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SOL expansion

oddbod said:
Its a business mate and if you want to grow you have to take some financial risk or you stagnate .... Our owners wont stagnate thats for sure so its either going to be massive price rises or an extension so im in the extension camp,what about you?In reality i think the could extend the south stand for under 100 million and thats six months revenue at present rates and im sure KLD could get a decent long term loan deal over 20 years that we could service even at championship level revenue.Perhaps GOM would like to comment?
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Just as likely to be huge price rises imo. I would prefer an extension as it would keep prices down and increase availability. I'm not paying for it though.

If it was definitely going to happen they would have announced it already. As for could billionaire owners get a loan, you don't really need GOM to confirm that. The question is more whether they want to.
Binxy said:
There's been loads of times this season we could have sold over 50k.
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Almost every game.
 
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AndrewP said:
Just as likely to be huge price rises imo. I would prefer an extension as it would keep prices down and increase availability. I'm not paying for it though.

If it was definitely going to happen they would have announced it already. As for could billionaire owners get a loan, you don't really need GOM to confirm that. The question is more whether they want to.

Almost every game.
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Think everyone would for cheaper tickets. However given its about raising revenues, and doing that wouldn't generate extra money, its not really going to happen.
 
Longy said:
Aye.

I’m all for the expansion cos we need to ability for people to be able to pick up tickets freely. I got in very lucky with my kids. If we’d have been promoted earlier I’d have no chance of getting them in now.
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I've managed to get tickets for every Saturday game and the mags. It's possible but you have to be ready at 10am on the right Tuesdays. Ideally they'll open the front of the upper north. Every other club manages to do it even the mags.
Weststand said:
When the SOL had its extension we were the 4th biggest stadium in England.... 20+ years of standing still and going backwards and now we are the 9th or 10th biggest stadium in England..

I say let's play catch up
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You said they had already decided to build an East Stand extension. Any news on a start date, or when the plans you've seen will finally be submitted for approval?
 
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AndrewP said:
I've managed to get tickets for every Saturday game and the mags. It's possible but you have to be ready at 10am on the right Tuesdays. Ideally they'll open the front of the upper north. Every other club manages to do it even the mags.
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I’ve got a season ticket in the same seat since 1997. Me, my two bairns, dad, uncle & two mates. I bought my son’s season ticket when he was 3, just to reserve the seat, he didn’t come.

If time didn’t fall kindly to me & I didn’t get those seats (to be fair when nobody else wanted them) I wouldn’t be able to get them anywhere near my seat. It’d be a case of buying general sale & either giving away, or reselling my season ticket.
 
AndrewP said:
I've managed to get tickets for every Saturday game and the mags. It's possible but you have to be ready at 10am on the right Tuesdays. Ideally they'll open the front of the upper north. Every other club manages to do it even the mags.

You said they had already decided to build an East Stand extension. Any news on a start date, or when the plans you've seen will finally be submitted for approval?
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This for me as well. Got tickets for every game I wanted to go to, just be organised.

Just stop telling people or it will get more difficult.
 
oddbod said:
How do you attract new fans kids ect if we are sold out every week?Finance any expansion over a long term loan and it will look like peanuts in ten years time!The club needs to drive the business on and part of that is about mining new fans and an extension is the obvious choice!It doesnt really matter for the business (if your a long term planner)if we have a lean spell and the crowds drop its about can we afford it ,can we pay the loan repayments even during the lean times and if we can well we will have a stadium ready for both the lean and good times.Its simple really if they can afford it they will build it and if they cannot they wont!
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Hopefully it means we’ll have better cup attendances if people can’t get to league games
 
Longy said:
Aye.

I’m all for the expansion cos we need to ability for people to be able to pick up tickets freely. I got in very lucky with my kids. If we’d have been promoted earlier I’d have no chance of getting them in now.
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100% this. We have a massive opportunity to claim the next generation of fans for ourselves.

We will not do this by standing still, having massive hikes to ticket prices, and putting up the sold out signs.

I think it’s really important that we make watching Sunderland accessible to as many people as possible
 
Wrenthorpe Mackem said:
Well ground is full and people are prepared to pay more to wstch a decent team on PL.

If we were languishing in championship and charging a tenner would every game sell out?
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No, I would guess not.

Is the solution to charge more now while we're doing ok? Have they messed up by rewarding loyalty?

I still reckon there would be a tipping point. We're not a rich area.
 
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AndrewP said:
No, I would guess not.

Is the solution to charge more now while we're doing ok? Have they messed up by rewarding loyalty?

I still reckon there would be a tipping point. We're not a rich area.
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I agree. And the club has to be careful. I think recent events do prove that quality is more important than price to fans though. With the well meaning Bob Murray it was just keep prices low no matter what. Although there will be a ceiling price at some point. The tipping point ss you say. Think the club over the next 2 to 3 years will be tinkering with prices to see where that is before extending.
 
Wrenthorpe Mackem said:
I agree. And the club has to be careful. I think recent events do prove that quality is more important than price to fans though. With the well meaning Bob Murray it was just keep prices low no matter what. Although there will be a ceiling price at some point. The tipping point ss you say. Think the club over the next 2 to 3 years will be tinkering with prices to see where that is before extending.
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I think if we're doing really badly then it can be as cheap as you like and there's little interest, whereas if we're doing well we can sell more at higher prices.

Match to match tickets will be from about £45 next season. They'll sell as long as we're not losing every week.
 
Wrenthorpe Mackem said:
Think the club over the next 2 to 3 years will be tinkering with prices to see where that is before extending.
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I think they'll want to be sure they can still sell out at the full new season ticket price point this season. They can't test that until next season really. If that happens then they'll probably push the button.
 
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