Sneaky increase in ticket prices

Centurions said:
According to a post above yours we already sell 75-80% of capacity as season tickets (I don't know if that's correct BTW), if true then where are these extra seats coming from until the expansion?
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They aren't extra seats, we sold approx 1000 silver tickets this season, they could have been sold as season tickets.
 
bluesmith said:
They aren't extra seats, we sold approx 1000 silver tickets this season, they could have been sold as season tickets.
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Where did you get that figure from out of interest? Not saying you’re wrong btw. Just surprised to hear it’s anywhere near that high.
 
Centurions said:
I'm sure it's yourself that has talked about the massive cranes that need to be used for projects like ours and how they're booked years in advance. If most construction sites were still open then how would they get the necessary heavy equipment in?
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I don’t work in the crane or construction industry so it’s nothing more than a guess. Yes, there is a lead time into any construction project when cranes, steel, concrete, etc have to be ordered. The Coop Live Arena is an another example of that. I‘m 100% sure if City had decided to expand the North stand shortly after the South stand had finished, they could have procured the cranes. Even the monster crane which was used for the first time on the South stand expansion. Stand corrected. The South stand expansion was started in 2014. City have had 7 years to expand the North.

City did add more seats to level 1, but they took them out to install the new digital advertising boards. Our current capacity is now less than it was. We now need more capacity. :-?

Whilst were on the subject of cranes. A bit sad, I know. I should get a life really. :-) The most amount of cranes on the Manchester skyline at any one time was 82 cranes. Think that was in 2015? Could be wrong on the year. I’ll try and find the info. The current amount of cranes on the Manchester skyline is 39. Total taken from the Crane Count thread on SSC- MCR. Figures updated by Trident Rider. That says to me cranes are always available. What is probably more difficult is getting the right type of crane for a specific build.

If there are any people who work in the construction industry or work in the crane industry and can shed any light on this, I’d be very grateful.
 
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jrb said:
I don’t work in the crane or construction industry so it’s nothing more than a guess. Yes, there is a lead time into any construction project when cranes, steel, concrete, etc have to be ordered. The Coop Live Arena is an another example of that. I‘m 100% sure if City had decided to expand the North stand shortly after the South stand had finished, they could have procured the cranes. Even the monster crane which was used for the first time on the South stand expansion. Stand corrected. The South stand expansion was started in 2014. City have had 7 years to expand the North.

City did add more seats to level 1, but they took them out to install the new digital advertising boards. Our current capacity is now less than it was. We now need more capacity. :-?

Whilst were on the subject of cranes. A bit sad, I know. I should get a life really. :-) The most amount of cranes on the Manchester skyline at any one time was 82 cranes. Think that was in 2015? Could be wrong on the year. I’ll try and find the info. The current amount of cranes on the Manchester skyline is 39. Total taken from the Crane Count thread on SSC- MCR. Figures updated by Trident Rider. That says to me cranes are always available. What is probably more difficult is getting the right type of crane for a specific build.

If there are any people who work in the construction industry or work in the crane industry and can shed any light on this, I’d be very grateful.
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Maybe when a crane guy comes to answer that, he could confirm whether something I once read is true? That they build high rise buildings around cranes and leave them there for ever more? As it would be more costly to dismantle them than to just build a new one.
 
It really didn’t make sense to take out all these seats at the front of level 1 so bigger digital advertising boards could be installed.

What’s more important, additional revenue from bigger and clearer advertising boards, or giving 1000+ more City fans the opportunity to watch City and Haaland?

Note: The terraces are still there. The seats could be put back in at any time!! This should be a priority for City next season, and until the North stand expansion is finished. If they want to, City could take the L1 seats out again and reinstall the bigger digital advertising boards after the North stand has been expanded.

Ridiculous!

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Stephen230 said:
Maybe when a crane guy comes to answer that, he could confirm whether something I once read is true? That they build high rise buildings around cranes and leave them there for ever more? As it would be more costly to dismantle them than to just build a new one.
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Yes, the crane bases are concreted in for obvious reasons, then left there.
 
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