Villa Park Redevelopment

[ChicagoLion]

"Will I remain on the general admission season ticket waiting list once I have purchased a GA Plus season ticket?

No, once you become a GA Plus season ticket holder, you will no longer be on the season ticket waiting list."

Ah, so it's a waiting list skipping arrangement, as long as you don't mind being in the lower North Stand?

Same as Terrace View and Lower Grounds.

[London Villan]

It's stopping people upgrading for one season, then reverting back to normal tickets.

[ChicagoLion]

It's stopping people upgrading for one season, then reverting back to normal tickets.

That is not what it says.
It’s stopping you jumping the queue and then going back in the queue.

[VillaTim]

£1500 to get wet if it rains and no leg room. (unless they are reconfiguring the seats down there).

[chrisw1]

Anyone seen anything about the 150 Club, and The Aston and Villans areas?

Just these tweets:

https://x.com/justin_avfc_/status/1800074000271589828?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA

They look good tbf and we definitely needed to up our corporate game.  This is a lot easier to justify than the Cells, which seems to be little more than a transparent way to jump the waiting list.

[chrisw1]

"Will I remain on the general admission season ticket waiting list once I have purchased a GA Plus season ticket?

No, once you become a GA Plus season ticket holder, you will no longer be on the season ticket waiting list."

I think this is a massive mistake if they want people to try this for a season or two.  I imagine some people might be tempted, but put off by this.  If I was in a position where I was considering GA+ but on the waiting list, this would definitely be a deal breaker.

[Dogtanian]

The Cells is clearly aimed at people who aren't season ticket holders, but really want to be. I mean unless you already have a ST in the lower North, would you be swapping your season ticket elsewhere to move there?

[chrisw1]

"Will I remain on the general admission season ticket waiting list once I have purchased a GA Plus season ticket?

No, once you become a GA Plus season ticket holder, you will no longer be on the season ticket waiting list."

Ah, so it's a waiting list skipping arrangement, as long as you don't mind being in the lower North Stand?

Knd of, but you cannot change to standard price season ticket (even if you previously had one), so once you buy in to this you are locked in or at the back of the waiting list queue.

[Ads]

I'm not sure if they're selling the GA+ in bands across their respective blocks. If they're not the The Cells and Terrace View look to have sold well.

Lower Grounds appears to have quite a lot left in the Trinity, with it being obvious some have gone, but loads left in P2.

[chrisw1]

The Lower Grounds would seem to be a hard sell for a season ticket to me.  I get it may be ok for the occasional blowout, but how many people would actually want to pay that sort of money for unlimited food and drink before EVERY game?  And then have the same shite concourse and w/c experience as everyone else.  £2.7k to queue for a piss for most of halftime doesn't sound that appealing to me.

[Drummond]

I'm currently 12500 on the waiting list. So try this out, to get myself a season ticket, at a vastly inflated price. Decide I don't like it and then go to 40000 (or whatever it is now) on the waiting list.

For someone 35000 on the list, like Percy for example, it's a better bet I'd have thought.

Regular season tickets are reducing in numbers anyway, more than 2000 gone over the last 2 summers (29k down to 27k), and it's looking increasingly likely that I'll never get there.

I'd be tempted to be honest, if I were on my own, but I have a 9 year old with me, and I'm not paying that, or close to it, for him. So I'll scrabble around for tickets again.

[Rotterdam]

I'm pretty much in the same position Drummond. How do find out where you are on the list?

[Drummond]

They told me almost 2 years ago via email. I asked again last summer and they couldn't /wouldn't tell me. Obviously, given that they haven't issued new ones and taken those seats for GA+ we haven't moved any closer..

[Ads]

Capacity is to increase by 1200 over the next 2 seasons, which would be 44,100. The original development plan would have been a tickle shy of 50,000, so there's still a 15% difference.

[chrisw1]

Capacity is to increase by 1200 over the next 2 seasons, which would be 44,100. The original development plan would have been a tickle shy of 50,000, so there's still a 15% difference.

I'd love to know how they're going to do that.  More reshuffling of stairwells in the upper tiers?