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RAWA May Collective Meeting Minutes

Sunderland06 said:
Did you have an option to move seat to a non standing area like PK stated?
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I moved from the weststand to the South West corner, as we found out at the time you couldnt move down a price level as it come up error on the payment screen - I reserved the seats I wanted when they hold on the website, phoned up and bought them over the phone
 

Hetty said:
£50m on the monorail
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Direct from Keel Sq, into the back of the expanded South Tribune, then along the East Stand and ower the road to the Taven. It'll then continue up to Suddick Allotments, before coming back across the river at the Saltgrass and up Deptford Bank back to Keel Sq.

Come on KLD and Sunderland Council get it sorted.
 
First of all thanks to everyone involved, appreciate it takes time and effort.

Two things stand out for me:

1. We're back to the meetings having no actions. A big issue is that things are discussed but then nobody is accountable after or has any deadline to target.

2. There's never an excuse for ticket office staff getting abuse but the club should be looking at why some fans are getting so irate. I'm guessing it's because of the rigid structures or poor service we've seen highlighted on here.
 
gonzalo said:
Funny how people are blaming that Tom
Burwell for the “non-segregated” match bollocks but it wasn’t even him who suggested it, it was Steve Wood 😂
Also why has no one mentioned that Florent Ghisolfi suggested a new song being needed at the end of half time to get the team pumping, any suggestions?
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"Who's the b*stard in the black " is the usual. I dont want the tannoy orchestrating " Tip toe through thenTulips" while some ponce official that has stuck it to us for 45 minutes slopes off for a free biscuit .
 
Don't want to be too critical, firstly as it's very difficult and context doesn't always translate into minutes, but also we know there was a separate ticketing meeting before this where most of the concerns would have been raised and you wouldn't expect the same topics to be repeated.

We don't know exactly what was discussed at the ticket meeting though so that won't go away until we see a proper resolution.

It's a little bit disappointing to see things like non-segregation match go unchallenged. We don't know what that means, I suspect it's along the lines of no netting between home and away which is fine rather than full on mixed but it's open to interpretation.

The overwhelming sentiment going into the meeting was that on the pitch = great, off the pitch = big concerns about the direction the club is heading in and the treatment of fans - it would have been good to see that addressed and made clear it was not acceptable.

For the first time in my life it feels like the club is extremely ambitious and shooting for the stars. That is great but there's a fine balance and there's a nagging feeling in my mind that some/many genuine fans are going to be left behind.
 
Secret Visage said:
Groundworks and initial structure are big costs. We have these. Think of ours as a bolt on upwards and outwards.

I know construction costs have spiralled, but having been involved with the AOL build and remedials at the SOL, I'd be saying £150m to £175m at today's prices.

Unless there is a monorail.
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Sounds sensible.
Might need to bolt on more depending on what they envisage. Might be thinking of a redesign versus what was ironically intended given new grounds are now money making machines with huge concourses/corporate etc.

On another note, I hope there's a good police presence when Coventry come to town!
 
Julio Mackemo said:
Aye, they may do it all at once. Interesting that he mentioned that the normal seats are the most requested on the waiting list as opposed to commercial.
I still think they'll do the east stand first..... loads of exec boxes and another 10k seats.
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I think this'll be the case when it comes round to it. Will make us much more attractive for concerts and the like too.
 
The Situation said:
Home and away fans mixed together.

Sounds awful IMO and will end in tears anyway.

We don't want to be turning our atmosphere into a rugby type affair.
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I don’t think it means that. Surely it just means removing the divide netting from the upper corner? We used to have next to no segregation in the South Stand when the away end was full. Just some black barriers going down the stairs and some stewards.
SAFC_FTM said:
Did any questions regarding what is needed for ID checks, what happens if ID checks are failed and why we can't produce a list of numbers of how many fans have what loyalty points get asked in the other ticketing meeting?
Pretty disappointing if asked in neither as it was raised by several people on here.

Also the fact the fee for changing season tickets seat was highlighted as being £20 rather than £40 and it appears they think that's ok shows where we are at now.
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I can’t believe this wasn’t challenged in the minutes. A £20 charge for the ticket office to do their job. Mental.
 
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Bossworld said:
That is the general direction of PL travel.

Clubs (generically) do not want to be discounting their main product (match tickets) for season tickets, when there's a queue of people who can't get in. Those who are only going once or twice a season are more likely to buy a membership, a shirt, food inside the ground etc. as you point out.

Mags have found this given some of the laughable off-site hospitality experiences they've been flogging, but it sharp came back to bite them on the arse seeing how tickets were readily available via resale for their last couple of home games when the form went off a cliff.

It's also a tightrope for any club as the second relegation happens, and tickets are more easily available, you've pissed off a core of supporters.

Side point but 'FG would like to kick start the atmosphere at the start of the second half and wondered if singing a newsong at the end of half-time would develop the atmosphere.' - I hope to God they've learned from the negative reaction to playing Can't Help Falling in Love, a couple of times at the start of the second half.

Also not discussed but I wish they would consider putting maybe 50 to 100 of the away ticket allocation (so ~3% for most games) into a ballot to give younger fans a chance of an away day. I was fortunate to be able to take my lad to the Everton cup game but odds are we won't get to another for at least a couple of years.
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Your point of 50-100 for young fans is a mute point can’t get a ticket if under 14 so your now saying Jonny come lately should get a ticket because he’s taking his 10 year old?
 
Sunderland06 said:
"Paul Kingsmore (PK) confirmed that 2,500 season ticket holders in the new safe standing area, in the South West Corner, were informed during the renewal process of their options to stay or move to a seated area."

Were they actually informed, and if so, did they really have any option to move given season tickets were sold out? (minus the secretive waiting list season tickets).
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It was outlined on the seat map where the railings would be added. If there’s no other seats available it shouldn’t be stopping future improvements to the stadium
 
LambethMackem said:
£250m for expansion seems way off the mark. Villa’s new stand is £100m, City’s new stand (with a fanzone and luxury hotel included) is £300m.
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Must mean the whole lot unless we have some ambitious plans for the east stand. The way the stadium was built means it’s a lot easier to whip the roof off and extend it. £250m seems expensive for one stand.
 
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