Fans' Forum - Apr 09

Ben Frost provides the key points from the April 2009 meeting of the official AFC Supporters Forum.
 

Arsenal Fans Forum 2008/09 - Sunday 26th April 2009
 

Ticketing
• If Arsenal reach the Champions League Final, there will be 17,000 tickets available to Arsenal fans. There are 19,000 tickets allocated to each competing club. Arsenal have 2,000 people who are contractually guaranteed tickets (e.g. box holders), which would leave 17,000 tickets for everybody else.
• The club’s policy of allocating tickets for cup finals, semi finals, etc, has been working successfully, and they have no plans to review it.
 

Atmosphere & Support
• 60,000 red flags have been ordered, to give to fans at the Manchester United home Champions League game.
• The club plan to create a Fans Forum place for REDaction, from next season.
 

Family Enclosure & Cannon Club
• An additional Family Enclosure area, with a capacity of 1000, will be created in the Upper Tier next season, and concession tickets will be made available there.
• From next season, Cannon Club members will be able to buy tickets at concession prices, outside the Family Enclosure.
 

Season Ticket Renewals
• Season Ticket renewals are scheduled to go out in the week beginning 10th May. Club Level renewals went out in the last week.
• The club confirmed that the Villarreal and Manchester United Champions League games will appear on season ticket renewals as “Category A” games. However, season ticket holders will receive a small discount on the “game by game” Category A price.
• The “maths” of how season ticket renewal prices have been calculated (based on extra games, opt outs, and the original seat price), will appear in renewal packs.
 

Arsenalisation
• The club are in advanced stages of developing designs for the lower concourses in the stadium. The Fans Forum gave feedback on these designs, and it is anticipated that the Forum will meet again at the Youth Cup home game, to give further feedback on revised designs.
• The “Highbury Shrine” plans, presented at the last meeting, are on track to go ahead this summer.
• There will be a large white cannon created in the lower tier seats opposite the dugouts. As part of this, Nike and Emirates have waived their contractual rights to have their logos in the seats. So, we will be the only major ground in the country with seat designs, but no sponsor logo.