There is no ‘rest of the away end’ to open. That whole end is now split in two.
Who decided to split the whole end into two such that you can’t sell an extra 2,000 tickets if there’s the demand (not saying we would have shifted that many, but the big clubs would in the cup or if Reading ever went up)? Who has the final say if not Reading?
I’m sure the atmosphere was improved no end by filling only half their seats. Their choice as you say. If they’ve got the money to throw away and are happy to turn paying customers away, fair enough. But the claims they (a) couldn’t have opened the rest of that end to us and (b) they wouldn’t have made more money by doing so don’t make sense to me.
The Police will have a big say on it.
You clearly have a head for business……not.
I don’t know what they’re thinking to be honest. I know I paid £25 for an adult and a youth ticket and I probably would have paid double that if that was the asking price.
Then don’t split the stand in half.
No I wouldn’t. If/when we are back in the third tier, where we’ve been for the vast majority of my time as a fan, and we are attracting 5-6k fans, I’ll be delighted if whoever is in charge does whatever they can to shift as many seats as possible. Beats chucking coppers in the buckets… Do you remember those days? If selling more away seats deprives home fans, then absolutely don’t do it. If the ‘home fans’ have lost all interest and are sitting at home watching Strictly coz their team aren’t playing well, then shift the seats however you can to whoever you can. I’ll happily have a few hundred extra away fans… and have a club
None of the above as it happens although the 3rd suggestion would have been good!
At DC the East stand is cheaper than the main stand. So, your theory isn’t stacking up at the moment.
Main stand outer is more expensive than east stand outer. Opposite stands of the same quality.
