Sunderland crowd.. (19 Viewers)
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Brylowes
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What is our capacity atm, I don’t mean the registered stadium capacity of 33.000ish, I mean the actual amount of seats available to purchase capacity ?
Once you deduct the ‘No man’s land’ in the South stand and the empty balcony in the main stand, what is left, no more than 28.000 I wouldn’t have thought and 4000 of those are allocated for away fans.
Its always difficult to sell-out to capacity (24,000 for Cov fans ) as when it gets near capacity you end up with a load of single seats and seats in areas people don’t particularly want to sit, so we struggle to sell them.
So we up about 2000 under capacity.
If the club were to open all areas giving fans more choice and the opportunity to sit with their mates, families etc I honestly think we’d be seeing gates now 26.000 to 30.00.
Once you deduct the ‘No man’s land’ in the South stand and the empty balcony in the main stand, what is left, no more than 28.000 I wouldn’t have thought and 4000 of those are allocated for away fans.
Its always difficult to sell-out to capacity (24,000 for Cov fans ) as when it gets near capacity you end up with a load of single seats and seats in areas people don’t particularly want to sit, so we struggle to sell them.
So we up about 2000 under capacity.
If the club were to open all areas giving fans more choice and the opportunity to sit with their mates, families etc I honestly think we’d be seeing gates now 26.000 to 30.00.
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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Gynnsthetonic
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Yes agree, they should open up all of the North Stand now, people will hold off as they don't want to sit front row right in the corner which is all that's available with 2 or more together
Legia Sky Blue
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I empathise with that viewpoint, but what do you expect to happen if we do meet the 'promised land'?
And it’s in Hull
The current capacity is 30,000, as we achieved at the last but one league game.
The last paragraph I don't get, you think 4000 people are refusing to go because they haven't opened block 27, despite there being availability all round the ground?
There is a happy medium I think. The WBA pricing is spot on.
What's that got to do with anything?
Are you suggesting it is? So we're trying to suppress crowds by pricing people out because the higher pricing obviously reduces gates. That's one batshit conspiracy..
In which case it would be proportionate so it wouldn't matter. You'd rather give up 10% of a seat sold at £30 than 10% of a seat not sold at £37.
Londonccfcfan
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They been given 4k?
Surely that’s a 4K allocation not 3K if we’re selling them tickets in blocks 7-10?
Block 10=1062
Block 9 =1072
Block 8=1112
Block 7=987
I think they've only opened up a few rows in block 10 so far.
croatskyblue
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You’ve been coming out with inaccurate statements & exaggerations all day- “11,000 left for sale” and so on.
Your position is clear, you think pricing is too high. Only time will tell on that, I think you may well be right, but you don’t have to use all these exaggerations to try and bulldoze the point home.
Brylowes
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The capacity can’t be 30.00 there’s a no man’s land full of seats probably 3000 to 4000, there’s a balcony full of seats probably 1500, so that’s 4500 to 5000 seats that aren’t available to purchase, which would make our capacity around 28000.
Of course people will be put off buying tickets if the look online and see a sprinkling of single seats available, people like to attend with mates, family etc and I doubt there’s many that go on their own.
I could understand leaving areas closed when we were attracting crowds of 10 to 15000 but we’re now attracting crowds around 25000 so why not make every seat available
what does the club achieve by not doing so.
I genuinely just think they are that stupid.The capacity can’t be 30.00 there’s a no man’s land full of seats probably 3000 to 4000, there’s a balcony full of seats probably 1500, so that’s 4500 to 5000 seats that aren’t available to purchase, which would make our capacity around 28000.
Of course people will be put off buying tickets if the look online and see a sprinkling of single seats available, people like to attend with mates, family etc and I doubt there’s many that go on their own.
I could understand leaving areas closed when we were attracting crowds of 10 to 15000 but we’re now attracting crowds around 25000 so why not make every seat available
Sky Blue Pete
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Email or phone to check
Brylowes
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By insisting on selling almost every available seat before opening another block, and then almost selling that before opening another the club are definitely putting people off and costing themselves revenue.
SkyblueDad
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The North Stand no-mans land definitely needs looking at, watched the Spurs/Man Utd match at the weekend historically not the friendliest fixture and the no-mans land was about 6 seats and a line of stewards.The capacity can’t be 30.00 there’s a no man’s land full of seats probably 3000 to 4000, there’s a balcony full of seats probably 1500, so that’s 4500 to 5000 seats that aren’t available to purchase, which would make our capacity around 28000.
Of course people will be put off buying tickets if the look online and see a sprinkling of single seats available, people like to attend with mates, family etc and I doubt there’s many that go on their own.
I could understand leaving areas closed when we were attracting crowds of 10 to 15000 but we’re now attracting crowds around 25000 so why not make every seat available
pusbccfc
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Exceptional prices and they are investing in their team.
Hull attendances have increased by about 5000 in the last year.
pusbccfc
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It is, these days. Home crowds are well up since covid.
Our crowds were only shit due to being the worst club in England to support. Our PL crowds of the 90 were comparable to the likes of Leicester and Southampton who consistently get 30k+ now.
The rise to an average of 20-22k is not really that impressive for a city of our size.
Astute
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If it is down to bums on seats safe standing areas can't come quick enough.
Out of how many ?
Gynnsthetonic
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3000