Average attendance next season

[CyderInACan]

37 minutes ago, Kingswood mask said:

Need to lift guestapo parking restrictions around the ground, this will sadly always put people off. Just a thought peeps x

What parking restrictions are you referring to, @Kingswood mask? As far as I know, there are no enforceable parking restrictions on match days over and above those usually in force in the week. 

[Chairman Mao]

12500 Season Tickets ATM plus 1500 away will increase to 2500 away and I'm guessing 14-15k season tickets next year. Say 14+2.5 is 16.5 plus pod. I think average will be minimum 18.5k tbh if you think they will be a few big ones 

[Between heaven and hell]

Transportation and parking difficulties will definitely put some people off, let's face it its stressful enough now with 15k in the ground.

[INCRED]

1 hour ago, bs3 said:

Everyone I know who have ST are going  renewing for next season and I know a lot of City fans who haven't got a ST this season will be getting one next season,

I think we will sell 16,000  ST for next season , with  a couple of thousands potd and with a couple of thousand away fans , I think we could be looking at around 20,000 average. However I do think we could get close to a sell out against  Villa and maybe Sunderland and Newcastle,

I and many others are members but not ST holders have struggled to get tickets this season due to the reduced capacity, next season I think we should comfortably average 18k and as others have said, no reason why we can't attract 25k plus for the more attractive games especially if we have a decent start

 

[Barrs Court Red]

6 minutes ago, Between heaven and hell said:

Transportation and parking difficulties will definitely put some people off, let's face it its stressful enough now with 15k in the ground.

I'd be amazed if there's not some sort of service in place for next season. 

[Charliesboots]

1 hour ago, YorkshireSection said:

That's just a recipe for trouble, 100% nailed on.

Let them have the Atyeo and be done with it, I'm too old for seat dodging.

A few eyebrows were raised when the comment was made but that appears to be their plan.

 

[Charliesboots]

58 minutes ago, Tomarse said:

Someone said to me pre match on Saturday that we'd sold 800 debencure seats alone in the west stand..

Signed up for my two today and as far as I am aware they're almost all gone. 

[glynriley]

Meanwhile....

http://bristolroverssc.co.uk/2016/04/11/26966/

[Kid in the Riot]

3 minutes ago, glynriley said:

Meanwhile....

http://bristolroverssc.co.uk/2016/04/11/26966/

Oooooo. Wow. Big numbers there. 

Approx 2,500 season tickets sold. We've already sold that many in the new West Stand alone.

[The Gasbuster]

1 minute ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Oooooo. Wow. Big numbers there. 

Approx 2,500 season tickets sold. We've already sold that many in the new West Stand alone.

Any idea on the total we have sold ?

[BS2 Red]

It all comes down to a mix of the pricing and the performances. With cheap prices we could pack them in. With great performances we could pack them in.

With poor performance and high prices then we are not going to be anywhere near selling out.

[Kid in the Riot]

11 minutes ago, Barrs Court Red said:

I'd be amazed if there's not some sort of service in place for next season. 

One of the conditions of the new stand planning permission was that a travel plan is put in place so that buses have to be laid on at certain attendance trigger points. Ie average crowd rises above 18k = 4 buses put on, or whatever...

3 hours ago, Charliesboots said:

In the event of a club wanting more away tickets the top tier will be opened with the closest two blocks to the Atyeo allocated to away support. 

So I was told this week...

By whom? Not what I've heard.

[Charliesboots]

1 minute ago, Kid in the Riot said:

One of the conditions of the new stand planning permission was that a travel plan is put in place so that buses have to be laid on at certain attendance trigger points. Ie average crowd rises above 18k = 4 buses put on, or whatever...

By whom? Not what I've heard.

This week during a meeting by the "decision makers". 

A couple us present asked and that was the stock answer. 

[Drew Peacock]

3 hours ago, Charliesboots said:

They were pretty clear that the moving home fans out of the Atyeo was a no go and that the west stand can be segregated easily as its been designed that way. 

I thought it hadn't been designed that way?

[Charliesboots]

2 minutes ago, Drew Peacock said:

I thought it hadn't been designed that way?

No idea either just repeating what was said. 

[INCRED]

18 minutes ago, glynriley said:

Meanwhile....

http://bristolroverssc.co.uk/2016/04/11/26966/

Wow 2500 ST sold, big club with massive support!!!!!

[JoeAman08]

I've been back and forth on this. When ST prices came out I thought we'd struggle to get more than this year. Now that we are almost safe and playing well on top of the excitement of a new stadium, I'm thinking we could do well. 

We do need to stop looking at the stadium as 27k. It won't be for the majority of league games. It'll be 22,500 or so with the top of the new Williams closed off. 12.5k ST this year capped. If we retain status as keep up this momentum and have a decent summer I can see it at 16k ST. 1k away fans average I'll call it plus another 2k POTD. Maybe low estimated but that puts us at 19,000 out of 22,500 available. That's about 84% full and I'm thinking that will be a real nice year for us. I know it won't count as 84% but we should fill it quite nicely. Also if the rugby go up, I can see our ST going up as it represents great value getting a dual ticket. 

