Villa Park Redevelopment

[itbrvilla]

None of this makes sense. The owners have serious ambition. We have a world class manager hear for the long run. Performances at Villa Park light years better than many of us can remember.  A 20K waiting list for season tickets. Surely the club would be mad not to expand and tap into this. What about those on the list, they must be so happy hearing the latest news.  The non sell out at the moment is because of the TV and LG. The communication and execution under Heck has been a shambles. Everything at the club seems positive apart from his actions and communication.

Why can't they be honest with us.

[London Villan]

The investment in the North Stand was focused on doubling the hospitality, which in turn, generates the big returns. If they can’t sell what we have now, then adding another 2000+ won’t generate the required revenue.

[pauliewalnuts]

Pretty amazing to find ourselves thinking Purslow was the people's visionary after all.

[Des Little]

Shame Doug isn’t still here, he could give us his contact for that nice brown and red cladding they used on the Holte (and his brewery) - who needs a rebuild?

[Percy McCarthy]

Shame Doug isn’t still here, he could give us his contact for that nice brown and red cladding they used on the Holte (and his brewery) - who needs a rebuild?

Maybe Flipping Heck has been possessed by Doug’s spirit?

[Percy McCarthy]

None of this makes sense. The owners have serious ambition. We have a world class manager hear for the long run. Performances at Villa Park light years better than many of us can remember.  A 20K waiting list for season tickets. Surely the club would be mad not to expand and tap into this. What about those on the list, they must be so happy hearing the latest news.  The non sell out at the moment is because of the TV and LG. The communication and execution under Heck has been a shambles. Everything at the club seems positive apart from his actions and communication.

I think it’s over 35k at the minute.

[dave.woodhall]

None of this makes sense. The owners have serious ambition. We have a world class manager hear for the long run. Performances at Villa Park light years better than many of us can remember.  A 20K waiting list for season tickets. Surely the club would be mad not to expand and tap into this. What about those on the list, they must be so happy hearing the latest news.  The non sell out at the moment is because of the TV and LG. The communication and execution under Heck has been a shambles. Everything at the club seems positive apart from his actions and communication.

I think it’s over 35k at the minute.

37,000 at the last count and it gets bigger with every announcement. In reality it's the Hotel California of waiting lists.

[Des Little]

I heard from a reliable source that they discussed how many of the mythical waiting list had actually bought tickets within the past two years, and it was extremely low. If they aren’t buying single match tickets, they won’t be buying season tickets that’s for sure.

[Percy McCarthy]

I heard from a reliable source that they discussed how many of the mythical waiting list had actually bought tickets within the past two years, and it was extremely low. If they aren’t buying single match tickets, they won’t be buying season tickets that’s for sure.

The club must have money to burn then if they’re turning down approaching two grand from people like me.

[Percy McCarthy]

If they aren’t buying single match tickets, they won’t be buying season tickets that’s for sure.

I am, and I will.

[Des Little]

So we believe that if we magically produced a 70k stadium, we’d fill it through all these folk on the list?

[PeterWithe]

If they aren’t buying single match tickets, they won’t be buying season tickets that’s for sure.

Not sure about that at all, its a pain in the arse buying singles, not sure Id do it if I didn't have a ST.

[Percy McCarthy]

So we believe that if we magically produced a 70k stadium, we’d fill it through all these folk on the list?

To quote myself from the other thread:

“We know that 30,000 don’t genuinely want to buy season tickets, but it’s not ‘utter bullshit’. It’s a list of 35,000 people who say they want to buy a season ticket. If it was utter bullshit me and my two kids would have one (or three) by now.”

[dave.woodhall]

I don't think it's exactly controversial to say that there is a waiting list but the number on it and the number on it who want to buy one are very different numbers indeed.

[Percy McCarthy]

I don't think it's exactly controversial to say that there is a waiting list but the number on it and the number on it who want to buy one are very different numbers indeed.

I don’t dispute that. It’s just rather annoying when people imply you don’t actually exist with phrases like ‘utter bullshit’.