The ticket office is pleased to announce that, at close of
business on Saturday 30th June, a record number of season ticket
holders had renewed for the new season.
Last season West Ham United enjoyed its highest ever number of season ticket holders, with a total of 24,300 reached by December 2006. This figure looks certain to be exceeded before the start of the 2007-08 campaign, with over 21,000 renewals already accepted.
The Club can confirm that, due to the high demand, it may be necessary to cap season ticket sales at some stage prior to the start of the season. This is necessary for a number of reasons.
Firstly, although the stadium capacity is 35,300, an element of this seating is made up of corporate hospitality areas, plus, depending on the opposition, up to 3,000 seats are allocated to visiting supporters for each league match.
Secondly, for home cup ties, we may need to allocate the visiting team the maximum 15% and so we must have sufficient seating available to relocate home supporters.
Finally, we do feel that it is essential to have a certain number of seats available for members to purchase on a match-to-match basis, and a cap will ensure that this is the case. In addition to season tickets, the new look official Club memberships are selling quickly and demand for match tickets will certainly be high.
Should it prove necessary to impose a cap, a waiting list will be established for those supporters unable to purchase a season ticket and supporters who join the waiting list will then enjoy priority (after those renewing) for 2008-09 and subsequent seasons.
Now that the renewal date has passed the ticket office is currently processing seat change requests from existing season ticket holders in the order of when received. All remaining season tickets will go on general sale at 9.00am on Wednesday 11th July.
Last season West Ham United enjoyed its highest ever number of season ticket holders, with a total of 24,300 reached by December 2006. This figure looks certain to be exceeded before the start of the 2007-08 campaign, with over 21,000 renewals already accepted.
The Club can confirm that, due to the high demand, it may be necessary to cap season ticket sales at some stage prior to the start of the season. This is necessary for a number of reasons.
Firstly, although the stadium capacity is 35,300, an element of this seating is made up of corporate hospitality areas, plus, depending on the opposition, up to 3,000 seats are allocated to visiting supporters for each league match.
Secondly, for home cup ties, we may need to allocate the visiting team the maximum 15% and so we must have sufficient seating available to relocate home supporters.
Finally, we do feel that it is essential to have a certain number of seats available for members to purchase on a match-to-match basis, and a cap will ensure that this is the case. In addition to season tickets, the new look official Club memberships are selling quickly and demand for match tickets will certainly be high.
Should it prove necessary to impose a cap, a waiting list will be established for those supporters unable to purchase a season ticket and supporters who join the waiting list will then enjoy priority (after those renewing) for 2008-09 and subsequent seasons.
Now that the renewal date has passed the ticket office is currently processing seat change requests from existing season ticket holders in the order of when received. All remaining season tickets will go on general sale at 9.00am on Wednesday 11th July.