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Originally Posted by southernred
Will reply to other questions as time permits later;
But the main question that reoccurs is the restricted view. From what I know but will have to check the small print I think there could be two problems by putting the seats at both wings of the Clayton End.
1) I don't expect the safety people will allow you to permit seats that encourage people to stand to gain a view. ie: if you HAD to stand to see the action every time the ball went goal bound that will be seen as a safety risk. (IMHO)
2) If you sold these seats as having a restricted view, which you could do by charging the same price as the terrace (as Macc do) they may not count towards the 2000 seats required by the FL. I'm not sure of this point but it defeats the object of a seating requirement if you can't atcually seem the pitch ( Hereford have huge problems with this; from the front row of the main stand you can't see the touchline, but the have enough seats further back in the stand)
The points raised are all good ones, but believe me the club are looking at ALL options.  |
Rather than having the inner boundary of the seats at each side running at 90 degrees back, why not have them angled at 45 degrees (or a more acute angle) from the front? Views from them should then be OK and those who love to stand right behind the goal could still get their fix. The standing area would be more of a wedge shape, narrowing down from nearly full width at the back to about the width of the six yard box at the front, the exact proportions depending on how many seats are needed.