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Post by thegrud1 on Aug 6, 2022 20:45:10 GMT
OK here goes...
season ticket and lower concourse season ticket for years...semi-disabled...
was told enter thru car park C,not previous entrance
Get there the original lower concourse entrance is letting cars in.
we get in,,the car park is nearly full..the steward at the entrance is not checking the *card* we got thru the post on any car going in!
we park i go back to the steward and tell him i am now walking further than i have ever done to receptionI ( i have a lift pass)
he tells me that the disabled parking is now further away from the stadium than it was previously.
He is telling cars the car park is full no entering
EVEN to lower concourse season ticket holders who have paid!!!!
he on the phone asking for a key to close the barrier,,,meanwhile cars are still going in car park!!
It seems players and all staff now also park on lower concourse even tho the parking spaces are less !!!
Absolute chaos,,,,,disabled now have to walk further to get into the stadium
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Post by kenglowhite on Aug 7, 2022 12:19:36 GMT
I am a longtime supporter with similar conditions - a blue card holder -and have been on lower concourse for some 20 years. Arriving for the game as usual around 40 minutes before kick-off I travelled round the car park three time before finally accepting there were no spaces available. I spoke to a Fanzone steward, who didn't seem to know why there was a problem but accepted there was one and said that as a result of complaints the stadium manager had been down to see the problem. I took a risky spot alongside the BoltonFM van, asking the steward if he thought I would be OK and free from the penalties of Parking Eye, and he said if there were problems they would announce my registration number on the public address. I left the game 10 minutes early in order to beat the rush, and found myself exiting by the way I had come in, a route never used before.
I don't know if this was all caused by the Fanzone, and if it is going to be a regular feature, but I do feel, having paid the very high seasonal cost of £184 for league games, I am entitled to better consideration by the club. I will of course watch the Tuesday cup-tie on iFollow as I am not prepared to dish out a further £8 per game to park, especially if there is further confusion. I have made an official Email complaining to the club and await any response.
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Post by whitesince63 on Aug 7, 2022 13:31:17 GMT
Sorry to hear of your problems guys and I’m sure the club are aware of it and will hopefully resolve your problems but it’s yet another situation, like the membership scheme, where little thought seems to have been given to making sure changes work right first time!! 🤨
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Post by kenglowhite on Aug 12, 2022 13:53:15 GMT
It now seems to me, having read the latest Fanzone news on the BN site, that cars normally parked on the upper concourse, where the fanzone is held, have been told to occupy the lower concourse where our contracts say we should park ( I have been there for over 20 years). Despite twice Emaiing the club for an explanation none is forthcoming to-date despite a promise "to get back to you". It seems to me the club has created a difficult problem for itself as people of a certain age, and I include myself, need to be able to walk the shortest distance to the enclosures, and this facility may no longer be available despite contracting it to be so at a season's cost of £184. There is also the problem for the aged and the disabled of getting away from the ground as quickly as possible and this has always been possible from the lower concourse. Encouraging young supporters is one thing, but writing off those who have supported almost from birth is a very unwise tactic. I will go a few minutes earlier on Tuesday and hopefully get a space. Meanwhile I still hope to get some response from the powers that now be to justify or otherwise the inconvenience of "the few" over the few, approx. 1,000, attending this fanzone thing.
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Post by Pedro on Aug 16, 2022 5:31:29 GMT
It now seems to me, having read the latest Fanzone news on the BN site, that cars normally parked on the upper concourse, where the fanzone is held, have been told to occupy the lower concourse where our contracts say we should park ( I have been there for over 20 years). Despite twice Emaiing the club for an explanation none is forthcoming to-date despite a promise "to get back to you". It seems to me the club has created a difficult problem for itself as people of a certain age, and I include myself, need to be able to walk the shortest distance to the enclosures, and this facility may no longer be available despite contracting it to be so at a season's cost of £184. There is also the problem for the aged and the disabled of getting away from the ground as quickly as possible and this has always been possible from the lower concourse. Encouraging young supporters is one thing, but writing off those who have supported almost from birth is a very unwise tactic. I will go a few minutes earlier on Tuesday and hopefully get a space. Meanwhile I still hope to get some response from the powers that now be to justify or otherwise the inconvenience of "the few" over the few, approx. 1,000, attending this fanzone thing. So how did you get on? |
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Post by kenglowhite on Aug 16, 2022 8:19:25 GMT
Still no response from the club, but I see a big article in today's BN saying the new parking arrangements have been introduced without planning permission, so I assume the club has got explaining to do to more than me. Maybe tonight I will go on iFollow and save the embarrassment. Will expect a car parking space on Saturday v Wednesday, though. I wonder what The Grud has experienced since he started this thread.
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