I want to believe your assumptions, and they may end up being accurate, but over the years I have learned the hard way about how that can end up in many situations. I remember people telling me what a great guy that pre+ourt was, how they had beers with him, about his great love for Columbus, and how he was preparing to move to Columbus...
That's a good point. Say someone pays ~$3200 for their season tickets. If they can sell their four Miami tickets for ~$1800, that's approximately $1400 for four season tickets sans one game, obviously. All of a sudden, that $800 seat becomes a heavily discounted $350 and it's a better value for the seat holder than pro-rating one game at $40*4. Yeah you'd have to pay taxes and it's a big *if* but the financial return could be welcomed by some. It's still wrong though.
If they were just willing to refund people, or make in opt in/opt out, or not include it in the package and do it separate (like CBJ did with this year’s outdoor game) then it would be easier to swallow. The fact that they sold you one thing, then were gonna change it and say no refunds, is the really shitty part.
What's shittier? This mess (using pluralities like "games" and "stadium" while implying it could last multiple seasons) OR announcing the coach's contract the day after renewals were due? It's ok if you need a moment to decide.
Yeah. I am not convinced I would make more off of my tickets in Cleveland than in Columbus. I know what we pocketed from the Messi tickets this year. Much less supply in Columbus. UNLESS The Messi game was some prime summer spot. That could tip the price scales. Maybe.
But ... it's not a FIFA (or MLS) regulation sized stadium. Friendly, yes. Regular season? Not so much.
There would be at least a slight premium for the Miami game which should cover fees and the few minutes needed to sell tickets if one doesn't want to head up to Cleveland. Even without a significant price bump, everyone should at least break even. That eliminates the I am losing money by this problem is all I am saying.
Unless you think there's going to be 100,000 people competing for 60,000 tickets, this is nowhere near what will happen. They're going to charge an elevated price for that game like they did this season and the demand is going to be underwhelming. Even if you get 40,000 coming to see Messi, you've still got the equivalent of LDC's capacity to sell to Crew fans with a lot of people unwilling to make the trip. They couldn't sell tickets at $418 plus fees this year. They're not going to sell for anywhere near that in a much bigger and antiquated stadium that has worst sightlines. STM Nordecke tickets for Miami this year are 50% higher than the season average per game, for example ($45 vs average of $30 for 18 games). Let's assume they bump that up to $55 which is about the rate of annual increase from 2024. If I can resell it for $100 I've recouped the cost of a little over one game. My guess is most STMs will break even or maybe make a small profit. Those with the most expensive tickets could easily lose money. The demand isn't there. Selling out the building will be difficult with a large portion of the Crew fanbase pissed off or unable to afford it.
A few weeks ago, we started season three of Wrexham. About half of the way through the first episode, we decided that Markus was old enough to watch it with us. So we restarted the whole series with him. We have been substituting lots of basic f-words for the f-word. Fun-size is our favorite substitute so far. A bunch of fun-sized footballers. Fun-size you. You can go fun-size yourself.
Connor is constantly calling the wife and I out for swearing. We cuss like sailors so we hear a lot of "bad word alert!" I have no clue how he's turned out the way he has.
I just read somewhere that if the Browns build a new stadium and nothing changes between now and then, that the team will set an NFL record: No team has ever built, played in and then eventually demolished a stadium without ever so much as hosting even a single playoff game.
I've made this point before... it should be a federal law that a team should not be able to get any public funding for a new stadium unless that team has won at least one playoff game (or series, depending on the sport) involving the current one.
And I had to look that up. It was 2020. I could have sworn that was a home game for the Browns. Nevertheless, I took great joy in the Browns beating the Squealers in back-to-back weeks.
The building on top of a parking garage makes sense. Avoids most flood plain issues. That's what the CAS building closest to the Olentangy is. 5 office stories on top of a 3 story garage.