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Post by thestatusquo on Dec 19, 2014 16:18:16 GMT
Long overdue. As been said on here before sometimes its not the quantity of seats left available for a game but the quality and location.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Dec 19, 2014 16:48:57 GMT
To merge two recurring themes: I'd like the filling in of the Scoreboard corner linked to the possibility of Safe Standing/Rail Seating. I hope they're waiting for the bruhaha of the Hillsboro Inquiry to calm down before expansion.
I'd also like to see fanpark/kids areas created at the exits, it's a bit shit seeing kids kicking bottles and cans around at half time, it disrupts my interval fag{s}.
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Post by sportsman on Dec 19, 2014 18:38:13 GMT
Only place where expansion money is going is the new bet365 offices.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Dec 19, 2014 18:42:27 GMT
I'm hoping that the wait is for standing areas as well.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 1:32:31 GMT
Two points, from a purely visual viewpoint I think the Brit' looks poor with open corners, (old fashioned), on TV the other night the MK Dons stadium looked fantastic, a complete bowl, Stoke can't match that ?, footboll stadiums could be like roads, build more capacity and they will fill, (as long as Stoke stay in the premier league). So come on Stoke, DO IT. fill the ground up, it looks better on tv
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 1:34:31 GMT
Its been done to death but imo they will not fill the corners in as the infrastructures around the ground cannot cope as it is!
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Post by boskampsflaps on Dec 20, 2014 1:58:12 GMT
Changing the name of the thread title doesn't mean its any different to all the others
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 3:54:26 GMT
What about filling the corners in?
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Post by stevetheboater on Dec 20, 2014 9:30:34 GMT
If there are 300 seats left you should always be able to get 2 together. If you can't then the booking software isn't well designed. I buy a lot of concert tickets online and I am never allowed to buy seats that would leave an odd one on its own.
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Post by mondeoman on Dec 20, 2014 9:34:32 GMT
Two points, from a purely visual viewpoint I think the Brit' looks poor with open corners, (old fashioned), on TV the other night the MK Dons stadium looked fantastic, a complete bowl, Stoke can't match that ?, footboll stadiums could be like roads, build more capacity and they will fill, (as long as Stoke stay in the premier league). So come on Stoke, DO IT. fill the ground up, it looks better on tv you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick pal and missed the point entirely. stick to lip diddling 'eh.
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Post by roylandstoke on Dec 20, 2014 10:19:57 GMT
They could fill in the scoreboard corner. I understand the footings are already laid and planning permission has been granted.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 10:24:11 GMT
Long overdue. As been said on here before sometimes its not the quantity of seats left available for a game but the quality and location. spot on always have problems getting good seats together, the only ones I can get are right at the front - shit view - uncovered and exposed to the rain, for £40 a pop. Anyone who says we wouldn't pull in a few thousand more if we had a filled in corner with good quality seats, and another corner where you can pay on the day and the seats are reasonably priced - is talking from their arse. Living outside the area, the lack of seats at a reasonable price is preventing me from attending more games. I cannot justify spending 40 quid to sit in the pouring rain with no view of the game
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Post by scfcwebby on Dec 20, 2014 10:36:13 GMT
Its been done to death but imo they will not fill the corners in as the infrastructures around the ground cannot cope as it is! Shirley if this is so much of an issue, planning permission would never have been granted?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 11:39:50 GMT
If there are 300 seats left you should always be able to get 2 together. If you can't then the booking software isn't well designed. I buy a lot of concert tickets online and I am never allowed to buy seats that would leave an odd one on its own. You can't so it mustn't be
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 11:47:08 GMT
fill the ground up, it looks better on tv you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick pal and missed the point entirely. stick to lip diddling 'eh. lip diddling? Wtf is that? I find it ironic that those calling for the corners to be filled in dunner even go the games, pisser
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Post by stokietony on Dec 20, 2014 11:57:44 GMT
I'd Love it If The Brit Looked Better on Tv,With the Corners Filled in :-)
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Dec 20, 2014 13:14:57 GMT
They could fill in the scoreboard corner. I understand the footings are already laid and planning permission has been granted. Is that right? Where'd you hear that?
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Post by march4 on Dec 20, 2014 13:46:18 GMT
The roads around the ground simply can't cope with larger attendances.