[Lanterne Rouge]

I think POTD will be up, a major factor being that mates will be able to get seats together now and not one here and one three rows away. If you`re down the pub on Friday with a couple of mates, you can just decide to go to the game and not have to worry about getting in.

[ChippenhamRed]

6 hours ago, City1984 said:

Fact is the club have ballsed up the pricing

 

No need to panic buy season tickets as supply will far outway the demand imo

Proper cluster **** By the club

On what grounds have the club ballsed up the pricing? West Stand prices I accept are overpriced. Aside from that, the per-game prices in the other stands look reasonable to me. They have barely gone up at all over the last 10 years (when we've been playing Championship football).

Early indications are that season ticket sales are strong. We sold 4,000 in one day! That doesn't sound like a balls-up to me. Pricing is not just about selling as many as possible, it's also about generating sufficient revenue to compete with clubs with bigger attendances and/or parachute payments. Do you want the club to compete for the best players? Or do you want a charity that hands out cheap season tickets but can't afford to even think about pushing for the Premier League?

[BCFC Jordan]

Not expecting much with the ST prices remaining the same. Only hope is if POTD go down, which they surely should.

 

I'd expect 14-16k again. Shame.

[ChippenhamRed]

7 minutes ago, BCFC Jordan said:

Not expecting much with the ST prices remaining the same. Only hope is if POTD go down, which they surely should.

 

I'd expect 14-16k again. Shame.

Agree POTD needs to come down. £38 in the Dolman this year is shameful.

In terms of encouraging new support and "new stadium bounce", POTD prices are much more important. Prospective new fans don't jump straight into a season ticket.

[poland_exile]

16 hours ago, cidercity1987 said:

17,500 average.

 

The decisions made have not been conjuisive to maximise the attendance, in order:

A) Restricting away fans to 2,500 or whatever instead of giving them the whole Atyeo.

B) Not opening the upper tier until demand dictates actually reduces the demand. Less choice and bigger groups wont be able to sit together.

C) Prices not quite as good as they could be.

completely. to varying degrees, these have been lunatic decisions. 

[ChippenhamRed]

17 hours ago, cidercity1987 said:

17,500 average.

 

The decisions made have not been conjuisive to maximise the attendance, in order:

A) Restricting away fans to 2,500 or whatever instead of giving them the whole Atyeo.

B) Not opening the upper tier until demand dictates actually reduces the demand. Less choice and bigger groups wont be able to sit together.

C) Prices not quite as good as they could be.

Re: B.  There will be around 20,000 seats available to home fans in the lower bowl.  More than enough space for groups of any size within reason to sit together.  And if there isn't the upper tier will be opened.  The club aren't going to wait until every last seat in the lower bowl is filled before they open the top tier because they know that limits the potential for groups.

[Son of Fred]

10 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Re: B.  There will be around 20,000 seats available to home fans in the lower bowl.  More than enough space for groups of any size within reason to sit together.  And if there isn't the upper tier will be opened.  The club aren't going to wait until every last seat in the lower bowl is filled before they open the top tier because they know that limits the potential for groups.

You have hit the nail on the head re;at what point/physically timescale wise would 'the club' make a decision to open top teir.clear concise thinking will need to be employed-you would hope a well thought out sop for this event..should add emphasis on 'hope'!..

[Blagdon red]

16 hours ago, Charliesboots said:

This week during a meeting by the "decision makers". 

A couple us present asked and that was the stock answer. 

A big u-turn if that's the case. Andrew Billingham has previously said in meetings with FAN and the Atyeo group that away fans on the upper tier of the West Stand is a complete non-starter (due to his fears that they might throw things onto City fans down below).

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18,103.

[MigratedRobin]

Are some people honestly saying that if City spend the whole season in the top 6 challenging for promotion, that due to ticket prices we can only expect crowds of 18,000? Nonsense.

 

It's possible we'd get those sorts of crowds if we spent the whole season in the bottom 6.

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10 minutes ago, MigratedRobin said:

Are some people honestly saying that if City spend the whole season in the top 6 challenging for promotion, that due to ticket prices we can only expect crowds of 18,000? Nonsense.

 

It's possible we'd get those sorts of crowds if we spent the whole season in the bottom 6.

I imagine we're averaging something like 15,500 this season, banging up against capacity every game.

It would take nothing to get us up to 18,000.

Don't forget how the excitement will build over the summer as Lee builds the team in his image (figuratively speaking, of course). The board would NOT permit a fiasco like last summer.

Unfortunately, I could only ever see us filling the place for league matches towards the end of a season if we were in the play-offs, or higher, or if we went up - in which case the ground is too small anyway!!

 

Uncle TFR

[Charliesboots]

57 minutes ago, Blagdon red said:

A big u-turn if that's the case. Andrew Billingham has previously said in meetings with FAN and the Atyeo group that away fans on the upper tier of the West Stand is a complete non-starter (due to his fears that they might throw things onto City fans down below).

We echoed that reason yet the response was the same. 

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

Surely the whole ground will be open for the first home game next season. Who can tell how many POTDers might turn up. Coventry got 27000 on their return to the Ricoh.....got to be a case of suck it and see?

Mind you, nothing would surprise me with our club....probably end up with 5000 locked out.