Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Risso]

It's not rocket science. People are more likely to fork out big money on a GA+ 'experience' if it is inside a shiny new spacious structure built for that purpose than they are when it is inside a part of a stand they have been in on and off for 20 years before it got rebranded as a GA+ experience

For a non London team, who haven't won anything for years, our ticket prices are very high now. GA+ would sell if the food offering was much improved and the pricing reduced. Who wants 7/8 pints of lager to watch the game,  I don't get it? Why offer the same food in GA+ that we can all buy outside the stadium from a greasy van.

And at least the food from the burger vans is freshly cooked, and not a burger that's been sat covered in foil, on a warming shelf, sweating like John McGinn in a Castore shirt.

[PeterWithesShin]

MOTD didn't show the attendance.

[London Villan]

If the food is anything like the rubbish I had in hospitality at the Springsteen gig a couple of years ago then it really isn't worth the massive premium. It was the worst food I have ever had in a football stadium - lukewarm, pre-prepared "chicken" burger and limp fries, served with the cheapest and nastiest ketchup.

[Dogtanian]

Isn't all ketchup cheap and nasty? 

[Chip Butty 111]

I don't think anyone's expecting Masterchef, but an offering to reflect 2024 cuisine that doesn’t focus on bread rolls and chips would be a start.

[AV82EC]

I don't think anyone's expecting Masterchef, but an offering to reflect 2024 cuisine that doesn’t focus on bread rolls and chips would be a start.

With your username I can’t believe you’re moaning about bread rolls and chips.

[Chip Butty 111]

I don't think anyone's expecting Masterchef, but an offering to reflect 2024 cuisine that doesn’t focus on bread rolls and chips would be a start.

With your username I can’t believe you’re moaning about bread rolls and chips.

True lol, ..I just don't want to pay £125+ for my Butty though

[VillaTim]

I don't think anyone's expecting Masterchef, but an offering to reflect 2024 cuisine that doesn’t focus on bread rolls and chips would be a start.

Even the food in corporate is garbage , you can better in Wetherspoons and it comes with a free pint that isn't Carling .

[AV82EC]

I don't think anyone's expecting Masterchef, but an offering to reflect 2024 cuisine that doesn’t focus on bread rolls and chips would be a start.

With your username I can’t believe you’re moaning about bread rolls and chips.

True lol, ..I just don't want to pay £125+ for my Butty though

Is a very fair comment.

[Risso]

I don't think anyone's expecting Masterchef, but an offering to reflect 2024 cuisine that doesn’t focus on bread rolls and chips would be a start.

Even the food in corporate is garbage , you can better in Wetherspoons and it comes with a free pint that isn't Carling .

It used to be very good in full hospitality (ie not GA+).

[The Edge]

I don't think anyone's expecting Masterchef, but an offering to reflect 2024 cuisine that doesn’t focus on bread rolls and chips would be a start.

Even the food in corporate is garbage , you can better in Wetherspoons and it comes with a free pint that isn't Carling .

It used to be very good in full hospitality (ie not GA+).

The food in the McGregor has always been top notch imo.The beer in the old Holte Suite was putrid. Haven't been in there since it became GA+

[London Villan]

I don't think anyone's expecting Masterchef, but an offering to reflect 2024 cuisine that doesn’t focus on bread rolls and chips would be a start.

Even the food in corporate is garbage , you can better in Wetherspoons and it comes with a free pint that isn't Carling .

It used to be very good in full hospitality (ie not GA+).

Agreed - the handful of times I've done proper hospitality it's always been very good. But I can't imagine the Holte Suites re-incarnation is any better than the crap I had served to me in the Holte Hotel.

The margins on it must be massive.

[VillaTim]

I don't think anyone's expecting Masterchef, but an offering to reflect 2024 cuisine that doesn’t focus on bread rolls and chips would be a start.

Even the food in corporate is garbage , you can better in Wetherspoons and it comes with a free pint that isn't Carling .

It used to be very good in full hospitality (ie not GA+).

The food in the McGregor has always been top notch imo.The beer in the old Holte Suite was putrid. Haven't been in there since it became GA+

is that the 1982 lounge ? the food is definitely not "top notch" , pub food at best , ridiculously overpriced for what you get . The beer isn't the best either , flat , not sure they clean the lines properly in there and in football grounds generally

[andrew08]

It isn’t about the quality of the food though is it? It’s about access to a ticket. I watched the Green Bay Packers, in corporate/GA+ at spuds a couple of years ago. I have no memory of the food at all, but recall the beer was unlimited and served promptly. But my seat was over the halfway line nicely high up, fantastic and I’ll never forget it. I paid a lot more than the Villa football equivalent.

[astonvilla82]

Heck left?