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Offline Scratchins

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1785 on: January 03, 2023, 09:05:46 AM »
Not that I'm obsessed at all! But I just went to have another look but after logging into my a/c I was number 86528 in the queue! 

Offline Chico Hamilton III

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1786 on: January 03, 2023, 10:16:04 AM »
Ticket prices for Wolves - and Leicester- are a piss take.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1787 on: January 03, 2023, 10:21:25 AM »
Ticket prices for Wolves - and Leicester- are a piss take.

Yep, and it will only get worse the better we get.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1788 on: January 03, 2023, 10:34:47 AM »
Ticket prices for Wolves - and Leicester- are a piss take.

Yep, and it will only get worse the better we get.

The only way around it is to get a season ticket.  Not doable for many for a number of reasons but their marketing strategy is creating the demand to fill a 50,000 stadium. A bit tough on Chico who might not be able to attend all home games. If I was in a similar position living down London I would seriously look at a ST between two or three of you and you take it in turns for each game.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1789 on: January 03, 2023, 10:41:53 AM »
Ticket prices for Wolves - and Leicester- are a piss take.

Yep, and it will only get worse the better we get.

The only way around it is to get a season ticket.  Not doable for many for a number of reasons but their marketing strategy is creating the demand to fill a 50,000 stadium. A bit tough on Chico who might not be able to attend all home games. If I was in a similar position living down London I would seriously look at a ST between two or three of you and you take it in turns for each game.

Yep, I'm on the waiting list with my lad!

Offline Flin5tone

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1790 on: January 03, 2023, 12:58:03 PM »
Loads of availability for wolves , you do wonder if we can't sell out for a local derby will we often end up with 7000 empty seats

We'll sell out, don't you worry, Freddie boy

We've barely sold any more overnight. One block I have been checking on ,not a single seat has been sold.

With recent form + local derby the club surely must be expecting to sell out these games with a huge capacity increase on the way.

The pricing for just after Christmas on a Wednesday night is ridiculous and the club have made a HUGE error .

I still say the 20k should be snapping those up though, if of course they really exist.


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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1791 on: January 03, 2023, 01:00:10 PM »
Loads of availability for wolves , you do wonder if we can't sell out for a local derby will we often end up with 7000 empty seats

We'll sell out, don't you worry, Freddie boy

We've barely sold any more overnight. One block I have been checking on ,not a single seat has been sold.

With recent form + local derby the club surely must be expecting to sell out these games with a huge capacity increase on the way.

The pricing for just after Christmas on a Wednesday night is ridiculous and the club have made a HUGE error .

I still say the 20k should be snapping those up though, if of course they really exist.


It is not a local derby

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1792 on: January 03, 2023, 01:26:56 PM »
Loads of availability for wolves , you do wonder if we can't sell out for a local derby will we often end up with 7000 empty seats

We'll sell out, don't you worry, Freddie boy

We've barely sold any more overnight. One block I have been checking on ,not a single seat has been sold.

With recent form + local derby the club surely must be expecting to sell out these games with a huge capacity increase on the way.

The pricing for just after Christmas on a Wednesday night is ridiculous and the club have made a HUGE error .

I still say the 20k should be snapping those up though, if of course they really exist.


It is not a local derby

Agreed, they're not close and they're not rivals. Although they are miles bigger than either of those teams that are our real derbies.

Offline paul_e

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1793 on: January 03, 2023, 02:07:10 PM »
Loads of availability for wolves , you do wonder if we can't sell out for a local derby will we often end up with 7000 empty seats

We'll sell out, don't you worry, Freddie boy

We've barely sold any more overnight. One block I have been checking on ,not a single seat has been sold.

With recent form + local derby the club surely must be expecting to sell out these games with a huge capacity increase on the way.

The pricing for just after Christmas on a Wednesday night is ridiculous and the club have made a HUGE error .

I still say the 20k should be snapping those up though, if of course they really exist.

People weren't buying tickets for a football game in the middle of the night, how shocking!

As for watching a specific block and keeping a count of how many tickets are available in it that strikes me as a bit sad really, have you not got anything else to do with your time than look for things to moan about?

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1794 on: January 03, 2023, 02:34:34 PM »
Yes , plenty

I've been very busy of late

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1795 on: January 03, 2023, 03:01:46 PM »
Loads of availability for wolves , you do wonder if we can't sell out for a local derby will we often end up with 7000 empty seats

We'll sell out, don't you worry, Freddie boy

We've barely sold any more overnight. One block I have been checking on ,not a single seat has been sold.

With recent form + local derby the club surely must be expecting to sell out these games with a huge capacity increase on the way.

The pricing for just after Christmas on a Wednesday night is ridiculous and the club have made a HUGE error .

I still say the 20k should be snapping those up though, if of course they really exist.

The ticketing system for us and a lot of other clubs hasn't been working and went down for a few hours this morning. Check again now.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1796 on: January 03, 2023, 03:06:43 PM »
Loads of availability for wolves , you do wonder if we can't sell out for a local derby will we often end up with 7000 empty seats

We'll sell out, don't you worry, Freddie boy

We've barely sold any more overnight. One block I have been checking on ,not a single seat has been sold.

With recent form + local derby the club surely must be expecting to sell out these games with a huge capacity increase on the way.

The pricing for just after Christmas on a Wednesday night is ridiculous and the club have made a HUGE error .

I still say the 20k should be snapping those up though, if of course they really exist.



why the fuck are you so obsessed with this? Go or don't go. That's the choice everyone has based on any number of factors. What is it any business of yours if we get 42k or any number less than that?

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1797 on: January 03, 2023, 03:27:15 PM »
£54.50 is bloody expensive for a midweek game right after Christmas.  I'm glad I've got a ST and don't need to make a difficult decision, because right now I could do with 50 quid.

There's 2,262 tickets left.  They'll sell a few of them but I think the club have got this one wrong.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1798 on: January 03, 2023, 03:45:41 PM »
I think it's worth pointing out that a season ticket waiting list doesn't mean every game will be, or should be, sold out so suggesting the idea of the waiting list is some sort of scheme to trick people into renewing (as fred seems to be implying) is a complete misunderstanding of how ticket sales work. When people are picking and choosing games (whether intentionally or because they're on the waiting list) there's a whole bunch of factors that go into the decision for each match.

Early January, cold as fuck and train strikes are all a big part of things and would apply regardless of the pricing. Add the prices as well and it's hardly a surprise that we might end up with 5-6% unsold. As Chris says they've probably got the pricing wrong but it's not an exact science and, as much has we'd all like it to be cheaper, the tickets are still on par with the rest of the league. I suspect we'll sell a fair few more and have an official attendance over 41000 for it.

Either way none of that changes the fact that there's a massive waiting list or that we could easily sell another 6-7000 season tickets to fill the new stand.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1799 on: January 03, 2023, 03:49:45 PM »
there’s a lot of factors and legitimate excuses why people aren’t buying the remaining tickets
all the same we should be selling out this game I’m actually surprised if we don’t

 


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