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Thread: pride park or baseball ground

  1. #1
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    pride park or baseball ground

    many clubs have moved over the years.

    just wondering which you prefer, a lot of new grounds are souless and devoid of atmostphere, in comparison to the old stadiums.

    been to many grounds over the years and much prefer for example, maine road over the eithiad,etc.

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    re: pride park or baseball ground

    no brainer for me. pride park.

    I know the baseball ground had one of the best atmospheres in the country and far better than PP. I know we won a lot there and it held sentimental value.

    but lets get real. PP is almost double the size, lets us get more revenue and more fans the chance to see our great club. the facilities are fantastic. it's nice to have a bit of space and enough toilets. and then of course there's our fantastic pitch which is much better than playing on a beach. oh and no big pillars blocking your view. did I leave anything out...

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    re: pride park or baseball ground

    No brainer for me.. BBG everytime.
    PPS / Ipro, souless dump for most of the season.

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    re: pride park or baseball ground

    BBG was amazing, but like rapid says we have to get the most revenue we can. We have enough fans to fill PP so it'd be criminal if we didnt cater for that. The BBG atmosphere will never be beat though,and i love visiting the old grounds.

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    re: pride park or baseball ground

    As a visiting fan who has been to both grounds, the Baseball Ground every time.

    Although, I've very much enjoyed my visits to Pride Park (and no not just because of the results). It feels different to the other new bowls out there and the stewards are the best that I've come across.

    It's a lot less noisy at Pride Park (or whatever it's called this week) than it was at the Baseball, but aren't they all nowadays?

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    re: pride park or baseball ground

    BBG with 40,000+ in it was unreal, the Popside toilets in winter was like an ammonia sauna Then standing was stopped and we had to put seating in which just didn't work. Pride Park was the answer! IMO like

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    re: pride park or baseball ground

    From a nostalgic point of view the BBG. From a business sense point of view it has to be PP.

    Overall give me the BBG every time

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    re: pride park or baseball ground

    So would some of you take the BBG and regular championship footy/ bit of league 1 footy or PP and regular championship/bit of prem footy?

    Tough question i think. I wouldn't be surprised if most people say BBG (especially the older lot).

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    re: pride park or baseball ground

    im in the older lot so I would say bbg it has cherished memories and a real good atmosphere but it was also right to move when we did

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