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ThievingScally · Apr 18, 2023

I'm going to suggest that attendances for the next couple of home games might be decent - and its possible that the one after that could be a record breaker. I might even think that next year could see quite a lot of big attendances.

Whenever I've been to the Ricoh/CBS for a well attended game (thinking Crewe/Leeds) - the arena hasn't really coped. The transport infrastructure/turnstiles/catering - always seems to fall apart if we go above 22K.

Have the club/arena thought about how they're going to manage if we suddenly start getting 28K+?! Did it work ok for Lionesses?

TSx

harvey098 · Apr 18, 2023

Yeah I’m always a bit conflicted about big attendances. Ballache getting around and attracts the moaners - the atmosphere at Stoke felt off from the start.

Quite happy if the attendances were just around the 16 mark (not 16 thousand, just 16 is fine).

Grendel · Apr 18, 2023

harvey098 said:
Yeah I’m always a bit conflicted about big attendances. Ballache getting around and attracts the moaners - the atmosphere at Stoke felt off from the start.

Quite happy if the attendances were just around the 16 mark (not 16 thousand, just 16 is fine).

What a bizarre comment

clint van damme · Apr 18, 2023

WestEndAgro · Apr 18, 2023

ThievingScally said:
I'm going to suggest that attendances for the next couple of home games might be decent - and its possible that the one after that could be a record breaker. I might even think that next year could see quite a lot of big attendances.

Whenever I've been to the Ricoh/CBS for a well attended game (thinking Crewe/Leeds) - the arena hasn't really coped. The transport infrastructure/turnstiles/catering - always seems to fall apart if we go above 22K.

Have the club/arena thought about how they're going to manage if we suddenly start getting 28K+?! Did it work ok for Lionesses?

TSx

The train station was absolute carnage, seemed fine inside and outside the ground.
Huge amount of catering available, way more than a normal Matchday

Saddlebrains · Apr 18, 2023

Tbf its only mental when its full because its only happened 2 or 3 times

oscillatewildly · Apr 18, 2023

Let's just cross that bridge when we get there, eh?

Deleted member 5849 · Apr 18, 2023

oscillatewildly said:
Let's just cross that bridge when we get there, eh?

Might not be able to if it's cordoned off because of the numbers.

Flying Fokker · Apr 18, 2023

harvey098 said:
Yeah I’m always a bit conflicted about big attendances. Ballache getting around and attracts the moaners - the atmosphere at Stoke felt off from the start.

Quite happy if the attendances were just around the 16 mark (not 16 thousand, just 16 is fine).

One minor point. The game was shit!

Londonccfcfan · Apr 18, 2023

What is actually our full capacity???

Has it officially been de rated to under 30k. Seeming as we Safety committee dobt allow more than 4k away. With about 2.5k segregation minimum.
Add the not for sale seats in singers corner.

Flying Fokker · Apr 18, 2023

Londonccfcfan said:
What is actually our full capacity???

Has it officially been de rated to under 30k. Seeming as we Safety committee dobt allow more than 4k away. With about 2.5k segregation minimum.
Add the not for sale seats in singers corner.

32605? Without covers/segregation. So maybe 30-31k?

ThievingScally · Apr 18, 2023

oscillatewildly said:
Let's just cross that bridge when we get there, eh?

Or - The club/arena could make some plans now to ensure that everything goes smoothly.

TSx

Sky Blue Pete · Apr 18, 2023

Londonccfcfan said:
What is actually our full capacity???

Has it officially been de rated to under 30k. Seeming as we Safety committee dobt allow more than 4k away. With about 2.5k segregation minimum.
Add the not for sale seats in singers corner.

5k away
Block 13 not currently open as not needed if needed suspect it could be used
So 32409 less 1000 current capacity

letsallsingtogether · Apr 18, 2023

harvey098 said:
Yeah I’m always a bit conflicted about big attendances. Ballache getting around and attracts the moaners - the atmosphere at Stoke felt off from the start.

Quite happy if the attendances were just around the 16 mark (not 16 thousand, just 16 is fine).

