This stadium must host somewhere around 15k. I don't mind the overall attendance taking a hit. This stadium is in the heart of the city. Will be easily accessible to fans and will be almost full for most of the games. Overall atmosphere will be better. Good decision.
ATK will also have a full stadium this time around. 15-16k fans would accommodate RS stadium at max. ATK attendance would be down by almost 30k. And mumbai 8k. Overall attendance would be down by 5000. If NEUTd can again increase to 30k then we will still average around 22k -23k this season. Decent in my opinion.
Only Delhi has to move to a different stadium or increase their attendance. Empty stadium looks bad. At least the stands in front of the camera must be full. Delhi vs NEUtd in first season had 33k fans. That is the sort of attendance and atmosphere delhi must have. That looked good on camera. Good promotion for the League.
In this case, I do not think the drop in attendance will be bad as long as the percentage of capacity taken up is high. If both ATK and Mumbai City can fill 90% of their stadiums then it is no loss the extra capacity.
I agree...DELHI DYNAMOS must use Ambedkar Stadium...Their current home ground is pathetic for football...such a huge gap between the pitch and stands!
AND ATTENDANCE DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE...NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE TEAMS TO SETTLE WITH A PERMANENT AND ACCESSIBLE HOME GROUND...LIKE MUMBAI FOOTBALL ARENA,BEING IN THE HEART OF THE CITY WILL ATTRACT MORE EYEBALLS THAN DY PATIL...OUTSIDE THE CITY!
Actually ticket sales hardly bring income more than half of the money generated goes in paying security/taxes stadium etc etc Clubs must find an alternative way to bring income
In a longer season, I am pretty sure the matches will be held from Friday to Sunday, with double headers on the weekends and an occassional mid week match.
Common.. it will be students from andheri... they can afford some hike in ticket prices... But as ashlesh mentioned, a few initial wins in the league could push the attendance of the fans well in the stadium
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ATK will also have a full stadium this time around. 15-16k fans would accommodate RS stadium at max. ATK attendance would be down by almost 30k. And mumbai 8k. Overall attendance would be down by 5000. If NEUTd can again increase to 30k then we will still average around 22k -23k this season. Decent in my opinion.
Only Delhi has to move to a different stadium or increase their attendance. Empty stadium looks bad. At least the stands in front of the camera must be full. Delhi vs NEUtd in first season had 33k fans. That is the sort of attendance and atmosphere delhi must have. That looked good on camera. Good promotion for the League.
Clubs must find an alternative way to bring income
Also match everyday sucks
After a week ISL becomes boring
But i hope clubs dont hike ticket prices a lot as majority of Crowd are students