Time to move the family stand

Beaker said:
Personally I don’t think the concept of a family stand is needed anymore. I think City could be much more accommodating of families by making it affordable for parents to take kids all around the ground rather than putting them all in one area that’s still bloody expensive but where swearing is frowned upon. We all know the areas of the stadium to avoid for those parents that want to wrap their kids in cotton wool.
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I know times have changed, boy have they, but we as kids didn't have a problem with swearing and bad language, as well as the odd proper scrap in the old Kippax.

It gave us an early insight into what to expect as we grew up and started making our way up the Kippax.

There was no cotton wool or iPads then.
 
Beaker said:
Personally I don’t think the concept of a family stand is needed anymore. I think City could be much more accommodating of families by making it affordable for parents to take kids all around the ground rather than putting them all in one area that’s still bloody expensive but where swearing is frowned upon. We all know the areas of the stadium to avoid for those parents that want to wrap their kids in cotton wool.
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I'd add to this, as a regular user of public transport most of today's youngsters know and use far more swear words than I do. Certain words now are used as nouns, adjectives and verbs
 
East Level 2 said:
Regulars at the south ends of the East and CB stands level 2 were priced out as those areas were used for 93:20 and Joes.
Some in the middle of SS2 were moved for that corporate bit in the middle. This was done when the club were discussing the atmosphere with the fans but they wouldn't accept that increasing the corporate areas would kill the atmosphere. - They'd have been better putting the corporate bits at the north ends of the stands.
And finally a load of long term ST holders were shifted for the vanity project known as the Tunnel Club.
The club has always been willing to move people when they want to.
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The club knew it would kill the atmosphere. They didn't want to listen.

I've been in meetings with the club. Even before discussions have started the people representing the club have already made up their minds. Nothing what was said changed their minds or stance. It ends up in nothing more than a polite talking shop. It left me frustrated and disillusioned at times. Saying that, there have been times when the club has come around to an idea and given it the go ahead. And to be fair to the club they are very supportive of 1894.

When I first moved to the Etihad I used to sit in 215. It was full of people who used to sit in R Block in the North Stand at Maine Road, which was right next to the away fans. It was full full of singers and some nutters. When we moved to the Etihad most of us were still sat together. We created a great atmosphere in and around 215.

The club then decided to split 215 and 216 and created a corporate seating area for people in the dinning area above those seats. Don't know what it's called. Shortly after that I called it a day up there, left my R Block mates, and moved to 110.(which was great)

I do banner drop downs from SSL2 for 1894 at times. The people who sit in the front row are understanding and never complain about us/1894 doing a drop down banner from there. They even help out every now and again.
 
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Beaker said:
Yep, and kids season tickets in those areas range from between £135 and £165 which is between just over £7 and just under £9 per game. You can see why so many season ticket holders keep those season tickets even though they might only want to attend a handful of games.
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Or keep them and walk round the other end
 
mrtwiceaseason said:
No it's not anyone can buy tickets in there
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I think most Adults won't go in there as it's still referred to and perceived rightly or wrongly as the 'family stand'.

If the club announced on the OS it was open to every age with discounted tickets, so pile in, there would be more youth and adults in there. :-)
 
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HelloCity said:
Is that based on club information?

If it’s not next season then I’m sure it will happen in the next few years.

Apparently a lot of people in the Family Stand these days aren’t actually eligible for it anymore but the club just keeps the tickets rolling off since the stand is so big for a family area that they might not be able to fill all the seats with more families if they were to move everyone on.
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They have made noises about doing this but didn’t follow through. I had a season ticket in 232 from 2013-14 and they never said anything about family groups at that stage.

The guy who sat next to me had a six year old son and they relocated to the South Stand tier three when it opened because the seats were much cheaper there. Someone behind me was threatened with relocation because his children were over age. He, and his family, still there now!

The whole administration of the family stand is confused, and at times self-contradictory. The area is far too large to be sustainable as a family stand, hence all the anomalies.

I remain convinced that the empty seats are pretty well all no shows by season ticket holders rather than unsold seats. The seat next to me is occupied at best for two thirds of League matches and it has always been sold as a season ticket and is never available for purchase apart from Cup matches. It has been much the same for the last seven seasons.

There are a few blocks of seats in the lower tier which are sometimes occupied by visiting groups often dressed in the same kit (junior teams?). I suspect that these are the seats that may be given as comps for a few games.

There is absolutely no prospect of major changes in the Family Stand. It would be far too disruptive. Maybe, when or rather if, the North Stand is expanded there might be major relocations.
 
Would anyone consider a guy on a microphone getting the crowd going? I don't particularly like the idea but it seems to be in our stadium it's an organisational issue
 
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