Easter Road Sell Out!

[The Silver Fox]

It is definitely not going to happen this season but does anyone have a guess as to when there will be a genuine all tickets sold, your not getting in game at Easter Road?

Unless Hibs get into Europe I cannot see a game where there will be a sell out other than if next season is a complete turnaround in performance. Even Scotland matches would not sell out as if a decent crowd is expected then they will err on the side of caution and pick Hampden. It is a great shame as for me Easter Road is pretty much the perfect sized stadium, not overly huge where there is difficulty picking out players and there is not a bad seat in the house.

[Hibercelona]

We should be selling out in every derby, regardless of our league position. And the club IMO should be doing more to get those empty seats filled up on these big occasions.

Theres nothing worse than seeing huge gaps in the stands when it comes to huge games.

IMO, give some free tickets away to young bairns and offer more deals.

I know the club has made some positive changes, but I still think they could do a bit more to fill those seats up.

[LancashireHibby]

If the gradual rise in derby attendances continues then that will be a sell-out game within the next 2-3 years I reckon.

[hibs0666]

New Years Day 2012.

[Geo_1875]

It's going to be difficult to sell out when any decent game is hijacked by Sky/ESPN and moved to Sunday morning. We will sell every seat in the ground the next time we play the OF or hertz at 3:00 pm on a Saturday.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Depends what you would call a sell out? Logistically I would guess that 95% of tickets sold would be a sell out? Remember one season where Celtc's biggest crowd was against St Johnstone because they had little or no uptake of away fans. Although all the big games should sell well, if we are doing ok next year, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a roll-up game against a lesser team that draws the biggest crowd.

[PaulSmith]

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We should be selling out in every derby, regardless of our league position. And the club IMO should be doing more to get those empty seats filled up on these big occasions.

Theres nothing worse than seeing huge gaps in the stands when it comes to huge games.

IMO, give some free tickets away to young bairns and offer more deals.

I know the club has made some positive changes, but I still think they could do a bit more to fill those seats up.

I think the club has done everything possible this season to encourage fans to attend but let down by the product on the park.

Shouldn't it be the fans who go week in and week also encourage their mates, family or work colleagues to attend rather

[Vini1875]

I think what Hibs need is a team on the pitch for more than one season, that is doing the business. I think there are far too many sceptics in our support to be taken in by marketing ploys. Investment on the pitch is the only way we are going to start selling out games.

[IWasThere2016]

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New Years Day 2012.

Only if not televised IMHO.

The best bet would be SC QF home to them .. and we're playing well.

[DC_Hibs]

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Only if not televised IMHO.

The best bet would be SC QF home to them .. and we're playing well.

Got me thinking with our new capacity of 20,250 if we were obliged to give more tickets to away fans for a Scottish cup tie. If it's a 20% rule I take it we would still be covered by giving c3900 in the south once hospitality seats were deducted for example.

Would hate to see any of those three getting more seats than the south stand allows.

[Baldy Foghorn]

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We should be selling out in every derby, regardless of our league position. And the club IMO should be doing more to get those empty seats filled up on these big occasions.

Theres nothing worse than seeing huge gaps in the stands when it comes to huge games.

IMO, give some free tickets away to young bairns and offer more deals.

I know the club has made some positive changes, but I still think they could do a bit more to fill those seats up.

Did the Club offer free tickets or deals, when 38,000 went to Hampden for Livi Final? The Club can only do so much, if the fans don't want to go then that is the crux of the matter...... You can lead a horse to water etc......

[Mikey]

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We should be selling out in every derby, regardless of our league position. And the club IMO should be doing more to get those empty seats filled up on these big occasions.

Theres nothing worse than seeing huge gaps in the stands when it comes to huge games.

IMO, give some free tickets away to young bairns and offer more deals.

I know the club has made some positive changes, but I still think they could do a bit more to fill those seats up.

Why is it always the club who has to do something? Why can't the fans do something? Why can't those who go to the pub, or stay at home to watch it, make the effort to go to the game?

[Baldy Foghorn]

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Why is it always the club who has to do something? Why can't the fans do something? Why can't those who go to the pub, or stay at home to watch it, make the effort to go to the game?

