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rancido
September 22, 2021, 5:32pm

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Judging by the reaction, looks like just me and you think that is a good idea.


It's not the idea but the practicality of installing it at  BP. It won't increase the gate and is not cost effective.


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The solution for us is a new stadium with rail seating behind both goals. That would get my vote.

Blundell Park is beyond redevelopment, no matter what the romantics think.


Not safe standing per se, but I’ve always liked the look of Gremio’s ground in Brazil. It’s only nine years old, so it’s quite odd to see old school terracing in such a modern stadium.

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I'd understood that previously we couldn't convert seating back to terracing that was done because we were in the Championship. This change should remove that restriction. Whether there is any point, will be for 1878 to work out the cost-benefit, which I expect they are very good at...
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Don't most people stand up during the match at some point anyway? Having a seat positioned behind everyone is a bonus.

If each seat can only be replaced with one standing admission, then there is ne benefit to getting rid of the seating.
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Seats are designed to be sat in, not stood in front of. It’s not safe to have hundreds/thousands of people stood with something at shin height in front of them. That’s the point.
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I'm fortunate enough to sit in the Upper if I was in the other stands and I'd bought a seat I'd expect to be able to sit down. I think people should be allowed to stand at football matches but in designated standing only areas.


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It's not the idea but the practicality of installing it at  BP. It won't increase the gate and is not cost effective.


It won't increase the gate itself, but whilst we're at BP surely it's only aspirational to want increase both demand and capacity.

Like it or not, we're not guaranteed to get a new ground any time soon. For the record I'm a believer that we need to move to a new ground for a variety of reasons. But until then we need to best of what we've got. Personally (and I think 1878 are the same) I don't want to limit ourselves to 6,000 home tickets every home game.

North East Lincolnshire has a population of 160,000.  6,000 is a small fraction of that, not even counting for those who live outside the county boundaries. There's no reason we shouldn't look to expand on our fan base or wait for a new stadium to do so.

As for cost effective, there's another thread in the last few days about the increased revenue from extra seats. 2000 seats sold at an average of £15 is just shy of £700,000 over a season. No accounting for any other revenue generated from food, merchandise etc.

We're in the fifth tier of the English league and selling out home games. Yes it's early days and yes it could be a flash in the pan, but if it lasts and we (as a club) aren't looking at maximising our demand and the capacity to meet it, then it would be a failure in my eyes.
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Judging by the reaction, looks like just me and you think that is a good idea.


Ah, I don't see the crosses so couldn't comment. If it's just us we can have a corner each named after us. 😉
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Filling the corners with seats I’d be all in favour of but if there’s standing I can’t see it anywhere other than the Ponny. A good atmosphere at BP needs the Pontoon bouncing and if there’s standing elsewhere it will just dampen that at a time when it’s the beat it’s been in a while
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But ironically Vance the Pontoon is seated. Much better IMO if you’re going to the expense of safe standing to build it in the corners. It’s the cheapest way of increasing capacity. Otherwise you just spend a lot of money just to end up with the same capacity.

Get rid of the police box while we’re at it to make more space. With modern cameras you don’t have to have a control room looking directly at the pitch.


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