North Stand Construction Discussion

[East Level 2]

Surely the standing section has to be right at the back otherwise you'll have seated fans unable to see. Being right under the roof might also help with the acoustics.
I would prefer safe standing with raised seats so the heads of those standing is on roughly the same height as those sitting, but I'm not sure if that is planned.

 

[Coatigan]

Surely the standing section has to be right at the back otherwise you'll have seated fans unable to see. Being right under the roof might also help with the acoustics.
I would prefer safe standing with raised seats so the heads of those standing is on roughly the same height as those sitting, but I'm not sure if that is planned.

Is that a thing, can't remember seeing that at other grounds either, but then hadn't paid attention to the seated format of the rail seats.

 

[TheGhost]

The way to create a singing section is to create a database of fans who want to sing.
Then put that to the club that these fans want to preferably stand together. Whether that’s SSL3 or NSL2.

 

[I'm not really here]

The way to create a singing section is to create a database of fans who want to sing.
Then put that to the club that these fans want to preferably stand together. Whether that’s SSL3 or NSL2.

Or call me crazy, push it ourselves, and persuade other fans to get over there, never used databases in the past. Just push it, and don't get left behind.

We keep going on about how the club are wasting our last opportunity to make this a home end. Why's this all on the club. The fans make the atmosphere, get your asses over there.

 

[HelloCity]

Clean break.

This thread is about the construction of the North Stand expansion.

There is a separate thread to talk about atmosphere and seating arrangements.

 

[East Level 2]

Is that a thing, can't remember seeing that at other grounds either, but then hadn't paid attention to the seated format of the rail seats.

It is a thing, but I don't think it has been adopted anywhere. There was a demonstration of it in Manchester about 20-25 years ago and a few City fans and rags were invited to offer their comments. I went along with Dave Wallace, I'm not sure who else was there from City.
The authorities weren't keen as they wanted sections within grounds to be either seated or standing rather than mixed, even though this format would solve the one of the problems of persistent standing in seated areas.

 

[HelloCity]

The areas which will house the big screens take up 5 floors. Once that next floor is done there are only a couple of more left until full height is reached.



Image at the bottom from the latest SS Skies video.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Looks Cracking.

 

[tailspin747]

Drone video I found on YouTube. Seems pretty up to date as the temporary roof panels seem to be almost complete and the East tower is making a lot of progress.

 

[HelloCity]

Drone video I found on YouTube. Seems pretty up to date as the temporary roof panels seem to be almost complete and the East tower is making a lot of progress.

The towers

 

[Skrastins]

The towers

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can we add this by chance ?


instead of an a eye, we display 115 or something.

 

[DiscoSteve]

Drone video I found on YouTube. Seems pretty up to date as the temporary roof panels seem to be almost complete and the East tower is making a lot of progress.

subscribe to CPOverview - he does the best Drone videos of the expansion - he's been away for about 10 days. Other than him check out ss skies too - he's filling the gap right now.

 

[HelloCity]

subscribe to CPOverview - he does the best Drone videos of the expansion - he's been away for about 10 days. Other than him check out ss skies too - he's filling the gap right now.

He’ll know that. He’s just posting the most up to date video.

 

[HelloCity]

Picky thought - I hope the seats in the expansion aren’t too off colour to those in the original 2nd tier so it all looks seamless when finished.

 

[Time will pass me by]

Nice clear shot of the steel rising from the ground to finally join up with the east tower. A glimpse of the terracing too.

 

[Coatigan]

Picky thought - I hope the seats in the expansion aren’t too off colour to those in the original 2nd tier so it all looks seamless when finished.

Yes it is important to consider the aesthetics of empty seats, given our reputation ;).

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Yes it is important to consider the aesthetics of empty seats, given our reputation ;).

Make them all different colours, it won’t look as obvious then ;)

 

[Coatigan]

Make them all different colours, it won’t look as obvious then ;)

Paint fans on them. Really tap in to the plastic fans mantra!

 

[ccoverview]

subscribe to CPOverview - he does the best Drone videos of the expansion - he's been away for about 10 days. Other than him check out ss skies too - he's filling the gap right now.

Cheers 2 more days and i will be back to regular updates

 

[Beaker]

I agree with much of what you say. I just don’t get the revisionism from some posters against the flexi golds. When I gave the heads up that this type of season card was going to be offered by the club, it was very well received on here. The families that have bought flexi golds for their kids seem to be very happy with them. I know because we run a coach to home games and several families have snapped them up. It would be better if the up front payment was reduced but this is a solution to the excessive match day ticket prices.

This forum seems to be getting overtaken by people who want to tell others what’s good and bad for them. The Club have been a contributory factor by making daft moves on disabled car parking etc.

I’m not a fan of the flexi-gold idea, I think it’s a cash grab.
I believe you have to attend a minimum of ten fixtures to retain it for next season. I would propose that once somebody has retained it for five seasons they then be given the option to upgrade it to a regular gold season ticket.