Originally Posted by
Dude
But have you factored in the sales of food and drink? Say the crowd was boosted by 7,000 by the £5 ticket price (as it was last Tuesday). Say 2,000 had three pints of beer and 3,000 had two pints and 1,000 had tea/coffee. Then again 1,500 had pies, 2,500 a plate of chips and 1,000 had other eatables. Then there's program sales say 2,000. I reckon a conservative estimate is gross (not net) revenue of from these sources would be around £20,000 to £30,000 a match. over a 23 game season that equates to close to a million. And if we go on a cup run - well, you can do the math! Makes economic sense to me.