Is Swansea heading for a sell out?

Currently at around 26,000 according to MFC.

So nowhere near a sell-out.
Still a solid crowd, but it's always going to be hard to get walk ups with early kick offs and televised matches, unless there's something massive to play for.
 
Ipad1977 said:
It is possible to have a stadium that leans towards that (basically a sell out for the regular CL sides, the first and last home games of the season, Boxing day and the Barcodes of course) yet still looked rammed most of the time for the goggle box?

Make the TV gantry side area that are below camera range one of the last to be released for sale and have "pop up" seats in a couple of rows up the top of the stands that lower down out of view when not in use. Job done.
Obviously the latter would cost more bunce to install and whether the outlay is actually worth it is up for debate. All I'm saying is, there is a way.
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Is it important what it looks like on TV?

I may be in a minority on this as I get the impression some find it important, but I'm interested in what I'm missing.

If it's really important, I'm sure technology will evolve to the point where we can fill in empty seats digitally for the TV audience.
 
Frozen Horse said:
Is it important what it looks like on TV?

I may be in a minority on this as I get the impression some find it important, but I'm interested in what I'm missing.

If it's really important, I'm sure technology will evolve to the point where we can fill in empty seats digitally for the TV audience.
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To be honest...yes i think it is. Sometimes that perception of a full stadium can be important. It's good for the "brand." Same as the white band on the shirt.
 
Humpty said:
To be honest...yes i think it is. Sometimes that perception of a full stadium can be important. It's good for the "brand." Same as the white band on the shirt.
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I think a well supported club and a noisy atmosphere gets the club some recognition from other supporters and players.
 
Frozen Horse said:
Is it important what it looks like on TV?

I may be in a minority on this as I get the impression some find it important, but I'm interested in what I'm missing.

If it's really important, I'm sure technology will evolve to the point where we can fill in empty seats digitally for the TV audience.
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To me it isn't particularly important, hence my "whether the outlay is actually worth it" comment. I mean it's nice to show off a full-looking stadium and I'd rather have it than not I suppose, but not if its going to cost a wad just to achieve that.

Oh I'm sure that tech will evolve to the level (in fact its not that far away now) when for a price you can stick your VR headset on and be at the game "live" thanks to the 360° cameras around each seat plus microphone. There's also a speaker in the seat so you can join in chants etc and possibly even a holo-generator to put yourself there for the cameras.

Suppose it would do away with matchday parking, trouble kicking off, littering etc, but if things go down that route they can keep it.
 
To me Its about finding a nice balance where its 90% to 100% full and only just sells out.

At one extreme Bournemouth is probably sold out every game, but I am sure they would like bigger crowds if they could start from scratch. At the other extreme was the Darlington Arena that was fairly big, but was usually 85% empty.

I think its been said on here we could do with the old Riverside (1995-1998) for the Championship and the enlarged one for the Premier League.
 
Redwurzel said:
At one extreme Bournemouth is probably sold out every game, but I am sure they would like bigger crowds if they could start from scratch. At the other extreme was the Darlington Arena that was fairly big, but was usually 85% empty.
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I went to Bournemouth away in the AK days when we got beat 3-0. Stayed 3 nights in guest house and one of the blokes who worked there used to do some work for Bournemouth. Talked a lot of football with me during our stay.

Back then he said they were making plans to build a new stadium. I’ve just googled it (since it’s nearly 10 years later) and in January, they announced their intention to build a new 18k seater stadium, with the an optional 3-4k increase if demand exceeds their new capacity.

Still, it feels like a lot of years of missed revenue.
 
There's still over 750 seats available in the North Stand. It will be a 'respectable' attendance I think but nowhere near approaching a sell-out unfortunately.
 
On The Bob said:
I went to Bournemouth away in the AK days when we got beat 3-0. Stayed 3 nights in guest house and one of the blokes who worked there used to do some work for Bournemouth. Talked a lot of football with me during our stay.

Back then he said they were making plans to build a new stadium. I’ve just googled it (since it’s nearly 10 years later) and in January, they announced their intention to build a new 18k seater stadium, with the an optional 3-4k increase if demand exceeds their new capacity.

Still, it feels like a lot of years of missed revenue.
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There seems to a lot of clubs with grand stadium plans that never materialise.
Portsmouth, Leeds, Forest , Oxford etc
 
In Majorca so missing 1st game (bummer).
Bearing in mind I'm a total technophobe, is there any way of getting the match on my phone??

*26,667 and 3-1 Boro
 
Ref Swansea - Based on what MFC have said about the total crowd I would agree one block (350 to 400). I said 750 to 800 previously and I am guessing much too optimistic.
 
As of right now there are 2,382 tickets available for Boro fans to buy.
84 seats in South Lower block 55 not usually open.
106 seats in South Upper block 54 not usually open.
340 seats in East stand .

There's only 758 in West stand left, 661 in the Upper.
730 in North stand left.
50 in SW corner and 269 in NW corner.

That's an outstanding turnout against historical context, especially in this league.
It is an outstanding turnout considering the price of walk ups and there being so many walk ups to sell.

It will be interesting to se the next 3-4 crowds after the first match syndrome has passed and with still so many seats to fill on a match by match basis.

I believe it is phenomenal support shown.
 
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