'As A City Fan', Would You Like To See Safe Standing Introduced At The Etihad?

jrb said:
Serious question.

Why would safe standing improve our atmosphere?

People stand now, but still don't sing.

Why would safe standing make those people sing?

If there are cheap tickets, people will just move there to get one, even though they won't sing, just like they have done in SS 115.

Not being negative as I want safe standing like everyone.

But the club really need to think about this new safe standing section, and make sure it is a proper safe standing singing section, and not just another SS 115.

How do they do that?
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If you don't sing you get the shit kicked out of you lol
Seriously tho I think joining in with the singing comes more naturally when you're stood shoulder to shoulder,there's a detachment when your seated.
 
Bill said:
No. I see no point in standing. If everyone stayed sat down when the ball goes in the box they can see just as well if not better.

Who on earth wants to stand on their feet for nigh on 2 hours.
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Obsessives who are trying to relive their youth? I suspect that the actual demand will be very limited.

So people wish to stand. Fair enough.

But they also want to pay less to stand. Safe standing, as it it likely to be implemented in the UK, will not allow more fans in than seating. So they expect the rest of us to pay higher prices to cover the considerable capital costs of conversion and the loss of revenue from the standing area?

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I don't think I have ever used my seat in the South Stand - I am not even sure if it folds down or if it is actually even a real seat.

That said - we have a "singing section" where "singers" moved to a few years back - how many of those people actually sing or make noise though???
 
Safestand has to happen, standing should never have disappeared for the length of time it did.. Terraces needed a shake up, people put in place to do this where clueless.

As it is with standing in seated areas it is about as dangerous as it has ever been for many years, there must be countless minor injuries.

Adds to the atmosphere, ups the capacity in each block where it is put, should reduce ticket prices.. It will help the singing.
 
Bluep*ss said:
unless already asked -how many did Celtic Park increase by when they got safe standing?. Their capacity seems to be 60,000 atm.
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They only put on something like a 3k safe standing area as a trial so would have raised the capacity by 1400 at most.
 
Not saying it would definitely improve atmosphere, but in my opinion it would. Irrelevant to atmosphere, people should have a choice to stand. And that’s stand, without having your shins destroyed by the seat in front of you
 
Bluep*ss said:
unless already asked -how many did Celtic Park increase by when they got safe standing?. Their capacity seems to be 60,000 atm.
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The stadium capacity did not increase. The need to ensure safety means that unless you extend the area and remove seats it's difficult to achieve without someone claiming it's unsafe.

I have read through the posts and it's a misconception to think people will be forced to stand. They may be reallocated a seat, but I didn't notice an uproar.

It gives choice to enjoy the game the way you want. It gives particularly younger men and women the chance people of my generation took for granted.

It does improve the atmosphere. They can lift the whole stadium when you need it. Games can be quiet at times and for me there is nothing worse than visiting fans singing the whole game and no concerted effort to out sing them.

What it would take is a group if fans, we have 3,000 standing, approaching the club to seek backing for it. Every fan who fancied this could show if there is demand. If you got say 3-5,000 wanting to do it thus would make the experience of a game better for those of us who just watch them.

We have 5% of fans in the standing section who help to create the atmosphere and the rest join in.

If I were City I would first test if there is the numbers to buy the season tickets for any proposed section, no brainer for me. Then speak to the city council about going about it.

I think it would also give your players a boost. It certainly has had that affect on ours.
 
i'm happy with my seat but i think it should definitely be brought back for those that want it. Being actively against it makes no sense to me.
 
sad that kids today wont experience what we did, but we are never going back to the working class culture of 60s,70s and 80s.

We stand anyway at City in a manner of speaking so it will make no difference for us.
 
Absolutely 100% would love to see it at the Etihad. Seems great at Dortmund & Celtic. Cheaper prices for standing like they've done elsewhere would make it more affordable for loads of people who would normally be put off by normal seated ticket pricing = higher attendances & potentially better atmospheres
 
Has to happen. I agree it won’t necessarily mean an increase in capacity but there are enough fans wanting to stand and they should be able to
 
I am certainly in favour of safe standing but as JRB says, fans stand already and the atmosphere isn't too great.

It is the old chestnut of separated fans both horizontally and vertically which affects the atmosphere. We sit behind the goals on tier two of the SS and are totally detached from tiers one and three. I don't even know if tier three sings as I've never heard them, and I only hear tier one (the singing section) now and again. My mate, who sits in the corner of the SS/CB also on tier two but without tier three over him, recently sat next to me and he was amazed that we couldn't hear tier one singing as it was loud and clear from his usual seat and we are much closer.

Even though I'm an old git I would happily join in with all singing but it doesn't tend to happen where we are as we are completely detached from it all despite being in the same stand. I'm not sure that safe standing would work unless it was part of a larger single tier stand and had a separate section from the front to the back, to either the left or right of that stand. If that was the case then all the others in the seated half of that stand would no doubt join in. If however it was in a separate strip at the bottom you would have the same problem as now.

Just my opinion mind.
 
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Yes for me,standing and jumping!

Someone said on here will just providing stamnding area improve atmosphere and I do believe it will definately. The tourists will not want to stand, they want seats and hotdogs like going to the cinema.

The more hardcore fans who like a bit of noise and banter will flood into the standing area. So yes I think it would help.
 
Magicpole said:
The stadium capacity did not increase. The need to ensure safety means that unless you extend the area and remove seats it's difficult to achieve without someone claiming it's unsafe.

I have read through the posts and it's a misconception to think people will be forced to stand. They may be reallocated a seat, but I didn't notice an uproar.

It gives choice to enjoy the game the way you want. It gives particularly younger men and women the chance people of my generation took for granted.

It does improve the atmosphere. They can lift the whole stadium when you need it. Games can be quiet at times and for me there is nothing worse than visiting fans singing the whole game and no concerted effort to out sing them.

What it would take is a group if fans, we have 3,000 standing, approaching the club to seek backing for it. Every fan who fancied this could show if there is demand. If you got say 3-5,000 wanting to do it thus would make the experience of a game better for those of us who just watch them.

We have 5% of fans in the standing section who help to create the atmosphere and the rest join in.

If I were City I would first test if there is the numbers to buy the season tickets for any proposed section, no brainer for me. Then speak to the city council about going about it.

I think it would also give your players a boost. It certainly has had that affect on ours.
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Thanks for your input Magicpole.........
 
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