North Stand Construction Discussion

[supercity88]

You are so spot on here!

@Didsbury Dave came up with a brilliant suggestion of setting up a group of people on here about the North Stand and demanding a meeting with Danny Wilson and these nameless execs who destroying what could have been.....

If this does not work, then we contact the journalist to start to get them to ask questions because all we getting at the moment is soundbites

@HelloCity I totally agree with what you said above

I'm certainly cynical because of what I see the club doing in terms of tickets. It's clear they're selling to tout sites by the number of random "fans" who are at away games and groups of tickets that emerge on certain sites despite being shown as "sold out" on City's website.

However, this project is about increasing our revenues. There's no doubt about that.

But I also remember the club issuing a lot of cheap season tickets in SSL3 when it was launched. The club can definitely do both with this project. The hotel, the new shop, the museum, the epic sky bar/sky walk/suites will all bring in vastly more revenue than we currently get. And I'm hopeful that will help offset ticket prices to make this home end work successfully.

However, the buck stops at the fans. We're quick to make excuses.

The issue with the current atmosphere is because of having separate groups of people and the fact they can't hear each other. The Cup games prove it. SSL1 come out feeling like they've outsung the opposition. The rest of the ground has only heard the away fans. So get all the singers in one stand, under a roof and it will be so much better than it currently is.

But a lot of people have already expressed that they don't want to move in any case. They'd rather stay where they are.

So the club can't really do much. They can sell a load of cheap tickets and make it attractive as a home end. But I'm not sure that's going to get people to move from next to the away fans where they have the banter and think they're doing a good job of making noise.

It only needs 3,000 at the back of the NSL2 under the roof to make things 10x better. We'd be good in every game then. It would be like an away following cheerleading the rest of the ground. Exactly what we need.

 

[pride in battle]

I'm 59 and couldn't think of anything I'd want less than safe standing on the moon .

I'm 60 in June and I love standing :)

 

[Keeper!]

You are so spot on here!

@Didsbury Dave came up with a brilliant suggestion of setting up a group of people on here about the North Stand and demanding a meeting with Danny Wilson and these nameless execs who destroying what could have been.....

If this does not work, then we contact the journalist to start to get them to ask questions because all we getting at the moment is soundbites

@HelloCity I totally agree with what you said above

Absolute tosh, we won't get 8000 singers in that stand, they don't exist, have you asked any fans in other areas of the ground if they want to move, I would say a majority want to stay where they are.

8000 extra bodies in the stadium will increase atmosphere, end of story.

 

[pride in battle]

I'm certainly cynical because of what I see the club doing in terms of tickets. It's clear they're selling to tout sites by the number of random "fans" who are at away games and groups of tickets that emerge on certain sites despite being shown as "sold out" on City's website.

However, this project is about increasing our revenues. There's no doubt about that.

But I also remember the club issuing a lot of cheap season tickets in SSL3 when it was launched. The club can definitely do both with this project. The hotel, the new shop, the museum, the epic sky bar/sky walk/suites will all bring in vastly more revenue than we currently get. And I'm hopeful that will help offset ticket prices to make this home end work successfully.

However, the buck stops at the fans. We're quick to make excuses.

The issue with the current atmosphere is because of having separate groups of people and the fact they can't hear each other. The Cup games prove it. SSL1 come out feeling like they've outsung the opposition. The rest of the ground has only heard the away fans. So get all the singers in one stand, under a roof and it will be so much better than it currently is.

But a lot of people have already expressed that they don't want to move in any case. They'd rather stay where they are.

So the club can't really do much. They can sell a load of cheap tickets and make it attractive as a home end. But I'm not sure that's going to get people to move from next to the away fans where they have the banter and think they're doing a good job of making noise.

It only needs 3,000 at the back of the NSL2 under the roof to make things 10x better. We'd be good in every game then. It would be like an away following cheerleading the rest of the ground. Exactly what we need.

Absolutely bang on mate, I bet all the ones moaning about the atmosphere won't get of their arses to move, citing excuse after excuse, then moan again!!!

 

[pride in battle]

Absolute tosh, we won't get 8000 singers in that stand, they don't exist, have you asked any fans in other areas of the ground if they want to move, I would say a majority want to stay where they are.

8000 extra bodies in the stadium will increase atmosphere, end of story.

Will it though ??

 

[pride in battle]

OMG. Our club has brought untold glory & happiness to me & my fellow blues that have had STs near me for the last 30 years.
Why are people continually moaning

Because they're *****

 

[Keeper!]

Will it though ??

It depends upon what happens on the pitch and that has always been the case.

Madrid the atmosphere was superb, why? A great game, huge stakes and a team playing their hearts out.

We have the best players, manager and execs, they have to be paid for, sadly a local supporter getting cheap tickets does not pay for that, and that's just fact.

Corporate, tourists, and ticket agencies all part of the deal to be a global, footballing superpower.

 

[jrb]

A good compromise, if the club are looking at a seated and safe standing split on NSL2, would be 6000-3/4's across the front and middle of NSL2 seated, and 2000-1/4 safe standing across the back of NSL2. 2000 safe standing and vocal fans would make a hell of a noise at the back of NSL2 directly under the roof, with the other 6000 fans in NSL2 joining in the chants.

 

[LEXSTARproject]

City have never mentioned anything about a blue wall. That’s wishful thinking from posters on here.

Loads of matters to be considered. First of all current NS seasoncard holders and families that want to stay there. Then how many actually want to relocate from the South Stand - everybody I know that is vocal in the South Stand has no intention of moving. If the numbers are low then it’s a dead duck straight away.

Price reductions for relocators doesn’t guarantee singers moving - it guarantees supporters that want cheaper tickets moving whether they are singers or quiet.

I’m quite sure City want a shiny new stand to cater for tourists and new fans.

@Prophet of Doom it was the chairman who mentioned that he wanted a blue wall in one of end of season videos with Chris

 

[mcfcphil]

I'm certainly cynical because of what I see the club doing in terms of tickets. It's clear they're selling to tout sites by the number of random "fans" who are at away games and groups of tickets that emerge on certain sites despite being shown as "sold out" on City's website.

I’ve seen this a few times and can’t get my head around it.

The fact there are some, let’s say untypical city fans at away games suggests tickets are being bought through channels other than from the Club directly.

But the suggestion is that the club is actively facilitating these sales and I just don’t see the motivation.

Is there enough money involved in selling a handful of tickets on to agencies to justify a business the size of City dedicating any level of internal resources to it?

I think there’s definitely an argument for the club to be doing more to stop it happening, but I’m struggling to make the jump to the club actively driving it / benefiting financially from it.