Season Ticket Renewal Thread (Read first post)

[Saoirse]

But surely they can reach the 42000 cap on season tickets without selling any more 1882, still quite a lot of seats available in north upper plus east & west which have been passed on by many in the waiting list.

They probably want to sell as many of them as they can as STs though, as the appeal is going to be for the big games. Who is going to pay at least £80 for a pie, a pint and Home to Huddersfield when they could pay far less than that (whether normally or through the exchange) for a seat which is as good or better?

 

[Gassin's finest]

They probably want to sell as many of them as they can as STs though, as the appeal is going to be for the big games. Who is going to pay at least £80 for a pie, a pint and Home to Huddersfield when they could pay far less than that (whether normally or through the exchange) for a seat which is as good or better?

And your name on the wall!

 

[gregga]

Think your maths is wrong. £2,200 / 19 home games + best case, say 5 home cup matches (24) = £91.66 The less home cup games (domestic only) the more expensive it is each match day.

I meant ~£50 extra, on top of the regular season ticket price. 1882 works out around £100 per game, while a regular ticket with as good a view can be had for around £50 per game.

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

What is not clear on the sale of seats is how many will be left over for members. Out of 62000 there should be 42000 st's , 8000 hospitality, 3000 away fans plus directors box & press about 450 . That leaves about 8550 seats available , what we do not know is the allocation to players & staff but at the moment looking at the ticket map which you can log into there doesn't look to be 8550 seats left available so where are they located?

 

[gregga]

But surely they can reach the 42000 cap on season tickets without selling any more 1882, still quite a lot of seats available in north upper plus east & west which have been passed on by many in the waiting list.

So you're saying they add more regular seats to those available on the seat selector if the 1882s don't sell out?

I would have thought that some seats were earmarked for general sale - if not all the 1882 seats sell as season tickets there will be fewer than 42,000 season tickets.

 

[gregga]

What is not clear on the sale of seats is how many will be left over for members. Out of 62000 there should be 42000 st's , 8000 hospitality, 3000 away fans plus directors box & press about 450 . That leaves about 8550 seats available , what we do not know is the allocation to players & staff but at the moment looking at the ticket map which you can log into there doesn't look to be 8550 seats left available so where are they located?

To hazard a guess I would have thought they'll be spread around the ground, like they were at old WHL.

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

So you're saying they add more regular seats to those available on the seat selector if the 1882s don't sell out?

I would have thought that some seats were earmarked for general sale - if not all the 1882 seats sell as season tickets there will be fewer than 42,000 season tickets.

It's not clear where they have saved seats for members The club said at the time that there was something like 50000 seats available for selection so they could easily fill the 42000 cap on season tickets without selling a single 1882 ticket as I doubt the allocation is more than about 2000 for 1882 . There were approx 38000 renewals so that left 4000 st's to sell from a pool of 12000 seats left over, if you look at the sales map now I cannot see that there are 8000 seats left assuming they have almost reached the limit of 42000.

This was released by the club in March

We shall have approximately 39,750 existing Season Ticket holders selecting from a pool of more than 50,000 seats available within the new stadium bowl. We shall then go to our Season Ticket Waiting List to bring our total up to approximately 42,000.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

I meant ~£50 extra, on top of the regular season ticket price. 1882 works out around £100 per game, while a regular ticket with as good a view can be had for around £50 per game.

Aaah, gotcha.
I'm about 5 seats to the left of the 1882 section in the eastern wing. Cost a grand less.

 

[RichieS]

If you've ever had a bronze membership, then you were on the list.

Your name will also go on ze list.

 

[Saoirse]

It's not clear where they have saved seats for members The club said at the time that there was something like 50000 seats available for selection so they could easily fill the 42000 cap on season tickets without selling a single 1882 ticket as I doubt the allocation is more than about 2000 for 1882 . There were approx 38000 renewals so that left 4000 st's to sell from a pool of 12000 seats left over, if you look at the sales map now I cannot see that there are 8000 seats left assuming they have almost reached the limit of 42000.

This was released by the club in March

We shall have approximately 39,750 existing Season Ticket holders selecting from a pool of more than 50,000 seats available within the new stadium bowl. We shall then go to our Season Ticket Waiting List to bring our total up to approximately 42,000.

My guess is they lied, or at the very least severely mislead, people with that and made seats unavailable once a certain percentage of a block was bought, so that there were 50,000 seats available at the start but nowhere near the same proportion once it got to phase seven or eight.

 

[Giovanni]

I was 54,000 on the list a few weeks ago. I joined last season and started at 65000.

I wish it would make it as far down as me! But i have a feeling il be waiting for many many years.

