Beefymcfc wrote:BlueinBosnia wrote:Wonderwall wrote:BlueinBosnia wrote:Just so everyone knows what safe standing areas look like:
Cheers BiB i have not seen that before and its what i was after. It won't increase attendances then.
From my understanding, potentially it could, but only by a minimal amount (an absolute maximum of around 3%), without a massive structural remodelling, which I'm not sure:
a) we're allowed to do, due to the stadium ownership
b) would cost millions even if feasible, and
c) may not be possible due to the construction methods used in our ground
Overall, although I'm pro-safe standing, it's for the atmosphere. Ticket prices WILL NOT go down, and capacity won't increase drastically.
It would be fair to say that this would not be coming in for some years to come and maybe incorporated into a new or revamped stadium design. Do we believe that 47000 is the capacity needed, or wanted by our custodians. Think long term, not tomorrow.
Build it, and they will come.
Agree it could be incorporated, but possibly only to a limited extent. As far as my rudimentary understanding of building physics takes me, we'd be limited to installing safe standing on the lower tier only, and even then, if we want to increase capacity, it will be subject to the council's permission. I'd guess we'd want to allocate one side and maybe one corner as safe standing.
An overhaul to take us to the maximum permissible capacity (based on persons per square metre), would potentially increase those areas which were converted by an absolute maximum of 35% from memory (I think Britaish stadia generally use 1.43 times the amount of legally required space per spectator, but take away from that 43% the area occupied by the new seating).
Say the area affected seats 17,000 at the moment (an over-generous estimate, I believe), you're talking about a 6k increase, which really doesn't justify a drop in ticket prices considering the outlay involved.
Whatever happens, we won't see ticket prices go down.
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