The Terrace View - Holte End Upper

[Drummond]

"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.

Without removing existing boxes it is.

[chrisw1]

"We need to increase turnover and be more sustainable"

Club introduces measure to increase revenue.

"Not like that!"

It's the way they keep referring back to supporter feedback that pisses me of the most.  They know full well when people said they wanted better facilities they didn't mean what they really wanted was less space and worse facilities unless they pay 500 quid.

If you're going to bring in hospitality in the main fan terrance then just fucking do it if you have to.  But don't pretend it's because this is what fans want.

[Nev]

I understand if you have to pay for better facilities but if the facilities you are currently using are worse do you get a discount? Do you fairycakes and that's the point really.

I expect you will have a situation where a large number of people are squeezed into a smaller space while a larger area remains sparse. It's the introduction of first and second class areas, something that already exists everywhere else in the ground and is an important part of our commercial business but as I have said before, introducing it on the Holte is ripping the heart out of the most unique area of the ground.

[Chico Hamilton III]

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.

Am I reading this right? A non-season ticket holder can stump up £1300 to guarantee a ticket to all home games and Holte Terrace membership, regardless of where they are in the season ticket queue?

[chrisw1]

How long before the front of K4 is padded premium seats?

[Bully2345]

If there is such a thing as a jump-the-waiting-list season ticket in the new bar, does it come with a seat in the Holte End or are they going to have people watching the game in the bar too?

[VILLA MOLE]

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.

Am I reading this right? A non-season ticket holder can stump up £1300 to guarantee a ticket to all home games and Holte Terrace membership, regardless of where they are in the season ticket queue?

Gosh if that is case ,  they would get booed to their seat 

[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.

£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.

Am I reading this right? A non-season ticket holder can stump up £1300 to guarantee a ticket to all home games and Holte Terrace membership, regardless of where they are in the season ticket queue?

I think that's the suggestion.  (£1,300 + VAT though).  If it does happen I'd have to assume it wouldn't be a season ticket that they can keep and renew without the bar add on, more just buying a hospitality ticket for a single season.  There really aren't many seats available in the Holte upper, but I guess they're hoping there will be relocations to the standing areas at the back.

[Chico Hamilton III]

So for £1300 (plus VAT) you can leap frog 30,000 people who are waiting to move up the ST list. This is starting to stink a bit.

[cdward]

I think we all know where this is going.
A few seasons ago when we were in the Championship, 4 of us (mixture of season ticket and non-season ticket holders) decided to splash out as a birthday treat and book into the Heineken Lounge for a match.
The experience was great, (couple of free beers), good bar, food before during and after the match, great seats, and we could stay in the lounge after full time for a few more beers. we even won 1-0 against Blackburn, Mings scored.
Since then we decided we should do it once a season as a treat, however every time we have tried we have been told it can't be booked. They ask how many games do we want it for, etc'.
It is clear the club is chasing the corporate clientele, that's where the money is. It's a shame because it was a really nice treat, and a different match day experience.
We did try the "Gaslamp Lounge"  which wasn't as good.

[rooboy316]

We did try the "Gaslamp Lounge"  which wasn't as good.

Sounds like we are getting a gaslight lounge instead, this time!

[Risso]

I think we all know where this is going.
A few seasons ago when we were in the Championship, 4 of us (mixture of season ticket and non-season ticket holders) decided to splash out as a birthday treat and book into the Heineken Lounge for a match.
The experience was great, (couple of free beers), good bar, food before during and after the match, great seats, and we could stay in the lounge after full time for a few more beers. we even won 1-0 against Blackburn, Mings scored.
Since then we decided we should do it once a season as a treat, however every time we have tried we have been told it can't be booked. They ask how many games do we want it for, etc'.
It is clear the club is chasing the corporate clientele, that's where the money is. It's a shame because it was a really nice treat, and a different match day experience.
We did try the "Gaslamp Lounge"  which wasn't as good.

It's purely down to supply and demand. When we were in the Championship you could get the hospitality for (relatively) next to nothing and they basically had to almost give it away for midweek games. Then when we got to the play off final, there was a surge in demand for places. When we won the play off final, the cost to take out a new place in hospitality was about £2K more each than it was if you'd put an order in before the play off final.

Now we're secure in the Premier League, there's a 30,000 waiting list. I guess one slightly tongue in cheek riposte to people moaning about the situation is "where were you when we were shit?!"

[Skerra]

It’s £1,560 all in. They can shove that where the sun don’t shine.
Maybe, if they got their act together with serving generally, they could make a lot more money.

[ChicagoLion]

"We need to increase turnover and be more sustainable"

Club introduces measure to increase revenue.

"Not like that!"

There are other ways of increasing revenue without being sinister.  Why not improve the catering so that people could spend more in and around the stadium. Maybe better sponsorship deals, better merchandise to increase demand. Make the club membership proposition more apealing. No its aiming at soft targets and squeezing the pips.

[danno]

So for £1300 (plus VAT) you can leap frog 30,000 people who are waiting to move up the ST list. This is starting to stink a bit.

I got the email and had a look, and the price for a terrace view season ticket is £1560 !

So minus the £480 that makes the seat you’re getting £1080.
Although as it’s allocated to you on best available basis you might end up in the rail seating.

How much is a season ticket in the upper holte?  I didn’t think it was over a grand!