Block16Dave
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Went last night. You’ve quoted one of my and my wife’s tweets up above so thought I would expand on it. Parked up in Radford so walked 40 mins over to the ground up Burnaby Rd and up past the Cherry Tree. Usual Ricoh walk route. No issues at all, arrived by the Jimmy statue end around 6.20. Some crowds then and there was confusion at the turnstiles as the yellow jacket guys weren’t clear what tickets would work in each gate. Was told to move round - ok no probs. Basically then a pinch point of crowds converging from the “station end” and the Jimmy end. Started off a polite q, then it got a bit of a free for all as more and more people came. It doesn’t help that (I guess) a lot of gig goers not Ricoh regulars, so folk are lost / pissed and the signs are not always clear. If they had allowed all tickets to work at each turnstile that may have helped. At 7.45 they opened an exit and people then just piled in. They didnt check our tickets and it was a free for all. Re toilets , no q at the blokes, as they had changed most / all round to women’s ! Bars all closed at 10pm. I’m not going to comment or rage at the car parks, we’ve all seen them before , sadly probably out of towners getting a shit impression of Cov with the car park etc. But hey if you’ve been to more that one massive event / final / gig in your life who parks at the door anyway! You’re asking for a long wait! Hope to be back in August PUSB