Villa to play 3 games in US for Preseason

[villajk]

Has anybody got details on costs of flights from the UK?

Premier travel is running a trip to this.  If you want details I can get them for you.

Details would be good.

I have checked flights and not finding much below £800 for Philly and Chicago without any other expense which might kill it for my ages, but would love to go.

Cheers.

Pm sent

[pmarachi]

I got an email today with the details for ticket ordering.

It is section 132

http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/promo

The promo code is AVFC12

I just ordered mine.

[Toronto Villa]

I got an email today with the details for ticket ordering.

It is section 132

http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/promo

The promo code is AVFC12

I just ordered mine.

I see they stuck us in the corner

[pmarachi]

yeah, the seats are pretty awful...

But I don't even care.  I am so excited for this.  I am taking the wife because none of my friends have any interest in anything but baseball in July, but I wouldn't miss this for the world.

I'm 101% sure that my wife is going to have me tearing my hair out by the half though...

I wonder if there will be any Villa related events before the game in any of the lots.

[UK Redsox]

I didn't realise that the Union played quite that far out of town.

Why didn't they build the soccer Stadium by the others ?

[Toronto Villa]

I didn't realise that the Union played quite that far out of town.

Why didn't they build the soccer Stadium by the others ?

space and to avoid congestion with the other major sports I'd imagine. There are 4 arenas in that spot arena. The stadium is in Chester which is west of the airport and about 1/2 from downtown.

I've got my tickets in section 132. Going with a couple of mates from that area. Give them their first taste of Alex McLeish style football, so they'll likely never want to go again. Staying downtown on the 17th and 18th. It would good to hook with a few H&V's while I'm there for a jar or 7.

[Chicago_Villa]

Had a really good conversation with Villa's Head of Marketing today. I am really encouraged by his enthusiasm. He is genuinely interested in reaching out to the fans to make this a memorable tour for us all. We threw around some ideas and have plans to talk again next week, so i encourage you to share the FaceBook event page with as many people as you can, and feel free to write about the things that you would like to do. I want go into details just yet as this was the first conversation, but I think you will like some of the things that could be lined up for us.

Reminder about the Facebook event page...
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/events/359316637445257/

[UK Redsox]

It now looks like my August baseball trip might be off. Once this is confirmed, I'm going to start looking at a working a short trip around the Philly and Chicago games

[TheMalandro]

Mareting idea for Randy, why doesn't he put the US tour under the banner:

'Aston Villa: Curb Your Enthusiasm 2012 tour'

Seems only fair to the people on here who for some reason are excited about seeing a Mcleish team play.

[scoobydoobydont]

would tickets be available 'on the day' in chicago?


living north of the border, will most likely drop in at the last minute....

[Chicago_Villa]

Mareting idea for Randy, why doesn't he put the US tour under the banner:

'Aston Villa: Curb Your Enthusiasm 2012 tour'

Seems only fair to the people on here who for some reason are excited about seeing a Mcleish team play.

We get to see them on TV here quite a bit so we know what we are in for, but as the old saying goes, "absence makes the heart grow fonder". I personally have not seen Villa play live since Columbus, and i would be just as excited if it was the ladies team coming here.

[Chicago_Villa]

would tickets be available 'on the day' in chicago?


living north of the border, will most likely drop in at the last minute....

From what I have read on the Fire message boards, I am not sure it is going to be a sell-out. Someone even complained that the Fire must be in dire straights if they couldn't even get Stoke over us (cheeky fecker). I am not sure that tickets will be on sale on the day though. You might get a deal on StubHub (They have Philly and Portland tickets but no Chicago ones yet) if you want to avoid paying the face value for a ticket, but either way (StubHub or on the day, you are not going to be in the Villa section i wouldn't think.

[Chicago_Villa]

Looks like I am trying to get my post count up :-)

I met with Scott Barsky from Chicago Villains today. We had a good exchange of ideas. Next week we hope to meet with someone from the Fire. One of the ideas we have is to tie in with a local "soccer" friendly bar that typically runs buses from the bar and back to all Fire games so that we can all have a simple way to get to the game, yet enjoy the downtown scene. We are going to scope it out and we will let you know. Probably be a small fee with the capabiity to book a "seat" online. The tickets are normally $10 and there is free beer on the bus (limited quantities). Can't argue with that right :-)

If you are staying in a downtown hotel, taxis pretty much anywhere will be $10-$20 to get back to your hotel when the bars lose at 4am!

The stadium is out of town and not a lot to do around there.

[Toronto Villa]

The Philly stadium is out of town too which is a bit of a pain. Still those going to Philly will make it work. I'll start a separate Philly thread nearer the date so us boys and girls and talk about all the great new players we are about to see under our new manager.

[Vancouver]

We have about 8 of us gong down to Portland from Vancouver so far. Anyone good some good ideas for a place to stay near the action in the city centre and pubs on the day. Would be good if we could all be in the same pub