Like hotels and airlines, every empty stadium seat represents a fixed cost and a perishable product.
Consumers need help measuring the intangibles of a stadium seat.
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Meanwhile, the loyalty-building experience of seeing NFL football has been stripped away by expensive tickets and seat licenses (to say nothing of parking and food prices) and the reality that a stadium seat may be less satisfying than a place on the TV room couch.
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The Ospreys have also failed to mount a challenge for this season's Magners League title and there is much speculation about Jones's future in The Liberty Stadium hot seat.
Kerimov is building a 45, 000-seat stadium to replace Anzhi's 15, 200-seat roofless bowl, but it is hard to see the new facility as an instant money-spinner: Makhachkala's population is less than 600, 000, and Dagestan is one of the poorest regions of Russia.
So far, more than 11, 000 season tickets have been sold for the 18, 467-seat stadium.
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Belfast City Council has a rival plan to build a 25, 000 seat stadium at Ormeau Park.
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In July South Gloucestershire Council approved plans for a 21, 700-seat stadium subject to certain conditions.
Bristol City Football Club wants to build a new 30, 000-seat stadium on the land.
The scheme involves building a 7, 000-seat stadium and 17 pitches near the club's stadium.
Its 28, 000-seat stadium is a third of the size of some of the other big European clubs.
In 2003, the school built a 6, 000-seat stadium for soccer, which is the only fall game in town.
Tottenham have a long waiting list for season tickets and would have no problem filling a 60, 000 seat stadium.
In July 2012 South Gloucestershire Council approved plans for a 21, 700-seat stadium in Stoke Gifford subject to certain conditions.
The 12, 000-seat stadium should be ready for the start of the 2015 season.
"I think money is to spend, and to grow, and to share, " he says from Chivas' new 50, 000-seat stadium.
So should United be going out to China and building a 200, 000-seat stadium and playing half of their games there.
But in the away section, far in the upper reaches of this nearly 100, 000-seat stadium, the party was just getting started.
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In 2009 the city council granted the club permission to build a 30, 000 seat stadium on the land at Ashton Vale.
Plans for a 5, 000-seat stadium and 150 houses on the edge of St Albans are being considered by its football club.
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Northampton's impressive 13, 600-seat stadium was bathed in sunshine and their players were excitedly talking about the upcoming Heineken Cup quarter-final against Biarritz.
More common, though, were the scenes at the Cuba-Australia baseball game, where only 1, 549 fans made their way to the 8, 700-seat stadium.
Port Talbot Town tried the idea on Saturday afternoon for their game against Bala Town at the 6, 000-seat stadium at Victoria Road.
It can take an hour to clear the 80, 000-seat stadium after a game, with traffic the leading complaint from stadium patrons, the owners say.
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After the GP, the Gaurs want to build a cricket stadium with a capacity of 100, 000 and a hockey stadium that can seat 25, 000.
How did Rangers take 54 league titles, a 51, 000 seat stadium, 40, 000 season ticket holders and 5 million global followers to the brink of extinction?
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Bath Rugby wants to build a 15, 000-seat stadium on the ground but the proposals have been rejected by the trust which manages the Recreation Ground site.
Speaking prior to his takeover, Glover confirmed that the Spirit of 1873 would go ahead with the club's bid to gain planning permission for a new 12, 000-seat stadium at Newmarket.
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Commissioner Don Garber has said MLS needs about nine acres for a 25, 000-seat stadium, assuming adequate public transportation, and NYC FC is looking for 10 to 13 acres for its home.
The Red Bulls are averaging about 16, 000 fans so far this season after averaging about 18, 000 last year, or about 72% of capacity, and the club often struggles to fill the 25, 000-seat stadium.
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