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Cricket isn't even their biggest income-stream

Oval events does over 33m per year

They are the Man City of county cricket

Posted By: Henclrikus on August 3rd 2025 at 19:59:54

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The Oval holds 25500. Average ticket prices were £130. That’s £3.3m per day (Other Sports) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 3, 19:53:32
- according to wikipedia ... (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 3, 20:31:10
  - Even more then wow (n/m) (Other Sports) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 3, 20:33:32
- Go Surrey (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Aug 3, 20:23:53
- Cricket isn't even their biggest income-stream (Other Sports) - Henclrikus, Aug 3, 19:59:54
  - Wow, what else to they do? Do they own the patent to the shape? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 3, 20:02:57
    - events! the devil is in the detail (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 3, 20:29:21
      - I see, I thought he meant things other than cricket, like gigs or suffink (n/m) (Other Sports) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 3, 20:31:06
        
        Yes, precisely. Things other than cricket. (Other Sports) - Henclrikus, Aug 3, 21:14:18
- Yet Test Cricket around the world is in decline bacuse prices are so high. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Aug 3, 19:57:58
  - Yet these this year in England have all sold out. I guess IPL has killed it a bit in India (n/m) (Other Sports) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 3, 20:02:14
    - Really sad isn't it. Put the money into Cricket and maybe it will change but... (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Aug 3, 20:19:12

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