if we came back to ricoh and ST were £200 (3 Viewers)

covcity4life · Aug 13, 2013

how many STH do you think city would have?

forget the sisu stuff if you can for this one thread

i think at that price point we could expect 12k season ticket holders

club needs to look at stuff like this, add in walk ups and we could have avg of 18k for most games in league one which could help spur on lads most weeks etc

they may lose money overall but if a happy fanbase and atmopshere is the result it could be worth it long term when you factor in promotions etc

probably wont happen mind but you never know.

Nick · Aug 13, 2013

Over it like a rat up a drainpipe!

ajsccfc · Aug 13, 2013

I'd go, although I'd want the equivalent of however many games missed to be taken off too. Fair's fair.

covcity4life · Aug 13, 2013

yeh i mean as a long term thing aj,so next season too

i think many of the guys who go 10-15 games a season would pay the lil bit extra to have a full ST, thats money for the club that they wouldnt get normally.

think its worth the club guaranteeing income rather than risk earning more

look at dortmund, yes i know they are a brilliant team! but prices are like a tenner and they pack out stadium week in week out, think we could really benefit from getting ricoh rocking even it means losing out abit financially for 5-6 years.

ajsccfc · Aug 13, 2013

£200 Ricoh season ticket next season, I'd be on it like stink on a monkey.

Steve.B50 · Aug 13, 2013

Regardless of my views concerning our present owners if we came back to the Ricoh I would go straight out and buy two Season Tickets.

lordsummerisle · Aug 13, 2013

Steve.B50 said:
Regardless of my views concerning our present owners if we came back to the Ricoh I would go straight out and buy two Season Tickets.

One for best??

hill83 · Aug 13, 2013

I'd get one if it was £500.

I reckon we'd get over 10k at £200 normally, but if it happened after the bollocks that's going on now it would be a couple thousand more.

LastGarrison · Aug 13, 2013

Honest truth...............I still wouldn't get one.

skybluebeduff · Aug 13, 2013

I wouldn't just want one, I would NEED one. I'm all about keeping Cov in Cov, everything else is just political crap that doesn't belong in a football fans brain.

hill83 · Aug 13, 2013

LastGarrison said:
Honest truth...............I still wouldn't get one.

What if we won 76 home games in a row and qualified for the champions league in 4 years?

Nonleagueherewecome · Aug 13, 2013

I'd get one next season if we had new owners.

Ashdown1 · Aug 13, 2013

Nonleagueherewecome said:
I'd get one next season if we had new owners.

That's where I'm at. SISU OUT now at all costs, I'd risk a ticket with some other fortune seekers for a season. I've had 20 ST's now since 1992, it's not just about the cost it's about stability of the club and accountability of the finances we do have !

Delboycov · Aug 13, 2013

Definitely would get one...although I understand the thinking behind NOPM, my priority is watching my club in my home city...something that I'll be denied of doing, probably ever again, should SISU persist with this suicidal plan. Having said that if we did return I would still be as vociferous as ever in calling for these clowns to go...my resolve has been strengthened and my desire to see them do one is far greater now with what they've put us fans through over the last couple of months.

SIR ERNIE · Aug 13, 2013

Interesting thread.

There's huge, huge potential for a football club in Coventry.

Just need a wealthy owner with transparency, passion, imagination and importantly the nouse to get the supporters on board.

Ive got no doubt that ACL would sell a stake in the Ricoh to such a man.

Just take a look at Brighton. 23,000 Season Tickets sold. The owner is a genuine football nut with the balls of a gambler (in fact he is a gambler). He's got the whole city on board a journey which they all believe will definitely secure a £90m promotion payday within the next 3 years.

longjohnskyblue · Aug 13, 2013

Utterly pointless hypothetical. Why not say £100? why not free? Cannot keep sisu out of any thread like this, it's like saying keep bones out of a broken leg! It's not an issue of the cost, it is an issue of the current owners not investing in the team for half a decade!

Sisu have dug their heals in. They are quite prepared to make a loss for a minimum of 3 years (if their propaganda is to be believed). There is not a chance in hell they would ever offer anything like this, and even if they did I wouldn't go. It has gone beyond how much a ST costs. We have to starve out owners who are systematically destroying the club!

And please please please stop referring to scumtium as "the club". The fans and to a lesser extent the current playing squad are the club. Scumtium own the naming rights!

However new owners wouldn't think twice. I would be happy (at least comfortable) paying £400-£500 to go! It's way beyond mere ticket price now!

Gint11 · Aug 13, 2013

Back at the Ricoh, 100% I will be there.

ajsccfc · Aug 13, 2013

Scumtium, come on. That doesn't even work.

mrbluesky87 · Aug 13, 2013

Not for me thank you not while SISU, OTIUM, AVRO whoever f*****g owns us within the Fisher empire. I would pay double if we had new owners. I have supported CCFC ever since I can remember and Fisher has to be the most loathed person in that period for me, I would even welcome Craig Bellamy back if it meant the Fisher empire pissing off.

