A mate of mine who runs a hotel and bar in the city centre has messaged today to say how gutted he is, not because he is a United fan, but because a full year of United having no midweek Euro games, and only playing at home every 2 weeks, means that they probably won't make enough money to keep their businesses going, as a large percentage of their regular clientele is from football tourism. Loads of Scandinavian folk who come over on a regular basis. There is a whole industry that survives off the back of football tourism. Pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels, travel companies, taxi drivers, retail etc... This would impact the co op arena as well, as people will book a gig one night and a game the night after.
When you have relied on something for 35 years, and then it is suddenly gone. I bet many businesses are crossing everything that City stay in the CL.
Sniff, sniff, sniff