I was amazed permission was given for any expansion before changes to the roads and car parks had already been made.
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Post by lordb on Dec 20, 2014 14:46:48 GMT
They could fill in the scoreboard corner. I understand the footings are already laid and planning permission has been granted. Is that right? Where'd you hear that? Sentinel
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Dec 20, 2014 20:54:58 GMT
Is that right? Where'd you hear that? Sentinel Must be true then. Plus I'm surprised it has never been mentioned before.
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Post by stokiejoe on Dec 20, 2014 21:09:14 GMT
Only our stupid council would have allowed themselves to build a stadium there. Didn't even get the bridge built for years. It was always going to come back snd bite them. Remember it was to be a "community" stadium with the hope of both local teams using it. Sadly the infrastructure is against sensible expansion, far more parking and better access are required. Probably needs the gym to fail or build parking space on the derelict land.
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Post by no1972 on Dec 20, 2014 21:16:00 GMT
This thread comes up nearly every time we are due to play a top club,so the club should fill the corners in so those you can only make it when we play certain clubs can sit together. The reason there are odd seats are that season ticket holders can chose there seats,so we should not allow that so the supporters who only can make certain games can sit together. The parking issues can be sorted shut all the car parks within 1 mile of the ground like most prem clubs. The QPR game as more tickets available for home fans as they have taken the lower allocation so this would be a good indication of how many home tickets we could sell . PS plenty left for the Wrexham game so you can sit together. If you want to attend sitting next to another Stoke fan for 90min should not be a major problem. If we increase too 40000 people will say they cant get 10 seats together its just all excuses.
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Post by no1972 on Dec 20, 2014 21:22:31 GMT
Only our stupid council would have allowed themselves to build a stadium there. Didn't even get the bridge built for years. It was always going to come back snd bite them. Remember it was to be a "community" stadium with the hope of both local teams using it. Sadly the infrastructure is against sensible expansion, far more parking and better access are required. Probably needs the gym to fail or build parking space on the derelict land. The council do not own the roads,Staffordshire County Council do.Like I have said before the problem is there is to much parking to close,this causes a bottle neck like anywhere else in the world when a large number of people leave a venue at the same time.If the parking was spread out then the traffic would be.When we travel to away match by car we don't park near the grounds as most you cant.
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Post by stokiejoe on Dec 20, 2014 21:53:34 GMT
Only our stupid council would have allowed themselves to build a stadium thereu. Didn't even get the bridge built for years. It was always going to come back snd bite them. Remember it was to be a "community" stadium with the hope of both local teams using it. Sadly the infrastructure is against sensible expansion, far more parking and better access are required. Probably needs the gym to fail or build parking space on the derelict land. The council do not own the roads,Staffordshire County Council do.Like I have said before the problem is there is to much parking to close,this causes a bottle neck like anywhere else in the world when a large number of people leave a venue at the same time.If the parking was spread out then the traffic would be.When we travel to away match by car we don't park near the grounds as most you cant. I know the council don't own the road, what I said was that the council built and gave themselves permission to build there. Doubt they would have allowed anyone else to build on what has always been swampy land but they wanted to push the business park. They even assumed that they could use the Michelin car park without asking the Michelin! It is because of the parking/ access problem that I doubt that planning permission would have been granted to anyone else. Remember also that access through to Trentham was blocked by a locked gate and originally locals in Blurton Road had awful problems on match day. There is no where nearby ( not adjacent ) that you can go for miles and no decent transport in.
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Post by fentonstokie1 on Dec 20, 2014 21:55:50 GMT
Only our stupid council would have allowed themselves to build a stadium there. Didn't even get the bridge built for years. It was always going to come back snd bite them. Remember it was to be a "community" stadium with the hope of both local teams using it. Sadly the infrastructure is against sensible expansion, far more parking and better access are required. Probably needs the gym to fail or build parking space on the derelict land. The council do not own the roads,Staffordshire County Council do.Like I have said before the problem is there is to much parking to close,this causes a bottle neck like anywhere else in the world when a large number of people leave a venue at the same time.If the parking was spread out then the traffic would be.When we travel to away match by car we don't park near the grounds as most you cant. Hate the stadium and it's poor facilities, hate were it is but were stuck with it. After every game I join in the snail paced trudge up the path to the bridge over the A50, the bottleneck would be reduced if they spent a little on doubling or trebling the width of the path up to the bridge to enable the faster walkers to get ahead. Surely the surrounding businesses along Stanley Matthews Way could be persuaded to help with the parking problem.
