I think the owners will want to shake off the "Emptihad" tag before they expand further. Its bad for the "brand".
It’s their own fault!
City moved everyone out of the North Stand to create the failure that has been the Family Stand and they pissed fans off by moving them to more expensive seats or not moving them with friends+family they had sat with in the North, in some cases could not provide them with a new seat at all because there weren’t enough spare. They lost the match going support of a number of fans by doing these things.
City put prices up too high too soon and pissed people off or priced them out. They lost the match going support of a number of fans by doing this.
City put SeasonCard prices up too high so fans took themselves out of the Cup Schemes. They lost the Cup match going support of a number of fans by doing this.
City put SeasonCard prices up too high so fans think they can pick and choose games to go to so they can afford the day out more, less often.
City introduced cheap tickets after people had already decided to quit their support because of being priced out. City introduced cheap tickets but not enough to meet demand. They are not maximising matchday attendances by not providing enough cheap tickets. At Bayern they have 12000 cheap SeasonCards, how many do you reckon we have? A few dozen? A few hundred at most?
City moved people out of particular areas of the ground to create corporate areas and they pissed fans off by moving them to more expensive seats or not moving them with friends+family they had sat with, in some cases could not provide them with a new seat at all because there weren’t enough spare. They lost the match going support of a number of fans by doing these things.
They price Cup tickets too high. My ticket for Liverpool was £45, I know four SC holdes who didn’t bother going because of the price. It was only a quarter final, not a semi, there was no need for that price!