Not sure where that rumour has come from.
Last year we had 23,175 season tickets holders - http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AttendanceStats/0,,10794~3934822,00.html
The only public quote so far about the # of season ticket holders for 2014/15 was that they were "already 20000+ " by Paul...
Our playing budget in 2012/13 for which the last accounts were published was £22m. This, says @elpresidente puts as "about 8th-10th in the wage table of the Championship'
http://theseagulllovereview.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/200-million-reasons-to-love-tony-bloom.html
It was 7m in last season...