Why not issue a debenture type scheme.
Fans can pay £x to guarantee the option to buy a season ticket as and when a new stadium is built.
Just need to decide what x is. High enough to demonstrate commitment but low enough to be accessible.
Maybe have various values of x so as to guarantee different types of seating (Hospitality, Ends, Sides, Halfway line, padded seat, in play screen, complimentary foot massage, ...)
No new stadium in 5 years then you get your money back.
Wouldn't be precise but would be extra "hard" info to help the decision making.
Exactly this... I've mentioned this before, about getting fans to offer some form of commitment to buying season tickets... This could quite easily be done in stages to weed out the wannabees...
Jim mentioned in the article that getting a survey done and getting folks to part with money are two very different tasks... I agree with this for a variety of reasons, and it could be as simple as a lot can change in one's life between signing a piece of paper and parting with cash..
So, start with paper-based, online, in-person pre game research... 'If the opportunity arose, would you buy a Season Ticket and how many? Where you you like to sit and how much woud you be prepared to pay for said ticket(s). Would you be prepared to be contacted again for the next level of understtanding...?
The next phase would be to put words into a commitment for actions... If X ticket(s) were on sale at X price, would you be interested...If so, would you consider paying X (deposit) to guarantee a seat(s) in a new stadium... in a specific place...? (as mentioned it is determining what X is)
The final phase would be to get folks to stump up cash, or a payment plan to commit to the cause of having a seat in 2/3 years' time in a new DC...
Now I am sure I've not considered a million and one things, but you get the drift...
Edited to say that I too thought the article was quite enlightening... I do however feel a bit of open forum or Q and A is needed before this situation escalates...