Time to move the family stand

[blueloon]

The notion that the Family Stand is responsible for the lack of atmosphere at home games is frankly laughable.

The club need to attract young fans. They are the lifeblood of our club. The family stand is still of value. Paying customers can do whatever they want at a match. Why do a section of our support get so hyper sensitive about the atmosphere and empty seats?

 

[mcfcstu]

The family stand is just too big and kills the energy in the stadium, it's time it was shifted to the upper tier wings, that end needs to dedicating to younger supporters,and made affordable, no disrespect to the regulars in there, but it just looks shite with the hundreds of no shows, a little bit of vision would work wonders for the whole atmosphere

Did u see the amount of empty seats in the South stand ??

 

[mcfcstu]

They do want to move the Family Stand but the problem is where they move it to.

North stand level 2

 

[Man-chester copperpot]

My take copied from the atmosphere thread :

All i’m going to say is that the Family Stand should be allocated the 3 blocks from the Colin Bell stand (upper & lower tier)
The rest should be open to everyone at the same price!
Since the boring shite “emptihad” nickname came along this stand has been the culprit - i’m not saying any other stand isn’t guilty but due to the tv position - this is the “can’t fill your stadium photo” which is shown.
If you can now just buy an adult (without kids) there, i apologise and ignore the above!
Also people having the option to buy any seats doesn’t help as there are hundreds of random dotted seats about - maybe sell row by row until all seats sold?

 

[There is a Light]

The notion that the Family Stand is responsible for the lack of atmosphere at home games is frankly laughable.

True, but it sure as hell doesn’t help. Never does one song come from there, I know it seems far fetched but imagine the FS was relocated and an atmosphere grew from there from new ST holders. Sure it might not happen, but it definitely won’t as long as the Family Stand remains there. Then of course there’s the empty seat issue there, which is worse than anywhere else in the stadium and probably the main cause for the Emptihad tag. It’s just not working. A failed experiment and any other notion is laughable imo.

 

[Corky]

North stand level 2

It already is the family stand including the corners, since 2003.

The family stand is over 7k.

 

[Bentheblue]

Did u see the amount of empty seats in the South stand ??

Nowhere near as many empty seats as at West Ham or Brighton,

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

The club need to attract young fans. They are the lifeblood of our club. The family stand is still of value. Paying customers can do whatever they want at a match. Why do a section of our support get so hyper sensitive about the atmosphere and empty

the club used to have kids season tickets around the whole ground for 95quid. That would attract more kids

 

[mcfcstu]

I’d move the family stands to blocks 132 and 140, NSL1, so the kids could stay in the NS.
Then I’d make blocks 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, NSL1, safe standing, with the emphasis on trying to fill those safe standing seats with City fans in the teens, twenties, and early thirties, who would hopefully create a noisy end, aided by the kids in blocks 132 and 140. The kids would love the chants, songs, and support coming from young, but older City fans next to them.
It’s a place they will want to go into when they get older.

I'd move the family stand to where u sit and then you relocate for a change. Stop believing the myth that its only the Family stand have issues. Did you see the amount of no shows in the south stand today ??

 

[mcfcstu]

Not sure empty seats are exclusive to the Family Stand tbh.

Wasting your time Ric.