The Holte Suite

[LeeB]

We have discovered that booking a table at the Bartons and then having table service makes the experience an enjoyable one!

Can you do that in the immediate pre- and post- match stupidly busy times though?

We were doing the same a few years back, having a table meant getting beers delivered to the table in decent time rather than standing in the morale-sapping queue at the bar, but you need to book in advance

[Marlon From Bearwood]

The Holte Suite is no more. It’s now the Lower Grounds.

£60 for the Brighton game as an ‘opening offer’. £120 if you want a match ticket too.

Unlimited street food.

Fuck off.

[pauliewalnuts]

What are they going to do about the match ticket packages?

Reserve a given number of tickets for people who buy them, or just make them available with all the general sale tickets?

[pauliewalnuts]

What is the cost differential between Terrace View and the new Holte Suite?

If the quality in the HS was really exceptional - ie not with that all pervasive immediately identifiable stench of chips plus the gormless bar staff moving at the speed of tectonic plates - then you could see it being worth spending money on, but from what I have heard, the Terrace View isn't that special, and the price differential can't be that much, which doesn't give me high hopes for the quality here.

[VillaTim]

The Holte Suite is no more. It’s now the Lower Grounds.

£60 for the Brighton game as an ‘opening offer’. £120 if you want a match ticket too.

Unlimited street food.

Fuck off.

x 2

[villabear]

For season ticket holders this really is another piss take. Also Is the beer going to get any better? I’m still convinced every type of lager comes from the same keg.

[Drummond]

I do wonder if they will bring in external street food suppliers to set up a stall, along with guaranteed prices!

[London Villan]

Having experienced the very basic levels of "silver hospitality" we offered at the Springsteen gig the £4 hot dog outside the ground is a million times better than the dross that was served up.

Why is the club getting this so wrong - who is in charge of the messaging and more importantly the decision-making?!!

Like with the badge, Heck seems to have come in and is making decisions without any concern about how they are being perceived by the vast majority of the match-going support.

[Pete3206]

So a bar I could previously enter for nothing, I would now have to pay £60 before I had a beer in my hand.

Fuck you Villa.

[AlexAlexCropley]

For season ticket holders this really is another piss take. Also Is the beer going to get any better? I’m still convinced every type of lager comes from the same keg.

I like to think I can imbibe most drinks, but the pint of "Amstel" I had in the lower Doug on Saturday was the vilest lager I've ever had. Well, maybe not as bad as Tennent Super.

[VillaTim]

So a bar I could previously enter for nothing, I would now have to pay £60 before I had a beer in my hand.

Fuck you Villa.

yeah and that is a special offer price. I suspect it will be much more than that when we play the likes of ManUre.
The yanks love a dynamic pricing model and Mr Spreadsheet will be all over that

[dorsetvillian]

Depressing how the club are getting this all wrong. So good on the pitch so bad off it. It's just contempt for the average fan and particularly season ticket holders.

[PeterWithesShin]

£60 for a match ticket, and that will mean fewer tickets available to the the average fan. Genius.

[andrew08]

It’s not compulsory to go you know. Leave it to to folk who want to spend their hard earned money on watching the odd game and then enjoy the £50m French players we buy after.
I’ve never yet purchased a football ticket based on the beer or food.

[amfy]

£60 for a match ticket, and that will mean fewer tickets available to the the average fan. Genius.

At least they aren’t offering Lower Holte tickets with this -mad they are like hens teeth since you can’t get any in the Upper Holte any more!

But still….more lost money….against their perceived potential profit. Lower Holte Enders used to use The Holte Suite at half time, their new clientele from the side stands won’t be doing that. So that’s approaching half an hour of knocking out £30 rounds of drinks they have lost, before you start to consider how low the uptake for this nonsense could be.
Is there really a substantial demand for  a corporate experience with no special service at half time for £60?