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Post by gasify on Feb 15, 2024 14:37:48 GMT
I agree. Refund both or refund none. I fall on the refund none side of the fence. I say f..uck them they got their 3 points (joke) I say the money grabbing Rovers fans who wanted their refunds are to blame for us not signing JCH. (joke) |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Feb 16, 2024 11:01:57 GMT
In other news ..
Derby given just 1300 tickets which suggest some people were correct on this thread regarding exiting / separation. Maybe club will do work in the summer to extend away support for next season OR the club will evaluate home sales and give Derby another batch if we don't sell out home tickets .
What do people think ?
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Post by percy on Feb 16, 2024 11:06:21 GMT
In other news .. Derby given just 1300 tickets which suggest some people were correct on this thread regarding exiting / separation. Maybe club will do work in the summer to extend away support for next season OR the club will evaluate home sales and give Derby another batch if we don't sell out home tickets . What do people think ? Currently home fans can only buy tickets in sections E and D so assume they are leaving G and F as flexible. Hope the gas fans start buying up tickets as I dont wasnt 2K+ derby fans behind the goal!! |
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Post by Sir Trevor on Feb 16, 2024 11:15:46 GMT
In other news .. Derby given just 1300 tickets which suggest some people were correct on this thread regarding exiting / separation. Maybe club will do work in the summer to extend away support for next season OR the club will evaluate home sales and give Derby another batch if we don't sell out home tickets . What do people think ? If away teams want more than this amount we might want to rethink the East TERRACE configuration. The South Stand development has reduced the Away Standing section to less than 600. In the past we extended the East Terrace AWAY section by shortening the Neutral Zone. This might be a useful alternative for some occasions. After all, this is the least popular section of the ground for home supporters. For sell out fixtures the East Terrace is the last area to meet capacity. Do we really want 2-3000 Away supporters in our South Stand bellowing support for their side? NO. Over time the South Stand will become really popular with Home supporters. It then might mean on the day tickets are available for the North and West Terraces. |
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Post by BrightonGas on Feb 16, 2024 11:22:07 GMT
Rovers clearly thought it was the right thing to do as they made a decision to refund the money Either Rovers should have taken the flak from Gasheads and not refunded the money or refunded both sets of supporters.I agree. Refund both or refund none. I fall on the refund none side of the fence. Same here |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Feb 16, 2024 11:25:08 GMT
In other news .. Derby given just 1300 tickets which suggest some people were correct on this thread regarding exiting / separation. Maybe club will do work in the summer to extend away support for next season OR the club will evaluate home sales and give Derby another batch if we don't sell out home tickets . What do people think ? If away teams want more than this amount we might want to rethink the East TERRACE configuration. The South Stand development has reduced the Away Standing section to less than 600. In the past we extended the East Terrace AWAY section by shortening the Neutral Zone. This might be a useful alternative for some occasions. After all, this is the least popular section of the ground for home supporters. For sell out fixtures the East Terrace is the last area to meet capacity. Do we really want 2-3000 Away supporters in our South Stand bellowing support for their side? NO. Over time the South Stand will become really popular with Home supporters. It then might mean on the day tickets are available for the North and West Terraces. I understand your concerns but effectively we are throwing away up £500k a season on away support. I mentioned that the bIG clubs could bring anything from 10 - 15 k additional each season x £30. Surely the compromise is to determine home sales in South stand. If we sell out home tickets too bad Derby gets 1300. If not release block by block . I would say Pompey Derby Bolton would bring 4000. Maybe reading 2-3k. Peterboro is an unknown. Then Charlton & Barnsley were restricted . A minimum of 10k A maximum of 15k . That's big money . |
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Post by percy on Feb 16, 2024 11:27:44 GMT
If away teams want more than this amount we might want to rethink the East TERRACE configuration. The South Stand development has reduced the Away Standing section to less than 600. In the past we extended the East Terrace AWAY section by shortening the Neutral Zone. This might be a useful alternative for some occasions. After all, this is the least popular section of the ground for home supporters. For sell out fixtures the East Terrace is the last area to meet capacity. Do we really want 2-3000 Away supporters in our South Stand bellowing support for their side? NO. Over time the South Stand will become really popular with Home supporters. It then might mean on the day tickets are available for the North and West Terraces. I understand your concerns but effectively we are throwing away up £500k a season on away support. I mentioned that the bIG clubs could bring anything from 10 - 15 k additional each season x £30. Surely the compromise is to determine home sales in South stand. If we sell out home tickets too bad Derby gets 1300. If not release block by block . yep, agree. Assume that is what they are doing looking at TM now. |
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Post by amgas on Feb 16, 2024 11:37:10 GMT
I agree there is a case for giving minimal amount of seats to away clubs and giving them more of the terrace.
Better to give a good experience to the home fans who may come back week after week and helps children and older supporters.