 

[mark87]

I was 54,000 on the list a few weeks ago. I joined last season and started at 65000.

I wish it would make it as far down as me! But i have a feeling il be waiting for many many years.

Probably won't be as long as you think, I'm 16k on the list and I got offered one today.

 

[gregga]

It's not clear where they have saved seats for members The club said at the time that there was something like 50000 seats available for selection so they could easily fill the 42000 cap on season tickets without selling a single 1882 ticket as I doubt the allocation is more than about 2000 for 1882 . There were approx 38000 renewals so that left 4000 st's to sell from a pool of 12000 seats left over, if you look at the sales map now I cannot see that there are 8000 seats left assuming they have almost reached the limit of 42000.

This was released by the club in March

We shall have approximately 39,750 existing Season Ticket holders selecting from a pool of more than 50,000 seats available within the new stadium bowl. We shall then go to our Season Ticket Waiting List to bring our total up to approximately 42,000.

By "50,000 available within the new stadium bowl" aren't they just referring to the fact that once you subtract corporate (8,000), away fans (3,000) and seats going to affiliates, family members. press etc. (1,000), there are 50,000 seats left in the stadium?

As HH mentioned, there aren't ~8,000 seats left free in the seat selector so they must have held those seats back.

In sum I don't think they can sell 42,000 STs without selling the 1882 seats. If the remaining 1882s don't go to members maybe they will furiously try and sell them to corporate customers?

 

[Giovanni]

Does anybody know what the rough turnover of season tickets is per season? Im just curious as to how much you can move up the list from year to year roughly?

Also, once you have you seat do you remain in the same one each and every season?
And if one seat is given up is it as straight forward as that season being offered to somebody on the waiting list?
Lastly....if you are unhappy with the season ticket you are offered can you remain on the list year after year or is there a limit of consecutive years you can pass up and remain on the list?

Erm thats it...i think lol

 

[Saoirse]

Does anybody know what the rough turnover of season tickets is per season? Im just curious as to how much you can move up the list from year to year roughly?

Also, once you have you seat do you remain in the same one each and every season?
And if one seat is given up is it as straight forward as that season being offered to somebody on the waiting list?
Lastly....if you are unhappy with the season ticket you are offered can you remain on the list year after year or is there a limit of consecutive years you can pass up and remain on the list?

Erm thats it...i think lol

At WHL it was about 500. With the amount of new ST holders that translates to around 1,000. You could theorise it might be a little higher - the huge price increases mean people may be more likely to drop off if their finances deteriorate, and some who held on to have one in the new stadium might leave once the novelty's gone. But I doubt it'll be much above that until we have a poor season or two on the pitch. There's also some Bronze members who don't renew and therefore get overtaken on the list too, but that's not many at the higher levels.

You generally remain in the same seat every year. You can ask to be moved and I believe it was normally possible at WHL, but the club have warned it might not be now.

Yep, just goes down the list. And you can keep turning it down and still being offered, you don't get penalised in any way. Bear in mind though that the club have released an extra 2,000 season tickets this season, so there'll be ~3,000 available to people on the waiting list instead of ~1,000. So if it goes down to e.g. 21k, you're at 20k and turn it down, you stay where you are, then go up to ~17k because of people ahead of you taking one and moving off the list. But in future years with only 1k on offer, it might only go down to 7k, meaning it could be years and years until you get another offer.

 

[EmperorKabir]

I joined the queue in May last year and got a season ticket in July



Think your maths is wrong. £2,200 / 19 home games + best case, say 5 home cup matches (24) = £91.66
The less home cup games (domestic only) the more expensive it is each match day.

s/He meant the difference in price.

for the record, my sister was about 18000 on the membership queue and got offered a st this morning.

 

[Hoopspur]

s/He meant the difference in price.

for the record, my sister was about 18000 on the membership queue and got offered a st this morning.

And did she decide to take it? Think when push comes to shove it’s not quite as easy as they’d hoped.

 

[EmperorKabir]

No, she had membership for a game like once every year or 2. She's given up the membership actually instead. I have a feeling tickets will be a little easier to come by after this first season at the new lane.

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

No, she had membership for a game like once every year or 2. She's given up the membership actually instead. I have a feeling tickets will be a little easier to come by after this first season at the new lane.

Negative thinking, tickets will be harder to come by when we are PL Champions.

 

[gregga]

Does anyone know if the e-ticketing site is an accurate representation of the seats that are left?

Since I bought my tickets on Monday morning, hardly any seats appear to have been sold, despite being offered to thousands more members.

Could Levy have truly messed up the pricing? Would be quite embarrassing if we were left with hundreds/thousands of STs left unsold.