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[Chris Smith]

Huge block of seats still available in P7. Club not promoting Tickets at all, get them on general sale on a special offer for Adult + Kids.  FFS!

I can’t think why there might be an issue selling tickets to kids for a game finishing around 10:00 pm on a school night.

[Drummond]

Huge block of seats still available in P7. Club not promoting Tickets at all, get them on general sale on a special offer for Adult + Kids.  FFS!

Would you mind creating your own thread on Tickets and Travel and posting in there? You're obsessed about stuff that nobody else is. Rather than clogging up lots of different threads saying the same thing over and over, you (and we) may find peace. Unless you're trolling? Which of course, you're not.

[Ads]

He's a massive troll. Bullshitting about being a season ticket holder, chatting endless shite about selling out when there's 0.01% capacity left.

[DrGonzo]

IP ban? 

From the wording of the statement on DS's deadline day, it sounded like they were aware that this may have been a possibility if the season didn't start as they hoped.  That may also indicate why they didn't significantly invest, for the first time since the acquisition, over and above the Grealo money.  I'm hoping there is enough cash for 2 purchases.  We need cover or improvement in the LB slot and whilst we have numbers in midfield we don't have balance.

[Percy McCarthy]

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.

I’m not going out to anything I don’t have to because of Covid. I’ve been out once socially since The Twang in September 2020. I think we’re doing brilliantly to sell out as I think there are probably thousands of Villa fans not risking it who would love to be there.

[Brazilian Villain]

Does it never rain in America? Most of these stadiums have little or no cover.

The only area that gets British weather is the Pacific North West. But some of the Outside sports events are played in staggeringly low temperatures.

Indeed, during 'The Ice Bowl' the temperature was -26C (-44C with wind chill).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_NFL_Championship_Game

Even Sean Dyche would have worn a jacket for that.

[richtheholtender]

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.

I've had to sell mine back for Wednesday. Is that how it works? The ones sold back only go on sale once the game has sold out?

[Rory]

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.

I’m not going out to anything I don’t have to because of Covid. I’ve been out once socially since The Twang in September 2020. I think we’re doing brilliantly to sell out as I think there are probably thousands of Villa fans not risking it who would love to be there.

Agreed Percy. I've seen my family about three times in the last 18 months and have gone out twice socially, both in the last two weeks. I don't quite feel comfortable about being part of a crowd just yet.

Credit to the tens of thousands who do turn up to support the lads.

[eamonn]

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.

I’m not going out to anything I don’t have to because of Covid. I’ve been out once socially since The Twang in September 2020. I think we’re doing brilliantly to sell out as I think there are probably thousands of Villa fans not risking it who would love to be there.

How are you coping, mate? You like your gigs and socialising, can imagine it's been different/difficult.

[Percy McCarthy]

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.

I’m not going out to anything I don’t have to because of Covid. I’ve been out once socially since The Twang in September 2020. I think we’re doing brilliantly to sell out as I think there are probably thousands of Villa fans not risking it who would love to be there.

How are you coping, mate? You like your gigs and socialising, can imagine it's been different/difficult.

I’m okay with it mate. I can watch all the Villa games that are on TV and stream the others on my phone. I have to go out to work 5 nights and one morning a week so don’t have much spare time anyway. I just spend that time with the missus and kids. (I write mostly locked in the toilet at work - sshhh)!

I’m grateful that I enjoyed lockdown, I know many people struggled with it.

[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.

I've had to sell mine back for Wednesday. Is that how it works? The ones sold back only go on sale once the game has sold out?

That's my understanding

[dave.woodhall]

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.

I've had to sell mine back for Wednesday. Is that how it works? The ones sold back only go on sale once the game has sold out?

That's my understanding

So you can't sell them and they won't unless there's a guaranteed market. Lovely.

[SoccerHQ]

I don't think there's any chance we'll move.  If we did there's no point trying to build a replica Villa park. The best you could hope for is a version of what Spurs have built.

The location of Evertons new ground is fantastic, on the docks on the edge of the City, it will be an incredible stadium.  If you're going to relocate then that's the way to do it.  But lets face it we would end up at the NEC.

We can easily get to 50-55k seats where we are and that should do us for the next 20 years.

The NEC is there a more soulless place in England?

If we had to move it's probably most realistic place around.

With HS2 arriving in next 5 years going to be even more transport links than already present in terms of train/road and loads of car parking space so kills all the present arguments we're having in last week about limitations of VP.

If resorts world isn't your thing then can just booze in town and get the train down in ten minutes so pretty similar to getting to VP from New Street.

Big issue though is it will just be similar to West Ham in that it really wouldn't feel like home especially if we had some mediocre seasons as they did when they first moved in. Even Man. City fans probably longed for Maine Road first few years they were at Eastlands until the takeover happened and it didn't matter.

Non factor anyway as you don't extend VP to 50k and then move out a few years later but to me that's most viable option around, hasn't smithfield been sold and being built on in near future?

[dave shelley]

So much of my life has been invested in Villa Park for one reason or another, I would be devastated should it even be considered that we would move so please stop debating it and scaring the shit out of me.

Given Purslow’s comments Dave, I’d say there’s no chance whatsoever in the immediate future, it’s just an interesting debate. Unlike the new(ish) London grounds like Spurs or Arsenal, just knocking it down and rebuilding it isn’t an option. The good things about London is that the Underground system is brilliant, so getting to and from games is always a piece of piss for most teams. Birmingham doesn’t have anything like that, and there’s no immediately obvious location if they were considering a change. Personally I’d be talking to the council about using a new stadium as a hub for redevelopment in the hinterland behind Selfridges/The Bull Ring, ie to the east of Moor Street. At least somewhere like there everybody would have a choice of all the main stations and bus routes to use to get in and out, and there would be ample places for people to eat and drink before the game.

I accept the points you made Martin and the spirit in which they are intended.  I know that should a relocation take place it would be for the greater good and that; in the greater scheme of things is correct but as I said I have such an affinity with the Old Girl because of the path my life has taken, which is something I would only talk about in private, that should Villa Park disappear I would be heartbroken.  I have no wish to stand in the way of expansion to enable more fans to attend and hopefully enjoy what I have experienced for what is a lifetime.  Notwithstanding, I know the transport sytem back home in Brum is shit.

[Ad@m]

Aston Villa can't be further east than them lot. It just wouldn't be right.