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Originally Posted by deeayess
The problem with cutting the prices is that we don't just need to increase the attendance we have to increase the attendace just to retain the same income. If we average 1500 per game at £20 per head and say 600 of them are paying that £20, so I'm excluding season tickets and consessions for simplicity, we would have to average 1700 per game just to retain comparable income.
If we have less than 600 out of 1500 on average including away fans then I would be shocked because the match day income must be really low.
The obvious solution is to roof and seat the away end, take the seats out of the Clayton end and charge £20 for a seat and £15 for the terrace. That way if we have a big away following we can justify charging £20 as they have a seat. This happens at nearly all away grounds in League 2 where seats are more expensive. Barnet they closed the terrace for away fans, Stevenage the away end is seated, Orient was seats only but at least Crawley gave us the option. In the past I think Morecambe have closed the terrace on occasion although I haven't encountered it.
The other option is the two tier system where games with a big away support are more expensive like now and games with a small support are cheaper. Either way we can't affford to lose income as this may impact on wages if they are a percentage of income as it seems to be.
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The obvious solution as you put it sounds great but what will the cost be and will any future revenue cover that, Mr. Holt I,m sure will have some ground improvements in mind we,ll have to wait and see but personally I would like to see a growth in the corporate areas were we are really limited at present like or loathe the prawn sandwich brigade it,s along with sponsorship were the real money is and hopefully as the club progress,s on and off the field hopefully the support will grow as well.