Say it like it is Mikey......

[Golden Bear]

Live TV coverage has a major influence on attendances and it's rarely that we have a home fixture v the ugly sisters or the really gigantic team which isn't featured on either Sky or ESPN.

[just_joe]

Easter Road will never sell out again. I don't care what anyone says.

[Golden Bear]

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Easter Road will never sell out again. I don't care what anyone says.

Careful now!

It's not beyond the realms of possibility that ER could be selected as a future venue for a Scottish Cup semi final and dependant on the teams involved, a game like that may well be a "sell out"

[JimBHibees]

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Easter Road will never sell out again. I don't care what anyone says.

What an odd thing to say. No doubt it will sell out a half decent European game would sell out ER every time as would a New Year derby as would an attractive Scotland friendly, as would a quarter final of a cup tie at home against OF or Hearts.

[Greentinted]

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Why is it always the club who has to do something? Why can't the fans do something? Why can't those who go to the pub, or stay at home to watch it, make the effort to go to the game?

Can't speak for the pub dwellers but for some of us, money has been a real factor. Many people have to work weekends while others may not be happy with the state of the game in this country overall. No doubt there are other significant, genuine reasons which preclude the attendance of football matches. Jings even the weather can influence folks decisions. No doubt this will be seen as a 'real fan' v 'part-timer' argument but I feel its too simplistic to be flippant to say 'get yer erse along!'

[DH1875]

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Easter Road will never sell out again. I don't care what anyone says.

How do you figure? Was the last derby not only something like 2500 short. If we're playing well and pushing the yams for 2nd/3rd next season I see no reason why we wouldn't sell out.
Also people need to realize that both clubs have fans from outwith Edinburgh and when the games are at New Year some of these fans can't travel so it's harder to see it selling out.

[Dashing Bob S]

We'll sell out every game next season and have to split the South Stand to get everybody sorted.

Go on you Greens!


(Apos in advance for the positive post.)

[sesoim]

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Why is it always the club who has to do something? Why can't the fans do something? Why can't those who go to the pub, or stay at home to watch it, make the effort to go to the game?

Erm, money?

Or should we all be able to keep up with the 1200% inflation that the Hibs prices have seen since the mid-80s?

Personally, I know when I'm being ripped off, and although I still go to some games, I doubt I will ever be a regular again unless I come into money or Hibs make their prices reasonable for the product we have to watch. And bear in mind some of us have to travel to watch Hibs, it all adds up and at times it just doesn't seem worth it compared to the (other) necessities in life.

Watching a mix of live games and tv coverage will have to do me for the foreseeable I'm afraid.

[jdships]

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]It's going to be difficult to sell out when any decent game is hijacked by Sky/ESPN and moved to Sunday morning.[/B] We will sell every seat in the ground the next time we play the OF or hertz at 3:00 pm on a Saturday.

That's it for me
We have ten friends/hibbees who live in Nth of England and for most of them it is just not possible to travel to Edinburgh for Sunday matches .
Taking this Sunday < with a noon KO , my pal in Blackburn would have to come up on Saturday and stay the night and wouldn't be sure of getting home Sunday night !
If he drove up he couldn't have a drink .
What does one do ?

For me it depends a lot on results on the park allied with a few "top name " signings as to when our first " sell out " will be - possibly next season

[Keith_M]

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It's going to be difficult to sell out when any decent game is hijacked by Sky/ESPN and moved to Sunday morning. We will sell every seat in the ground the next time we play the OF or hertz at 3:00 pm on a Saturday.

Think of this for strange logic. Your team is on live TV, the game is moved to a strange hour for a football match, e.g. 12:30 on a Saturday, what does the club do to encourage more people to attend? That's right, increases the price by 20%.

Nope, I don't get it either.

[darwenhibby]

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That's it for me
We have ten friends/hibbees who live in Nth of England and for most of them it is just not possible to travel to Edinburgh for Sunday matches .
Taking this Sunday < with a noon KO , my pal in Blackburn would have to come up on Saturday and stay the night and wouldn't be sure of getting home Sunday night !
If he drove up he couldn't have a drink .
What does one do ?

