New City Pub To Open Inside the Stadium

[Cellarite]

The Alderley Edge would be more apt than The Ardwick these days

Cin Cin .....

From hooter to tooter.

 

[eyalluvitt]

She’s got thighs like Kun Aguero

Iz goood no?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

"Open" facilities that are restricted to 80 or so rich fans?

"Open" as in not a private box.

 

[cyberblue]

It's simple, the club has to find more ways of raising revenue every season, that or stand still and stagnate. Would the 'purist' prefer the club to jack up seat prices each season and keep the club pure?

But the club do jack up ticket prices and they do so every season

 

[Blue Llama]

But the club do jack up ticket prices and they do so every season

Then they would have to Jack them up even more.

 

[Saddleworth2]

But the club is jacking up seat prices and matchday revenue has fallen from £56.6m in 2018 to £55m (although that's due to accounting changes rather than a fall in actual income). On a like-for-like basis it would have been £58.2m for 2019, an increase of £1.6m. Given that we were in an FA Cup final in 2019, compared to 2018, that probably represents a like-for-like fall of around £1m. That means the price rises last summer either haven't fed through or they have and we've lost money in other areas.

Whatever anyone thinks, we can't turn the clock back and hospitality is an essential element in the revenue mix these days. United get something like 60% of their matchday revenue from this source and I can't imagine that the numbers using these facilities amount to more than 12.5% of overall matchday attendees. I suspect that we're struggling with the higher-end hospitality offerings (Legends, Chairman's Club, etc). I don't think the club are getting the sort of yield from these it would like and that they're having to give away margin to attract custom. The more casual, pie-and-a-pint hospitality offerings seem to be doing well though. If we get 100 people in this new Ardwick suite, that could make up for 25 people we don't get in the Chairman's Club.

I was in the Family Stand Level 2 for the CL & Southampton League Cup games and at one I noticed that the majority of the executive boxes in the East Stand were unoccupied. I asked the club about this and they said these were all largely paid for but not used. I think the same principle should apply to these as to season tickets in that if they're not used enough we should close them down and turn them into open facilities like the Commonwealth Suite and this new Ardwick Pub.

You say that mate but if you look on the website the Tunnel Club is sold out for just about every game. Most places for sale are legends lounge. Agree with your point around the corporate boxes. You would need a couple of weeks notice to be able to resell these though I would think.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Bills space is now padded seats.....

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

You say that mate but if you look on the website the Tunnel Club is sold out for just about every game. Most places for sale are legends lounge. Agree with your point around the corporate boxes. You would need a couple of weeks notice to be able to resell these though I would think.

The question is what margin do they give away to fill it. And if they do fill it, have the buyers come from another premium offering that they can't sell?

 

[Saddleworth2]

The question is what margin do they give away to fill it. And if they do fill it, have the buyers come from another premium offering that they can't sell?

Have a look yourself mate. There isn’t much available for the remainder of the season. Maybe they have decided on a low margin to keep them full. Looking at some of the prices though I would hardly imagine them as low margin. Do you know how much of our match day income comes from corporate?

 

[TimpBlue32]

Another reason why my passion for the club is draining . Managed to get a pie and pint on Today. 28 years none corporate SC holder and counting.