Just picked my seats at the Olympic Stadium.

Just picked my seats at the Olympic Stadium.
Had an appointment yesterday at the West Ham Reservation Centre at Westfield to pick where I want my season tickets to be in the new stadium. I am a Band 1 Season Ticket holder and currently sit on the 2nd row of the lower East on the half way line, so I wanted something similar at the OS.
I was amazed how many good seats have gone already. The bond holders have already had their pick, and Band 1 has been running since Tuesday/Wednesday and remember that all existing season ticket holders can add another 2 additional people. According to the "salesmen" taking our instructions sales are much, much better than expected at this stage.
Anyway, I have picked the East Stand again, which is going to be the largest stand of the 4 and will rise like a "kop" and hold over 21,000 people. I'm sure it's where the bulk of the noise is going to come from as the West stand is going to be very "corporate". I have not gone for the 2nd row because at the OS this means you looking at the players legs. The best views are at the back of the lower tier or the front of the 2nd tier. Unfortunately the club know this and have made these "1966" seats. This means they are cushioned and have your name stitched on them but are £1100 each - regardless of whether you are an adult, young adult or under-16. I go with my 2 sons so I wasn't going to be pay this 3 times. So anyway, I wanted to sit as near to these seats without paying the 1966 prices - which is what I have booked. I will now be in in the 15th row. It is still very difficult to truly judge what the view will be like from the computer virtual reality pictures. We will only really know for sure when we see it for the first time in person.
One nice bonus yesterday was that James Collins, Stewart Downing and Morgan Amalfitano were all there. Spoke to them very briefly and shook their hands. (They are always much skinnier than you think when you meet them, aren't they? Not an ounce of fat on any of them.) Downing insists that they are really geared up for Newcastle on Sunday!