Villa Park Redevelopment

[DB]

It was a ridiculous pricing model straight after Christmas in mid-week. I hope the club review this.

[LeeB]

It was noticable that the empty seats were blocks of the most expensive. And of course, alongside all the other reasons not to attend you can add your car getting a ticket when you have been forced to drive due to the lack of public transport.

One bugbear of mine that is just getting worse is the bottleneck on Trinity Road towards the old Upper Grounds pub. Just the other side of the vans that close the road cars were parked on both sides and numerous taxi's were trying to approach the ground within 10 minutes of the final whistle. With thousands heading in the oppossite direction it was chaos and rather fractious at times.
I can't understand why the road isn't closed up to it's junction with Witton Road with access restricted to residents and those with mobility issues, before and after the game for a spell.

My route out is from the Witton Lane side of the North Stand, and it's then a constant bottleneck from the back row out of the stand, down the ramp, between the cars Iin the car park, up the alley by the Trinity and into the jam you mention.

[sid1964]

It will be interesting to see what the attendance will be for Leeds on a Friday night a game that is on SKY

[DB]

It will be interesting to see what the attendance will be for Leeds on a Friday night a game that is on SKY

Depends of the club try £50+ a ticket again.

[PeterWithe]

It was noticable that the empty seats were blocks of the most expensive. And of course, alongside all the other reasons not to attend you can add your car getting a ticket when you have been forced to drive due to the lack of public transport.

One bugbear of mine that is just getting worse is the bottleneck on Trinity Road towards the old Upper Grounds pub. Just the other side of the vans that close the road cars were parked on both sides and numerous taxi's were trying to approach the ground within 10 minutes of the final whistle. With thousands heading in the oppossite direction it was chaos and rather fractious at times.
I can't understand why the road isn't closed up to it's junction with Witton Road with access restricted to residents and those with mobility issues, before and after the game for a spell.

Yes, I know we've done this many times before but the traffic situation last night was as bad as Ive seen, by Witton Station there were 40 ton trucks coming down into the crowds along with taxis and locals and no-one could get away and clear the area.

Years back the council (?) used to close Aston Hall Rd making it 2 lanes away from the ground up to Lichfield Rd. There is a stong argument for bringing that back as well as doing same on Trinity Rd and Witton Rd/Brookvale. And as for the argument that it would inconvenience locals, how inconvenienced would they have been by the ongoing chaos last night? Surely a managed system of closure is better than what we see after every game?

[Dave P]

It will be interesting to see what the attendance will be for Leeds on a Friday night a game that is on SKY

Depends of the club try £50+ a ticket again.

Leeds is cat B with trains running and Fridays are easier than Wednesdays.  There are less than 1400 left with over a week to go which reflects all of the above.

[London Villan]

Plenty of the seats with the best view in the ground empty last night. Often the case in the centre of the Upper Witton. I'm guessing these were £55 a go?

[Dave P]

Plenty of the seats with the best view in the ground empty last night. Often the case in the centre of the Upper Witton. I'm guessing these were £55 a go?

£59

[London Villan]

Understandable then.

[sid1964]

£59.00 no wonder they did not sell out these seats

[Nev]

Those seats were next to the visiting supporters and I would imagine the overpowering stench of Hi Karate would knock people sick, no wonder they were empty...

[LeeB]

£59.00 no wonder they did not sell out these seats

And the view might be good but the facilities are shite.

[eamonn]

Why charge highest for tickets in that section?

[London Villan]

Best view in the ground.

[LeeB]

Best view in the ground.

Trinity Upper, and you don't get the winter sun in your eyes.