. I should think $20 pay per view should be pretty reasonable. Since not every home has cable TV, Mediacorp should start looking into how they can make the F1 race available to paying customers who do not have cable. Otherwise Starhub will have a monopoly and the price of the television broadcast may be much higher.
All TV rights belongs to Bernie E and Starhub is already showing them on sports channel 24. There will never be extra charge for singapore race, however i suspect Mediacorp might show them for free, like what they used to do in the past. -
Will there be children seating?