SkyBlueBlood · Aug 13, 2013

covcity4life said:
how many STH do you think city would have?

forget the sisu stuff if you can for this one thread

i think at that price point we could expect 12k season ticket holders

club needs to look at stuff like this, add in walk ups and we could have avg of 18k for most games in league one which could help spur on lads most weeks etc

they may lose money overall but if a happy fanbase and atmopshere is the result it could be worth it long term when you factor in promotions etc

probably wont happen mind but you never know.

They would not lose money at £150k per annum rent as your 12000 season tickets at £200 = £2.4 million!

RFC · Aug 13, 2013

Need to take in outgoing costs, not just income. Players & Staff's wages take a huge chunk of any clubs income!
Don't forget FIFA FAIR PLAY RULES, FL clubs can only spend 60% of 'GROSS' income on 'players wages, transfers & associated costs! PUSB!

covcity4life · Aug 13, 2013

i remember with JPT last year we had 31k x fiver debate

wouldnt it be worth it to have ricoh full msot weeks? would be an intimidating atmosphere(hopefully for the opposition not us!)

sw88 · Aug 13, 2013

I'd get one. Irrespective of owner.

Cov back in Cov and I'm there.

chiefdave · Aug 13, 2013

Free season ticket with each £500 pie

wantedDOA · Aug 13, 2013

Like a tramp on chips

shmmeee · Aug 13, 2013

To answer OP, we'd get 7-8k, more with a new owner bump perhaps.

Until a certain point football tickets aren't really price sensitive. There's lots more to do on community involvement and match day experience that would bring in fans. The only place Id play with price is kids tickets. I'd go as far as under 12s free, under 18s £5. Get em in young, they'll pay within reason when they're old and addicted.

ajsccfc · Aug 13, 2013

Speaking of addiction, pipe in miniscule amounts of heroin during games and when people aren't there they'll be itching to get back without realising why.

shmmeee · Aug 13, 2013

ajsccfc said:
Speaking of addiction, pipe in miniscule amounts of heroin during games and when people aren't there they'll be itching to get back without realising why.

I assumed they've been doing this since the late 90s anyway.

italiahorse · Aug 13, 2013

Ill pay same as last year tomorrow just to be back at the Ricoh.
Must say I would only buy f&b if the profits go to the club.

Hcut PUSB · Aug 13, 2013

At this I must say I would go regardless of owner, we need the City back playing at home. I refuse point blank to go to shitfields end of.:jerkit:

AndreasB · Aug 13, 2013

Funny that, everyone would be fighting themselves to buy a £200 season ticket - last year you could have bought one for £253 AND spread the payments over 8 months interest free. We couldn't get over 6,000 to buy last year- nothing to do with SISU but a rejection of wanting to watch League One football.

Thats fair enough I suppose but the cost is NO reason to have ever bought a ST at Coventry so I dont think its a valid argument. They have (since the first year at the Ricoh fiasco when they were all the same price anywhere in the ground) always been competitively priced with a finance scheme open to all

stupot07 · Aug 13, 2013

sw88 said:
I'd get one. Irrespective of owner.

Cov back in Cov and I'm there.

Ditto. .

SkyBlueBlood · Aug 13, 2013

AndreasB said:
Funny that, everyone would be fighting themselves to buy a £200 season ticket - last year you could have bought one for £253 AND spread the payments over 8 months interest free. We couldn't get over 6,000 to buy last year- nothing to do with SISU but a rejection of wanting to watch League One football.

Thats fair enough I suppose but the cost is NO reason to have ever bought a ST at Coventry so I dont think its a valid argument. They have (since the first year at the Ricoh fiasco when they were all the same price anywhere in the ground) always been competitively priced with a finance scheme open to all

It sounds a valid point except most of the reduction in season ticket sales WAS because SISU were the owners.

SkyBlueBlood · Aug 13, 2013

RFC said:
Need to take in outgoing costs, not just income. Players & Staff's wages take a huge chunk of any clubs income!
Don't forget FIFA FAIR PLAY RULES, FL clubs can only spend 60% of 'GROSS' income on 'players wages, transfers & associated costs! PUSB!

That has been the case in league 2 for years (certainly it was the case in 2007). If you aim at a £2 million wage budget you need £3.333 million turnover, so £2.4 million in season tickets, plus around £1 million in one off ticket sales you have your FFP budget, without adding Sponsorship, Corporate and any access that might be granted to F&B. The only item that seems to be generating a problem is the huge management fee that SISU keep allocating themselves.

TheUKGryphon · Aug 13, 2013

like a tramp on chips

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