If they want to moan they should have gone to QPR that bottom Concourse struggles to told 250, fuck me it was tight bit like Brum.

SkyBlueCharlie9 · Apr 18, 2023

letsallsingtogether said:
If they want to moan they should have gone to QPR that bottom Concourse struggles to told 250, fuck me it was tight bit like Brum.

QPR lower teir 'concourse' was a dark narrow tunnel. An accident waiting to happen. Reminded me a bit of the good old west terrace.
The smoke filled bogs were a worry too.

letsallsingtogether · Apr 18, 2023

SkyBlueCharlie9 said:
QPR lower teir 'concourse' was a dark narrow tunnel. An accident waiting to happen. Reminded me a bit of the good old west terrace.
The smoke filled bogs were a worry too.

Funny that they had a smoking area outside.

pusbccfc · Apr 18, 2023

You can tell some people aren't used to big crowds with the CBS.

If you go to any event, with any full capacity, it's difficult to get in and out. It takes a while to go for a beer or to the toilet. It takes a while to get a bus or train back.

Singers corner is at full capacity and is never an issue for a beer or the toilet. A 5 min queue to get in should not be an issue as long as people don't turn up at 2:55.

The only thing we should be worrying about is the SAG and ensuring every Coventry fan, up to 29,500 of them, can get in. If segregation has to be 3 columns of seats and a line of officers, then so be it. If we have to limit away fans to 3000, good.

pusbccfc · Apr 18, 2023

Flying Fokker said:
32605? Without covers/segregation. So maybe 30-31k?

Higher than that. Since the screen has been moved, the capacity is around 33,000. Even with 1500 reduced for segregation, that's still 31,500. Roughly the crowd for Chelsea and Crewe JPT.

chiefdave · Apr 18, 2023

pusbccfc said:
You can tell some people aren't used to big crowds with the CBS.

If you go to any event, with any full capacity, it's difficult to get in and out. It takes a while to go for a beer or to the toilet. It takes a while to get a bus or train back.

There's a difference between an acceptable delay and the absolute shit show every time there's a big crowd. We've had multiple games in the past where kick off has been delayed or there's been large crowds still outside at kick off. And away from the football there's been multiple events that have made the national news for how badly organised they were

Last weekend there was about 2K people up there for the tennis and even at an event like that there was issues

bigfatronssba · Apr 18, 2023

Haven't some of the concerts had about 50k in there?

We might find out against Birmingham anyway. I'm not sure if its been mentioned on here but ticket sales for that game are looking very good

Sky Blue Pete · Apr 18, 2023

bigfatronssba said:
Haven't some of the concerts had about 50k in there?

We might find out against Birmingham anyway. I'm not sure if its been mentioned on here but ticket sales for that game are looking very good

2 wins should improve that even more

Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue · Apr 19, 2023

chiefdave said:
There's a difference between an acceptable delay and the absolute shit show every time there's a big crowd. We've had multiple games in the past where kick off has been delayed or there's been large crowds still outside at kick off. And away from the football there's been multiple events that have made the national news for how badly organised they were

Last weekend there was about 2K people up there for the tennis and even at an event like that there was issues

Spot on. The rare time we have had crowds of over 24,000, the stadium has descended into disorganised carnage. There’s been 3 to a seat in Block 17, people stood in the stairway making it difficult for people to get to their seat, 40 minute queues for a pint, massive queues at the turnstiles and a dead atmosphere.

With our decent amount of ST sales from Block 14 - 20, for Birmingham hopefully we can just shove all the twice a seasons in the North Stand and fence them off in the concourse.

ThievingScally · 2026-04-02T21:12:23+0100

This was less than 2 years ago.

Credit where credit is due.

Big crowds are 'normal' and well managed.

TSx

Ashdown · 2026-04-02T22:57:18+0100

ThievingScally said:
This was less than 2 years ago.

Credit where credit is due.

Big crowds are 'normal' and well managed.

TSx

Reasonably but on the main concourses the toilets are carnage, especially at half time. Most other stuff has improved no end.

