The club will find a way to fill the stadium, but maybe there should be a significant discount for the faithful, not only season tickets but general sale too. It is impossible to regulate general ticket sales though, as many locals support our enemies. Like all other top clubs, there will always be people there who don’t support City. I live in Bournemouth but a lifelong City fan (well from the age of 7 anyway), so I won’t be classed as a local City fan, but someone living within half a mile of the Etihad might be Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea or even (if they are really confused) a Man United fan. How can the club control this? Drop season ticket prices for North Stand to fill it with genuine City fans, and don’t allow general sale tickets.
Main thing is to continue to compete at the top level.