New roof

Quoted from Mappers

Surely the best parking is at the ice house always empty , I know probably not for the elderly or physically less able but for most a nice ten min walk .

Quoted from diehardmariner

Surely the point is about a matchday specific park and ride system, not a day-to-day one.  

The club have (and will continue to have) data on season ticket holders, of which they now form the absolute majority of those going.  That data could be used to determine where people are coming in from, use that to strategically set-up park and ride systems.  Even without using the data you would think for those who will be travelling in from outside the Grimsby/Clee boundaries, you've only really got three routes.  1) A46 - set one up at Grimsby College/Nuns Corner, huge car park which isn't used on weekends.  2) A180 - Surely to god there's something around the Pyewipe we could utilise, even if it's not exactly the same spot every week.  There's huge variation in how full the massive depots are for new cars.  3) A16 - I suspect it's the lesser flow of GTFC traffic of the 3, Tollbar's got a decent sized car park.

Closer to the ground for those who will want to drive in or it's more convenient, it's just about making best use of what's around us.  The aforementioned Ice House. Grant Street car park, which is virtually empty from September through to April, even in the height of summer it seems vastly under-utilised.  Both 10 minute walks from the ground.  Easy enough to do an online booking system for them or just have a bloke on the gate charging £2.  

Yeah, at the minute you can find street parking as you get closer to the ground if you get there early enough.  But last season tested this, I suspect this season will be the same if not worse.  If, big if, we do increase capacity and attendance then we will need to think differently about these things.    It's not impossible either.  Parking should not be the motivator behind a stadium move in my opinion, especially when there are options available to us.

Quoted from Mappers

I know we are talking about capacity increase a lot to please non regulars and stayaway fans , but surely improving the experience for regularw  is the priority (which has already been done to some degree ) I think continuing to do that with a new PA system and the replacement of the roofs and none impeded views would be a starting point , we have the use of the majority of the osmond for 70% of the season and would get it for probably 50% of the time even in league 1 - increase capacity by 200 or 300 which seems relatively easy on the face of it ; see if we regularly fill BP with improved matchday experience and go from there .

There are plenty of tickets available for Wimbledon
Will be loads for Salford
I think we are maybe overthinking the capacity as a problem atm when in probability it won't be all season unless we do really well and there is in fact 2k glory seekers kicking around .

Quoted from rancido

I fail to see how a match specific park and ride scheme for approx 30 times a year could ever be financially viable. Even if you could locate a site for the parking aspect , you then have to get a company on board for the ride aspect.
The only options available are either existing car parks or car parks attached to private companies that you would have to get on board to make it successful. If the existing car parks were an option then surely fans would use the? As an example, Grant Street car park is only a 5 minute walk from the bus stop at Cross Street ( opposite Typsy Tavern ). Several buses stop there that go by the ground. There are car parks off Freeman Street with a regular No 3 bus service that goes past the ground.

Quoted from Mappers

I know we are talking about capacity increase a lot to please non regulars and stayaway fans , but surely improving the experience for regularw  is the priority (which has already been done to some degree ) I think continuing to do that with a new PA system and the replacement of the roofs and none impeded views would be a starting point , we have the use of the majority of the osmond for 70% of the season and would get it for probably 50% of the time even in league 1 - increase capacity by 200 or 300 which seems relatively easy on the face of it ; see if we regularly fill BP with improved matchday experience and go from there .

There are plenty of tickets available for Wimbledon
Will be loads for Salford
I think we are maybe overthinking the capacity as a problem atm when in probability it won't be all season unless we do really well and there is in fact 2k glory seekers kicking around .

Quoted from rancido

I fail to see how a match specific park and ride scheme for approx 30 times a year could ever be financially viable. Even if you could locate a site for the parking aspect , you then have to get a company on board for the ride aspect.
The only options available are either existing car parks or car parks attached to private companies that you would have to get on board to make it successful. If the existing car parks were an option then surely fans would use the? As an example, Grant Street car park is only a 5 minute walk from the bus stop at Cross Street ( opposite Typsy Tavern ). Several buses stop there that go by the ground. There are car parks off Freeman Street with a regular No 3 bus service that goes past the ground.

Quoted from Norseman

We never got well over 10000 last time we were in Div 2 (championship)