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« Reply #1335 on: Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 15:19:00 »

So that will be about 6,000 for the CG.
Assuming all home fans. That should hopefully accommodate most of those who will want to go.
It would mean we would miss out on some of the better gates we could expect for some of the games, so the budget would take a bit of a hit, but certainly far more financially viable than 25% or BCD.
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« Reply #1336 on: Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 16:04:02 »

No chance will capacity restrictions be removed by January
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« Reply #1337 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 08:30:24 »

From the last EFL meeting.

Start date 12 September with 40% capacity increasing to full capacity in January
40% would be a start,  but how would tickets be allocated,   presume season ticket holders would take the majority of those.
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« Reply #1338 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:01:29 »

40% would be a start,  but how would tickets be allocated,   presume season ticket holders would take the majority of those.

I'd be pissed of if we didn't get priority TBH. But its not the most cash rich for the club.
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« Reply #1339 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:01:44 »

ST holders would surely get priority then it depends really on how much of those cater for the 40%. Hard to think of anything beyond a first come first serve basis (with 1 or 2 ticket restrictions per customer).

I imagine the recent lack of football might result in a bit more demand for tickets from the casual fans looking for a long awaited live football fix.

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« Reply #1340 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:12:39 »

ST holders would surely get priority then it depends really on how much of those cater for the 40%. Hard to think of anything beyond a first come first serve basis (with 1 or 2 ticket restrictions per customer).

I imagine the recent lack of football might result in a bit more demand for tickets from the casual fans looking for a long awaited live football fix.


We have a capacity of around 14,000 (I know recently it's been cited as more like 13,500 but that's with separations for away fans etc, the physical capacity is about 14,000). 40% of that is 5,600, obviously we don't know what the ST figures are but I don't think we ever reached 5,000 even with the huge drive and cheaper prices under Fitton et al. Given COVID disrupted sales, it's likely to be down even further this season so assume maybe 3-3,500 STs sold so far. That still leaves a decent amount available for walk-up.

I think you're right about extra demand due to pent-up live football frustration, but I'm assuming that no away fans will be permitted while we have this restriction in place anyway so that's an extra 3-500 available for home fans which would largely cancel that out (maybe?). So assuming average gates of around 6-7,000 (which is what we normally get in L1), there's probably about 1000 less spaces than there is demand for. Which is shit, if there's 1000 people missing out every home game (hopefully not the same 1000), but nowhere near as bad as say 20-25% would be. And importantly, albeit with an inevitable knock-on on smaller budget, should be financially viable.
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« Reply #1341 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:16:03 »

I though the official capacity was 15,700. Open up the sectioned off bit on the Bank would give more.
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« Reply #1342 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:22:32 »

I though the official capacity was 15,700. Open up the sectioned off bit on the Bank would give more.

15,728 apparently.
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« Reply #1343 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:23:00 »

Official capacity 15,728.

Actual capacity is probably nearer 14,000.
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« Reply #1344 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:25:50 »

So where’s the 1,728 gone?
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« Reply #1345 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:36:25 »

So where’s the 1,728 gone?
We had 13,095 vs Exeter, I would think there was 500+ empty seats in the Swindon ends in total and on the Stratton Bank where I think there was probably easily 600 empty seats, so I would think the actual capacity of bums on seats would be not much over 14,200 ish.

That means probably 1,400 extra capacity, lost somewhere, there is I would think around 200-300 as a cordoned off section in the Arkells between sets of fans the other missing could be the unused part on the Stratton Bank maybe?

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« Reply #1346 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:39:27 »

15,728 apparently.
Even better. 40% is 6291, so not far off what you'd expect as an average home attendance in L1 anyway. Obviously while these restrictions were in place it would mean the club would miss out on the bonus paydays where you'd expect a bigger gate, but it's doable.
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« Reply #1347 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:42:33 »

I’d imagine the club are bound to use the official capacity to get as many fans in as possible.

Our average last season was high 7000s so I’d expect that to go up. We’d be losing at least 2000+ per home game I reckon.

But still viable.
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« Reply #1348 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:50:05 »

I’d imagine the club are bound to use the official capacity to get as many fans in as possible.

Our average last season was high 7000s so I’d expect that to go up. We’d be losing at least 2000+ per home game I reckon.

But still viable.

Its going to be a financial juggling act for the clubs, its being suggested that C-19 testing is costing each Championship club c.£20k a week, so what's that over a season c.£750-800k pocket money to the PL but life or death at the lower levels.
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« Reply #1349 on: Thursday, July 9, 2020, 09:50:39 »

The impact on us is miniscule compared to other clubs if it it is 40%. Teams like Wimbledon, Northampton, Lincoln & Pompey are likely to have less than half their usual attendance.
On the flip side MK, Rochdale, Accrington and probably a few more when you take bumper away followings out of the equation will have capacity to spare.  
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