Jones72 said:
So considering it was against the Panthers (draws a good crowd), and being conservative, the delay to the face-off looks to have cost the club 500 ticket sales (probably more, but as said...conservative)...so say £6,000.
That's just in direct ticket sales for that game, so could be more in terms of impact on follow up ticket sales due to bad feeling caused last night.
Probably more again in administrative costs through refunds.
Easily a £10,000 shortfall in achievable revenue compared to a few hundred pounds saved by not flying the kit.
Not sure I agree with that Maths.
Sad I know - but I do keep an eye on ticket sales through the week and for some reason we were lower than normal - but then we might have had good sales on the door so we have probably lost around 500 there.
However, I think it's fair to say that most people who couldn't go would have had children, so the average ticket price wouldn't be £12. Probably nearer £10.
You also seem to have counted season ticket holders twice. Plus season tickets holders wouldn't get the full price refund, only the pro-rata rate at which they bought the ticket (assuming of course they do get a refund).
And of course they would still have to take tax off that. Plus cost per ticket to Planet Ice? So we are looking at around a couple of grand loss but I'd say a bit less than half of what you were suggesting.