Season Tickets

[john e]

I was talking to a friend yesterday who is a Man United season ticket holder

He told me in their European campaigns it got so bad with people buying tickets and not going in the end supporters had to go in person to a specified place, I think he said it was a hotel with their passport as proof of ID and collect the ticket that way

Apparently one of their games was in the middle of nowhere they had about 2000 tickets all sold only 300 turned up to the actual game
That’s when they decided to do something about it

[Dogtanian]

I was talking to a friend yesterday who is a Man United season ticket holder

He told me in their European campaigns it got so bad with people buying tickets and not going in the end supporters had to go in person to a specified place, I think he said it was a hotel with their passport as proof of ID and collect the ticket that way

Apparently one of their games was in the middle of nowhere they had about 2000 tickets all sold only 300 turned up to the actual game
That’s when they decided to do something about it

That's why I am confused about our checking process. We are supposed to have people every away game selected to collect their tickets on the day with ID. But even though I go every game, I've not once had to do this. I lost or didn't receive my tickets for Leicester away last season and had to get one at the ground, and they did ask for our IDs. though.

I think they could ramp this up considerably as it's no great hassle to collect from the ticket office if you know in advance to get there a bit early. Someone like me with 19 games last season should be a prime candidate to be checked at least once a season you'd think.

I can only think maybe the away grounds aren't too pleased with doing more than a handful?

[VillaTim]

There's a lot of people moaning about this on Twitter.  I'm sure this is actually the new wheelchair area and not just the Terrace View.  However, the areas are clearly connected and it doesn't take much imagination to guess what a longer-term plan would be.  (ooh, look at this lovely wheelchair area we've created in the North Stand / corner, now what shall we do with this very convenient area in front of the Terrace View?....)  I always suspected there would be padded seats coming to the Holte, but it now makes more sense that these would be in the lower not the upper, although the current standing would make it a problem.

You would hope that they will move the letting down a few rows to replace the 'T' before the first game, but they have got a lot of work to do based on the video that's going round.

Its the wheelchair area which is the sunken part. The glass facade at the back is Terrace View .
I have no issue at all with extra wheelchairs but the glazing looks awful .

[chrisw1]

According to my contact, they’ve stopped selling the Terrace View season tickets now, and are now going to sell them on a match by match basis.

I see the've unlocked the Holte Upper and our now selling the seats for the Everton game (as standard seats not premium TV)

[pauliewalnuts]

The glazing part not being centred looks particularly horrible.

It all looks like the sort of make-and-do bodge-job Crystal Palace would do to their shitty ground.

Very, very disappointing.

[nick harper]

Won't they have a problem with people at the back of the Lower Holte standing and obscuring the view of the wheelchair users? Difficult to tell from the pictures.

The glass looks terribly out of keeping with the stand. Doug would have been crucified.

[Nev]

I remember Ellis bolting on some boxes at the back of the Witton Lane Stand and they looked exactly as they sound, awful.

Distinct echoes here.

[pauliewalnuts]

I understand the role of corporate in generating money for the club, of course it is necessary, but surely, one bit of the ground without any of it, would it kill them?

I look forward to them telling us they did a poll about hospitality in the Holte, and the clear demand was for this.

[Nev]

I understand the role of corporate in generating money for the club, of course it is necessary, but surely, one bit of the ground without any of it, would it kill them?

I look forward to them telling us they did a poll about hospitality in the Holte, and the clear demand was for this.

This has been my point all along, I might sound precious but the Holte should be sacrosanct. None of this fuss would be kicked up had this been introduced in any other part of the ground. The Holte is always us, not us and them.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I remember Ellis bolting on some boxes at the back of the Witton Lane Stand and they looked exactly as they sound, awful.

Distinct echoes here.

Or when he decided that adverts should cover Leitch’s masterpiece of a balcony in the Trinity. £25k per year that raised…

[pauliewalnuts]

Surely those can't be wheelchair spaces?

I am no sports venue architect, but even I can see that sticking wheelchair users behind 6,000 people standing up isn't going to work.

[chrisw1]

Surely those can't be wheelchair spaces?

I am no sports venue architect, but even I can see that sticking wheelchair users behind 6,000 people standing up isn't going to work.

They are.  It was discussed on here before, they removed approx 110 season ticket holders to build the space.  Always felt like a strange place to build it to me.

But if you look at grounds like Old Traford, they have huge disabled seatng areas and no doubt there are regulations we need to comply with as we expand the stadium.  It just feels it's in very convenient proximity to the Terrace View to me and is adding a relatively small number of spaces.

[VillaTim]

Its like someone has whacked a 1990's conservatory into the middle of The Holte.
Hideous .

[Gareth]

Its like someone has whacked a 1990's conservatory into the middle of The Holte.
Hideous .

More a 70’s lean too

[Des Little]

Its like someone has whacked a 1990's conservatory into the middle of The Holte.
Hideous .

More a 70’s lean too

I could just see my Parker Knoll sitting behind that glass.  Lovely