True, but the concourse is still too small. On a cold winter's day it's dangerously packed with people going down below to get a warm.
I might be wrong but I think the insulation is to keep the noise in. No?
sorry Doc, I was being deliberately obtuse. Pointless trying to keep the heat in with a big hole in the top.
Those randomly placed entry/exit points to the terracing in the north stand are doing my head in.
Big walls, wind turbines, capacity, waste disposal plants, criss cross on the brick works - all don't bother me in the slightest........ but those bloody entry/exit points
Big walls, wind turbines, capacity, waste disposal plants, criss cross on the brick works - all don't bother me in the slightest........ but those bloody entry/exit points
suave 1878
Player Valuation: £500k
I’ve sat in every stand and the park end is by far the best in terms of seat, view and concourse.
You guys will be spoiled in bmd and I think I will too.
My average spend todate in the park end is £30 tbh I would have struggled to spend half that in other parts of the gp ground.
BMD is a game changer
You guys will be spoiled in bmd and I think I will too.
My average spend todate in the park end is £30 tbh I would have struggled to spend half that in other parts of the gp ground.
BMD is a game changer
carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
Only £5?! Go to the wrong stadium here in the states and you're paying triple that.
I've only ever seen crazy prices for pints ant any sports venue around Boston.
The only affordable option was minor league baseball, like the Pawsocks, but they've moved to Wustah so I'm sure even their prices have gone up.
The prices people pay at Fenway are nuts!
carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
Went to a dodgers game a while back during a work trip and for the typical American lagers like coors light they were asking like $15. Even in Colorado where I now raise, beers at Rockies games are like $12. It’s absurd.
Minor league baseball is more fun anyways.
Gardocki
Player Valuation: £8m
There's huge scope for matchday revenue increase. Everton's ticket prices have hardly moved in years and are cheaper than similar-sized clubs. Signficantly cheaper than some.
There will be a sizable increase in ticket prices x 39,000
Another 13,000 of standard tickets at those prices.
Within that 39,000 there must be, what? 2,000 corporate tickets? that number will be increased by 3-4,000 paying varying degrees of massive premiums.
Given we are unlikely to take the Daniel Levy approach to stadium financing, we should get a multi-million stadium sponsorship deal. Despite the naysayers, the the iconic setting and design will certainly be attractive to sponsors. It should command a much higher price than a functional 60,000 stadium on the East Lancs road.
There will be the non-matchday revenue generated by hosting concerts, conferences, business meetings etc etc.
And also, the inevitable significant increase in F&B (and club stuff) spend on matchdays. that you lads have been discussing.
We are near the bottom of the PL table in terms of Stadium revenue at the moment. We should move closer to the top after this (behind the obvious ones).
There will be a sizable increase in ticket prices x 39,000
Another 13,000 of standard tickets at those prices.
Within that 39,000 there must be, what? 2,000 corporate tickets? that number will be increased by 3-4,000 paying varying degrees of massive premiums.
Given we are unlikely to take the Daniel Levy approach to stadium financing, we should get a multi-million stadium sponsorship deal. Despite the naysayers, the the iconic setting and design will certainly be attractive to sponsors. It should command a much higher price than a functional 60,000 stadium on the East Lancs road.
There will be the non-matchday revenue generated by hosting concerts, conferences, business meetings etc etc.
And also, the inevitable significant increase in F&B (and club stuff) spend on matchdays. that you lads have been discussing.
We are near the bottom of the PL table in terms of Stadium revenue at the moment. We should move closer to the top after this (behind the obvious ones).
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
North stand completely covered now, of course still needs the layers added but another milestone.
Bluboyz
Player Valuation: £500k
Still no news on the criteria for allocating seats i see. After holding a season tkt for 43 years i have a decent seat. I want a better one tho and why not. If some guy has had a season tkt longer than me then he can pick before me as thats only fair. Waiting anxiously for news.
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £70m
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £70m
If you aren't blown away...give up.
Tom Hughes
Player Valuation: £10m
There should be a sizeable increase in matchday income, however that is not a given across the full range of ticket categories. The fact that no-one seems to be able to lift figures from projections in the planning or subsequent docs since, might indicate a slightly laissez-faire attitude by club (and fans) in our approach.... which as far as I can see appears to have been based on "don't worry, Uncle Ussy's got it covered". A predication that no longer applies, as is applicable to most aspects of the original financial strategy.
For example: When West Ham first went from their 35k stadium to the 55k+ (now 62k+) Olympic stadium in 2016, their matchday income barely changed for the first few seasons up to covid. To fill the extra capacity they had to reduce average ticket prices. Fortunately for them, the stadium was a freeby and there was sufficient latent and new support in London and the home counties to draw from (presumably 10 million+ population gives a reasonable floating vote). Our club has claimed a 15-20k waiting list in recent times (yet only mention much smaller waiting lists in the actual planning docs). We will have to see how price-dependent our total season ticket demand is, before we can predict what income increase there will be from increased General Admission ticket capacity. Austerity rarely affects the wealthy, so the premium seating sales shouldn't be overly affected by the current cost of living crisis, the mid-level and corporate-lite range may or may not be less resilient.... I think they're still testing that price range as we speak. As you say, we've had low ticket prices and certainly no success in recent years. It's also a smaller capacity step- up, so overall our ticket-price elasticity might be more robust than West Ham's. Since Covid, their matchday income has gradually increased to the point where they're roughly 25%-50% higher than their final Boleyn ground matchday income of 8yrs ago.
At perhaps the other end of the scale, Spurs roughly doubled their matchday income and I think Arsenal went from approx £40m to £70m when they first moved too (but they had to endure several years of increased austerity afterwards). The commercial incomes have risen too and Spurs seemed to have benefited from a good hike in those figures. So, maybe our projections are somewhere in between. The issue is of course, if or not all of the anticipated income increases can cover the debt in the absence of USM or similar outside support. At present we have little or no official stadium financial figures, no sponsor, nothing solid on the ownership make-up or its longevity, with all the other "financial sustainability" and on-pitch frailties as a backdrop. So it's very difficult to make accurate or valid comparisons.
BullensRoad
Player Valuation: £25m
I said pretty much the same to the sales team regarding the stadium. Definitely up for the village level.