But in this regard, Villa are simply following the playbook set by their peers - am not saying that’s right but go to Chelsea, Utd, City etc - I have a close mate who is a Spurs fan and the sentiment they express is similar to that on here - the game is moving away from the average fan and it’s been happening for years now.Wages, costs, have been spiralling for over a decade - someone has to pay if we want the club to compete as I think we all do - so where do we draw the line? When is enough, enough?While I hear a lot of frustration and anger, I don’t see a lot of alternate solutions being proffered. If the argument is that this is a loss maker, we will know soon enough because they won’t persist with it. If it is seen to boost revenue, it will continue regardless fan sentiment. That sucks but welcome to the Premier League.And where is it headed? Try buying tickets to a regular Yankees game. For me and my two boys, good luck getting change out of £400 which is insane. And the stadium is rarely at capacity. That tells you all you need to know.
Quote from: dorsetvillian on October 02, 2023, 11:37:59 AMI understand that we need to increase corporate hospitality. But surely the first question should have been how to fill the existing corporate capacity in either the Trinity or North Stand, that is under capacity. There's no corporate capacity in the Trinity, big waiting list for all the packages. Don't know about the North Stand. The boxes there look properly shit behind glass, must be a hard sell.
I understand that we need to increase corporate hospitality. But surely the first question should have been how to fill the existing corporate capacity in either the Trinity or North Stand, that is under capacity.
I think it's a good offering in itself. I see the appeal of being able to upgrade your day for yourself and some family or friends at pretty short notice without having to stump up for full-blown hospitality. What's not sitting right is taking away existing facilities to enable it. And I'd place a sizeable bet that whatever happens in the new Witton end, said facilities won't be returning from whence they came.
With every new bad idea we launch, the purchase and refurb of the Witton Arms looks like the business initiative of the century, particularly with more midweek games. It couldn’t have played out better for those guys and hats off to them.
When people were asked to answer the fan's questionaire no way I imagine did we think they meant we would be charged for it
You do wonder if someone, somewhere got wind of what was going to happen with the Holte and thought the Witton Arms was worth a punt.
I think it will be more popular for games against some of the more "glamorous" sides but those blocks of empty seats looked terrible today. I don't think it will put the likes of Heck off from his brief though. There will be more of this sort of thing to come.
Quote from: Des Little on October 03, 2023, 06:34:38 AMWith every new bad idea we launch, the purchase and refurb of the Witton Arms looks like the business initiative of the century, particularly with more midweek games. It couldn’t have played out better for those guys and hats off to them. As a regular user of Holte Suite which has now been denied me i've been to Witton Arms and it's absolutely bang on. In the bars wall to wall TV screens and outside is probably the best quality screen i think i've ever seen, and maybe the biggest. Watched the Ryder Cup in there Saturday for nearly 3 hours.Plenty of food options as well.Music pumping out the back as well.Certainly fair play to em!!!