Atmosphere provided by fans plays a huge part in the commercial interest in the Premier League. FMTNews
Manchester United fans honour the Busby Babes at Old Trafford on Feb 1. Fans play a huge part in Premier League’s financial success.
The drive behind the Premier League’s “Project Restart” is the attempt to avoid having to pay back millions in TV revenue.According to Uefa’s latest European Club Footballing Landscape report, just 13% of the Premier League’s revenue comes from gate receipts. However, the billions in television revenues the Premier League has been able to tap into is not only thanks to the quality of the players on the field but the atmosphere provided by thousands of passionate fans.
Allowing fans to buy “virtual season tickets” to watch every match live has even been mooted as an idea to help mitigate the loss of matchday income. “But I think the novelty will wear off very quickly when you realise that actually a large part of what drives the game is not just the people on the pitch, but the people in the stands.”“That collective atmosphere is part and parcel of what the game is,” he said.
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