Sorry to bring up an old thread, and know not all of these are "fund raising" ideas, but they could generate more money for ICT none the less.
1. I was reading earlier that Kilmarnock make their own shirts (under the name 1869, the year they were formed) and get more money out of this than they would if their shirts were made by a separate company like most others. With many people's dislike for Errea (with reasons given such as poor designs, poor sizing and that time the away kits never turned up for about six months!), would it be beneficial for ICT to start making it's own shirts as well?
2. Away Fans - As we have experienced at other grounds (such as St Mirren Park and McDiarmid Park), where it is expected that opposition team will bring a very small support (such as Kilmarnock's seventy a few weeks ago), would it not be more beneficial to house them in the right wing of the Main Stand as opposed to the South Stand? This would mean closing the South Stand for that game and thus needing to have less police and stewards for them and thus save the costs. The away fans could use to the facilities in the Main Stand as we did a few weeks ago at Fir Park. This was also done a couple of seasons back in a League Cup game against Queen's Park.
3. Again as we saw at Fir Park, is there any need to have police present at games where trouble is unlikely to occur? Obviously for the likes of Celtic, Ross County and possibly Aberdeen, and other games where a big attendance is likely, it is appropriate for them to be there, but are they really needed for the likes of the aforementioned Kilmarnock game when it was more likely that Ryan Esson would score a hat-trick than a riot breaking out! I do believe though that this is something the club is looking at.
Also, are "fan stewards" the way forward? This is what Partick Thistle do apparently and presumably cuts costs in the way that a stewarding firm doesn't need to be brought in.