Some of the issue is that access to the east stand potentially clashes with access to the east terrace.
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Post by percy on Feb 16, 2024 11:40:36 GMT
Day off so having a little play around, looking at Phase 2 of "the Mem project"- i.e the south East corner where away fans currently stand. Not ITK, all guesswork based on what weve heard and seen. my guess the design will continue the same height and rake for the East stand to the corner flag. Hopefully with cantilevered roof so overall sight lines not impacted Leaving the terrace as long as possible (assume away fans need to be given a terrace option if we have one?) Then build up safe standing up to seats - as rake will be steeper, perfect for safe standing. Assume we will then try and join the roof to the South stand but not sure how possible this will be, would need to slope down a fair bit and I expect we need to keep emergency vehicle access in that corner, so could be a lot of money for very little added value. Also. Access to the east stand (existing and new above away end) needs to somehow move to the back or underneath. Need to get rid of all the stairways on the terraces |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Feb 16, 2024 12:03:38 GMT
We got the luxury of waiting up to 48 hours before kick off . Derby got thousands on the waiting list. If 500 plus went on sale on the Thursday before . They will be snapped up in a hour by the Rams.
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Post by bidefordgas on Feb 16, 2024 13:24:34 GMT
We got the luxury of waiting up to 48 hours before kick off . Derby got thousands on the waiting list. If 500 plus went on sale on the Thursday before . They will be snapped up in a hour by the Rams. Exactly, let the club see how many they can shift up to the Wednesday before the game and then and only then ,offer more to Derby. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 16, 2024 15:47:40 GMT
We got the luxury of waiting up to 48 hours before kick off . Derby got thousands on the waiting list. If 500 plus went on sale on the Thursday before . They will be snapped up in a hour by the Rams. Exactly, let the club see how many they can shift up to the Wednesday before the game and then and only then ,offer more to Derby. Why bother as are we really going to sell out over 10K home tickets when the season seems effectively over, we may as well let Derby have the two blocks now and then just concentrate on trying to sell out what's left. |
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Post by ashlinggas on Feb 16, 2024 16:40:28 GMT
Looking at the Carlisle game ticket map the club have now made the two central blocks available. Interestingly there are two small blocks of tickets near the front which are not available. I wonder if it's because they are directly behind the pillars?
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Post by gasonthemount on Feb 16, 2024 19:01:05 GMT
In other news .. Derby given just 1300 tickets which suggest some people were correct on this thread regarding exiting / separation. Maybe club will do work in the summer to extend away support for next season OR the club will evaluate home sales and give Derby another batch if we don't sell out home tickets . What do people think ? Home fans should always come first. If we can sale the tickets great. If not allocations to away teams can be increased. Matches against teams with large (or potentially so) away followings are always well supported by home fans. Derby are getting 1,348 tickets, which is more than 10% of capacity. Sections F and G not allocated yet. But I would rather fill with Rovers fans than the hordes of Derby! |
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Post by tbonegas on Feb 16, 2024 20:31:42 GMT
Looking at the Carlisle game ticket map the club have now made the two central blocks available. Interestingly there are two small blocks of tickets near the front which are not available. I wonder if it's because they are directly behind the pillars? That's exactly what it is. I was told by Pete in the shop that they are restricted view. So won't be sold |
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Post by clockendgas on Feb 16, 2024 20:34:50 GMT
Looking at the Carlisle game ticket map the club have now made the two central blocks available. Interestingly there are two small blocks of tickets near the front which are not available. I wonder if it's because they are directly behind the pillars? That's exactly what it is. I was told by Pete in the shop that they are restricted view. So won't be sold After the last few home games,surely that's a blessing 🙌 |
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Post by bluetooth0077 on Feb 16, 2024 22:09:51 GMT
So can people with long necks purchase restricted view tickets?
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Post by playtowin on Feb 17, 2024 10:57:59 GMT
The issue for all the time we have been away from Eastville (pre fire) is not enough seating available for current or new Rovers fans.
Fans have moaned about this for decades.
Now we have more seats.
The club need to focus on what is needed to sell most or all tickets in that area.
That may mean prices match the east terrace prices.Having no demand for the east terrace unless thats all that available would justify a need to build a covered seated stand on the east side to match what customers want.
If we dont fill the south stand ,opposition to a new east stand will argue we dont need it.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Feb 17, 2024 13:15:49 GMT
I think we need to balance things. If we sell all the south stand seats but the terrace is half empty . In my opinion that is a ridiculous business model to use. We could have 9000 v Derby with over 3000 places avaliable. The same v Bolton Reading Peterboro.
The club is doing the right thing by selling tickets incrementaly. If we can't sell the seats in the south stand ( west side ) then open them up to away fans.
P.S Reading sold out over 2000 for an away game coming up Bolton sold 3000.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Feb 17, 2024 13:20:16 GMT
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