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Safe Standing ( split from: Liverpool confirm decision to redevelop Anfield)
CraigDS:
The question is would creating a standing and lower priced Kop create new demand above and beyond the 60k sweet spot we are aiming to provide for now?
As in if they build to 60k now with the Main and Anny Rd ends, would changing the Kop in the future create new demand amoung fans who couldn't afford the current ST prices and allow us to really maximise income with a very big capacity?
Peter McGurk:
--- Quote from: CraigDS on January 21, 2013, 12:17:07 pm ---The question is would creating a standing and lower priced Kop create new demand above and beyond the 60k sweet spot we are aiming to provide for now?
As in if they build to 60k now with the Main and Anny Rd ends, would changing the Kop in the future create new demand amoung fans who couldn't afford the current ST prices and allow us to really maximise income with a very big capacity?
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Of course it would - it would get the kids in and the many, many others who can't get to 19 matches a season.
And at any stage of the process the club can address that as either a change of direction or as an expansion of the existing direction - all subject to demand.
But yes and on that basis perhaps 60,000 all-seating and 72,000 with kop standing would not be so daft in the future. Maybe.
CraigDS:
Does give some interesting possibilities in the future.
Can't see standing being sorted in the next 5 years min, but if we can look to expand seating during that time to deal with the mid-high price range demand, and then look at standing to supply the lower priced demand it could be a happy outcome all round.
Peter McGurk:
--- Quote from: CraigDS on January 21, 2013, 12:36:13 pm ---Does give some interesting possibilities in the future.
Can't see standing being sorted in the next 5 years min, but if we can look to expand seating during that time to deal with the mid-high price range demand, and then look at standing to supply the lower priced demand it could be a happy outcome all round.
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Yes.
Eeyore:
--- Quote from: Peter McGurk on January 21, 2013, 11:54:00 am ---The club is in control. It can decide to sell 51,000 all-seating or 63,000 with the kop standing. It can match the supply to the demand - match by match.
And 63,000 makes more money than 51,000. Not from the gate receipts perhaps but from bars and eats and 'Albert Village' and sports bars and...
And it secures future business. The next generation. Because right now there's less and less getting into the match-going habit.
And the vibe is vital. Anfield as a spectacle sells around the world - not just what goes on on the pitch. It's part of the family and part of the 'brand'.
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If you are trying to encourage more local youngsters wouldn't the bars and eats be more likely to be of the sausage and chips and a couple of cans a lager on the Albert Village wall variety.
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