New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

[James Patrick]

It's just £20 for a junior membership

It's still a disincentive.

 

[SJB]

It's still a disincentive.

STH's who can't easily pass their season ticket onto family members is probably a drop in the ocean for the reasons for all those empty seats anyway, doubt it'd make much difference.

 

[Charlie Sweet]

It doesn’t have to be just one or the other. The empty seats should be a significant concern.

Its really not. Its the natural course of events in moving stadiums.

It's still a disincentive.

World's gone mad. £20 is nothing these days in terms of most people's throwaway spend. If it's really a disincentive then they are not busting a gut to want to go.

 

[MerseySamurai]

Anyone else in Club View pissed with the fact we get less food options (not even the christmas specials) that you can get in other parts of the ground?

 

[Blue Neon]

Do they just count ticket sales as opposed to bums on seats?

Yes

 

[JelavicBrate2]

Its really not. Its the natural course of events in moving stadiums.



World's gone mad. £20 is nothing these days in terms of most people's throwaway spend. If it's really a disincentive then they are not busting a gut to want to go.

In past you could just pass a ticket on for free. Issue is empty seats, membership is just a way to get extra money out of fans. Supposedly current system has been brought in to stop touting, while club sell tickets to away fans on seat unique.

 

[Blue Neon]

While happy with our players and managers, still not happy with people running our club. I'd guess a lot of empty seats are to do with fans, not being able to pass on tickets to family members, unless they're a member.

Members SHOULD come first. ( Obly £35 adult and £20 junior to get you a m'ship ) Won't be long, maybe end of season when the club catches up to the likes of Man Utd where REALLY strict rules govern ST's and ticket transfers.

 

[Scally1878]

The reason for so many empty seats dotted around the stadium surely has to be the fact you have to pay £60 just to have a CHANCE of being able to get a ticket? Don’t think we’re in the position to be charging that sort of money just to come to our games just yet.

 

[adi dassler]

While happy with our players and managers, still not happy with people running our club. I'd guess a lot of empty seats are to do with fans, not being able to pass on tickets to family members, unless they're a member.

In past you could just pass a ticket on for free. Issue is empty seats, membership is just a way to get extra money out of fans. Supposedly current system has been brought in to stop touting, while club sell tickets to away fans on seat unique.

The 2 times I've not been able to go this season I've given my ticket to friends who are non-members. I've just forwarded the email to them with the season ticket link on and deleted the tickets out of my wallet. Then reinstalled the tickets in my wallet for the following game.

Has worked ok so far.

 

[Will Escott]

Anyone have any experience with the premium seating, either the seats in the North Stand Block 229 or the Club View tickets? Looking to take my Dad who is in his late 70s and just want to know that it's worth it and accessibility isn't a problem.

Obviously they're expensive as hell but they're available and the Forever Blue membership sounds a bit of lottery for what is realistically 1 game a season.

 

[TommyDavo]

Anyone have any experience with the premium seating, either the seats in the North Stand Block 229 or the Club View tickets? Looking to take my Dad who is in his late 70s and just want to know that it's worth it and accessibility isn't a problem.

Obviously they're expensive as hell but they're available and the Forever Blue membership sounds a bit of lottery for what is realistically 1 game a season.

If you get club view, go in via gate 15 which gets you a lift to the concourse. Still a climb once on terrace depending on row, but then that’s the same all over

 

[If You Know Your History]

Video from that West Ham fan that snuck in at the end of last season's derby. Really captures the special atmosphere coming out of the ground yesterday.

Class.

It really gave the players a boost.

 

[If You Know Your History]

If they put them on general sale they'd be gone in a heartbeat. The problem isn't a lack of demand, the problem is only selling to a limited market of members to maximise income.

Yup.

 

[MickA]

Are we to expect empty seats permanently where those cameras are in the corner of the south lower? Doesn't look great and don't recall similar at Tottenham so why at BMD?

 

[OneTrueLegend]

Lots and lots of empty seats today despite an alleged 52,500 attendance

I have been to 4 games this season, Palace, Fulham, Newcastle and Forest. In the first two games you could clearly see blocks of empty seats in a number of sections around the ground, but the last two those blocks have gone and its a bit more sporadic. seats appear for resale on the week of the game but its probably too late for many people by the to get organised to get down there and those seats are often just a single one on their own. I think there are a number of people as well with season tickets, who if they cant go, don't go through the resale process because they see it as a hassle.

There are a lot of people who arrive late to their seat as well, leave early before halftime, come back late from halftime and leave before the final whistle. Its more noticeable at the new ground because you can see all the seats, which you couldn't at Goodison