I think we should be able to build standing terraces in at least one section of our stadiums. Standing terraces cost less to construct than all-seater sections of the same capacity, which would be great for many clubs.
1) stadium seats cost 100G each; standing terraces would cost considrably less (60G each?) but could constitute a limited amount (no more than 1/3) of the total stadium capacity.
2) standing terraces could be used only for domestic (league and cup) and friendly matches. WCL attendence would be based solely on stadium seats, as if the standing terrace was closed for these matches like they are in UEFA competitions.
3) terrace ticket prices would also be considerably lower (60%?) than seated prices. However, I would propose that the same proportion of the terraces would be filled as the seats using the existing attendance calulation. Thus if an existing stadium of a top level team has 20k seats (all of which are filled for league matches) then 100% of the terraces (up to 6666 capacity with the 1/3 rule I proposed in [1]) would also be filled to capacity, making the total attendence 26666 even for team with a low club rating. This would increase ticket revenues (in domestic and friendly matches) by approximately 20%, something we all would like, I think. And, because these terraces would be closed for WCL matches, this wouldn't help top clubs more than the rest.
What do you think?
