Novelty of London Stadium wears off

The novelty of the London stadium appears to be wearing off as West Ham struggle to sell tickets for the first ever League Cup fixture at the stadium against Accrington Stanley.  Despite tickets starting from a tenner season tickets are not convinced and tens of thousands of tickets remain available for the Wednesday  evening encounter on 21st September.

The league cup entered general sale on Thursday this week after failing to sell out to 52,000 season ticket holders and over 50,000 Claret Members and those on the season ticket waiting list. The online ticket map shows thousands of tickets still available and it appears the novelty value of the new value has already worn off.

In theory Accrington Stanley could be allowed up to 15% of the 57,000 capacity stadium meaning they could demand up to 8,550 tickets. West Ham appear to have reserved the whole of the Sir Trevor Brooking for the away club.

Stanley have priced their away allocation tickets at £15 for adults/Under 21s/Over 65s and £5 for the Under 16s

It will be in Stanley’s favor for West Ham to sell as many tickets as possible as each club receive 45% of the gate money with 10% of  the take going to the football league. Accrington Stanley would need to agree to any tickets given away for free to Newham residents under the community scheme agreed in the concessionaire contract.