North Stand Construction Discussion

Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
I’m happy that there will be safe standing including. If we can get 4,000 fans all stood up that could make a big improvement to the atmosphere.

It’s not a proper home end, but it’s better than what we have now.
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Even if its only 4,000 singers to begin with, it'll grow as more and more people move their seeking atmosphere

Look at SS3, 1st season it was dead up there. Then bit by bit you see more and more singers moving up there, and now it's a decent little section.

I expect the North Stand to be like this but on a much larger scale
 
HelloCity said:
Why would they want to move to such a tiny area at the back of a huge new section which will mostly be populated by day trippers?
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Because unless your bothered about the away fans it’s miles better then south stand level 1. More fans, stood under a roof and huge room to expand and grow a proper singing section.
 
Coatigan said:
Sorry, I disagree with all of that.

For a start, the predictions were a lot worse than the proposals, even as they were then, suggested. Now they have been improved by changing nearly half the seating to standing. That's a pretty big change, some argued would never happen, if you remember. I actually argued that the design and spacing allows for it to happen at any stage, when people claimed they wouldn't be building and getting approvals and costs for it only to change it. And now they are, and have left the door open to changing it some more, with a whole year yet to go.

So of course I am keeping the seame narrative. There is potential there that people are failing to see, their views on the stand are too prescriptive, and the club is not inflexible. That was 'my narrative' and this only reinforces that.

You are still not saying what it is that makes this 'fail' as a stand. Just saying it is not the blue wall which is I assume a bit like the yellow wall, isn't really a point of any kind. Btw, I think it Will be a version of a 'blue wall', up to the fans that occupy it.

There has been nothing said on the allocation yet, the sales, prices or proportions of season tickets. So I'm not sure how anyone can claim their predictions of a tourist end have been fulfilled.

The only prediction that looks like it will come true, is that the GA+ won't move or change. I didn't think it would myself (that's not saying it can't), but I never saw an issue with it either.
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I don’t expect you to admit you were wrong.

Ultimately it’s still a great development and will look amazing. Huge positive that more fans will get to go to the bigger matches as well.

This isn’t going to be an atmospheric ‘home end’ though no matter what anyone says and there will be complaints about the atmosphere all next season and how the new stand didn’t fully take advantage of the opportunity it presented.

Just my take and can’t wait to see how awesome it looks when finished :)
 
EastMidlandsBlue said:
Even if its only 4,000 singers to begin with, it'll grow as more and more people move their seeking atmosphere

Look at SS3, 1st season it was dead up there. Then bit by bit you see more and more singers moving up there, and now it's a decent little section.

I expect the North Stand to be like this but on a much larger scale
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The big difference will be safe standing. If ss3 had safe standing it would be a lot louder.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
Because unless your bothered about the away fans it’s miles better then south stand level 1. More fans, stood under a roof and huge room to expand and grow a proper singing section.
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You’ll have to send us some pics of your view when you move there. Let us know how the atmosphere grows over the years etc. Could be interesting to follow.
 
Kink Lad Cee said:
Won't City just install the rail seating on level one of the north stand? Shift all the families up to the expanded second tier?
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Family stand is seemingly staying as it is in both tier 1 and tier 2. Not sure if they’ll change the branding of it though in the current tier 2 section.
 
HelloCity said:
You’ll have to send us some pics of your view when you move there. Let us know how the atmosphere grows over the years etc. Could be interesting to follow.
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Be realistic. Dortmunds yellow wall was never going to happen. We have to compromise. Potentially 4,000 all stood up at the other end of the ground could improve the atmosphere significantly.
 
HelloCity said:
I don’t expect you to admit you were wrong.

Ultimately it’s still a great development and will look amazing. Huge positive that more fans will get to go to the bigger matches as well.

This isn’t going to be an atmospheric ‘home end’ though no matter what anyone says and there will be complaints about the atmosphere all next season and how the new stand didn’t fully take advantage of the opportunity it presented.

Just my take and can’t wait to see how awesome it looks when finished :)
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Wrong about what? That the stand design doesn't doom it to fail?

You continue to avoid answering an extremely simple question, that I am asking in pretty damn good faith, given your current tone.
 
Extremely concerned by the fact there is not a single mention of new seasontickets in that article. Can't help but think that City are following their policy of not releasing any new seasontickets at all since 2020, which has seen our ST numbers fall by thousands. Even worse, they may plan to shove a ton of "flexi-Gold seasontickets" in there, which is a scam in itself as it is simply not a season ticket, they should be taken to trading standards over it. Who would have thought a club would see having less season ticket holders as a positive move!

Also interesting that they give a specific figure of 500 for the new corporate area, but refuse to for the "significant under 21 section". Feels like another disappointment they're hiding, in place of what could've been a really positive overall development. Rail seating is great, but without seasonticket holders who'll be there every game and the next generation of Blues being encouraged to attend, it's not going to do the wonders for the atmosphere that it could've.
 
Coatigan said:
Wrong about what? That the stand design doesn't doom it to fail?

You continue to avoid answering an extremely simple question, that I am asking in pretty damn good faith, given your current tone.
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My tone with you has been very level unlike yourself, unfortunately.
 
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