Villa Park Redevelopment

[aev]

So they've just this morning released the resale tickets - approx 700 available.  Far too late, but I get why they want to squeeze their own sales first.

In addition, the 'selling really well' Terrace View has 255 available (just over a quarter) and Lower Grounds 118 (after they have gifted some through a ballot etc).

Yes it's a late KO and there are transport issues.  But it's a game against one of our closest rivals whilst we sit in the top 4 of the league.  This is why they're not building the North Stand.  Don't panic about moving to a new ground, they're too worried about getting enough premium / GA+ sales to build up to 50k let alone 60.

The all you can eat and drink stuff has to be a bit meh on a weeknight with poor public transport.

[chrisw1]

So they've just this morning released the resale tickets - approx 700 available.  Far too late, but I get why they want to squeeze their own sales first.

In addition, the 'selling really well' Terrace View has 255 available (just over a quarter) and Lower Grounds 118 (after they have gifted some through a ballot etc).

Yes it's a late KO and there are transport issues.  But it's a game against one of our closest rivals whilst we sit in the top 4 of the league.  This is why they're not building the North Stand.  Don't panic about moving to a new ground, they're too worried about getting enough premium / GA+ sales to build up to 50k let alone 60.

The all you can eat and drink stuff has to be a bit meh on a weeknight with poor public transport.

You're right, but they're not just aiming at pissheads who want to down 10 pints.  And if there are 118 available, how many have they given away?  I doubt if it's more than 3/4 sold just like TV.

[Drummond]

I guess the evening kick off means people won't be staying after, it's not a good sell

[DB]

I had a look where are normally sit, or at least close as I can…£63!

[London Villan]

Selfishly... with the slow take-up of the GA+ i hope this means us Lower Trinity dwellers keep our seats for another couple of seasons!

[KRS]

So they've just this morning released the resale tickets - approx 700 available.  Far too late, but I get why they want to squeeze their own sales first.

In addition, the 'selling really well' Terrace View has 255 available (just over a quarter) and Lower Grounds 118 (after they have gifted some through a ballot etc).

Yes it's a late KO and there are transport issues.  But it's a game against one of our closest rivals whilst we sit in the top 4 of the league.  This is why they're not building the North Stand.  Don't panic about moving to a new ground, they're too worried about getting enough premium / GA+ sales to build up to 50k let alone 60.

This pisses me off no end. It’s absolutely ridiculous and actually stops/prevents people who want to attend from buying tickets.

As an example, I used to be a season ticket holder but personal circumstances meant I was no longer able to attend as much so for a good few seasons I’ve been buying Claret membership along with 2 others. Even with Claret membership it was a total ballache trying to get 2 or 3 seats together (especially in the Upper Holte) unless you were quick off the draw on the ticket office online. Because of this, and not wanting to attend matches sat on our own and 10 rows apart, all 3 of us haven’t bothered with Claret membership this season and none of us have attended a game.

This situation very much applies to Claret members who may have wanted to attend the Newcastle game tonight…a few days ago they may have been looking for tickets, couldn’t get one as only single seats available, and now it’s too short notice if you’ve made plans to watch the game elsewhere or do something else entirely.

I suspect I’m not the only one, or group of fans, that would like to attend and spend but the club are simply not helping with these piss poor decisions and are losing out if those seats don’t end up getting sold (even if it’s chump change in the grand scheme of things but fewer Claret memberships, tickets sales, refreshments and merchandise sales all adds up over the course of a season).

[waynejames]

Due to all this ticket snizzle, im off to play snooker now instead of watching my beloved football club. Their loss as much as mine.
They could have had 2 more towards a full house (me and my lad) if i could have bought 2 tickets together a week ago

[astonvilla82]

I was looking at the ticket website a few days ago and it show hardly any tickets left, looked yesterday and they were a few hundred

[VillaTim]

So they've just this morning released the resale tickets - approx 700 available.  Far too late, but I get why they want to squeeze their own sales first.

In addition, the 'selling really well' Terrace View has 255 available (just over a quarter) and Lower Grounds 118 (after they have gifted some through a ballot etc).

Yes it's a late KO and there are transport issues.  But it's a game against one of our closest rivals whilst we sit in the top 4 of the league.  This is why they're not building the North Stand.  Don't panic about moving to a new ground, they're too worried about getting enough premium / GA+ sales to build up to 50k let alone 60.

The all you can eat and drink stuff has to be a bit meh on a weeknight with poor public transport.

8 pints of Morretti and 6 hot dogs on a school night , what's not to like

[Rigadon]

So they've just this morning released the resale tickets - approx 700 available.  Far too late, but I get why they want to squeeze their own sales first.

In addition, the 'selling really well' Terrace View has 255 available (just over a quarter) and Lower Grounds 118 (after they have gifted some through a ballot etc).

Yes it's a late KO and there are transport issues.  But it's a game against one of our closest rivals whilst we sit in the top 4 of the league.  This is why they're not building the North Stand.  Don't panic about moving to a new ground, they're too worried about getting enough premium / GA+ sales to build up to 50k let alone 60.

The all you can eat and drink stuff has to be a bit meh on a weeknight with poor public transport.

8 pints of Morretti and 6 hot dogs on a school night , what's not to like

The hangover and shits in the morning would put some off!

[aldridgeboy]

Before we get stands redeveloped, we need to sort out match day experience.
I nearly always drive to games, but rushed there from the airport last night. As an old schoolfriend messaged me to say he was there, we agreed to meet in Upper Trinity for a pre match beer ( Trains meant that was never going to happen as it turned out)

So we then agreed on a half time drink. We went straight down on the half time whistle, and got our beer just as the second half kicked off. Absolute farce and no leadership/organisation(The bars, not the team) Not enough staff, not enough good staff, awful system. Why they don't pre poor a few hundred pints like other sporting venues do, I'll never know. It was "freshly poured " (slowly ) and was still flat(ish) and warm( ish), so they wouldn't be losing any quality.

Its just left me thinking I'll never bother trying buying anything again. Maybe its the ex pub manager me  that gets me mad, but I just found the whole thing ridiculous

[Des Little]

I’m exactly the ST holder the club don’t want for the reason you’ve just outlined. I don’t spend a round coin in the ground, ever because it’s such an overpriced, badly organised shambles of an operation. I gladly leave the queuing to others.

[VILLA MOLE]

They must see this shit ?  There is almost no point queuing unless you go down after 20 minutes

[aldridgeboy]

They must see this shit ?  There is almost no point queuing unless you go down after 20 minutes

Well maybe unfairly, ive always got annoyed with people sqeezing past after 35 mins. I totally now know why they do!

And when fans leave after 85 mins, they're not leaving. They're queuing for the bar for the next game !!

[chrisw1]

I'm not sure if I'm imagining it as I don't have a beer every match, but I think the service in the upper Holte may have improved a bit.  They've opened a couple of pop up type bars and certainly it's quicker getting a beer before the game than it used to be.

The toilet situation is still ridiculous.  They refurbed the loos in the lower bit, building in a total of 6 urinal spaces.