Of course they're entitled to get back what they've put in but will the Palace fans see it that way when £20M is set aside from the parachute payments ? I would expect the same scenario to happen to us once we're in the Premier but the aim is to stay there for more than one season.
Reducing the capacity to roughly 24,500 means they don't have to do a thousand Groupon offers or resort to the kids for a quid scheme. They don't want to be bottom of the league in the % of capacity sold too.
What you really should be worried about is the £140M Steve Parish says it gets him and his 3 buddies. Expect a Blackpool moment next season when certain investments are paid back.
We did manage 4 (FOUR) CONSECUTIVE seasons in the top division (79-83). When was the last time Palace fans contemplated a follow on second season in the top league ?