Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

r.soleofsalford said:
Again. Calm down dear
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Maybe for supporters who can not make every game but always make the ‘big’ games because of forward planning - me and my lad are in this number - a type of debenture could be used. I would happily pay, say £200 a season, to have a guaranteed seat for every game and purchase tickets on an individual basis. This is basically what we are doing anyway by not attending all the games on our seasoncards.

Our inability to attend some games often occurs at very short notice due to our circumstances. When I have managed to put the tickets on the return scheme, they mostly go unsold anyway.

The easy answer to this is for the club to let the number of seasoncard holders to decrease naturally and offer bigger discounts for tickets to the less ‘glamorous’ games. And for some fans to stop worrying that some seats are seen on TV to be empty - who really cares?
 
How about the club sell the tickets on ticket exchange for what it is worth to the seasoncard holder instead of upping the price.surely its better to sell the ticket and get people to the ground who will spend when they get there. So win win all round. Seats full and club will make money out of other revenues.
 
Corky said:
For the Arsenal home start of Feb 2019, it was the time of year when a lot of people go some type of flu, I put two tickets on ticket exchange due to people pulling out sick around 11am, checked back just before 1.30pm and thousands more had been added, there were 20+ a block. It was a 4.30pm kick off so no sales were allowed after 1.30pm and nearly all vanished.

I wouldn't normally check it, but you could imagine something similar happening at a lot of games.

The club make a decent mark up for most games on the current ticket exchange, I can't see then changing something that makes them money. If they allow people to have a season ticket but not pay for all games then that will cost them money too, and there will be a lot of midweek games with 10k empty not fancying paying median £37 ticket price.
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Agreed. As an FOC in EL304, my seasoncard works out at just over £21.50 a match, which is a great deal. It means I'd sooner let another blue use it in my place than let the club make a tidy profit by my non - attendance. They have to be FOCs themselves, and I know quite a few, and I also use a disabled entrance as I walk with the aid of a stick, so a convincing limp is de rigueur!
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blueparsman said:
How about the club sell the tickets on ticket exchange for what it is worth to the seasoncard holder instead of upping the price.surely its better to sell the ticket and get people to the ground who will spend when they get there. So win win all round. Seats full and club will make money out of other revenues.
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It’s often nigh on impossible to give tickets away for low profile midweek games.

People who buy off the ticket exchange have wised up to the fact that they can pick and choose their games, particularly since the South Stand extension.

Blues who can only make occasional games because of shift work etc often have a match day Cityzens card
 
Is this a real problem, we average over 54,000 for our home league games, the attendance record is good for the PL, also the away teams dont always take up their alocation, so that has to be taken into account, the bigger problem is the LC, FAC and CL games in the earlier rounds, this is when we have thousands of empty seats, from a personal point of view this is the real problem, getting people into the ground for these games ?.
 
percypawpaw said:
Is this a real problem, we average over 54,000 for our home league games, the attendance record is good for the PL, also the away teams dont always take up their alocation, so that has to be taken into account, the bigger problem is the LC, FAC and CL games in the earlier rounds, this is when we have thousands of empty seats, from a personal point of view this is the real problem, getting people into the ground for these games ?.
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Why? Other teams have the same issue, they just don't get reported in the news or regurgitated by other fans back at them. If we got a consistently full house in the early rounds of the LC against a League 1 team (for example) we'd be pretty much unique amongst PL teams.
 
Tim of the Oak said:
It’s often nigh on impossible to give tickets away for low profile midweek games.

People who buy off the ticket exchange have wised up to the fact that they can pick and choose their games, particularly since the South Stand extension.

Blues who can only make occasional games because of shift work etc often have a match day Cityzens card
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Yeah I appreciate that....but surely you have more chance selling a ticket for £30 instead off £56.
 
blueparsman said:
Yeah I appreciate that....but surely you have more chance selling a ticket for £30 instead off £56.
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An expanded stadium would mean unattractive fixtures would be even more difficult to shift tickets for. Selling at £30 would mean no ROI for our owner and I don’t feel he is looking at the club as a charity.
 
yatesy94. said:
How's it a ridiculous idea it looks crap on telly if we're playing a CL game and only 2/3rds of the stand show up. Perfectly good suggestion
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It’s because it would affect him personally and he’s the biggest blue possible.

That idea could be implemented right around the ground. Weekend season tickets. It would be taken up by quite a few who live far away, have kids in school or work away a lot etc.
 
Gremlin said:
Why? Other teams have the same issue, they just don't get reported in the news or regurgitated by other fans back at them. If we got a consistently full house in the early rounds of the LC against a League 1 team (for example) we'd be pretty much unique amongst PL teams.
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We are discussing how season tickets are used and how they operate, I personally dont have an issue, but it is said that empty seats are caused by people not attending league games and waisting their tickets hence causing the issue.

But we average 54,000 in the league, so season tickets work, i dont see swaves of empty seats, yes there are some but not many, the real problem are the cup games, and i agree with you all clubs suffer the same issues.
 
Gremlin said:
Why? Other teams have the same issue, they just don't get reported in the news or regurgitated by other fans back at them. If we got a consistently full house in the early rounds of the LC against a League 1 team (for example) we'd be pretty much unique amongst PL teams.
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I remember an awesome 50K v Port Vale and no childish comments from reporters and rival fans. But an excellent 41K v Fulham we were back to being the worst fans in world football. Jealousy is a terrible thing.
 
Most clubs will see a drop in average attendance next season even if from the first game a full house is allowed with no restrictions. People have got out of the habit of going especially for the non important games & awkward KO times. Peoples habits will have totally changed and i cant see many people thinking "not been to a game for years, but now that covid restrictions are over I will go and watch city Vs fulham".

The early cup rounds will struggle as they have been doing for the last few years at every club.

If after a couple of years attendances pick up, it is then well worth expanding the north stand to make a 60k stadium. You dont have to fill the stadium for every game and who gives a toss what the media say. An empty seats doesnt cost the club anything, but a seat that could be sold but no more seats availably loses around £50 revenue.
 
blueparsman said:
Yeah I appreciate that....but surely you have more chance selling a ticket for £30 instead off £56.
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Yes, but the issue is s/c holders that don’t bother putting them on the exchange so £30 or £56 doesn’t matter and some games the ones with most availability are nearer £30 than £56 .The £56 games aren’t the ones with vacant seats. The problem is getting s/c holders to put them on sale, then we can talk about pricing.
 
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