Again... WHY would any club increase capacity if......

they cant fill the current ground.
No club would do that so its no surprise that those that do see an increase......are those that need an increase in capacity.
You cant just invent a fan base.
This isn't Field of Dreams with Kevin Cosner.

Ground expansion would also cost probably 30-40M and loss of revenue while it takes place.
Throw in the loan interest and it would be a mill stone around the clubs neck.

Posted By: usacanary on May 5th 2024 at 23:21:34

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Average home attendance 24,905 (NCFC) - jamesward, May 5, 20:00:26
- Some numbers (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 21:18:38
  - No way is this correct.....2021/22 - 28,810 (PL) (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 21:20:48
    - Indeed. A typo. 26,810. (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 21:27:22
- Is that including Bristol rovers? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:42:24
- Where'd that # come from? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 20:37:36
  - EFL stats Twitter (NCFC) - jamesward, May 5, 20:52:36
    - That is home fans only…. (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:53:16
      - Ah, always read the small print (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, May 5, 20:55:46
        
        ^^not a stats guy (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 5, 21:01:10
        
        Or in this case, the really fucking big print 😂😂 (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:57:42
        
        I wonder how it compares to other seasons. Cost of living comments are valid (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:59:46
        
        Tbf (total minus away support) (NCFC) - jamesward, May 5, 20:58:54
        
        Smallest bit of the title, bigger than the list of clubs and attendances 😉 (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 21:01:12
      - Yep total minus away fans (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 20:55:37
  - and this site says (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, May 5, 20:45:37
    - What if you add a number for the Plymouth home match? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 20:54:42
    - Lowest official attendance is 25.3k….. (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:48:47
      - Its showing WBA at home as 25,180 (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 20:54:30
        
        Wiki says 25.8 for that. But makes no difference to the point (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:57:03
        
        wiki is a crock, likewise transfermkt (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 21:05:21
        
        👍 I was just using it as a basic sense check of something that didn’t seem right (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 21:09:04
        
        This is no place for sense. Away with you. (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 21:11:02
        
        Im finding a lot of errors on that site....one example (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 21:03:29
  - we stand corrected then (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, May 5, 20:39:25
- Miraculous how Ipswich have gained 14000 new fans. (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, May 5, 20:30:06
  - Leeds and Ipswich have the most fair weather fans. (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 20:33:00
- There has been a genuine cost of living problem. Things have to give sometimes. (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, May 5, 20:26:44
- Would probably be worse with a bigger ground...... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 20:22:04
  - Yes (NCFC) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 21:24:12
    - The only reason a club would consider ground expansion is..... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 21:30:58
      - A few notes here (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:16:26
        
        Agreed (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 23:28:56
        
        Not to mention that... (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:20:08
      - Sorry (NCFC) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 21:48:38
        
        "Aging" fan base is also the loyal fan base (as much as some moan). More importantly, the (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:23:53
        
        Average would increase with a bigger standard deviation (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 23:23:03
        
        Now this is something I can get on board with. (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 23:32:18
        
        Again... WHY would any club increase capacity if...... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 23:21:34
        
        The business case is for the club to work out. However (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:39:18
        
        Norfolk's population (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 22:08:38
        
        Who cares about watching our reserves in the FA Cup these days? (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:22:22
        
        So the club should run the risk of fiscal ruin (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 6, 00:35:24
        
        I agree on cost, but it would be good if more casual tickets were available (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 23:21:00
        
        Counter point.... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 23:28:39
  - Show every game on an app for £10 or a home/away season ticket (NCFC) - littletinyphil, May 5, 21:18:23
    - Lol. No that income is priceless. Far less overhead, and promoted “growth” which is what (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:28:21
      - How do you know what they’ll be looking for? (NCFC) - littletinyphil, May 5, 23:37:17
      - The honest truth is....... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 23:36:41
        
        But the fan engagement it creates generates shirt sales etc, and that does matter (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:42:02
- inflation , energy costs etc (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, May 5, 20:07:11

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