reading tickets selling fast {merged}

fathellensbellend said:
hadfield blue said:
No,not at the time, as the 3rd tier was closed!


Anyway,Lisa Eaton from the ticket office phoned me and has now put me in level 3,near to my allocated season seat(not mine,but i sit there every week)
She explained the following
Our average attendance for non prem games is 30K
Our average for FA cup is 27K
We got 25.5K for Villa
15K season card holders have NOT bought a ticket for the Reading game
The 3rd tier holds 10K
She said they are looking at how to sort things in future#
They are trying to fill the lower tiers to create a better attmosphere,better for tv etc,where everyone is together,rather than dotted around a half emty stadium,to which i agree,as i was sat with no one near me against Villa(i moved on the night to sit with friends,as it was half empty)
She also explained that ALL the third tier is not open,just the front rows,and will open more rows as and when
She understood my concerns and agreed that season card holders should get first choice of "there seats" but it would be very hard to do this
She said it has taken till today to sell out the lower tiers,and there is only 5 days till the match
She explained it very well,and comfirmed that the club do look on Bluemoon,so know of a lot of issues,good or bad,we encounter being City fans
I was only letting you know about the email i sent,and i have now got a reasonable outcome to it,and an insite into why the club do such things(where are the 15K season card holders?)
Lets hope we have a similar problem for the Semi at Wembley,which by the way,she says there is a meeting next week at Wembley,to discuss allocation and the criteria for how to purchase a ticket,should we win on Sunday.
She said it would be on loyalty points,as is the normal way to do it

Come on city!!!!!!!!!!
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well thats a very decent reply, and to be honest they should make this kind of thing public knowledge, no-one would criticise them being transparent.

although the cynic in me says the third tier didnt open until they maximised the second tier revenue.
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Thought she basically pointed that out,ref cramming as many together as possible,to create a better atmosphere !!
 
oakiecokie said:
fathellensbellend said:
well thats a very decent reply, and to be honest they should make this kind of thing public knowledge, no-one would criticise them being transparent.

although the cynic in me says the third tier didnt open until they maximised the second tier revenue.
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Thought she basically pointed that out,ref cramming as many together as possible,to create a better atmosphere !!
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i think you miss the point, the second tier is more expensive than the 3rd tier, if they had opened the third tier, many would have gone for the cheaper seats, thus leaving the 25 quid ones empty.
 
hadfield blue said:
nunogo said:
What's so special about YOUR seat? Couldn't you just relocate to a seat near where your ST seat is and save yourself/the club all this hassle?
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No,not at the time, as the 3rd tier was closed!


Anyway,Lisa Eaton from the ticket office phoned me and has now put me in level 3,near to my allocated season seat(not mine,but i sit there every week)
She explained the following
Our average attendance for non prem games is 30K
Our average for FA cup is 27K
We got 25.5K for Villa
15K season card holders have NOT bought a ticket for the Reading game
The 3rd tier holds 10K
She said they are looking at how to sort things in future#
They are trying to fill the lower tiers to create a better attmosphere,better for tv etc,where everyone is together,rather than dotted around a half emty stadium,to which i agree,as i was sat with no one near me against Villa(i moved on the night to sit with friends,as it was half empty)
She also explained that ALL the third tier is not open,just the front rows,and will open more rows as and when
She understood my concerns and agreed that season card holders should get first choice of "there seats" but it would be very hard to do this
She said it has taken till today to sell out the lower tiers,and there is only 5 days till the match
She explained it very well,and comfirmed that the club do look on Bluemoon,so know of a lot of issues,good or bad,we encounter being City fans
I was only letting you know about the email i sent,and i have now got a reasonable outcome to it,and an insite into why the club do such things(where are the 15K season card holders?)
Lets hope we have a similar problem for the Semi at Wembley,which by the way,she says there is a meeting next week at Wembley,to discuss allocation and the criteria for how to purchase a ticket,should we win on Sunday.
She said it would be on loyalty points,as is the normal way to do it

Come on city!!!!!!!!!!
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So, as we all knew, the back-half did not go to the phone people and the front to the website. (as they use the same system).

Glad we got that settled. (and its 20k season card holders that have gone missing)
 
SWP's back said:
hadfield blue said:
No,not at the time, as the 3rd tier was closed!


Anyway,Lisa Eaton from the ticket office phoned me and has now put me in level 3,near to my allocated season seat(not mine,but i sit there every week)
She explained the following
Our average attendance for non prem games is 30K
Our average for FA cup is 27K
We got 25.5K for Villa
15K season card holders have NOT bought a ticket for the Reading game
The 3rd tier holds 10K
She said they are looking at how to sort things in future#
They are trying to fill the lower tiers to create a better attmosphere,better for tv etc,where everyone is together,rather than dotted around a half emty stadium,to which i agree,as i was sat with no one near me against Villa(i moved on the night to sit with friends,as it was half empty)
She also explained that ALL the third tier is not open,just the front rows,and will open more rows as and when
She understood my concerns and agreed that season card holders should get first choice of "there seats" but it would be very hard to do this
She said it has taken till today to sell out the lower tiers,and there is only 5 days till the match
She explained it very well,and comfirmed that the club do look on Bluemoon,so know of a lot of issues,good or bad,we encounter being City fans
I was only letting you know about the email i sent,and i have now got a reasonable outcome to it,and an insite into why the club do such things(where are the 15K season card holders?)
Lets hope we have a similar problem for the Semi at Wembley,which by the way,she says there is a meeting next week at Wembley,to discuss allocation and the criteria for how to purchase a ticket,should we win on Sunday.
She said it would be on loyalty points,as is the normal way to do it

Come on city!!!!!!!!!!
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So, as we all knew, the back-half did not go to the phone people and the front to the website. (as they use the same system).

