Talk about trying to reinvent the wheel in regards to research. I don’t believe for one moment that Bill and Jim are too arrogant to look at the evidence around them and plough on through trying to work out demand from scratch.
There’s evidence all around with Brentford and Brighton alone within a couple of hours drive before working your way further down the alphabet for additional examples.
There’s no way they haven’t done this, there’s no way they’re too arrogant to take this information on board, so I don’t buy what’s being suggested here. They’ve tried to open up the tickets to more supporters, I get that, the idea is sound. The execution has been poor but it feels like we’re just doubling down now because that’s the route we’re taking and refusing to admit an error.
Unless Bill and Jim are happy with us all thinking that they can really gauge hospitality demand in a new purpose built multi million pound stadium by how many £139 tickets they can sell in a cold wet tent? Personally I don’t think that’s the case so curious why they’re trying to give that perception?
As I’ve said on another thread I’m not opposed to the tent offerings, it will target a certain type of fan. It’s at risk of abuse from visiting supporters, but it’s also something that might appeal to companies, even special family events, stag dos etc. It’s just alongside the other ticket schemes it’s having a compound effect on the already limited ticket availability. In a new ground crack on, make half of Kings Park a glamping site if you like, but for now offer it as a bolt on to those with a ticket, not limit south stand seats for it.
Easy. Plus you’ll also get a true demand of how many actually want that offering, rather than people using it to throw money at getting tickets for certain games.