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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #75 on: April 15, 2018, 07:57:38 PM »
How many more people would fit into the same space if standing as opposed to sitting?

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #76 on: April 15, 2018, 08:17:37 PM »
Once a purpose built stand is in place you can get 3 people to every 2 seats.

If you just install rail seating in an existing stand, then you cannot increase capacity because there will not be enough exits or space in the concourse for it to be safe.

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #77 on: April 15, 2018, 08:44:24 PM »
Once a purpose built stand is in place you can get 3 people to every 2 seats.

If you just install rail seating in an existing stand, then you cannot increase capacity because there will not be enough exits or space in the concourse for it to be safe.
Thanks Amfy. So the attendance in the Holte would be the same without huge reconstruction?

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #78 on: April 15, 2018, 10:36:24 PM »
54000 on the petition now.

I don't think it will happen though, not for a long time. Having made peace, as they see it, with the Hillsborough families no-one in authority's going to rock that boat for the foreseeable.

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #79 on: April 16, 2018, 07:44:17 AM »
Exactly. Being cynical there’s no win for a politician in introducing it

Goes well and you get zero credit

Goes badly and you get all the blame including from people who advocated it, for not doing it properly


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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #80 on: April 16, 2018, 08:47:29 AM »
Exactly. Being cynical there’s no win for a politician in introducing it

Goes well and you get zero credit

Goes badly and you get all the blame including from people who advocated it, for not doing it properly

Well the obvious answer is to do it properly then.

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #81 on: April 16, 2018, 09:35:50 AM »
54000 on the petition now.

I don't think it will happen though, not for a long time. Having made peace, as they see it, with the Hillsborough families no-one in authority's going to rock that boat for the foreseeable.

Even most of The Hillsborough families are coming round to it now. certainly LFC as a whole are.

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #82 on: April 25, 2018, 07:32:13 PM »
Being fully backed by our club.

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #83 on: April 25, 2018, 08:37:32 PM »
Celtic have put safe standing in over last year.

Seems to have been declared a success but haven't seen any detailed articles about it which is odd. Have they reduced ticket prices in that area?

There's certainly a demand for it so for me it's worth a go to put it in for space for 3k or so fans in the popular home ends.

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #84 on: April 25, 2018, 09:21:32 PM »

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #85 on: April 25, 2018, 09:32:43 PM »
Celtic have put safe standing in over last year.

Seems to have been declared a success but haven't seen any detailed articles about it which is odd. Have they reduced ticket prices in that area?

There's certainly a demand for it so for me it's worth a go to put it in for space for 3k or so fans in the popular home ends.

I think there's been quite a bit written and said about it and the overall impression is that it's been a massive success.

However, there is no prospect of standing sections bringing ticket prices down for the foreseeable future as capacities can only increase in purpose built stands.

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #86 on: April 27, 2018, 03:09:56 AM »

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #87 on: April 27, 2018, 07:41:10 AM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43915570

When Tracey Crouch said it was only a 'vocal minority' that wanted safe standing, presumably she was referring to the people that actually attend football matches.

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #88 on: April 27, 2018, 08:51:19 AM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43915570

When Tracey Crouch said it was only a 'vocal minority' that wanted safe standing, presumably she was referring to the people that actually attend football matches.

Tracey 'won't ever make such a difficult decision' Crouch.

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Re: Safe Standing
« Reply #89 on: May 02, 2018, 08:31:00 AM »
I just got the email and it will be debated in Parliament on 25th June.

Thanks to the vocal minority who signed.

 


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