The Waiting List

[Wilf Wild 1937]

The rags keep the number of season tickets low compared to capacity so they take more revenue on the day due to the match day experience.
Generally season ticket holders don't spend much on match days whilst occasional fans and more particularly tourists will pay for the ticket at match day price plus the same again on souveniers, programme, food & drink etc.
So if it is revenue the club is after then I think there will be no more than 40k season tickets with the balance made up from match day sales which should be achievable provided we are the club to watch through continued success.
But I could be talking bollocks of course!

You are not talking bollocks, match day fans do generate more money than season card holders.
The problem is whilst we could sell 20,000 match day tickets for the very big games we couldn't (yet) sell anywhere near that number
for Crystal Palace or Fulham mid week.

 

[TimpBlue32]

Just go to City square and watch the match day supporters fill their bags from the shop. It's a balance between the seasoned season ticket holder, attracting the new and keeping the flow of casual match day fans.

 

[Wilf Wild 1937]

Just go to City square and watch the match day supporters fill their bags from the shop. It's a balance between the seasoned season ticket holder, attracting the new and keeping the flow of casual match day fans.

Absolutely ... the holistic approach!

 

[DiscoSteve]

I absolutely burn the value of my S/T every home game - just not all at the ground - if they reduced beer prices by just 30p a pint, they'd get more of my (and Block 201's) money) ...<br /><br />-- Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:33 pm --<br /><br />

....I'm not ITK but when we first heard about the waiting list a lot of people on here thought that if we hit 6,000+ by the time
planning permission was granted we would commit to expanding both ends. From what I've read its cheaper building both ends together than one
at a time.

Service diversion works are only happening behind the South Stand at the mo though...
...lets hope the hoardings and stuff appear around City Square sometime soon, else it really will be one end at a time...

 

[bluwes]

The rags keep the number of season tickets low compared to capacity so they take more revenue on the day due to the match day experience.
Generally season ticket holders don't spend much on match days whilst occasional fans and more particularly tourists will pay for the ticket at match day price plus the same again on souveniers, programme, food & drink etc.
So if it is revenue the club is after then I think there will be no more than 40k season tickets with the balance made up from match day sales which should be achievable provided we are the club to watch through continued success.
But I could be talking bollocks of course!

Not necessarily true, lots of rags season tickets are owned through named individuals, by sports clubs and travel companies in Ireland and Scandinavia.
Every match has a different person in the seat. They might only come once or twice per season , but every time they come they spends mega bucks, including purchasing half a dozen or so match day programmes minimum for the mates back home.

 

[DiscoSteve]

This goes on a City too - seat at end of our row is exactly the same

 

[Wilf Wild 1937]

I absolutely burn the value of my S/T every home game - just not all at the ground - if they reduced beer prices by just 30p a pint, they'd get more of my (and Block 201's) money) ...

-- Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:33 pm --

....I'm not ITK but when we first heard about the waiting list a lot of people on here thought that if we hit 6,000+ by the time
planning permission was granted we would commit to expanding both ends. From what I've read its cheaper building both ends together than one
at a time.

Service diversion works are only happening behind the South Stand at the mo though...
...lets hope the hoardings and stuff appear around City Square sometime soon, else it really will be one end at a time...

Yes that's true, it will be a good indicator.
Somebody on the Etihad Campus thread posted that they had heard that we haven't made a final decision yet
but would have to make it this month so that we could place the order for steel. I think the numbers on the
waiting list in a couple of weeks time will be crucial. Personally, with it being up to 5,600 already, I'd do both but I'm
not writing the cheque.

 

[choppermcfc]

Signed up this morning - 5979

 

[Marvin]

Better close that waiting list, or start returning the deposits. Irrational decision to only expand the one stand when there will shortly be more fans on the waiting list, than new seats

 

[pride in battle]

But how many will be actually 'NEW' season ticket holders, are some on this list already season ticket holders who want to relocate? Let's look at the facts...Stoke on a Saturday has not yet sold out...one end is enough at the moment....for now :)