OutByEaster? Posted September 30, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 30, 2022 7 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: Just thought though that in the North Stand application they showed a void underneath the stand- any chance of opening that up, or maybe merging the holte suite with the concourse? Opening that up is definitely part of phase 2 - what it will be opened up to I'm not entirely clear on, but they want to be able to drive a truck into that void under the Holte End from the road when they use it as the backstage area on concerts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 The latest astonvilla.wtf newsletter has an interesting update on frictionless kiosks and rail seating. https://www.astonvilla.wtf/p/timings-for-exciting-holte-end-changes?utm_source=email Quote Frictionless Lower Holte Beers As I mentioned last month in AVWTF, Villa will be introducing a frictionless kiosk in the Lower Holte End, but now I have a date for you. It’s slated to open for the Villa Park clash against Leicester City, currently scheduled for Saturday 4th February.The club will begin work to install the kiosk, which is thought to have cost them in the region of half-a-million pounds, during the World Cup period. It’s then expected to take four weeks in the new year to install all the required cameras that are integral to the system.The idea of the frictionless Tap & Go kiosk is you scan your bank/credit card to access the kiosk, shop for items (pour your own beer or pick a pre-poured beer) and then have your desired goods tracked and placed into a virtual basket.Apparently, it should take a fan 15 seconds to make such a transaction, compared to the current recorded average of 48 seconds (more like five minutes plus!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Quite surprised its both the upper doug ellis and upper holte they are thinking of putting rail seats in. I am sure when it was first mentioned under Faulkner it was to be in the corner of the lower holte. The upper Doug Ellis has a narrow concourse already and I can't see any extension of capacity in its current guise, unless they are thinking of going over Witton Road like the Trinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) Just seen on Twitter, the people that have booked a tour today have been turned away as the Tory mp’s are playing on the pitch against the lobby, piss poor to do that Edited October 2, 2022 by rbcuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 3 hours ago, rbcuk said: Just seen on Twitter, the people that have booked a tour today have been turned away as the Tory mp’s are playing on the pitch against the lobby, piss poor to do that I saw this on Reddit -- someone in /r/avfc posted their account of it. If it's as described it's pretty disgusting to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 If that is true, our club absolutely **** stinks. What a disgusting way to treat fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 27 minutes ago, Davkaus said: If that is true, our club absolutely **** stinks. What a disgusting way to treat fans. It is a few have said as much on Twitter to the avfc support page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted October 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2022 Could at least let the MPs win if we're trying to buy favour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Disgusting this club absolutely stinks at the moment. Treating fans like crap and well I know who from the club was lobbying MPs the other day so not surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: Disgusting this club absolutely stinks at the moment. Treating fans like crap and well I know who from the club was lobbying MPs the other day so not surprised Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 1 minute ago, ender4 said: Who? Purslow was saying it regarding upgrading the stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) Dont think they should bother with the stadium upgrade if the long term plan is gerrard stays. Can see fans not being arsed to go anymore after watching this garbage each week. There is literally no excitement Edited October 2, 2022 by Demitri_C 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Turning fans away from Stadium tours so the Haves can lord it... Absolutely stinks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 7 hours ago, rbcuk said: Just seen on Twitter, the people that have booked a tour today have been turned away as the Tory mp’s are playing on the pitch against the lobby, piss poor to do that Can we sign up Lobby's goalscorer? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 4, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2022 I knew there would be some disruption obviously but the apparent lack of communication from the club doesn’t look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Maybe not that surprising, it's a bit chicken and egg, do the club contact the ST holders and tell them plans that might get rejected and cancelled or wait until they're approved and then do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 The club needs to increase revenue if we want to play with the big boys . That means ticket price increase and more hospitality. It’s crap I know but it’s the premier league and just the way football is nowadays . The owners are pumping a lot of money into the club to try and take us to the next step . I think every home game will probably make general sale this season. If we aren’t challenging in the top half I think we’ll struggle to sell out 50k with current prices. I do think season tickets will sell out but the cost for single match tickets will be a struggle to sell out in our current form. Saying that other clubs like Everton are selling out home games weeks in advance at similar prices to ours and they like us haven’t got much to shout about . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Why not just still conduct the tour? I get that we've got corporate and political responsibilities but just get someone to walk the fans around and get them on the pitch at half time or whenever. Bizarre that they had to be turned away. Surely if some MPs are playing some of the press in a friendly match, they actively want people watching it? Otherwise what's the point? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 7 hours ago, ThunderPower_14 said: Why not just still conduct the tour? I get that we've got corporate and political responsibilities but just get someone to walk the fans around and get them on the pitch at half time or whenever. Bizarre that they had to be turned away. Surely if some MPs are playing some of the press in a friendly match, they actively want people watching it? Otherwise what's the point? if they didn't tell the fans on the tour what was going on id doubt most of them would know who the **** these MPs are, bunch of randoms playing football 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 9 hours ago, ThunderPower_14 said: Why not just still conduct the tour? I get that we've got corporate and political responsibilities but just get someone to walk the fans around and get them on the pitch at half time or whenever. Bizarre that they had to be turned away. Surely if some MPs are playing some of the press in a friendly match, they actively want people watching it? Otherwise what's the point? Because they don't give a crap and just want a kick about on a proper football pitch. A tragedy would happen when a fan takes a video of overweight middle aged MPs fall over a football and media publishes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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