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171506.1
Date: 1/19/2011 8:37:09 PM
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I see a lot of threads about the prices of seats, but how about the types of seats?

A new team starts off with:
Bleachers : 4500
Lower Tier : 450
Courtside Seats : 50
Luxury Boxes : 0

This is mighty close to 5000 / 500 / 50 / 5 for simplicity sake.

Should an arena expand at this approximate ratio?

10000 / 1000 / 100 / 10 would be OK for a higher division? Or a higher % of Courtside and Luxury by this point? How many is too many higher priced seats?

I have looked at some teams' arenas from the top leagues. Is there a strict rule of thumb to follow for optimum revenue that is not dependent entirely on seat prices?

Cheers.

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171506.3 in reply to 171506.1
Date: 1/20/2011 7:00:10 AM
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you don't have a optimal distribution of seats, because the seats are affected differently by the succes of the team.

The amount of VIP Boxes sold, is nearly independent from team succes, and mostly affected by tradition(how long you play) and league level.

On the other hand, the bleachers and lower TIE are highly affected from succes, so that a succesful team can sell there seats for a higher price there.

This difference leads to different strategies to build your arena, a succesful team maybe get his money invested in the Arena earlier back when he build lower tie and bleacher seats, while a unsuccesful one better invest in the VIP Area and the courtside at this moment.

And also the flexible price decision, could give you several options to build the arena, and getting nearly the same amount of cash ;)

So when you have figured out a good arena pricing, look at your team and try to calculate how many homegames you need, to get the building money back normally the area where this happens fastest would be the best for "small" investment. If you increase your arena big times, i would check team with your level of your succes in the division level who already have such a big arena.

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171506.4 in reply to 171506.3
Date: 1/20/2011 9:51:20 AM
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Thanks and +1 to both.

I will play around with it. Good idea to set prices a little high and see if it still sells out and that would be an area for current expansion. I am pretty much in a bot league in my first full season, so all my money is going into the arena.

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171506.5 in reply to 171506.4
Date: 1/20/2011 11:11:30 AM
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good plan