TheRam wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:51 am
Also, they’ll want more tickets available for tourists. Just is what it is in that regard.
Exactly this. Like it or not, it's the tourists who rock up and spend an absolute fortune in the club shop pre-match, will pay top dollar for a stadium tour and will spend, spend,.spend on refreshments inside the stadium.
Go stand outside Anfield on a matchday and observe. You can spot the out of towners a mile off. They're loaded with club shop bags full of whatever tat the club has to offer. They will buy everything from a replica kit to LFC branded shit roll. If it's got a.Liver Bird on it, they will buy it. If it's red, they will buy it. If it contains the word Liverpool, they will buy it. The locals will sit in the pub until 20 mins before kick off, then straight into the stadium. They may buy a pie and a pint at half time, but other than that don't really spend a.fucking bean on a matchday inside the stadium footprint.
I know we take the piss out of the gobshites across the park, but that ruthless rinsing of the tourists is what brings in huge revenue.