City to expand Etihad to 62,000?

[Bluesince1979]

You know we're getting additional seats at the front, well given the front row is already ground level... Where are they going to go?

 

[hertsblue]

Think i read somewhere they will lower the pitch

 

[akcity]

You know we're getting additional seats at the front, well given the front row is already ground level... Where are they going to go?

They are going to dig down I assume, like they did to create the lower tier.

 

[Pigeonho]

You know we're getting additional seats at the front, well given the front row is already ground level... Where are they going to go?

They are going to dig down I assume, like they did to create the lower tier.

That was pre built then filled in.

 

[Marvin]

You know we're getting additional seats at the front, well given the front row is already ground level... Where are they going to go?

I think the angle of the bottom tier is being altered. I don't know that for sure....just from what I have seen on here. Should help make the ground a bit tighter and more intimidating for the opposition

 

[hertsblue]

well I've just had a look at sad café and they aren't taking the news too well! They seem to forget that this is a long term project, not all games will sell out yet , but even if we fit in 5000 more per game, that's a lot more money to go towards ffp that the former elite clubs have used to try to slow us up. More and more young kids can be seen wearing city shirts all over the country, they are the ones that will be filling the stadium in the future. One plonker wrote that city have the money united have the class!

Point with the younger generation now supporting City is a good one. Other week, on babysitting duty, my 2 nephews were playing Fifa 14. Oldest one is 13 and a Spurs fan but i noticed he was playing as Man City not Spurs. Its like years ago when you would play as Barcelona, now City are one of the choices for non city fans

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

84569 is our record attendance

The Ot record as far as im aware is for Wolves v Grimsby cup match.


Laugh at the stupid rag cunts

Their pain sustains me.

 

[Shaelumstash]

I know it's already been covered, but as many have mentioned the extra revenue for FFP, I was looking at the increase in our match day income after the expansion.

If we got for the smaller 6k increase, based on £30 a ticket and average spend of £5 per head on food / drink that would equate to:
£210,000 extra a game
£5.25m a season based on 25 home games

If we went for 12,000 it would obviously be double, so:
£410,000 a game
£10.5m a season based on 25 home games.

Every little helps towards FFP, but I don't think that will make up the shortfall in our match day income to catch up with the likes of The Shite / Arsenal / Chelsea.

Match day makes up 30% of their income, and only 10% of ours, so we've got a long way to go to catch them up.

Reading between the lines, with giving existing SC holders the opportunity to move to the new seats, I would imagine there are plans to make the middle tier even more high end than it is now.

I appreciate it is more expensive there than other parts of the stadium, but I would think they are looking at the Club Wembley model for the second tier. If they could get £100 a seat for the 10k seats in the middle tier, as well as including the increase in capacity, that would really start to accelerate our match day income.

It will inevitably bring more tourists / prawn sandwich mob, but if that keeps prices affordable for the rest of us, it might be a price worth paying.

One thing is for sure, our average fan will never be able to afford the standard prices that Chelsea / Arsenal charge, so if we have to put up with a few more corporates to progress / comply with FFP, and the standard seats stay affordable, then I'm all for it.

 

[fbloke]

I know it's already been covered, but as many have mentioned the extra revenue for FFP, I was looking at the increase in our match day income after the expansion.

If we got for the smaller 6k increase, based on £30 a ticket and average spend of £5 per head on food / drink that would equate to:
£210,000 extra a game
£5.25m a season based on 25 home games

If we went for 12,000 it would obviously be double, so:
£410,000 a game
£10.5m a season based on 25 home games.

Every little helps towards FFP, but I don't think that will make up the shortfall in our match day income to catch up with the likes of The Shite / Arsenal / Chelsea.

Match day makes up 30% of their income, and only 10% of ours, so we've got a long way to go to catch them up.

Reading between the lines, with giving existing SC holders the opportunity to move to the new seats, I would imagine there are plans to make the middle tier even more high end than it is now.

I appreciate it is more expensive there than other parts of the stadium, but I would think they are looking at the Club Wembley model for the second tier. If they could get £100 a seat for the 10k seats in the middle tier, as well as including the increase in capacity, that would really start to accelerate our match day income.

It will inevitably bring more tourists / prawn sandwich mob, but if that keeps prices affordable for the rest of us, it might be a price worth paying.

One thing is for sure, our average fan will never be able to afford the standard prices that Chelsea / Arsenal charge, so if we have to put up with a few more corporates to progress / comply with FFP, and the standard seats stay affordable, then I'm all for it.

Another 8,000 programmes, 15,000 pints, 5,000 pies etc etc

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

But dad..you told me the sheikh would get bored.....

Pmsl...