The Holte Suite

[Nev]

I've just seen a FB ad for the Lower Grounds, it mentions access Pre and post match but interestingly references Half Time, something that wasn't available when it was launched. Hmmmm.....

Half time access would only work if you sit in the lower Holte wouldn't it?

That was the conventional wisdom when it was launched. It would take too long from elsewhere in the ground to make it worthwhile going in at HT. Either the ad was a mistake, or the offering has changed, rather like TV due to lack of sales.

[Nev]

Just had an email that tells me that I can enter a ballot to be in the Lower Grounds for free next week. Well, well, well.....

[London Villan]

Link in email doesn’t work!

[pauliewalnuts]

The food is mediocre at best, warm burger, giant hot dog and nachos with liquid cheese.

This is both the most predictable and the most depressing part about this LG as an offer, they think we're that stupid, we'll think it's a proper premium experience eating largely the same shit you can get elsewhere in the ground but, hey, you can have as much of it as you want.

If the food were of a decent quality, they'd have a leg to stand on.

[MalcolmP]

Link in email doesn’t work!

  same here

[dave.woodhall]

And yet the amount of people who think it's a good deal is sadly depressing. I wonder what will happen the first time a fight breaks out in there, which it will given the amount of free beer available?

[Nunkin1965]

Link in email doesn’t work!

  same here

Me too

[Dave P]

Well mine worked so, it was only mine working, I have a good chance of winning!

[Risso]

Obviously they want to expand the number of people who experience it, so when they go back to the usual shite service, they’ll be more likely to cough up for the new offerings.

[Gareth]

Think I’ll pass on the ballot as could have gone in last season for free also….plus I enjoy booing it everytime.

I’d be a hypocrite to go in…free or not

[PeterWithe]

The food is mediocre at best, warm burger, giant hot dog and nachos with liquid cheese.

This is both the most predictable and the most depressing part about this LG as an offer, they think we're that stupid, we'll think it's a proper premium experience eating largely the same shit you can get elsewhere in the ground but, hey, you can have as much of it as you want.

If the food were of a decent quality, they'd have a leg to stand on.

They have liquid cheese?

I take it all back, where do I sign?

[Nev]

And yet the amount of people who think it's a good deal is sadly depressing. I wonder what will happen the first time a fight breaks out in there, which it will given the amount of free beer available?

There will be opposing fans in there sooner rather than later particularly if it doesn't sell well with Villa fans.

[VillaTim]

I was fortunate enough to get an invite last week into the 1982 lounge and the food in there was mediocre aswell but it's a lot more than £60 and you only get 2 free drinks after that it's £6 a pint territory. All these corporate areas do very little for me and I find them a waste of time and money.

[Clark W Griswold]

The food is mediocre at best, warm burger, giant hot dog and nachos with liquid cheese.

This is both the most predictable and the most depressing part about this LG as an offer, they think we're that stupid, we'll think it's a proper premium experience eating largely the same shit you can get elsewhere in the ground but, hey, you can have as much of it as you want.

If the food were of a decent quality, they'd have a leg to stand on.

They have liquid cheese?

I take it all back, where do I sign?

Yeah I’ll try a pint too.

It’s a joke really but everything catering wise within the general area of the ground is. We had a wonder around last week before the game. The stalls all around the ground were double cheeseburger for £9 or £9.50.

The pints at the stalls outside the back of the Holte were something like £5.90 for a pint of pale ale.

Everything is a fucking rip off but yet you’ve still got people queuing. I don’t get it. Use the chippies a quarter of a mile away or eat before you leave the house.

[VillaTim]

I saw one stall outside recently and they were selling sweet potatoe fries. It really annoyed me.