Did it actually say on the letter that only 49 people made it from waiting list? That's crazy if so. Why would they put that in writing to anyone? What will happen to all these unsold vantage club seats? Will they not be redistributed?
Just got my rejection letter this morning from the FAI, thanks for your support over the last few years, you have paid for your France home tickets at this stage and thats the last competitive fixture you will get a ticket for as we are moving back to LR. Only 49 made it from the waiting list. I was 1,200 on the list, seems a shame that you build a new stadium and can only get 50 people off your waiting list scheme. I`m on the list 7 years and when we moved to CP, stopped getting tickets from my old BB source as i could not get rid of them all.
Is there any point getting on to the FAI?
Did it actually say on the letter that only 49 people made it from waiting list? That's crazy if so. Why would they put that in writing to anyone? What will happen to all these unsold vantage club seats? Will they not be redistributed?
'And Crouch must score'
I'll be in the same boat then. Gutted. The missus will be happy though. I have spent a lot of cash going back to 'home' games!!
Yeah, stated on the letter, said if demand was low you would be offered tickets, so going by this I can kiss goodbye to getting a ticket for Paris, Waiting Listers are pretty poor down the list according to the FAI!
Dont think theres much point in complaining tbh. Think about it. The north bucket is reduced to 2500 from stand to stand. Id imagine that all the old North Bucket BBs will be moved to the new south bucket along with the existing South bucket BB ticket holders and the new north along with some of the east or west stand will house away fans.
The FAI will be more interested in flogging their vantage seats than increasing their BB allocation. The best that you can hope for is that sales for the Vantage club stay low and they pull some of that allocation and allocate it to BBs
Who is this guy, Trapper Tony?
Very very disappointing to hear this as I assume I'll be on the rejection list too as I'm about 1200 on the WL.
I appreciate that the FAI need to sell seats, but when people have been taking tickets consistently for some absolute gash fixtures, at significantly higher prices than the old stadium, I can't help but feel a bit shortchanged by this news.
Instead of trying to flog what appears to be a dead horse in the Vantage club scheme, why not offer some of these to people on the block booking waiting list on a campaign basis? Ireland matches are my release as such from life, and the prospect of scrambling around looking for tickets in the Lansdowne etc isn't something I'll look forward too.
I mean effectively we (by we, I mean all how kept the allocation of tickets throughout the Croker period) kept the association afloat and profitable during the renovations, and now we're being cast adrift. Not impressed at all.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
50,000 capacity.
10,000 premium.
5,000 away.
Leaves 35,000 for general sale.
Old block booking was max 32,000 and this included all sponsors tickets etc..,
Who is going to be sitting in the 10,000 premium level seats for FAI games and who has taken the extra general seats available.
These are the questions that need to be asked. Don't tell me for one minute that the FAI has more sponsors now in this time of recession.
How many tickets did the 49 people on the waiting list get? If it's 10 each or 20 each we need to know.
Last edited by Bluetonic; 30/10/2009 at 8:42 AM.
Good Point Blobbyblob, just very disappointed this morning, does anyone know how low sales of Vantage Club are, I know I got the brochure and they wanted €100 odd per month, couldn`t afford that.
Good Post Kingdom, during the Stan era we all endured terrible games but at the same time I was delighted to be getting tickets and not begging for them, and no matter how good/bad the future may be I would still be delighted to go to support Ireland, should be 1 ticket to each BB, Not muptiples which you hear people get.
It will be very hard for them to allocate those tickets to BB are BB prices. How would you feel if you were a vantage club member and the guy beside you was a BB who had paid a sizeable % less for the same seat.Originally Posted by jok1
Im on the WL about 8 years now but wasnt optimistic about getting any good news. Tickets for most games should be ok at LR to pick up tickets for but its the bigger games that will be the struggle.
Whats the craic going to be with the Singing Section now? Dare I say one or two of us are going to be wiped out?
Actually the more I'm thinking about this the more angry I'm getting.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
No difference than anything in any walk of life, airlines seats, hotel bookings, houses, etc..,
I just hope the people in the FAI who make these decisions have a (and no offense) better business mind than yourself.
If your on the wl 8 YEARS, does anyone on here know anyone who ever got promoted to BB from the WL?
didnt think we would hear until next May next year - as has been said What about unsold vantage club
Aways games only for me then
the numbers dont add up to me at all.
Think this is an attempt to spir up more interest in vantage club tickets.
Only releasing 49 to waiting listers over what will be now 3 qualifying series seems very low. i personally know 3 groups (6 tickets) who have given up their block booking in the last year.
Im guessing there will be a lot more upgraded to block booking early next summer.
Don't too surprised to see more glossy marketing drop in the letter box anytime soon alright, complete with finance option I presume.
the thing with the BB system is that it has been on the go since 1992 and the question would have to be asked about how many of those original block bookings are still in the same hands?
i would imagine that they have been passed on to differant punters over the years without going through the fai. i have 4 tickets under the block booking but the personnel who get the tickets has changed over the years. maybe every single fan should have their own individual number rather grouping them under one number. you could still sort it that people who want to sit together could do so
I'd say the FAI are holding onto the extra 3/4000 tickets and will put them on general sale on a match per match basis. It allows them to hold onto a large number of tickets for "suits" and "sponsors" for the "bigger" games and then put these same tickets on general sale for the "smaller" games.
Up the Harps!!
I can believe the numbers aren't there to convert the waiting list into block bookings.
However as has been pointed out there are still thousands of unsold vantage club seats. These won't be given as block bookings.
If the Vantage Club sells out then that's it.
However if it doesn't sellout (likely imo) then the tickets will be sold on a match by match basis. You would have to assume that the waiting list would be offered these or more likely the seats of sponsors and council members temporarily moved to the Vantage club.
I can only imagine the uproar (in the press) from the Rugby fraternity when they move back to Lansdowne.
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