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Safe Standing & inclusion in Orlando: "Finally someone gets it" | Football Supporters' Federation
Safe standing with cup holders! Just like the old days!
Seriously I'm not fussed now, I think the SB would be largely unchanged, I know people think the capacity would be increased, but I don't see how. I don't feel the need for a rail in front of me. I have a handy seat for pre-match and half-time. I can cope without a cup-holder!
Safe Standing & inclusion in Orlando: "Finally someone gets it" | Football Supporters'
Safe standing with cup holders! Just like the old days!
Seriously I'm not fussed now, I think the SB would be largely unchanged, I know people think the capacity would be increased, but I don't see how. I don't feel the need for a rail in front of me. I have a handy seat for pre-match and half-time. I can cope without a cup-holder!
I guess you would get around 3 rows with rails for 2 rows of seats
That is a problem, we went to the Genting Arena last week and narrowly missed sitting/standing behind a giantMaybe in the same footprint, but only with a reconstruction of the concrete and then is the pitch enough anyway to have 50% more rows and still let people see? In the past if you got behind someone 6'6" then you could always move a bit, but not in these sort of stands presumably?
Maybe in the same footprint, but only with a reconstruction of the concrete and then is the pitch enough anyway to have 50% more rows and still let people see? In the past if you got behind someone 6'6" then you could always move a bit, but not in these sort of stands presumably?
One thing that gets me with safe standing is a lot of people assume you can get a ticket, stand where you want and be crammed in with a load of mates, where in reality it’s as you are now, in the south bank for example, you still have to buy a seat (particular space) the only difference is you’ll have a metal bar in your eyeline if ever you have to sit.
Safe standing is *******s in reality, it’s as you are now, it’s not and never will be like it use to so what’s the point? Looks like having the rails will take up more space so ultimately less seats/standing room.
The whole thing is a bit weird to be honest. Football fans are treated very differently in Britain than they seem to be over here on the continent. We have beer in the stands with no issues and hell I dont know if you guys could see it on the tv, but the fans from the standing section of the Arena were all standing down at the bottom of the stand out of their designated zone with no issues during the Netherlands-England game. I would imagine the stewards in an english football stadium would have been in a full scale fight trying to force them back to their seats and thereby causing more of an issue than just letting them have fun.
I'd disagree on the "it's as you are now" - currently seats are often in the blooming way if stood up. Rail seats would be locked away if the game is deemed to be okay to allow standing.One thing that gets me with safe standing is a lot of people assume you can get a ticket, stand where you want and be crammed in with a load of mates, where in reality it’s as you are now, in the south bank for example, you still have to buy a seat (particular space) the only difference is you’ll have a metal bar in your eyeline if ever you have to sit.
Safe standing is *******s in reality, it’s as you are now, it’s not and never will be like it use to so what’s the point? Looks like having the rails will take up more space so ultimately less seats/standing room.
Amsterdam Wolf....Always wondered this, on the last row of the safe standing or rail seats there are 23 seats, when it’s open for standing do they allow only 23 in a row or more people?We have a version of safe standing here in the ArenA as well. Works pretty well.
Amsterdam Wolf....Always wondered this, on the last row of the safe standing or rail seats there are 23 seats, when it’s open for standing do they allow only 23 in a row or more people?
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One thing that gets me with safe standing is a lot of people assume you can get a ticket, stand where you want and be crammed in with a load of mates, where in reality it’s as you are now, in the south bank for example, you still have to buy a seat (particular space) the only difference is you’ll have a metal bar in your eyeline if ever you have to sit.
Safe standing is *******s in reality, it’s as you are now, it’s not and never will be like it use to so what’s the point? Looks like having the rails will take up more space so ultimately less seats/standing room.
One thing that gets me with safe standing is a lot of people assume you can get a ticket, stand where you want and be crammed in with a load of mates, where in reality it’s as you are now, in the south bank for example, you still have to buy a seat (particular space) the only difference is you’ll have a metal bar in your eyeline if ever you have to sit.
Safe standing is *******s in reality, it’s as you are now, it’s not and never will be like it use to so what’s the point? Looks like having the rails will take up more space so ultimately less seats/standing room.
If we had someone down the front trying to lead us like an orchestra they'd just get laughed at. I'd hate it if English football culture went like that.You'll find people on the stairs, and down the front, they arent forced to stay in the seat area there. Its a set group that sit there, with a guy down the front where the stewards usually stand orchestrating them like a choir.