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42 said:
That your pretty much saying regardless of price, yes. Money is tight for many, and theyre not going to pay top dollar for a tin pot team. Theyll save it for the big seed teams
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I didn't say regardless of price, I said even at £50 a ticket we would comfortably sell out every game. You'll have 38k season ticket holders who, again, pretty much all of them will go to the 4 European game regardless of opponent, then you'll have circa 3k to 4k general sale for each game, these will be like gold dust.
 
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DH4 said:
The whole stadium is designed for expansion, apart from the West Stand which was obviously done. At the back of the East/North stands it actually looks half finished. Bob Murray gets a bit of stick on here, but he had the foresight to see that we are capable of pulling in 50-60 k if successful and the stadium would be able to be easily expanded to accomodate this.
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The man bleeds red and white
Elmers said:
Yeah totally agree. What kind of extension will determine so many things,whether it’s costs and timescale and disruption.
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The building regulations and other constraints have moved on.

There are more strict environmental requirements required including BREEAM which would likely apply to any extension.

Comparison to North Stand is not a good indicator of cost or schedule
 
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JackL said:
Everyone is in the same boat, so its happening as much to me as its happening to you or anyone else. Its the cost of success, i'd rather a scramble for tickets and a full house rather than having 20k vs Burton but having the freedom of the ground to sit where you want
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When was the last time we had 20k v Burton like?
 
riffraff said:
The clue/solution is in the threads title. No one’s advocating being shite and playing in front of 20000 so I’m not sure where you’ve picked that up from.

Or on the pricing of European games. SAFC got greedy in 1973.
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The club will be thinking about it but they're not gonna do it after one amazing season in the PL. For now until it happens people are just gonna have to be on the ball at 10am on a Tuesday, its part and parcel of being in the Premier league
Binxy said:
When was the last time we had 20k v Burton like?
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Not that long ago really
 
42 said:
Well 20 out of the 36 dont make it. Or are you classing the pre knockout play off as the knock outs?
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I am. 24 out of 36 are still in it at the end of the league phase.

Not worth risking your Premier League form busting a gut to make the top 8. Accept you may have an extra knockout round but take it easy, rotate your players and keep them fresh. Maybe need 10 points from 8 games to qualify to proceed to knockout stage. A couple of early home wins then relax.

I think an RLB team will be very hard to beat over two legs in the knockout phase.
 
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I’d rather we spend our money, wisely, on players to help establish the club in the top-flight before we consider extending the stadium again.

If history repeats itself then we know that demand will fall of the cliff if relegated.
 
Mnemonic said:
Why would any business do that, they’ll want them sold asap
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The same reason they told those in hospitality with years of loyalty they’ll have to go to the back of waiting list if they want to drop down to general seating after they doubled the prices to them.

It’s marketing to enhance the fear of missing out and make the tickets appear more valuable.
 
Bacon said:
The same reason they told those in hospitality with years of loyalty they’ll have to go to the back of waiting list if they want to drop down to general seating after they doubled the prices to them.

It’s marketing to enhance the fear of missing out and make the tickets appear more valuable.
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That makes no sense, we’re already sold out, the most important thing is getting the seats sold and the money in, not freaking out 1 fan at a time
 
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