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Player Valuation: £2.5m
The KEIOC web site says:
The only new stadia that function near capacity are those of Arsenal and Reading. One of the reasons behind this is that both clubs built stadia of a size appropriate to their need; Arsenal, with near maximum attendance levels at Highbury and with a 20,000 season ticket waiting list built a 60,000-seat stadium and Reading, located in a small town, built a 24,000-seat stadium.
This is hilarious. Arsenal were running at near capacity with 40,000 at Highbury, so to their reasoning, their appropriate needs would be, er, er, 40,000? But Arsenal went to 60,000 (which they now say is was too small). Arsenal went 50% over and above what Highbury held - and it wasn't enough.
As I have emphasized, the prime reason for this success is the rapid-transit rail around the Emirates - 27 platforms. Give them the facilities and comfort in the stadium and the comfortable ease of access via rapid-transit rail and they will come.
Reading built a new stadium and fill it to far more than the old ground and revenues are far, far higher. Arsenals's revenues have increased 5 fold. Something the KEIOC (GFE) omit.
Look at this above from their site. All the old grounds have small capacities, so they would have less seats unsold. Duh!!!! Once again the all important revenues are omitted. The revenues Sunderland take in are far superior to when at the old crock, Roker Park.
Stoke are running at near full in the Premier each game. In a stadium pretty remote with no rapid-transit rail access.
Sunderland's attendances are running at 78% out of a total capacity of 49,000
http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/PR/attend.html
Sunderland in the Prem:
2002-2003 R 39698
2005-2006 R 33904
2007-2008 43344
2008-2009 40168
2009-2010 40355
39,493.8 Average, and 78% full since they had a small rapid-transit rail station built near the stadium. In 2008 they were running at over 88% of capacity in a town/small city of only 177,739. That is 24.38% of the population attended the games on 2008 - nearly 1 in 4 of all men women and children. Amazing success!!!! You have to get it into perspective.
Wirral BC is over 300,000 to give a guide. Two of the seasons Sunderland were relegated - the R.
You have to compare like with like. Everton are equivalent to Arsenal with catchment area of 1.5 million in Merseyside and well over 2.5 million in the immediate Lancashire and Cheshire.
Prof Tom Cannon:
Interesting facts about the Everton fanbase.
Everton are estimated to have 500,000 supporters in the UK and 250,000 worldwide. Regular match goers (3 games or more) number between 75,000 and 100,000.
Everton have one of the youngest fanbases in the country and a large percentage of graduates. The fanbase was one of the most geographically diverse in the UK. All this set the scene for what massive potential Everton has.
The only new stadia that function near capacity are those of Arsenal and Reading. One of the reasons behind this is that both clubs built stadia of a size appropriate to their need; Arsenal, with near maximum attendance levels at Highbury and with a 20,000 season ticket waiting list built a 60,000-seat stadium and Reading, located in a small town, built a 24,000-seat stadium.
This is hilarious. Arsenal were running at near capacity with 40,000 at Highbury, so to their reasoning, their appropriate needs would be, er, er, 40,000? But Arsenal went to 60,000 (which they now say is was too small). Arsenal went 50% over and above what Highbury held - and it wasn't enough.
As I have emphasized, the prime reason for this success is the rapid-transit rail around the Emirates - 27 platforms. Give them the facilities and comfort in the stadium and the comfortable ease of access via rapid-transit rail and they will come.
Reading built a new stadium and fill it to far more than the old ground and revenues are far, far higher. Arsenals's revenues have increased 5 fold. Something the KEIOC (GFE) omit.
Look at this above from their site. All the old grounds have small capacities, so they would have less seats unsold. Duh!!!! Once again the all important revenues are omitted. The revenues Sunderland take in are far superior to when at the old crock, Roker Park.
Stoke are running at near full in the Premier each game. In a stadium pretty remote with no rapid-transit rail access.
Sunderland's attendances are running at 78% out of a total capacity of 49,000
http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/PR/attend.html
Sunderland in the Prem:
2002-2003 R 39698
2005-2006 R 33904
2007-2008 43344
2008-2009 40168
2009-2010 40355
39,493.8 Average, and 78% full since they had a small rapid-transit rail station built near the stadium. In 2008 they were running at over 88% of capacity in a town/small city of only 177,739. That is 24.38% of the population attended the games on 2008 - nearly 1 in 4 of all men women and children. Amazing success!!!! You have to get it into perspective.
Wirral BC is over 300,000 to give a guide. Two of the seasons Sunderland were relegated - the R.
You have to compare like with like. Everton are equivalent to Arsenal with catchment area of 1.5 million in Merseyside and well over 2.5 million in the immediate Lancashire and Cheshire.
Prof Tom Cannon:
Interesting facts about the Everton fanbase.
Everton are estimated to have 500,000 supporters in the UK and 250,000 worldwide. Regular match goers (3 games or more) number between 75,000 and 100,000.
Everton have one of the youngest fanbases in the country and a large percentage of graduates. The fanbase was one of the most geographically diverse in the UK. All this set the scene for what massive potential Everton has.
