Is the Family Stand fit for Purpose?

My boy (10yo) and I now have seats in the CB Corner of the FS on L2. It's great for him and our section has very few empty seats - it all seems to be SC holders around us, with plenty of kids around my boys age. We've only missed two games this season and that was due to Xmas holidays and my work. Both times I've passed on my tickets to friends to make sure the seats get used.

I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the ground at the moment.
 
some proper embarrassing opinions here - if you are all so scared about being ribbed for having empty seats - you need to grow some. Who gives a shit if we have empty seats and people can see them on TV.

The people I know who take the piss out of empty seats don't even go to any games - they are armchair supporters. Mostly RAGs - City are not in a position yet to totally sell out their ground. There is a large waiting list for the family stand from what I have been told. So obviously demand far outweighs supply as it stands today.

As for we will score more if we kick the other way (seriously!!)

There are plenty of empty seats all over the place - If the club were that bothered (not asking them to) they could reduce costs some more, provide further incentives.
 
The fact of the matter is that the club need to do more to encourage people to attend games (if it means that much to them).

The reason people don't come to midweek games and people leave the stadium early is because the transport to and from the ground is a joke. The club should be paying for more trams to be lined up after kick off, there needs to be more cycle lanes built between Eastlands and the city center. More park and ride schemes. Supporters clubs should be given free coach and minibus parking on match days to encourage more people to car share etc. City square was a good idea, it's smart to get more people to stay at the ground longer, but why is it just City Square. I'm not a big fan of going and listening to Natalie Pike chat rubbish about a game she didn't have a clue about. Why not build something similar on the other side of the ground that's just a beer tent with other games on?

The point is, people shouldn't be dragging themselves to the game just because they've paid for it. They should WANT to go to the games - only city can encourage that!
 
This could be a novel idea but how about just going to the match and watching the football instead of the (alleged) empty seats. Very rarely I notice how many people are in the ground. Sometimes I look to see how many the opposition have brought, usually when they are extra quiet or extra loud, but mostly I am too interested in the brilliant football on the pitch to care about how many other people are there. :-)
 
Since we can't sell out the rest of ground (last 2 home games being in point) there is no point worrying about empty seats in the family stand. Personally my s/t is there and there is always at least one (my sons) or two empty seats for midweek games. Double or triple the price and there still would be. Because we live in Scotland and it is a fair enough treck back for a day game but a night match - there is no way I am getting him back at 2am with school the next day. And then we couldn't even make it this Saturday because of the friggin weather - it's either snow or floods. God knows why I moved from a country with shit weather (England) to one of the only ones with worse weather. Any jobs going in the Arctic circle?
 
Before the family stand was invented kids could go anywhere in the stadium for £95 a season, now the only family friendly price is in that one stand forcing adults to either relocate to take their kids or leave them at home if they want to choose where to sit. Then once the kid reaches a certain age you get kicked back out with your original location sold to another fan so end up sat where availability allows not where you want to be. I feel a family stand has it's value in terms of allowing kids to sit together in a family atmosphere but that should be a much smaller area and true kids prices should be available across the whole stadium to encourage dads to bring the kids along. Enforcement of stopping adults using a kids ticket needs to be strict though
 
There will be more fans in the family stand next Wednesday then there will be in the CBL3..
 
DTKOAG said:
There will be more fans in the family stand next Wednesday then there will be in the CBL3..
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Come on, that's a ridiculous argument.

There are tons of people who are moved out of CBL3 to fill other sections of the ground. The family stand IS the least populated section of the ground, it's also located in a part of the ground that features on tele alot (hence the empty seat brigade). It's just one of those things, don't see why people get worked up about it.

I know a lot of people leave the south stand early as well, the difference is, everyone's is stood up so you don't notice the seats as much.
 
edinburgh123 said:
Since we can't sell out the rest of ground (last 2 home games being in point) there is no point worrying about empty seats in the family stand. Personally my s/t is there and there is always at least one (my sons) or two empty seats for midweek games. Double or triple the price and there still would be. Because we live in Scotland and it is a fair enough treck back for a day game but a night match - there is no way I am getting him back at 2am with school the next day. And then we couldn't even make it this Saturday because of the friggin weather - it's either snow or floods. God knows why I moved from a country with shit weather (England) to one of the only ones with worse weather. Any jobs going in the Arctic circle?
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It's a good effort that mate. That's gotta be an 8/9 hour round trip for every game right?

Good on you!
 
Manchester33 said:
Come on, that's a ridiculous argument.

There are tons of people who are moved out of CBL3 to fill other sections of the ground. The family stand IS the least populated section of the ground, it's also located in a part of the ground that features on tele alot (hence the empty seat brigade). It's just one of those things, don't see why people get worked up about it.

I know a lot of people leave the south stand early as well, the difference is, everyone's is stood up so you don't notice the seats as much.
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It was slightly tongue in cheek..
However, why are we having to close the top tier of our 'Main Stand' for a cup semi-final ?
The empty seats discussion should entail other parts of the ground and not just the family stand.
 
Manchester33 said:
It's a good effort that mate. That's gotta be an 8/9 hour round trip for every game right?

Good on you!
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Easier to persuade my son of the journey now we are good. Imagine persuading him 15 years ago!! I force him to watch youtube every week to remind him what it was like - Lincoln / Bury / York etc.
There are no flippin flights on a Saturday either, so it's 10 o clock train that gets back at 930pm - back to the house for MotD
 
crystal_mais said:
some proper embarrassing opinions here - if you are all so scared about being ribbed for having empty seats - you need to grow some. Who gives a shit if we have empty seats and people can see them on TV.

The people I know who take the piss out of empty seats don't even go to any games - they are armchair supporters. Mostly RAGs - City are not in a position yet to totally sell out their ground. There is a large waiting list for the family stand from what I have been told. So obviously demand far outweighs supply as it stands today.

As for we will score more if we kick the other way (seriously!!)

There are plenty of empty seats all over the place - If the club were that bothered (not asking them to) they could reduce costs some more, provide further incentives.
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Totally agree the reason the ground is filling isn't because people can't be arsed to sit in the family stand. Have look in the Bell End at the tartan rug and flask brigade I bet you some of them buggers are still paying for tickets and not being botherd to show up.
 
The club should double season ticket prices in the Family Stand? Then only those who actually intend going to more than half a dozen games a season would buy one
 
alib said:
The club should double season ticket prices in the Family Stand? Then only those who actually intend going to more than half a dozen games a season would buy one
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Isn't the aim to fill the stand (s) so not sure how doubling the price would help ...
 
alib said:
The club should double season ticket prices in the Family Stand? Then only those who actually intend going to more than half a dozen games a season would buy one
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Even if they were double the price, I would not take my son to a night match. I value his rest and readiness for school more than a football match -

defeats the object of having discounted tickets for children
 
Me and my son have sc in the family stand, however the atmosphere is the real issue, hardly any singing. we would prefer to relocate.
I get the argument about empty seats but we miss mid week games as we travel from Poole in Dorset. Games that ko after 3 involves a stay over as no trains back, so pretty pleased we have had So many 3pm ko this season.
 
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