Season Tickets

[Drummond]

This looks like a straw that could break a lot of camels' backs. £41 a game. Hefty.

That's kind of my point; I pay £40 to be a claret member then pay full price for single tickets. Buying a season ticket means it will be less for me (if/when I get one).

[AV82EC]

For me, I'm getting a great view and shoddy facilities and woeful service for my £41 a game. For me that's no better than ok in terms of value and if we went anywhere near £50 per game I'd expect to have much better facilities and service. I'm in the fortunate position of being able to afford it but can quite understand why others can't.

[Chico Hamilton III]

They’re taking the piss. There’s no other reason for this than to squeeze more money from a captive audience. And I don’t give a shit how our prices compare to Spurs or whichever other clubs fleece their fans even more than Villa.

[Chris Smith]

They’re taking the piss. There’s no other reason for this than to squeeze more money from a captive audience. And I don’t give a shit how our prices compare to Spurs or whichever other clubs fleece their fans even more than Villa.

I agree, they’re putting up prices so much because they know they can get away with it because mugs like me will pay it. The general cost of living rises meant I was expecting to pay more but 15% is just taking the piss.

[dr.chekov]

They’re taking the piss. There’s no other reason for this than to squeeze more money from a captive audience. And I don’t give a shit how our prices compare to Spurs or whichever other clubs fleece their fans even more than Villa.

Absolutely this.

[London Villan]

My lad moved 2000 places up the queue in the summer - so less than a 6% drop-off/churn rate. This might increase slightly, but I think with what's happening on the pitch it won't change too much. It seems a long way from gates of less than 30000 just over three years ago.

As one of our group said - it would have been good to reward the loyalty of fans that have stuck with the club - maybe a discount or free ticket for those who endured all of the last 10 years or so.

[LeeB]

My lad moved 2000 places up the queue in the summer - so less than a 6% drop-off/churn rate. This might increase slightly, but I think with what's happening on the pitch it won't change too much. It seems a long way from gates of less than 30000 just over three years ago.

As one of our group said - it would have been good to reward the loyalty of fans that have stuck with the club - maybe a discount or free ticket for those who endured all of the last 10 years or so.

I wouldn't qualify but I wouldn't disagree with this, they could just offer a loyalty voucher based on the booking history

[chrisw1]

What is the new 1888 seating area?  (the blocks either side of the Directors & hospitality)  I assume it's hospitality light?  Fortunately, it doesn't affect me but I can't find any info on it.

[spartacuss]

After dutifully responding to the email to renew my ST, I got as far as the pre-chackout to be told that our 2 seats of 20+ years have been taken??
When I refreshed the page the following message came up:

'Error: A potentially dangerous Request detected in one of the fields. Please correct the offensive value and try again.'

Reading this, I felt as though I had abseiled down the Trinity stand holding a suspicious package!

How to win friends and influence people... Still no stadium-wide guide to ticket prices on the official site - unless someone knows/can advise where to find?

[chrisw1]

£780 for the upper doug concourse... Pretty sickening. Over 20 years season ticket and starting to wonder whether it's worth it anymore.

You can't even have a piss at half time.

Same here. The bogs are hell in the Upper Doug. I gave up on getting a drink at half time many tears ago, and bring a flask.

Great view, TBF.

Upper Doug we are the ultimate mushrooms in the cupboard….the entire season ticket has to be for the fantastic view because the facilities in that stand are league 2 standard and have had no updates in well over a decade….the toilets are shoddy, there are very few ladies cubicles, the refreshments in terms of choice and speed of service are contemptible.

I agree.  I tend to sit there if I switch seats to take a friend as the view is really good - in fact I'm in there tonight.  But the corridor behind and the facilities is disgusting really. 

I'm concerned that once they've carved out the upper Holte premium lounge the remaining area will be incredibly tight too.  Nothing like the Witton, but even so much worse than it currently is now.  I think this is a huge backwards step for fan experience.

[Risso]

I remain convinced that we should have identified a site somewhere else and just knocked the whole bloody thing down and started again.

[sid1964]

just clicked on the Villa website - my season ticket in the lower Holte is going to be £779.00.

It will be interesting to see how many do renew.

[wally58]

If this wasn't my last season of paying full price (I'm 65 July) I probably would say goodbye to being a season ticket holder for over 25 years. The fact that I get to see old friends and have a drink with them before and after the match is now one of the main reasons to renew.
I don't believe the threat to us that there are 30,000 +waiting for our seat and how many of those will stand by the club if ever we went through the downward spiral of the previous 10 years?

[chrisw1]

After dutifully responding to the email to renew my ST, I got as far as the pre-chackout to be told that our 2 seats of 20+ years have been taken??
When I refreshed the page the following message came up:

'Error: A potentially dangerous Request detected in one of the fields. Please correct the offensive value and try again.'

Reading this, I felt as though I had abseiled down the Trinity stand holding a suspicious package!

How to win friends and influence people... Still no stadium-wide guide to ticket prices on the official site - unless someone knows/can advise where to find?

Where do you sit?  Are you in the new 1888 area (B3, b4 and a bit of B5)?

[LeeB]

£780 for the upper doug concourse... Pretty sickening. Over 20 years season ticket and starting to wonder whether it's worth it anymore.

You can't even have a piss at half time.

Same here. The bogs are hell in the Upper Doug. I gave up on getting a drink at half time many tears ago, and bring a flask.

Great view, TBF.

Upper Doug we are the ultimate mushrooms in the cupboard….the entire season ticket has to be for the fantastic view because the facilities in that stand are league 2 standard and have had no updates in well over a decade….the toilets are shoddy, there are very few ladies cubicles, the refreshments in terms of choice and speed of service are contemptible.

I agree.  I tend to sit there if I switch seats to take a friend as the view is really good - in fact I'm in there tonight.  But the corridor behind and the facilities is disgusting really. 

I'm concerned that once they've carved out the upper Holte premium lounge the remaining area will be incredibly tight too.  Nothing like the Witton, but even so much worse than it currently is now.  I think this is a huge backwards step for fan experience.

The Witton Lane stand is terrible, makes the North Stand look like the palace of Versailles in terms of facilities*

*I'm making this demarcation as the North Stand actually fucking beautiful and will lament the loss of it's brutalist magnificence