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[kippaxvilla2]

The MetLife stadium (shared between NY Jets and Giants) is the steepest stadium I’ve ever been in. The person sat in front of you is good 4 feet below you.

I was also about 2 miles from the ring when I went.  (Wrestlemania XXXV).  And now I am definitely running for cover.

[sickbeggar]

I'd keep Villa Park for a third of the games - do up the ground to 50k. Invest in a huge 80k inflatable stadium that we can move round the west midlands for other games. Stick it in parks etc.. like those fairs that do the rounds. Locals in these places will only get annoyed 1 day a year, and obviously lot less aggro for the locals at Villa Park. Job done

[Pat Mustard]

Well we are still well short of selling out against Man City and more worryingly Leicester. It appears the Club have made no real push to get bums on seats. I think it's going to look rather ridiculous if we have 10,000 empty seats if people don't want to turn out on Evenings and Sunday Afternoons

That's on the back of Two wins and a new Head Coach, what would it be like if we had a bad run and Fulham on a Tuesday night.

Knock down the Village, Get shuttles on, tart the North Stand up and improve the Catering by simplifying the offerings in compact areas like the DE stand. Whilst keeping our current capacity as an increase does not appear to be needed unless the 20,000 start showing their faces and the club price the games fairly

10,000 empty seats? What the fuck are you on about?

If we increase capacity to 50,000 +

We can't sell out 41,000+ at the moment. Seems no need to increase capacity unless the 20,000 can show they are genuinely interested

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Change the record - every game so far this season has been a sell-out.  If you're basing expansion on having 100% of capacity at every single game you play then there isn't a singe football club in the world who would ever make their ground bigger.

[Drummond]

Well we are still well short of selling out against Man City and more worryingly Leicester. It appears the Club have made no real push to get bums on seats. I think it's going to look rather ridiculous if we have 10,000 empty seats if people don't want to turn out on Evenings and Sunday Afternoons

That's on the back of Two wins and a new Head Coach, what would it be like if we had a bad run and Fulham on a Tuesday night.

Knock down the Village, Get shuttles on, tart the North Stand up and improve the Catering by simplifying the offerings in compact areas like the DE stand. Whilst keeping our current capacity as an increase does not appear to be needed unless the 20,000 start showing their faces and the club price the games fairly

10,000 empty seats? What the fuck are you on about?

If we increase capacity to 50,000 +

We can't sell out 41,000+ at the moment. Seems no need to increase capacity unless the 20,000 can show they are genuinely interested

How many are left for Wednesday?

[Zouch Villa]

We’ve averaged over 41.9k tickets so far this season, with I think just the one game televised live, and we’re still yet to host any of the top 5 teams.

As Pat has said, if we increased capacity to 50k we might not sell out every game, but we would certainly have average attendance not too far short of it.

[sickbeggar]

It's also the type of tickets available as well..  I doubt the ones left are the cheapest.

[Ads]

Well we are still well short of selling out against Man City and more worryingly Leicester. It appears the Club have made no real push to get bums on seats. I think it's going to look rather ridiculous if we have 10,000 empty seats if people don't want to turn out on Evenings and Sunday Afternoons

That's on the back of Two wins and a new Head Coach, what would it be like if we had a bad run and Fulham on a Tuesday night.

Knock down the Village, Get shuttles on, tart the North Stand up and improve the Catering by simplifying the offerings in compact areas like the DE stand. Whilst keeping our current capacity as an increase does not appear to be needed unless the 20,000 start showing their faces and the club price the games fairly

Plenty of seats at the San Giro for your game against Cardiff.

[chrisw1]

There's 860 tickets left.  The game will sell out or near as damn it.  On an 8.15 pm Wed night ko, in freezing weather and when we have another home game on Sunday, 4 weeks before Christmas.

Doesn't seem too bad to me.

[Flin5tone]

Every club of our size with a feel good factor around would sell out on a Sunday Afternoon. If we don't sell out against Leicester it might make the owners think twice before taking on a very expensive project.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

It's also the type of tickets available as well..  I doubt the ones left are the cheapest.

This is the key point. The remaining seats for both games are generally the £55 ones which is way too much for many people. The fact that kids tickets costs the same in Upper Trinity is crazy. I know it’s been that way for years but I still don’t understand it.

[LeeB]

Plus they will be singles, the prospect of shelling out a ton so you and your child can sit 30ft from each other, freezing, watching Man City going through their boring routines is probably not that appealing.

[paul_e]

Plus they will be singles, the prospect of shelling out a ton so you and your child can sit 30ft from each other, freezing, watching Man City going through their boring routines is probably not that appealing.

Yep, I'd be willing to bet that the commercial department consider us as effectively 'sold out' once we get down to the last few hundred tickets for this very reason, some tickets will always be very hard to sell.

[Pat Mustard]

Every club of our size with a feel good factor around would sell out on a Sunday Afternoon. If we don't sell out against Leicester it might make the owners think twice before taking on a very expensive project.

Wes - 'Sorry lads, I know we've already put in nearly 400 million quid, but there were 50 empty seats against Leicester so we're pulling out and selling the club to a Chinese hairdresser for 50p and a tube of Smarties'.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

I can't make Wednesday's game and have opted to re-sell my ticket through the club.
It's a ticket for the Upper Holte, but it hasn't sold because the game hasn't sold out yet. It obviously would be cheaper than singles in the Trinity/DE stands.
I don't understand why the club doesn't activate my ticket for re-sale, as it would make them more money. I would only get 80% value of my ticket returned and they would also get full price for the ticket off someone else. A little bit of joined up thinking might make different price bands of tickets available to more supporters who may wish to attend the game.

[Flin5tone]

Large areas of seats together still for both fixtures. 
Totally agree with the pricing £55 with no concessions is an absolute disgrace. Come on Villa do the right thing and add concessions or put an offer on to pack the stadium out.