The Terrace View - Holte End Upper

[Rory]

Whilst this has annoyed me as there's bound to be a downgrade in experience (toilet access, space etc) for the majority, I'm starting to come to terms with it.

Having spent a few games in the Witton upper, the revised Holte will still be infinitely superior.  Particularly if they install the walk-through kiosks etc. 

But looking at the bigger picture, we have a world class manager and are sitting 5th in the table.  We're getting a 50k seater stadium and I think we're all expecting a big splurge in the transfer market this summer and another push for top 6 next season. 

I don't think there should be corporate facilities in the Holte and am convinced the survey was a stitch-up.  But if a bit less concourse space is one of the prices I have to pay for progress I'm starting to think I can live with it.  I think corporate seats in the Holte would be a step too far - the club should recognise the traditional fan dynamic in the ground, but unfortunately that feels inevitable.  I'll definitely be going all NIMBY when they take my seat.

This is exactly where I'm at.  My matchday experience won't change at all. In and out on the train.  Pre match at the Bartons when I've got the time to do it. The odd drink in town post match.

You need to give yourself a couple of hours to get a pint in there these days, they were bloody hopeless again the other night and it was half empty.

When you do get served make sure it’s a double round.

I don't go in as often these days but the service was as poor as ever on Tuesday. Working a bar and seeing who's next is an art in itself but these days, as demonstrated on Tuesday, the bar person will serve someone, the customer will then vacate the space which is in turn occupied by someone who on occasion has just walked in and they are served straight away. The people either side waiting patiently are all but ignored. It then gets a bit fractious for no real reason.

Exactly this, at one point on Tuesday I was stood with several others on the 'Elbow Room' side of the bar and there were 4 staff standing shoulder to shoulder serving the opposite side with less people, and two of them had just walked up. They also seem to have an inordinate number of staff doing things other than serving customers.

Sounds like my local pharmacy. About 15 people working there, 2 customers in, I placed the order 5 working days ago, but when I go to collect it'll always be '20 to 30 minutes'.

[Flamingo Lane]

Sounds like my local pharmacy. About 15 people working there, 2 customers in, I placed the order 5 working days ago, but when I go to collect it'll always be '20 to 30 minutes'.

Hah.  I walked out of my local pharmacy in a bit of a huff yesterday.  It's only a small place, and when I walked in there were two people in front of me so I stood away to the side, so as to give people in front of me a reasonable amount of personal space and privacy.  As these two people waited to be served their prescriptions - and it was all very very slow - one person after another started to come through the door into the shop, and the whole lot of them simply bunched together in the really small space between the door and the counter, forming a kind of small crowd.  I couldn't help advising them - 'People, people, personal space' - and just left.   

[Drummond]

I haven't been to the Barton's for years because the service is so poor.

[Clampy]

Used my free drink voucher and had a beer where the Terrace Bar is going to be for the first time in years. Shame they're messing with it, it's not a bad place to have a drink at all. Got served straight away even if a little over priced.

[Percy McCarthy]

Thought I should look for this having posted on another thread. According to the MOMS podcast you are going to be able to jump the ST queue by purchasing a membership for this along with an ST for £1500.

[Nev]

One HE ST holder told me that he'd received a cold call from the club about taking this up and sounded rather desperate and confessed that take up was very poor.

[amfy]

That section will be closed to start work on Sunday. So this will be the first chance to see how difficult it’ll get if you don’t take this up. Interesting timing.

[Nev]

That section will be closed to start work on Sunday. So this will be the first chance to see how difficult it’ll get if you don’t take this up. Interesting timing.

Exactly what I thought. We're just a pair of cynics.

[Clampy]

That section will be closed to start work on Sunday. So this will be the first chance to see how difficult it’ll get if you don’t take this up. Interesting timing.

They could have waited until after Sunday., that's a bit uneccesary really. One thing it will do I suppose is rake in a bit of cash when we hold concerts.i wonder if that was in mind when they thoight about it?

[Bully2345]

I renewed but certainly haven't added the Terrace View. I never use the kiosks and bars at the ground so the only impact on me will be if there's fewer available toilets

[dave.woodhall]

Thought I should look for this having posted on another thread. According to the MOMS podcast you are going to be able to jump the ST queue by purchasing a membership for this along with an ST for £1500.

£1,300 plus VAT, which shows the type of customer they're aiming for. Nobody's sure whether it's a season ticket or a ticket for every match but that wedge is getting less thin all the time.

[chrisw1]

Thought I should look for this having posted on another thread. According to the MOMS podcast you are going to be able to jump the ST queue by purchasing a membership for this along with an ST for £1500.

And from their e-mail re closure of the mid concourse w/c's on Sat -
Ahead of Sunday's home fixture against Brighton work will begin to develop our iconic Holte End stand, ready to launch the new Terrace View space for the start of the 2023/24 season – an investment in our fan and stadium experience - and meet the requirements most important to you based on supporters’ feedback.

Absolute shameless bastards.  Do they think we're fucking stupid?  The net result for the vast majority will be less space and reduced facilities.  C#nts.  And now they're introducing a waiting list fast pass system to try and justify it?

[ChicagoLion]

Thought I should look for this having posted on another thread. According to the MOMS podcast you are going to be able to jump the ST queue by purchasing a membership for this along with an ST for £1500.

£1,300 plus VAT, which shows the type of customer they're aiming for. Nobody's sure whether it's a season ticket or a ticket for every match but that wedge is getting less thin all the time.

It is looking more and more like exploitation and is contrary to the values this club has shown in the past.
Purslow again.

[Risso]

"We need to increase turnover and be more sustainable"

Club introduces measure to increase revenue.

"Not like that!"

[AV82EC]

"We need to increase turnover and be more sustainable"

Club introduces measure to increase revenue.

"Not like that!"

I have some sympathy with that viewpoint Risso, I’m just wondering if it’s really the right part of the ground for it though I suppose it’s really the only stand with currently available space to develop.