A good point and of course you know that the reference to Warwick was tongue in cheek. Mind you, SISU had identified several options. Alledgedly.
I was being a bit tongue in cheek, but we don’t own the stadium. My post was really in response to those who basically think we should turn the stadium round. Minimal investment in safe standing in the existing Singers Corner and, if we have to, the away section is fine. Any more than that is money that could be better spent on the team.
How do you work that out? New stadium would cost north of £100m in the current economic climate. Not going to cost that to build a couple of partition walls and maybe alter some of the groundwork outside.
Do we know the cost falls on us or stadium?
I wasn't using it in the way you imply, and in no way was I suggesting that the club shouldn't have invested in seating because clearly it was obligatory.
The current set up doesn’t work though does it? It’s very short sighted to say leave it how it is but currently, we have 3000 seats that can’t be sold.
But I thought the major issue in the South stand was lack of segregation in the concourse, because that particular problem would be worse if it Was moved to 23 - 27 on account of having home fans on both sides.
Exactly.
When you look at the tragedy unfolding on TV you can clearly see the central pens are packed to bursting but the side pens are half empty.
Its one block different than the Boro game. City fans are in block 10 in this picture
The Gillingham massive don’t look all that intimidating do they, and from other threads it sounded as if requirements have changed since then.
Isn't the next supporters group meeting going to include a visit to the away end and concourse to explain the problems. Someone needs to print these photos out and take them along. Need a credible explanation of why it can't happen now.
They are consulting on safe standing in Singers Corner.
There’s still a lot of available seats which are not being sold.
I remember celebrating the 3rd goal near the top of the terrace and genuinely being near to the fence when it calmed down. A year or was it two later I realised the horrible reality of that day
Seeing the picture put up by nigfatronssba, I was wondering if that segregation was possible because of the small number of fans they'd brought and so there would be sufficient exits/toilets etc/ for the number of people.
Your calculation is surely way out, but I still get your point.
Same as, I was only 15, I remember getting crushed but moved into a segregation pen, had to climb over to get into it
oops, it is way out - by a factor of 10. Should be more like £1.2 million, but still only about 1% of Prem revenue.
No shame involved
I had based It on a rough ST price, but you are right that the seats probably wouldn’t be filled all season So the actual revenue would be somewhere between the two.No shame involved
It would be enough to pay the wages a of a very good player, assuming those 3000 seats were filled all season which is of course highly unlikely.
Anyway, revenue isn't my main concern - it's more the messy nature of the current arrangements in a part of the ground which could be a prime location for home fans.
I agree, but until Doug kicks this ridiculous safety group into touch ‘we’re unlikely to make any meaningful progress regarding segregation & other associated issues.
why ffs
Safety group is the council isn't it? Fairly sure without them we wouldn't be able to have a crowd sadlyI agree, but until Doug kicks this ridiculous safety group into touch ‘we’re unlikely to make any meaningful progress regarding segregation & other associated issues.
Where have this safety group come from ?
Who appointed them ?
Are we compelled to adhere to their advice ?
Why do they insist on treating a game like it’s 1983 when it’s actually 2023 ?
Leicester v Spurs last week had a ‘no man’s land’ that equated to 2 empty seats across with a line of stewards, which seems to be the norm at all grounds.
We insist on having entire empty blocks separating fans
