The Amex (season 2)

[TheBigUnit]

Queues last night at a Lower attendance game indicates not many are put off by £6.75 for a pie and pint. Looks like it will pay off

Swear its £7.50 Pie & Pint meal? No ? ?

 

[Springal]

Swear its £7.50 Pie & Pint meal? No ? ?

Paid on my season ticket, worked out at £6.75 after cash back

 

[huge]

With the euphoria of the first season at the Amex now a distant memory are we now going to start paying the price.
With so many travel restrictions in place we were sold the idea that the Amex would offer more than just average catering facilities so when the game is over we could stay behind & enjoy a drink or something to eat while the crowds disperse.
We were promised that the Amex would offer more than your basic football fayre.

I understand that whatever is put on the menu has to be mass produced & cost effective but the Amex does does not offer anything that other football clubs don't
apart from home made pies.

Having just watched 2 matches at the Amex I have noticed that not only have the prices gone up (excessively) on certain items but there is less to choice from.

Are we now paying the price for life at the AMEX?

paying the price Get a grip. We're playing football in a good ground. Missing the withdean are you? Or the goldstone Or actually no ground. With all the up most respect piss off!!

 

[pottert]

Another way of looking at it is last season the club needed us to stay behind after the match to allow the transport to work so planning permission for the extra seats could be granted.Now we have the extra seats the club don't need fans to stay behind after the game as it is probably not worth their while to do so.

 

[Albion Dan]

I find it absurd people are griping about what is going to cost the average fan about £2 extra a game if they have a few drinks, or £4 a month. The price of one pint.

I am more worried about being able to even spend my money judging by the kiosk queues at the friendlies.

 

[VAL1850]

paying the price Get a grip. We're playing football in a good ground. Missing the withdean are you? Or the goldstone Or actually no ground. With all the up most respect piss off!!

Absoloutley this: All the moaners on here clearly dont visit other grounds much and experience the high prices lack of selection served up on a cramped concourses - appreciate the fantastic experience that the Amex is or fruck of to a resturant

 

[Working class pride]

The Amex is superb but there are questions. The main two in my view being capacity and transport. I expect they both can be overcome in the long term.

My view is that the Albion have had historically large crowds for lower league football, drawing bigger crowds than clubs like Southampton despite playing in lower divisions and often third tier football. The 70s crowds also shows the historic fanbase but now shows what can be built with this club. A tiny bit of vision will show you that we have just scratched the surface.

30,000 should not be the limit of our ambition and the ground will have to be tinkered with to increase the capacity, but that is further down the road. When the time comes however we will also need a bigger station at Falmer, shuttle bus transport into town and I'm afraid to all those that have a phobia against the most favourite form of transport (the car) plenty of car parks.

 

[T soprano]

To be honest just can't wait to get back to the football love the Amex and atmos

 

[itszamora]

It is worth remembering that paying via smartcard is a 10% discount. Having said that, I'm not particularly impressed by the price rises, especially given Gus's comments that the playing budget is broadly similar to last season's.

 

[TottonSeagull]

Another way of looking at it is last season the club needed us to stay behind after the match to allow the transport to work so planning permission for the extra seats could be granted.Now we have the extra seats the club don't need fans to stay behind after the game as it is probably not worth their while to do so.

Yeh it's a conspiracy

 

[pottert]

Absoloutley this: All the moaners on here clearly dont visit other grounds much and experience the high prices lack of selection served up on a cramped concourses - appreciate the fantastic experience that the Amex is or fruck of to a resturant

Unfortunately there aren't any restaurants in falmer nor are there any catering outlets outside the ground.

 

[huge]

Absoloutley this: All the moaners on here clearly dont visit other grounds much and experience the high prices lack of selection served up on a cramped concourses - appreciate the fantastic experience that the Amex is or fruck of to a resturant

It does my head in!! All the moaning and whining. Pay the extra for your sodding pie, your paying for Vicente's wages or paying Tony B back the hundred million he leant the club!! Eat up, enjoy your pie, put your hand in your pocket and smile as they take your money. Because when you sit in your nice padded seat you owe the man for what he's given you.

Rant over

 

[TheBigUnit]

The Amex is superb but there are questions. The main two in my view being capacity and transport. I expect they both can be overcome in the long term.

My view is that the Albion have had historically large crowds for lower league football, drawing bigger crowds than clubs like Southampton despite playing in lower divisions and often third tier football. The 70s crowds also shows the historic fanbase but now shows what can be built with this club. A tiny bit of vision will show you that we have just scratched the surface.

30,000 should not be the limit of our ambition and the ground will have to be tinkered with to increase the capacity, but that is further down the road. When the time comes however we will also need a bigger station at Falmer, shuttle bus transport into town and I'm afraid to all those that have a phobia against the most favourite form of transport (the car) plenty of car parks.

... aren't they lengthening the platforms at Falmer, already

 

[LamieRobertson]

Tad disappointed ye old program price is going up...wonder how that one is justified

 

[VAL1850]

Unfortunately there aren't any restaurants in falmer nor are there any catering outlets outside the ground.

Sorry mate but I was aiming at the moaners to stay away from the Amex and find a resturant in the city centre - but they will still moan

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Tried to ignore all these moaning topics about the price rises, but its annoying now.

If you arent happy with the increase, then just dont bloody buy something and go down the pub before/after the match - im sure your local boozer would love the extra income.

That said, queues were pretty long last night - even with a reduced attendance.

 

[TottonSeagull]

Unfortunately there aren't any restaurants in falmer nor are there any catering outlets outside the ground.

Do you ever stop moaning? If you want a dining experience go into town. It would seem you want to come to te Amex for the food, personally I come for the football. Did you ever attend the Withdean? You probably found that better because of the catering vans and cheap (or not so cheap) shite they served.

 

[osgood]

Queues last night at a Lower attendance game indicates not many are put off by £6.75 for a pie and pint. Looks like it will pay off

There was only a queue because the service is so fekkin slow !!

 

[pottert]

Do you ever stop moaning? If you want a dining experience go into town. It would seem you want to come to te Amex for the food, personally I come for the football. Did you ever attend the Withdean? You probably found that better because of the catering vans and cheap (or not so cheap) shite they served.

I didn't go to withdean that often.I only went to every home game for 5 years on the trot.

The point I'm making is with 6000 extra seats this season surely they should be encouraging fans to stay behind after the game to ease the transport congestion rather than putting them off

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

i think this thread is worthy. When it costs £100 a month for 3 season tickets and at least £50 per match inside the ground people are withing there rights to moan about absoulte shite service food running out even before you have got in and over inflated prices. We all wanted the Amex but there is a differnce between all hail the Amex and having the piss taken out of people and famillies.

Can I ask what your spending £50 a match on?