Seat Counters 25/26
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Tim of the Oak
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And all those families trying to buy tickets in the Directors’ Box!
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That would explain individual seats or pairs but not ten together in a single row.
bobbyowenquiff
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Did you go to the match or just count searts on the TV? Those corporate areas filled up later as happens every match
bobbyowenquiff
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Did you enjoy the match?
Same empty seats 30 minutes apart.
Some big queues at half time then or shall we stop being silly?
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Putting to one side the fact CBL3 had lots of empties for a game advertised as sold out on the official club website, how about making some of them seats L2 seats available for reasonable prices for cup games? Better than them being empty.
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Ticket sales had slowed to a trickle in the last days before the game was eventually announced as a sell out: Virtually everyone willing to put in the elbow grease to get in Saturday’s game saw the match.
How would ensure that all the people who bought tickets in Level 3 turned up for the game (excluding Blues who could not attend and ensured their tickets were used).
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Slow take up for the home leg of the Carabao Cup semi final it seems. No doubt some will wait for the first leg but even still.
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The return of the Junior Blues would be very welcome.
Regarding empty seats, it's worth remembering that some of our fans needed to travel from parts of Britain that had extreme conditions travel warnings, including for black ice. In the circumstances I think it was a good turnout.
Regarding empty seats, it's worth remembering that some of our fans needed to travel from parts of Britain that had extreme conditions travel warnings, including for black ice. In the circumstances I think it was a good turnout.
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it's not is it, the 12 directly behind the goal aren't there second pic and people had started leaving in the 2nd pic.
That is the family stand and lots of kids on a freezing cold day, and a good proportion leave early.
You would have seen this if you were there.
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Yes of course I did. I got to go with 8 others, a few who have stopped going regularly and with my two nieces as well - to their first game.
We bought tickets in Colin bell stand level 3 because apparently level 1 was sold out - clearly wasn’t.
I can separate my enjoyment of watching/ attending a game and see the wider issues of ticket access in the stadium. There should have been loads more blues in the ground.
Did you attend and do you not think this is an issue?
asahartford1
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All , or nearly all those seats were filled.
At the price definitely some swerved the cold weather though.
bobbyowenquiff
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I did go as I am in the cup scheme. I sympathise with concerns about high ticket prices but I honestly think some people have become fixated on ticketing issues. I am fed up with the negativity. We won the game 10-1 and the crowd was dominated by a new generation of City fans who had a great time. It is a divisive issue for some supporters. The truth is we have an ageing fanbase ( i am one of them) and there will always be a natural drop off of these fans over time. There have always been lots of no shows during bad weather. It was the same at Maine Road apart from those seasons we had a reduced capacity.
You only need to see the “Road to Wembley” video the club put out about the FA Cup run in 2011. We had tiers closed for every home game, including the Reading game that was a quarter final. The official attendance states online it was 41,150 out of a capacity of over 47,000 against Reading.
There’s more people coming to watch City now consistently than any time in history, and a few empty seats doesn’t take away from the fact we’re regularly getting over 50,000. I think the problem will come with the expanded North Stand, right now the ground is about right for where we are. We’re mostly filling it or close to and selling out a good few Premier League games.
They’ll have to significantly lower the price and offer very cheap season tickets next season I think. No shame in it, we get good numbers generally, but it’s about knowing your limits and what your fans can afford.
bobbyowenquiff
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Thanks for a constructive post which includes the full context. We are one of the best supported clubs in this country and most of our fanbase is not wealthy. I believe the extra seats will result in more realistic prices. The state of this country with a failing economy and broken infrastructure is a huge issue for everyone. It was great to see so many Mancunian families on Saturday.
just on the Saturday point, I wasn’t there as let down by a client who was supposed to be taking me hospitality then couldn’t and it was then too late and sold out… but watching the game back, it’s obviously a few bought cheap tickets at £10/£15 weeks ago and then either couldn’t go or sacked it because of the weather. The latter is poor form but it’s easy to do when you’ve only spent that much.
When the new stand is open there will have to be significantly cheaper tickets available, otherwise the club will get a lot of negative PR if it doesn’t sell. We won’t sell out 61,000 at £50-£60 for a midweek game against Brighton, we didn’t last week when it was just over 52k capacity and we won’t next year either.
But we should be positive, there’s more people consistently attending City games than any other time in history and the need for cheaper tickets will reverse the damage Soriano has done pricing people out (hopefully).