The post above says it’s a year over year increase in memberships from 2019 to 2020. I don’t think we’ve ever had official numbers
To be clear and emphasize, my post says that Sims said they are on pace to have the first year over year increase in membership since year 1. They are not there yet. This is a projection, which you can certainly manipulate. But, if the first two claims are true (ie a lower drop rate and an uptick in new members) it is very plausible that they will in fact reach that milestone of more members in 2020 than 2019.
I always get the $15 tickets at shitty parts of the stadium and then stand by the bar areas where we used to sit, it's a great view and costs me about $30 cheaper per game. That, plus parking in bronx river market are waaaaaaaay cheaper ($10 for bx river market + $15 for game, i'm spending about $60 less per game than before)
Cynical take — 1) we have no idea how many new City members they had last year. Last year could have been a disaster. We also don’t know how they define member, i.e. mini-plans or any other way to define 2) Highest renewal rate on a low membership base indicates they’re approaching the core membership base, 3) see above and also, define pace. They haven’t had enough data to really predict seasonality or member purchases.
Agreed. At some point they will reach the bottom, and have a year when memberships go up. That by itself is not evidence that things are improving. Two years up in a row would be a start.
True. Original STH’s had multiple tix under same account. Many dropped the superfluous tix along the years, say from 4 to 2. If a new fan picks up just 1, then the membership goes up but the total seats is still below the original count. Now do that on a grander scale of multiples. Without seeing actual numbers from year to year, it’s all just fuzzy marketing strained shoulders patting themselves on the back.
good question, we've been through this before in the stadium thread - I'm not sure what I do but if you pay $3 when you enter and then get back before the end of 2 hours (which usually a game will be just that if you arrive right before it) then you only spend $3. Then, sometimes if I'm later than 2 hours, it's a crap chute between a late fee of like $10 (so total is 13) or sometimes just they say 'you gotta pay 20'. But I have only gotten the second option once.