For me it depends a lot on results on the park allied with a few "top name " signings as to when our first " sell out " will be - possibly next season

Who is your mate in Blackburn?

Send us a PM.

There are a few of us who travel together, from Blackpool Warrington Wigan and on the odd occasion Bolton.

I sympathise with the same problem.

I don't mind travelling by train on Saturday or Sunday.
But driving is now a pain in the butt.

The Hearts game and the Hamilton game have kick offs before the first train gets in.

This make the option of watching on TV more easy.

[Geo_1875]

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Think of this for strange logic. Your team is on live TV, the game is moved to a strange hour for a football match, e.g. 12:30 on a Saturday, what does the club do to encourage more people to attend? That's right, increases the price by 20%.

Nope, I don't get it either.

When did Hibs last increase the price of a Cat A ticket to over 30 quid? I can't remember that ever happening. Or are you referring to the fact that they charge a fiver more to watch them. Different price for a different product.

[StevieC]

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It's not beyond the realms of possibility that ER could be selected as a future venue for a Scottish Cup semi final and dependant on the teams involved, a game like that may well be a "sell out"

If a semi-final was even close to attracting the size of support to sell-out ER then it would definitely be played at Hampden.

The most realistic chance of a sell-out would be a cup game against the yams ..

.. unless Oasis get back together, and choose it as their Scottish venue.

[PaulSmith]

Why are folk (i.e Hearts fans or bed wetters) actually bothered whether it sells out or not.

This season we have had the biggest home attendances outside the OF:

Rangers @ home 17,145
Hearts @ home 17,767
Hearts @ home 17,793

Hearts have broken the 17k barrier once (17,156)on Jan 1st.
Aberdeen have only managed to break the 15k once v Rangers.

The club now also have an opportunity to be creative in their pricing for one-off games and offer deals due to the extra seats available.

If we're in a better league position next season and are able to break the 18 barrier for 2 home games v Rangers and 2 home games v Hearts then it's another step in the right direction.

The stadium has a capacity of whatever it is, it's not a big deal to me to be honest but at least the club have aimed at a realistic high number rather than capping it at what 18000 when its quite conceivable that we'd have posts telling us how Hibs were short sighted and are turning away fans.

[Pretty Boy]

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Why are folk (i.e Hearts fans or bed wetters) actually bothered whether it sells out or not.

This season we have had the biggest home attendances outside the OF:

Rangers @ home 17,145
Hearts @ home 17,767
Hearts @ home 17,793

Hearts have broken the 17k barrier once (17,156)on Jan 1st.
Aberdeen have only managed to break the 15k once v Rangers.

The club now also have an opportunity to be creative in their pricing for one-off games and offer deals due to the extra seats available.

If we're in a better league position next season and are able to break the 18 barrier for 2 home games v Rangers and 2 home games v Hearts then it's another step in the right direction.

The stadium has a capacity of whatever it is, it's not a big deal to me to be honest but at least the club have aimed at a realistic high number rather than capping it at what 18000 when its quite conceivable that we'd have posts telling us how Hibs were short sighted and are turning away fans.

Not much of a contribution by me but i agree with what you say.

[DH1875]

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That's it for me
We have ten friends/hibbees who live in Nth of England and for most of them it is just not possible to travel to Edinburgh for Sunday matches .
Taking this Sunday < with a noon KO , my pal in Blackburn would have to come up on Saturday and stay the night and wouldn't be sure of getting home Sunday night !
If he drove up he couldn't have a drink .
What does one do ?

For me it depends a lot on results on the park allied with a few "top name " signings as to when our first " sell out " will be - possibly next season

I'd also say that most of this applies to the New Years games which is why in my opinion it's the least likely, of the likley games to sell out.

[JimBHibees]

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I'd also say that most of this applies to the New Years games which is why in my opinion it's the least likely, of the likley games to sell out.

Really when there are thousands of folk in Edinburgh for hogmanay and thousands of people who stay elsewhere back in town visiting family and friends, out of all the games that would IMO clearly be the most likely sell out.