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[ccfcchris]

Coventry City make big CBS Arena announcement - West Brom will get first taste of it

Coventry City have had a winning start to the season, and now even more fans will be able to see them play at home following a new club announcement.

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[skybluelee]

It's not a few thousand though. Block 9 holds just over a thousand. 1/3rd of which arn't on sale. Then there a couple of hundred left in the South East corner. There's not too much more than a thousand tickets left in the home ends and that number will only decrease leading upto the game on Saturday.

We'll still be pushing 30K on Saturday, the only thing that will stop that is the away tickets sold and corporate.

I'll be delighted if we hit 30K. That would require around 29K home tickets being sold though (presuming they have sold 1K). I hope I'm wrong but I will be amazed if this isn't our lowest crowd of the season.

Edit: What's the home capacity now, around 29.5K? Block 9 has barely sold anything and there looks like a few hundred in the North Stand. Must be at least 1K left. So maybe a 29.5K crowd overall I guess. Again I'm only guessing as to the number they've sold. If they've sold 1.5K then you're probably right with 30K. Lol.

 

[shmmeee]

A few thousand. Hopefully this will make Doug see that there are only very specific games where the public will swallow £45 tickets.

Its clearly worked for Swansea on boxing day.
Leicester feels like it will due to the rivalry.
Birmingham - their fans are heady with thinking they will be in the Champions league in 3 years so will pay anything

West Brom who we have no rivalry with on TV at lunchtime a few weeks before Christmas. No.

Come March/April if we’re up the top it’ll sell out every week whatever the price. It’s not about an early kickoff a week after they’ve done it.

 

[skybluelee]

Come March/April if we’re up the top it’ll sell out every week whatever the price. It’s not about an early kickoff a week after they’ve done it.

Completely agree. All of those matches in that scenario will have a huge draw. They could probably intorduce a Band A++and still sell-out.

The price has definitely played a part for this weekend though. Still early in the season, on TV, shit opponent that nobody cares about, 5 weeks before christmas.

 

[Jay88]

Fair play to Doug for charging Cat B for Ipswich. They could have easily exploited the Christmas period/Promotion Clash/Ex-Prem side idea and gone for A or A+.

Leicester as expected £45 and Millwall only £25.

Yeah definitely good pricing for Ipswich and Millwall. I thought the same and was expecting at least Cat A for Ipswich for all of them reasons you said.

 

[Londonccfcfan]

Sold about 20 tickets in the last 24 hours.
Lol.

Think it might pick up in next 48 hrs and we may sell another 80.

 

[Viktor17]

It's not a few thousand though. Block 9 holds just over a thousand. 1/3rd of which arn't on sale. Then there a couple of hundred left in the South East corner. There's not too much more than a thousand tickets left in the home ends and that number will only decrease leading upto the game on Saturday.

We'll still be pushing 30K on Saturday, the only thing that will stop that is the away tickets sold and corporate.

This. Its going to be 28K+, as above close ish to 30k and people are creating a narrative its some sort of disaster!!!

 

[Levship20]

Yep fair play Doug for the Ipswich game, long way and early kick off on a work night!
Are we getting an early Xmas gift also of £3.60
Pints ???

 

[pusbccfc]

Sold about 20 tickets in the last 24 hours.
Lol.

Think it might pick up in next 48 hrs and we may sell another 80.

At least they'll be full when they are £32 for Charlton next week. With Charlton selling out, it will be the biggest crowd of the season.

 

[CovInEssex]

Just had a ganders on availability. Loads of tickets still going. Come on all

 

[skybluelee]

This. Its going to be 28K+, as above close ish to 30k and people are creating a narrative its some sort of disaster!!!

Not a disaster by any means. But it clearly sells out at Cat B like Charlton will. Probably at Cat A as well as there wouldn’t have been any furore made by West Brom and they’d have sold their 2.8K.

The pricing has definitely had an impact on sales.

 

[HJones23]

Not a disaster by any means. But it clearly sells out at Cat B like Charlton will. Probably at Cat A as well as there wouldn’t have been any furore made by West Brom and they’d have sold their 2.8K.

The pricing has definitely had an impact on sales.

Always was an odd decision to make WBA Cat A+ IMO. Can only imagine as it was a sell out last year (or very close to) as an indication of a rivalry between us and the same appetite would be there again this season.

 

[Dougin]

Come March/April if we’re up the top it’ll sell out every week whatever the price. It’s not about an early kickoff a week after they’ve done it.

I’m not sure it will, I used to think it would but I think the ceiling has now been hit at £45 a ticket. It’s a shame it won’t be a full house for this one.

 

[shmmeee]

I’m not sure it will, I used to think it would but I think the ceiling has now been hit at £45 a ticket. It’s a shame it won’t be a full house for this one.

This game will have sold more home tickets than any in the history of the arena won’t it?

 

[quinn1971]

They never went away. It's just now only Skol or Kestrel.

Castlemaine xxxx in our bar

 

[pusbccfc]

This game will have sold more home tickets than any in the history of the arena won’t it?

Not as many as Sheffield United.

 

[quinn1971]

Getting more fans in is brilliant but we need to take the atmosphere up a notch, we won’t get many seasons like this one, it should be brilliant every game

 

[skybluelee]

This game will have sold more home tickets than any in the history of the arena won’t it?

Really? There’s loads left in the north stand and about 20 have been sold in block 9.

 

[shmmeee]

Really? There’s loads left in the north stand and about 20 have been sold in block 9.

