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IF we get to Wembley, does anyone know how many tickets
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Weretheweststand
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It'll probably just be one per fan number I expect.
nwgull
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Won't it be on a loyalty points basis; ie people coming from abroad will just have to wait until they go on general sale? I'm going to guess that, along with the season ticket holders, there will be over 40K fans on the database with a purchase history. It'd be unfair not to give these fans priority.
It's got to be one each given we have c22k season ticket holders currently, but you'd hope that...
1. It's done on loyalty points.
2. The club set an initial loyalty points threshold such that the number of fans that qualify equals the number of tickets issued. So, if we have 35,000 in the first instance, they set the threshold at 70 points (or whatever) so that our 35,000 most attending fans are guaranteed a ticket.
3. It only gets open up to general sale when everyone who has loyalty points has had an opportunity to buy.
By doing something like this, then it should ensure that all those who go regularly-ish can friends-and-family up and sit together should they so wish.
Let's worry about it when we get there though, eh?
1. It's done on loyalty points.
2. The club set an initial loyalty points threshold such that the number of fans that qualify equals the number of tickets issued. So, if we have 35,000 in the first instance, they set the threshold at 70 points (or whatever) so that our 35,000 most attending fans are guaranteed a ticket.
3. It only gets open up to general sale when everyone who has loyalty points has had an opportunity to buy.
By doing something like this, then it should ensure that all those who go regularly-ish can friends-and-family up and sit together should they so wish.
Let's worry about it when we get there though, eh?
shaolinpunk
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Are you suggesting selling all of the tickets is unlikely?
I'd have thought we'd sell out our allocation pretty quickly
Icy Gull
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I have no doubt that we'll sell out but I'm not sure (hoping) that every person on the database is going to want a ticket.
As an aside, how many tickets will we be allocated? I can't see that it would be a 50/50 split between the clubs, the corporate area seems to always be half empty long into the 2nd half of most games at Wembley, so I am assuming that these tickets are not mostly sold to fans of participating clubs.
Probably not. But every person on the DB should have an opportunity for a ticket, where possible, before we open it up to anyone.
There have been plenty of opportunities for people to get along to the Amex. I have very little time for those who decide Wembley is where they want to jump aboard the Gus Bus.
Icy Gull
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Again I can't argue with that, the people I am wanting to bring have been to the Amex but as I want to sit with them it has always been when mates around me have a spare ticket so they have never registered.
Anyway, as you say, I can worry about that if we get there. At least my concerns that I may struggle to get extra tickets seem well founded
Dominoid
Albion fan in Devon
Bearing in mind, the OP was aimed at ex-pats, I think that's being a little unfair. There may have been opportunities but we are talking very expensive opportunities for those who are out of the country.
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Again I can't argue with that, the people I am wanting to bring have been to the Amex but as I want to sit with them it has always been when mates around me have a spare ticket so they have never registered.
Anyway, as you say, I can worry about that if we get there. At least my concerns that I may struggle to get extra tickets seem well founded
One of the downsides of swapping tickets isn't it; too bad.
West Ham sold 40,000 tickets last year.
kingcole
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The majority of the corporate area (middle tier) is something called 'Club Wembley'
If a Club Wembley member cannot attend, then they can make their ticket available on an auction style exchange site controlled by Wembley.
For low demand games, they never sell, even for below cost price, but for high demand games, they sell for fortunes.
A friend of mine has 2 Club Wembley tickets, which gets admission to all England games, FA Cup Semis and Final, League Cup and Play Off Finals.
He could not go to Stoke Bolton a year or so back, and could not sell them for a bean, so he gave them to me.
But for the City v United final he sold the tickets for over half what his annual Club Wembley fees were.
It was bery nice - free booze and a free program and an amazing seat - for a neutral. If we get there, it is the last place I would want to sit!
I missed that bit as I skimmed it, but it doesn't change my sentiment. Those who come to the Amex regularly should have preference over those who don't. It's just the way it should be.
Common sense would dictate that it would be handled in the manner Bozza says, if we get there. The club have put considerable time and effort into their loyalty scheme. I'd think more or less all 22,000 tickets will be snapped up, then they'll go down the loyalty point route Bozza has suggested.
Where there might be more of an issue is for people wanting to sit next to those with fewer loyalty points or day trippers. There will be plenty who fancy a day out but next to season ticket holding friends. I'm not sure there is much the club can do about this, short of implementing some complicated buy-back scheme where Wembley tickets already bought can be exchanged for seats nearer people who have had to wait before buying theirs.
Where there might be more of an issue is for people wanting to sit next to those with fewer loyalty points or day trippers. There will be plenty who fancy a day out but next to season ticket holding friends. I'm not sure there is much the club can do about this, short of implementing some complicated buy-back scheme where Wembley tickets already bought can be exchanged for seats nearer people who have had to wait before buying theirs.
I live out of the country and have only ever been back for games when a friend has got me a ticket, therefor I have no purchase history.
The dilemma of us making the final and myself not getting a ticket has been driving me to extremes as buying a ticket from those rip of websites. I found one ticket for 248£. Now my misses has given me the green light to buy it, but still hoping I can pick one up less than that.
The dilemma of us making the final and myself not getting a ticket has been driving me to extremes as buying a ticket from those rip of websites. I found one ticket for 248£. Now my misses has given me the green light to buy it, but still hoping I can pick one up less than that.
Yes that will be my dilemma I think. Me and Mrs have ST's but kids and bro (who lives other end of country) don't. Whilst they'll prob have enough loyalty points they could be miles away. I could hang on and wait until the threshold when they can buy but the chance of getting 6 together by then will be virtually nil. Still, getting them will be the first priority I think, hoping as little as 20 points makes it!!
Anyway, as you say, I can worry about that if we get there. At least my concerns that I may struggle to get extra tickets seem well founded
I'm worrying about it now and very happy to be doing so!
Club Wembley has a capacity of 17k so tickets available to clubs is 73k less what the league takes out for their own commercial interests. So we are likely to get about 35k. Some may be able to buy club Wembley tickets via the Wembley exchange but suspect they won't be cheap.
Think the upper tier has 48k and lower tier 35k.
What I would like an indication of is what the prices are likely to be! Still, getting ahead of ourselves here.
Think the upper tier has 48k and lower tier 35k.
What I would like an indication of is what the prices are likely to be! Still, getting ahead of ourselves here.
kingcole
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Although I am sure your figure for Club Wembley is correct, there are no tickets issued to all clubs, like in the cup, and I would suggest that the vast majority of league tickets for commercial interests are actually Club Wembley Seats.
Club Wembley is also the area directly behind the dug outs (think called Bobby Moore)