Indeed, but that was 20 years ago. Football has changed - is far more popular as a live spectacle than it was then. So not comparable.
Reuters recently reported that crowds in the League outside the Prem have more than doubled in the last 25 years (article -...
In the last few years at the Goldstone we were a truely shit team playing shit football in a crumbling (although much beloved) ground. Not exactly an enticing product.
Since then football has had a renaissance - which we have missed out on by not having a proper home and by spending so much...
This has been dicussed before and the consensus was that there really are a LOT of people - particularly outside of Brighton - who are excited about the new stadium, TB's investment (and the potential of the Albion) and the way Gus has the side playing. There will be a lot of season tickets sold...