Well see. I’ve not been looking but I’d expect some walk up and Friday sales like usual. I wouldn’t be surprised is the north stand sold and then it would be though. Either way it won’t be far off

 

[Londonccfcfan]

Sold about 20 tickets in the last 24 hours.
Lol.

Think it might pick up in next 48 hrs and we may sell another 80.

I think I was being optimistic with another 80 tickets to sell. Literally a dozen more sold in last 24 hours. Same empty seats we saw yesterday morning.

Would be selling high 100s in few days before a match usually. £45 and £35 kids at this time of the year is beyond mental.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I think I was being optimistic with another 80 tickets to sell. Literally a dozen more sold in last 24 hours. Same empty seats we saw yesterday morning.

Would be selling high 100s in few days before a match usually. £45 and £35 kids at this time of the year is beyond mental.

Yep I think that’s right
Still gonna be an excellent attendance and the club have done some packages but maybe just miscalled this particular one
The biggest downside is that there will be people missing out cause they can’t afford it

Just looking at tickets for my lad back from uni over Xmas

over a £100 for Bristol, Swansea and Ipswich!!!

It’s a lot

 

[skybluelee]

Yep I think that’s right
Still gonna be an excellent attendance and the club have done some packages but maybe just miscalled this particular one
The biggest downside is that there will be people missing out cause they can’t afford it

Just looking at tickets for my lad back from uni over Xmas

over a £100 for Bristol, Swansea and Ipswich!!!

It’s a lot

It'll be interesting to see the approach from here with A+ games. Clearly misjudged this one like you say.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

It'll be interesting to see the approach from here with A+ games. Clearly misjudged this one like you say.

I don’t mean to be picky at all though you can’t get everything correct

 

[mmttww]

Would be selling high 100s in few days before a match usually. £45 and £35 kids at this time of the year is beyond mental.

 

[chiefdave]

I think I was being optimistic with another 80 tickets to sell. Literally a dozen more sold in last 24 hours. Same empty seats we saw yesterday morning.

Would be selling high 100s in few days before a match usually. £45 and £35 kids at this time of the year is beyond mental.

Suspect that as there's now regularly a shortage of tickets people have got into the habit of getting them earlier.

Also not sure you can label any game not 100% sold out a failure. Is Kings priority to fill every single seat or to maximise revenue? Ideally both I suspect but there's no guarantee if you knocked a fiver off the tickets they'd be sold.

 

[David O'Day]

There's going to be 29kish there tomorrow and I love how people are acting like it's a disaster

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

There's going to be 29kish there tomorrow and I love how people are acting like it's a disaster

Yep sorry if that’s me
I just think if anyone is missing out that wanted to go that’s a shame all choices though
Hopefully another exciting time

 

[SkyBlueTam]

There's going to be 29kish there tomorrow and I love how people are acting like it's a disaster

I agreee...

Despite the WBA boycotting, they will bring about the same amount as Blackburn, the gate that day was 29,606.

Before adding the extra 650 seats in block 9, there were about 500 tickets left.

Now it's the main match on Sky so expect a camera in the lower part of block 25 taking out about 200.

There will be a flourish of late deciders on Friday & Saturday morning adding a 200 more.

So comfortably 29k ish

 

[skybluelee]

Suspect that as there's now regularly a shortage of tickets people have got into the habit of getting them earlier.

Also not sure you can label any game not 100% sold out a failure. Is Kings priority to fill every single seat or to maximise revenue? Ideally both I suspect but there's no guarantee if you knocked a fiver off the tickets they'd be sold.

It sells out no question whatsoever at Cat B.

A 29K crowd would be around 5K paying (£45/£35) so say £40 = £200K
A 31.5K crowd would be 7.5K paying (£32/£22) so say £27 = £202.5K

Add in the additional F&B/Merch and Cat B would generate even more above what tomorrow will.. All marginal in the big scheme of things but it would have been nice to have another full house.

 

[rob9872]

So the question is, will it be a rendition of "your ground's too big for you" or "where were you when you were shit"?

 

[Londonccfcfan]

I agreee...

Despite the WBA boycotting, they will bring about the same amount as Blackburn, the gate that day was 29,606.

Before adding the extra 650 seats in block 9, there were about 500 tickets left.

Now it's the main match on Sky so expect a camera in the lower part of block 25 taking out about 200.

There will be a flourish of late deciders on Friday & Saturday morning adding a 200 more.

So comfortably 29k ish

It won't be anywhere near 29k imo.

2000 less in away end. Including the block they opened for us.

Still about 600 tickets left in general area.

At least 600 unsold in upper tier.

Add in segregation area. That's about 4k not sold.

 

[SkyBlueTam]

It won't be anywhere near 29k imo.

2000 less in away end. Including the block they opened for us.

Still about 600 tickets left in general area.

At least 600 unsold in upper tier.

Add in segregation area. That's about 4k not sold.

I'm still sticking by my prediction of just over 29k

 

[bigfatronssba]

It won't be anywhere near 29k imo.

2000 less in away end. Including the block they opened for us.

Still about 600 tickets left in general area.

At least 600 unsold in upper tier.

Add in segregation area. That's about 4k not sold.

2000 less than what?
Blackburn only brought about 1200

 

[slondonskyblue]

Doug needs to stop being greedy and price these games normally. Only Leicester at a push can you justify £45.

 

[Shannerz]

Doug needs to stop being greedy and price these games normally. Only Leicester at a push can you justify £45.

I don't think you can. Average out the cost and charge the same to everyone.

Much as I don't like Leicester, I don't think their fans should have to pay more than those of Charlton or Oxford (for example) to watch a game.