Lamps · 2026-04-03T03:54:13+0100

ThievingScally said:
This was less than 2 years ago.

Credit where credit is due.

Big crowds are 'normal' and well managed.

TSx

3 years but still amazing what has happened. When the arena was built it was said to be too big for us. For the first 20 years this was correct, but now it isn't big enough for us. Never thought I would say that.

bigfatronssba · 2026-04-03T05:55:56+0100

Lamps said:
3 years but still amazing what has happened. When the arena was built it was said to be too big for us. For the first 20 years this was correct, but now it isn't big enough for us. Never thought I would say that.

It was never too big for us.

The team was too crap for it

Sick Boy · 2026-04-03T05:58:14+0100

bigfatronssba said:
It was never too big for us.

The team was too crap for it

In that case we must have had some pretty crap PL teams.

bigfatronssba · 2026-04-03T06:09:17+0100

Sick Boy said:
In that case we must have had some pretty crap PL teams.

You’re talking about a different era.

Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal etc wouldn’t have filled the CBS every game for the time you’re talking about

shmmeee · 2026-04-03T09:39:02+0100

bigfatronssba said:
You’re talking about a different era.

Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal etc wouldn’t have filled the CBS every game for the time you’re talking about

New ground adds about a third onto the attendance we went from 16k to 21k in the championship. We were hitting about 21k in the PL so likely would have hit about 27/28k with a new ground.

bigfatronssba · 2026-04-03T10:01:50+0100

shmmeee said:
New ground adds about a third onto the attendance we went from 16k to 21k in the championship. We were hitting about 21k in the PL so likely would have hit about 27/28k with a new ground.

In 2001 yes, but by 2005 it would've been nearer 30k.

We dropped out of the Prem just as sell outs at most clubs were becoming the norm. It changed a lot between 2001 & 2005

shmmeee · 2026-04-03T10:15:21+0100

bigfatronssba said:
In 2001 yes, but by 2005 it would've been nearer 30k.

We dropped out of the Prem just as sell outs at most clubs were becoming the norm. It changed a lot between 2001 & 2005

Yeah I agree. People on here consistently underestimate our crowd potential. Still laughing at people who claimed we wouldn’t sell out in the PL if we got there. We’d absolutely be filling the Ricoh week in week out if we’d stayed up.

Lamps · 2026-04-03T17:51:47+0100

bigfatronssba said:
It was never too big for us.

The team was too crap for it

There's more to it than that.

We were in a bad place when we moved in and continued to get worse. It got that bad that instead of looking at the empty seats to try and work out the attendance you looked at how many seats you couldn't see. Then we were counting seats you couldn't see at two other grounds. A full stadium was just a pipe dream. Forget about reaching the Prem because competing at the top of the Championship was a big target. You could see the support was there because of the big games, but constant big games seemed so far away. Even recently 28k was seen as excellent.

It wasn't just the team was crap. Everything about our club was crap and there didn't seem a way out of it.

bigfatronssba · 2026-04-03T18:07:58+0100

Lamps said:
There's more to it than that.

We were in a bad place when we moved in and continued to get worse. It got that bad that instead of looking at the empty seats to try and work out the attendance you looked at how many seats you couldn't see. Then we were counting seats you couldn't see at two other grounds. A full stadium was just a pipe dream. Forget about reaching the Prem because competing at the top of the Championship was a big target. You could see the support was there because of the big games, but constant big games seemed so far away. Even recently 28k was seen as excellent.

It wasn't just the team was crap. Everything about our club was crap and there didn't seem a way out of it.

Oh I agree, the club had a general toxicity. A loser mentality that had manifested itself after spending 50 years without a top 6 finish.
It had come from the team though. Decades of them disappointing us

Gint11 · 2026-04-03T18:25:48+0100

harvey098 said:
Yeah I’m always a bit conflicted about big attendances. Ballache getting around and attracts the moaners - the atmosphere at Stoke felt off from the start.

Quite happy if the attendances were just around the 16 mark (not 16 thousand, just 16 is fine).

Not with you on that. Got to aim for sell outs and keep em

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