The Feral Goat wrote:Previous quote from JP from The Offside Line article
“For larger games, whether the 1872 Cup or big European games, we can always go back into BT Murrayfield itself. This year, we had 50,000 supporters coming to watch Edinburgh’s two home games against Glasgow, which shows that there is a real appetite for rugby in the city and scope for growth.”
I think this depends on what he means about a big European game. If it is the prospect of selling an extra thousand tickets, I don't think it makes sense in either a commercial or competitive reasoning. Creating a limited supply of tickets will give more an incentive to buy season tickets and a packed stadium give better atmosphere (10, 00 in Murrayfield is still pretty sparse). I would rather they looked at, somehow, increasing capacity for these type of games.
The Glasgow games are a separate and sensistive, to our second city cousins, issue. I would prefer that one of these is played at our new home.