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ArtyB said:
I do like that cladding, when it's seen from this distance...
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I agree. its a smart move too..somewhere there is going to be a big yellow self storage locker with a couple of thousand of those for when its starts to look shabby. Just spend a summer replacing them for shiny new ones

Or, god forbid, a naming rights logo spelt out on the panels
 
BangkokSpud said:
If they are all selling how are they excessive? is a Ferrari excessive or good value for the money? Of course that all depends on your personal circumstance ...

A £20 ticket is excessive for a man with a fiver ... a £2,200 ticket is cheap for a man with millions ... like everything in life it's all relative ....

The club is not responsible for 'social welfare' it's a business and has set it's prices at what the whole market can afford, they've offered concessions on more seats than before .... what else could they do?

If they offered 30,000 tickets at £500 then the current season ticket holders, the ones who in the main are paying the new prices, would have bought them all anyway .... how would this benefit the less well off? none of the 'cheap' tickets would reach the later phases or go on general sale .... so who gains? and just how much would the club have lost to change almost nothing?

Taking the 'cheap ticket' argument to the extreme, would the idea be that every potential season ticket buyer gets means tested? how else can the club tell what they can afford? seriously how the feck would that work ....

The Trust can stand up for it's members who feel priced out, that's their job, but just what's their solution?

I'll repeat the argument that so many don't want to hear ... the club have priced tickets at what the market can afford (in fact they could have gone higher) the take-up is above what they expected, ergo they got it right ...

Yes some people can't afford it, but that's always been the case nothing's changed .... football has not been the cheap 3pm Saturday afternoon pastime for the 'common man' for thirty years .... just wishing it was and shouting loudly about the 'mean old owners' won't change reality ....

Truth is some 80% of the population probably can't afford to go to football every week, the tickets are too expensive, travel is too expensive, catering is too expensive, with games played at stupid o'clock on dates that change at the whim of the paymasters (TV) who can plan for that?

So in reality who can buy season tickets? Only those with a very decent disposable income, drop the tickets by 50% and I'll pretty much guarantee it will be the same original 30,000 season ticket holders that buy them, the same people from the 50,000 on the waiting list that buy the rest ... in the end the low/high price of the tickets will make no significant difference as to who buys them ... the proof of the pudding is as they say in the eating .... and so far the fans can't eat these tickets fast enough .....

If someone wants to put up a social engineering argument that would ensure cheap tickets would only go to those who deserved them ... then go on give it a go ....
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Truth is some 80% of the population probably can't afford to go to football every week, the tickets are too expensive, travel is too expensive, catering is too expensive, with games played at stupid o'clock on dates that change at the whim of the paymasters (TV) who can plan for that?
This sentence is very true. No reason why those that cannot afford a ST cannot go as many times a year as they can afford financially and in time against other commitments.
 
Guido said:
The best thing to have come out of the new stadium, and it was a surprise, is the ability to mix in all the General Admission concourses in all four stands, I think this is excellent and negates the problem of trying to sit with mates etc. Only downside of course might be a suggested £6 a pint!!
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Except for the 1882 lot who will have their own bar with free perfumed hankies and poky sticks to keep us all at arms length,
 
Either we're so far behind it's a lost cause, or we're well on target .... because just about everyone on site seems to have taken a long weekend .... let's hope that's good news ....
 
BangkokSpud said:
Either we're so far behind it's a lost cause, or we're well on target .... because just about everyone on site seems to have taken a long weekend .... let's hope that's good news ....
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Pretty sure they got Christmas off as well?

Sure giving them this bank holiday off and then working them like bastards till the next bank holiday is the best way to keep people motivated.
 
There’s no doubt we’ll be in the new ground in the summer.

Maybe a few of the food/drink outlets will still be being fitted out, and obviously the hotel and flats are yet to finish building, but there will be 62,000 seats, a pitch, roof and some really big tele’s.
 
Oh FFS said:
There’s no doubt we’ll be in the new ground in the summer.

Maybe a few of the food/drink outlets will still be being fitted out, and obviously the hotel and flats are yet to finish building, but there will be 62,000 seats, a pitch, roof and some really big tele’s.
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Funny. Everytime I here someone say the ground wont be ready I think of your username.

How the hell does the average fan know how long it takes to complete a 62,000 seater stadium?
 
So I'm in Phase 5, starting Thursday morning, when I'll be flying back from a meeting in Madrid (ßÎąŧåήϮ) so I'm having to rely on the wife to secure my forever-more season ticket seat.

Which means I have to tell her where I want her to buy. Which means I have to work out where I want to buy. Which is really difficult as the whole massive area (205/7/9, row 10 up) that I wanted anywher is entirely sold out. Now I'm not only having to choose an alternative spot I'm having to pick several, as she'll need options in the likely situation that my first choice isn't available on that morning.

I'm not enjoying this situation
 
Nick "Trevor" Sharp said:
So I'm in Phase 5,

I'm not enjoying this situation
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Unlike us poor buggers in phase 8 who are loving the situation!! Its gonna be a long 2 weeks to see what's left by the time of phase 8 coming around with the potential double whammy of finding 3 together and in a price range that has concession tickets. Would gladly swap places with the phase 3 for the semi final where for a one of game couldn't care where we sit!
 
I’m in phase 8 and not stressing - unless I’m mistaken there will be over a third of the stadium to choose from, the top seats were always going in the first couple of phases. All is good, we just beat the <removed>s in their back yard, roll on 18th April and phase 8,000!!!
 
nigelto said:
I’m in phase 8 and not stressing - unless I’m mistaken there will be over a third of the stadium to choose from, the top seats were always going in the first couple of phases. All is good, we just beat the <removed>s in their back yard, roll on 18th April and phase 8,000!!!
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There will be approximately 5,000 fans in phase 8 selecting from about 11,000 seats at the most. That's less then 20% of the stadium.
 
Nick "Trevor" Sharp said:
So I'm in Phase 5, starting Thursday morning, when I'll be flying back from a meeting in Madrid (ßÎąŧåήϮ) so I'm having to rely on the wife to secure my forever-more season ticket seat.

Which means I have to tell her where I want her to buy. Which means I have to work out where I want to buy. Which is really difficult as the whole massive area (205/7/9, row 10 up) that I wanted anywher is entirely sold out. Now I'm not only having to choose an alternative spot I'm having to pick several, as she'll need options in the likely situation that my first choice isn't available on that morning.

I'm not enjoying this situation
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I suppose a worst case scenario if your wife can't find or isn't sure what seat to get you is that you wait for phase 6. Is that an option?
 
Nick "Trevor" Sharp said:
So I'm in Phase 5, starting Thursday morning, when I'll be flying back from a meeting in Madrid (ßÎąŧåήϮ) so I'm having to rely on the wife to secure my forever-more season ticket seat.

Which means I have to tell her where I want her to buy. Which means I have to work out where I want to buy. Which is really difficult as the whole massive area (205/7/9, row 10 up) that I wanted anywher is entirely sold out. Now I'm not only having to choose an alternative spot I'm having to pick several, as she'll need options in the likely situation that my first choice isn't available on that morning.

I'm not enjoying this situation
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Honestly, I’d just wait until you’re back. You’re after one ticket so you’ll still have a reasonable choice. Risk is she rushes into buying something unsuitable.
 
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