Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[pauliewalnuts]

I am looking at it now and I don't see swathes of unsold seats anywhere.

Christ, just clicked on 'The Aston'. £1080. A ticket for one match which costs over a thousand pounds.

I know it's not individuals who buy that sort of thing, it's aimed at businesses, but fucking hell, that is absolutely insane.

A1, P1 and P2

Looking now, a few days later - A1 has about 10 single seats, P1 about 20, and P2 has 4.

[AV82EC]

I am looking at it now and I don't see swathes of unsold seats anywhere.

Christ, just clicked on 'The Aston'. £1080. A ticket for one match which costs over a thousand pounds.

I know it's not individuals who buy that sort of thing, it's aimed at businesses, but fucking hell, that is absolutely insane.

A1, P1 and P2

Looking now, a few days later - A1 has about 10 single seats, P1 about 20, and P2 has 4.

I've just had a quick check and there's about 300 GA tickets left, most in T1 and T6. I couldn't be arsed to count GA+ and Hosp.

[Chip Butty 111]

I am looking at it now and I don't see swathes of unsold seats anywhere.

Christ, just clicked on 'The Aston'. £1080. A ticket for one match which costs over a thousand pounds.

I know it's not individuals who buy that sort of thing, it's aimed at businesses, but fucking hell, that is absolutely insane.

A1, P1 and P2

Looking now, a few days later - A1 has about 10 single seats, P1 about 20, and P2 has 4.

I've just had a quick check and there's about 300 GA tickets left, most in T1 and T6. I couldn't be arsed to count GA+ and Hosp.

Yes it's slowly selling out on GA, GA+ is the issue. About 140 left in K2 alone. The sooner we revisit the pricing on this the better.

[AV82EC]

I am looking at it now and I don't see swathes of unsold seats anywhere.

Christ, just clicked on 'The Aston'. £1080. A ticket for one match which costs over a thousand pounds.

I know it's not individuals who buy that sort of thing, it's aimed at businesses, but fucking hell, that is absolutely insane.

A1, P1 and P2

Looking now, a few days later - A1 has about 10 single seats, P1 about 20, and P2 has 4.

I've just had a quick check and there's about 300 GA tickets left, most in T1 and T6. I couldn't be arsed to count GA+ and Hosp.

Yes it's slowly selling out on GA, GA+ is the issue. About 140 left in K2 alone. The sooner we revisit the pricing on this the better.

He won't because he's probably hitting targets left right and centre with the current strategy. So no matter how iniquitous many of us feel it is, as long as he's delivering well above 99% on available capacity I don't think the owners will be too fussed about some of us having a bit of a whinge. In the longer term, different story.....   

[Dante Lavelli]

Fair point, but even in the long term the new customers/fans generated on the journey will fill some voids from disgruntled fans.. 

[AV82EC]

Fair point, but even in the long term the new customers/fans generated on the journey will fill some voids from disgruntled fans..

Yep, ultimately we’re all replaceable as long as the product on the pitch keeps delivering. I got moved out of A2 this season and my old seat has a person willing to pay £3,500 a season to sit in it. They also paid £420 to sit in it for the Bayern game.

[Percy McCarthy]

The thing is, very nearly selling out justifies Heck’s pricing strategy. If it sells out completely with people still wanting tickets, he’ll just think he should have charged more.

He probably does think that about the Bayern game.

[Dante Lavelli]

I never understood how Chelsea generated so much cash from a small stadium but I think we are entering a steep learning curve.

I’m torn, as I want us to compete but I hate the faff of buying tickets for odd games (like I do).  I also think we, and football, has outgrown Villa Park.

[Chip Butty 111]

I am looking at it now and I don't see swathes of unsold seats anywhere.

Christ, just clicked on 'The Aston'. £1080. A ticket for one match which costs over a thousand pounds.

I know it's not individuals who buy that sort of thing, it's aimed at businesses, but fucking hell, that is absolutely insane.

A1, P1 and P2

Looking now, a few days later - A1 has about 10 single seats, P1 about 20, and P2 has 4.

I've just had a quick check and there's about 300 GA tickets left, most in T1 and T6. I couldn't be arsed to count GA+ and Hosp.

