- Jul 24, 2005
- 30,536
- 46,630
The number of seats in the stadium is the same whether the pitch is in the stadium or under the south stand.
I would hardly call CL quarter and semi-finals 'run of the mill'.
So the consensus is that there are fewer seats available at a football match due to segregation of fans, and that is the reason why an NFL game gets more people in than a CL semi-final.
How many? A 'two or three seat divide'? A 'couple of hundred'? Consider this: stadium capacity: 62,062. NFL (and record) attendance: 60,463. So our record gate is 1,600 below capacity. Record football attendance: 60,407 (Aston Villa).
Like I said: pathetic.
I don't think we've even put any tickets on general sale yet. It's not like we couldn't sell more tickets to games if we wanted/needed to.