... or not, if we don't fill then with noisy flag-wavers.
What if those 10,000 extra people aren't as enthusiastic, or aren't always there? TV seems to like the Gtech because it is lively possibly because we have an optimum number of passionate supporters and fewer tourists.
I think the calculation is a bit different for the biggest clubs. Spurs do very well out of commercial income now but even amongst that lot that is exceptional.
Yes. If you underline the words "full" and "enthusiastic" it becomes a good reason not to be expanding.
That was, of course, Matthew Benham’s response when questioned about reducing the size of the GTech. He reckoned it would be enough for hard-core supporters.
Probably building new stands before the old ones are closed on H&S grounds.
Yes it is true. I'm not suggesting that TV money is always bigger than gate receipts - there are a few elite clubs where it is conceivable that's not the case - but it certainly is true that match day income is a much lower proportion of total income than it used to be. And that's true for every club.
That's not working out too well for them, as their recruitment is poor.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was designed specifically to support other sports (with retractable pitch) and to host other events (like grand-scale concerts) and, as well, for Spurs to play in. The original brief was: A sport and leisure destination for London with a multi-use stadium capable of staging major sporting and non-sporting events.
Long term it has to be an investment , lets say we stay in the prem for the next 10-15-20 yrs the club support will grow and regular crowds of 25k plus would not be unthinkable, look at Fulham now, one year we went there and had more fans than them for a league cup game , the cost of putting in 10k seats will be very expensive , but that cost is going to go up year after year .
Lifted from On The Pitch (credited to City AM) included in a piece on ManUre's shocking accounts, released today):
Those build costs would never be recovered by additional ticket sales.
Matthew Benham said:
People are just shooting the breeze because there's no football to discuss. I'm guilty too. Let's be merciful to occasional thread delinquents.There are plenty of threads where potential ground expansion are discussed/dismissed. The most recent JV Q&A where he covers the subject and rail connections for Lionel Road threads are two such examples.
Please, for the love of Edmundo, let's try to keep things on topic....
Never got to an education level where an element of research was necessary to get your marks...
Never been the same since Louise Redknapp left them.
No, fair comment. I have trouble working out if numbers are bigger or smaller.