Yes it's slowly selling out on GA, GA+ is the issue. About 140 left in K2 alone. The sooner we revisit the pricing on this the better.

He won't because he's probably hitting targets left right and centre with the current strategy. So no matter how iniquitous many of us feel it is, as long as he's delivering well above 99% on available capacity I don't think the owners will be too fussed about some of us having a bit of a whinge. In the longer term, different story.....

To be honest if he's hitting targets with 425 empty GA+ seats in the Upper Holte, for a Champions League game after winning our first two, he has very low targets. I'd say he's sold less than 50% of the GA+ for this game.

[ChicagoLion]

I am looking at it now and I don't see swathes of unsold seats anywhere.

Christ, just clicked on 'The Aston'. £1080. A ticket for one match which costs over a thousand pounds.

I know it's not individuals who buy that sort of thing, it's aimed at businesses, but fucking hell, that is absolutely insane.

A1, P1 and P2

Looking now, a few days later - A1 has about 10 single seats, P1 about 20, and P2 has 4.

I've just had a quick check and there's about 300 GA tickets left, most in T1 and T6. I couldn't be arsed to count GA+ and Hosp.

Yes it's slowly selling out on GA, GA+ is the issue. About 140 left in K2 alone. The sooner we revisit the pricing on this the better.

He won't because he's probably hitting targets left right and centre with the current strategy. So no matter how iniquitous many of us feel it is, as long as he's delivering well above 99% on available capacity I don't think the owners will be too fussed about some of us having a bit of a whinge. In the longer term, different story.....

To be honest if he's hitting targets with 425 empty GA+ seats in the Upper Holte, for a Champions League game after winning our first two, he has very low targets. I'd say he's sold less than 50% of the GA+ for this game.

in the scheme of things that really does not matter.

[Chip Butty 111]

I am looking at it now and I don't see swathes of unsold seats anywhere.

Christ, just clicked on 'The Aston'. £1080. A ticket for one match which costs over a thousand pounds.

I know it's not individuals who buy that sort of thing, it's aimed at businesses, but fucking hell, that is absolutely insane.

A1, P1 and P2

Looking now, a few days later - A1 has about 10 single seats, P1 about 20, and P2 has 4.

I've just had a quick check and there's about 300 GA tickets left, most in T1 and T6. I couldn't be arsed to count GA+ and Hosp.

Yes it's slowly selling out on GA, GA+ is the issue. About 140 left in K2 alone. The sooner we revisit the pricing on this the better.

He won't because he's probably hitting targets left right and centre with the current strategy. So no matter how iniquitous many of us feel it is, as long as he's delivering well above 99% on available capacity I don't think the owners will be too fussed about some of us having a bit of a whinge. In the longer term, different story.....

To be honest if he's hitting targets with 425 empty GA+ seats in the Upper Holte, for a Champions League game after winning our first two, he has very low targets. I'd say he's sold less than 50% of the GA+ for this game.

in the scheme of things that really does not matter.

In what way?
At less than than 50% occupancy we are making nothing out of it,  having spent money on the GA+ areas to begin with, providing food and drink and losing £90 on 425 seats as it stands. If it sells out happy days as we make money.

[Des Little]

£100 GA tickets will be the norm next season, that’s for sure.

[Percy McCarthy]

£100 GA tickets will be the norm next season, that’s for sure.

I don’t think so. Not quite. I didn’t pay that for Bayern, the most perfect fixture we could have for bumping up prices. It’s not gonna be that for PL games.

[ChicagoLion]

Sorry Chip Butty, I meant as far as the owners are concerned, he will spin that he is maxing profit across the CL games.
It looks awful but he does not care about optics.

[pauliewalnuts]

Sorry Chip Butty, I meant as far as the owners are concerned, he will spin that he is maxing profit across the CL games.
It looks awful but he does not care about optics.

They will have gone into the whole endeavour knowing it is going to take time to be a success. He won't be selling out GA+ in the early days, and his budget won't expect him to.

As for occasional unsold GA seats here and there for matches, he's not going to give much of a toss about that.