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Post by no1972 on Dec 20, 2014 22:06:58 GMT
The council do not own the roads,Staffordshire County Council do.Like I have said before the problem is there is to much parking to close,this causes a bottle neck like anywhere else in the world when a large number of people leave a venue at the same time.If the parking was spread out then the traffic would be.When we travel to away match by car we don't park near the grounds as most you cant. Hate the stadium and it's poor facilities, hate were it is but were stuck with it. After every game I join in the snail paced trudge up the path to the bridge over the A50, the bottleneck would be reduced if they spent a little on doubling or trebling the width of the path up to the bridge to enable the faster walkers to get ahead. Surely the surrounding businesses along Stanley Matthews Way could be persuaded to help with the parking problem. The problem is not parking its after the game, same has the problem you have, its what happens when big crowds leave a area at the same time. The problem was not has bad when we were in the lower league's. So blame the problems on the Premiership supporter.
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Post by surreystokie on Dec 20, 2014 22:19:54 GMT
The irony is that it's the fact that we have far more parking than most PL clubs. that causes the problems.
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Post by Gods on Dec 20, 2014 23:19:48 GMT
The council do not own the roads,Staffordshire County Council do.Like I have said before the problem is there is to much parking to close,this causes a bottle neck like anywhere else in the world when a large number of people leave a venue at the same time.If the parking was spread out then the traffic would be.When we travel to away match by car we don't park near the grounds as most you cant. Hate the stadium and it's poor facilities, hate were it is but were stuck with it. After every game I join in the snail paced trudge up the path to the bridge over the A50, the bottleneck would be reduced if they spent a little on doubling or trebling the width of the path up to the bridge to enable the faster walkers to get ahead. Surely the surrounding businesses along Stanley Matthews Way could be persuaded to help with the parking problem. I park exactly where I always used to park for the Victoria Ground, I really don't mind walking, it sure beats sitting in traffic! But exactly as you say the walk is ruined by that that snail paced trudge up the path to the bridge over the A50, I feel like shouting "GET A MOVE ON YOU FECKING LAZY BASTARDS"
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Post by johnsmithsupper on Dec 20, 2014 23:24:06 GMT
The point on traffic and capacity is very salient The roads and parking around the ground is almost at a standstill from 2pm until 6pm, so where you think an extra 3-5,000 people will park and get away from the stadium is a mystery - they would have to significantly also invest in transport links and parking to take on many more supporters as regluars each week A summer boost of 2000 seats would probably be about the max the and the local infrastructure could cope with currently **HOWEVER**, a train station by the bridge that had services running locally to say Stafford (via Stone), or Congleton (via Kidsgrove) for home fans only (still send the away fans to Stoke station for the major services) would relieve that burden substantially, better coach and bus services / park and ride setup (Christ, even turn the old Vic ground - even just the old training ground / car park into parking options with shuttles to the ground) - just some ideas..... Its far from rocket science Robo but you have to wonder why not one of your suggestions has been adopted. All are excellent and sadly like most things in this city nobody has the bollocks to be forward thinking enough we are literally light years behind other major conurbations in many, many ways. Sadly a lot of it is down to the useless individuals who have plagued our local government throughout my 44 years on this planet. Not a political point btw just my honest opinion. This city has either failed spectacularly to get in appropriate investment or have any long term transport plan for us all. Roads, buses, trains even a tram system should be being pushed for vigorously especially as our towns are all separate entities in their own right making up Stoke on trent and need to be brought together in this way for economic reasons.
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Post by parttimelurker on Dec 21, 2014 0:44:25 GMT
We don't need an expansion, we just need to manage what we have better. There are no waiting lists for season tickets the only match that has sold out so far (out of the currently available) is the Man U match, arguably the biggest match of the season. I think this is a brilliant idea though and would free up a lot of seats: www.chelseafc.com/tickets-membership/general-ticket-info/the-ticket-exchange.html
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