Glad we got that settled. (and its 20k season card holders that have gone missing)
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Spot on,but the cynics still believe that its the Club who are still at fault,due to costs !!
There`s just NO pleasing some miserably twunts !!
No its the 15,000 ST holders who can`t be arsed !!
Whatever the reasons and excuses.
 
SWP's back said:
hadfield blue said:
No,not at the time, as the 3rd tier was closed!


Anyway,Lisa Eaton from the ticket office phoned me and has now put me in level 3,near to my allocated season seat(not mine,but i sit there every week)
She explained the following
Our average attendance for non prem games is 30K
Our average for FA cup is 27K
We got 25.5K for Villa
15K season card holders have NOT bought a ticket for the Reading game
The 3rd tier holds 10K
She said they are looking at how to sort things in future#
They are trying to fill the lower tiers to create a better attmosphere,better for tv etc,where everyone is together,rather than dotted around a half emty stadium,to which i agree,as i was sat with no one near me against Villa(i moved on the night to sit with friends,as it was half empty)
She also explained that ALL the third tier is not open,just the front rows,and will open more rows as and when
She understood my concerns and agreed that season card holders should get first choice of "there seats" but it would be very hard to do this
She said it has taken till today to sell out the lower tiers,and there is only 5 days till the match
She explained it very well,and comfirmed that the club do look on Bluemoon,so know of a lot of issues,good or bad,we encounter being City fans
I was only letting you know about the email i sent,and i have now got a reasonable outcome to it,and an insite into why the club do such things(where are the 15K season card holders?)
Lets hope we have a similar problem for the Semi at Wembley,which by the way,she says there is a meeting next week at Wembley,to discuss allocation and the criteria for how to purchase a ticket,should we win on Sunday.
She said it would be on loyalty points,as is the normal way to do it

Come on city!!!!!!!!!!
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So, as we all knew, the back-half did not go to the phone people and the front to the website. (as they use the same system).

Glad we got that settled. (and its 20k season card holders that have gone missing)
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i think it says 15k season ticket holders, if 2 out 3 got tickets we would have a sell out on our hands.
 
fathellensbellend said:
SWP's back said:
So, as we all knew, the back-half did not go to the phone people and the front to the website. (as they use the same system).

Glad we got that settled. (and its 20k season card holders that have gone missing)
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i think it says 15k season ticket holders, if 2 out 3 got tickets we would have a sell out on our hands.
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I am blind, ignore me. Sorry.
 
birchvillablue said:
Anybody else getting multiple text messages from the club about this game, have received three so far, each one slightly different, basically telling me the same thing...???
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yea,had a few,i txt em back saying i'd have gone if it had been Everton,watchin it on telly now,no one's replied yet........
 
kbb said:
Just moved back from level 1 South to usual seats in 305.

Level 1 cost £15 and the girl on the phone says she owes me a £2.50 refund per ticket to move back to level 3 which are £17.50.

Confused.!!

As long as we get in!!
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So we started in East Level 3 which was closed, were moved to North 1, got it changed to South 1, got moved back to East 3once it was re-opened and have since had 2 texts , first saying we are back in South 1 and next saying we are now in East 2 - no clue as to how many times debited/refunded or whether we have the loyalty points nor where we are supposed to be sitting or even if the cards will work!!!
 
kbb said:
kbb said:
Just moved back from level 1 South to usual seats in 305.

Level 1 cost £15 and the girl on the phone says she owes me a £2.50 refund per ticket to move back to level 3 which are £17.50.

Confused.!!

As long as we get in!!
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So we started in East Level 3 which was closed, were moved to North 1, got it changed to South 1, got moved back to East 3once it was re-opened and have since had 2 texts , first saying we are back in South 1 and next saying we are now in East 2 - no clue as to how many times debited/refunded or whether we have the loyalty points nor where we are supposed to be sitting or even if the cards will work!!!
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absolute classic, sunday might be a game of musical stands, they close an area down and we all have to scramble for the remaining seats.
 
15000 season ticket holders is a hell of a lot of people, wonder why they havnt botherd or if there just leaving it untill the death, i wonder if the club will ask for at least one fa cup game to have been attended in the criateria for a semi or final ticket
 
mancmackem said:
Will 3850 be enough for a final ticket IF we get there?
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i think so thats a fair few points certainly no worries with a semi ticket<br /><br />-- Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:15 pm --<br /><br />
fathellensbellend said:
mancmackem said:
Will 3850 be enough for a final ticket IF we get there?
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easily
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me only 2700 what do ya think?
 
marco said:
mancmackem said:
Will 3850 be enough for a final ticket IF we get there?
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i think so thats a fair few points certainly no worries with a semi ticket

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fathellensbellend said:
easily
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me only 2700 what do ya think?
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a good chance i would have thought.

the allocation for fa cup finals is approximately 25000, bearing in mind we have about 35000 season ticket holders, a good many of these will be new in the last 2 years, kids, and older folk who dont travel.

anyone who has had a season ticket for a couple of years and adds a few points through the cup games will easily qualify
 
the trouble is, if the fans bought more tickets for notts,Leicester and Villa they would have opened the 3rd tiers stright away.
 
city51 said:
I have not read all this.Are all stands now open for this game?
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Only level 2 is open.<br /><br />-- Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:25 pm --<br /><br />
marco said:
15000 season ticket holders is a hell of a lot of people, wonder why they havnt botherd or if there just leaving it untill the death, i wonder if the club will ask for at least one fa cup game to have been attended in the criateria for a semi or final ticket
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bloody good idea.

Not all of them but atleast one.
 
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