I would rather have a full stadium. I have watched at Pittodrie for 28 years and the place has very very seldom been full barring big game Charlie appealing huns and pig games and some euros
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So on the basis that we would have already missed out on 20,882 fans this year, lets extrapolate that to 30,000 over the season.
That's £450,000 (average £15 a ticket, may actually be higher) lost just from tickets alone.
Quite a big cost just so we aesthetically the ground "looks" fuller
And Elton John.
We were playing a gig at the now-closed Melting Point on Golden Square that night.
Around 1030 the crowd swelled quite a bit, and someone said, that's because Elton John's out, to which our singer (never argue with a boy with a PA system behind him - you'll lose) offered, "Ach, Elton's been out for years".
The heids doon into Eddie Cochran's Twenty Flight Rock.
Full stadiums create a better atmosphere. Its not rocket science. I don't care if the big game charlies dinna get in. I really don't. The gaps in the crowd at Pittodrie are part of the reason behind the sh@te atmosphere.
This soulless crap shack is going to have exactly the same issues that people moan about with Pittodrie, no atmosphere, it will be wet and it will still be f@cking cold. The only plus point is, you winna have to check your seats nae f@cked prior to sitting on it
I'm going to take my chance of agreeing with afc1903mad, it may never happen again.
A stadium capacity of 22,000 is what we should be looking for.
Well somewhere between 20 -25 thousand anyway.
Preferably designed so that 15,000 can look and feel like a full stadium. some sort of top tier could do that.
Obviously this sort of thing would have to be a new build BUT BUILD IT IN THE CITY
Bullet point the issues....
As a pre-empter, some improvements over the current facilities which has been raised as concerns earlier
The stadium is shown as enclosed, therefore it should be more sheltered in the stands.
Being a South Stander, you'll know that there can be a hoor of a wind.
The stadium will be fully covered, so section Y and some of X has a better chance of staying dry during the game.
Indeed the roof may provide more coverage than it currently does in the rest of the stand.
No pillars, so those in the main stand get a better view of the game.
A bar at the ground, which will bring a new revenue stream into the club.
So certainly some issues are improved by the proposed move.
What exactly will stay the same other than likely attendance meaning there are seats left with gaps?
Actually, there are loads of seat left as gaps by ST holders because of Pittodrie.
An improved stadium could mean the main areas a fully utilised and keep us all closer together.
Council planners have backed it and advised the committee to green light it.
Its happening, end of.
Can half of you stop moaning now and start backing?
didnt think so...
https://stv.tv/news/north/1406756-ab...d-by-planners/