Quote nkpom="nkpom"No it won't allow you to buy tickets for friends and sit with them. Those blocks of seats will be for Gold Ticket holders only.'"
Presumably there will be match day tickets for sale to upper grandstand assuming there is not a 100% take up of seats for Gold ?
For a family I just don't see the benefits. Last year I paid £350 for Player Sponsor inc season ticket plus £60 for my son's membership (turned out u16s were allowed in for free but not to worry).
This year to sit in the same area we would need Gold, and ok, there are a few extras but in essence its £250+£200=£450, with no player sponsorship.
My view now is either Bronze for us both or just buy a ticket on the day. It also removes the incentive of me bringing some of his mates, who enjoyed it and were starting to get a taste for it.
I am sure some thought has gone into this model and there will be winners and losers.