King Robins
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If the game wasnt on Sky it would have been delayed.. was ridiculous trying to get in today until they stopped searching people.
Absolutely. I honestly think this would ease so many issues with car park C. There’s not much traffic going across the 444 but the lights favour it hugely. Understandable on a none match day.It's 2024 and I am shocked they cant programme lights to help traffic flow at specific peak times. Car park C needs an extra 20 seconds per change and the roundabout lights towards the city centre where it always backs up needs the same 20 seconds longer hold. It would ease congestion and stop 100s of cars idling which is a small but quick win from an emissions perspective.
Went for a burger king after the game, came out and seen them all still trying to get out that car park. Fuck thatAbsolutely. I honestly think this would ease so many issues with car park C. There’s not much traffic going across the 444 but the lights favour it hugely. Understandable on a none match day.
It feels like some of you were at a different stadium to me. We got to the stadium about 11:15 coming from Tescos, walked through the fan village and were in a queue of 3-4 at whatever number turnstiles are at blocks 26-27.
same - literally 3 people in front of meIt feels like some of you were at a different stadium to me. We got to the stadium about 11:15 coming from Tescos, walked through the fan village and were in a queue of 3-4 at whatever number turnstiles are at blocks 26-27.
It feels like some of you were at a different stadium to me. We got to the stadium about 11:15 coming from Tescos, walked through the fan village and were in a queue of 3-4 at whatever number turnstiles are at blocks 26-27.
Some people have other commitments, and that's fine and understandable, but some just don't go in until the last minute because they're having a beer or whatever.What some people don't get is not everyone who turns up later is in the pub, some people have other commitments.
Also the delays are getting earlier, the Arena knows this true hence they are attempting things to reduce this.
Bollocks, the issues aren't people turning up "5" minutes before kick offSome people have other commitments, and that's fine and understandable, but some just don't go in until the last minute because they're having a beer or whatever.
It's those others that are the problem, and are the one's that are criticised. I dare say they're also the ones complaining vigorously and shouting abuse at stewards when they can't waltz into the stadium 5 mins before kick-off when they've been stood outside for the past 30mins with no queues.
This is an important point. There’s been quite a few ‘age of the stadium’ and ‘wouldn’t be like that if it was built now’ type posts yet far older stadiums don’t seem to have these issuesIt is also interesting how other grounds which older facilities such as Wednesday managed to get just under 4k city fans in a run down stand that had about 5 individual turnstiles with no real issues.
I suppose I have to commit an extra 30 mins of my time on a saturday now because they can't organise a queue?11:15? That’s way too early. I want to drink until 11:50 and walk straight in, why can’t the club/stadium accommodate that?
Useless turnstiles, stewards, searches, barriers, scanners, blah, blah, blah.
Repeat for every game…
I shot the Response Manager, but I did not shoot the DeputyDeputy Response Manager was visible and trying to help keep things moving.
For example at Wednesday there was say a 100 foot back wall of the Leppings Lane stand which has about 4 or 5 turnstiles and that twice managed to get 4000 fans in without issue.Some of the issues compared to other stadiums may also relate to the fact that almost the entire crowd is effectively trying to enter through only three sides rather than all round the ground.
Shouldn't really be an issue. The east stand is the problem and I doubt anyone is using those turnstiles to access the north or west stands.Some of the issues compared to other stadiums may also relate to the fact that almost the entire crowd is effectively trying to enter through only three sides rather than all round the ground.
I suppose I have to commit an extra 30 mins of my time on a saturday now because they can't organise a queue?
Having been to many stadiums around the country I've never seen queues like ours so they're clearly doing something wrong.
Bore off fellaTwo choices, get there earlier or accept you might have to queue. Not difficult.
Or the club can find some competence.Two choices, get there earlier or accept you might have to queue. Not difficult.
Bore off fella
Or the club can find some competence.
Consistently go to away matches in the oldest, most cramped ends of stadiums with minimal turnstiles and never have to queue as long as I do at home.
Do you genuinely think the club has currently organising queuing and entry in the most efficient way possible?!Carry on queuing and moaning, it’s all the same to me. Not sure why you wouldn’t change your behaviour to adapt to circumstances though, it’s what most sensible people would do.
Do you genuinely think the club has currently organising queuing and entry in the most efficient way possible?!
For evening games, it's pretty much impossible for me to get there more than 30 minutes before kick-off (and I suspect that applies to thousands of others), which should be more than enough time to get in to see kick-off.Of course not, there is always room for improvement and I’m sure the club are looking to do that. But in the meantime, common sense says that you adapt behaviour to meet the current circumstances rather than repeating the same behaviour and expecting a different outcome.
Someone who sounded semi informed suggested that turnstiles should get 10 per minute through, so you would need 50 turnstiles- assuming a constant flow of people uninterrupted by soggy poorly folded paper tickets.we need to assume half the crowd arrive in the last 30 minutes, which can be 15000 people or 500 per minute
If a turnstile takes 10 seconds to pass through, that means we need 100 turnstiles
The biggest issues are
a . Mixed competency of stewards (an efficient one will even complain about the rubbish ones)
b. Paper tickets
I think everybody attending a game should be made to have a supporters card - if you are not a season ticket holder it is a one off purchase along with a ticket (with maybe an initial offer of a free one at the start of next season)
There's loads of really badly designed parts of the stadium though such as why the fuck are the toilets in places opposite the refreshments kiosks meaning there queues can sometimes form a wall of people blocking the concourse.
But that is another conversation.
So you have never tried to move p the concourse at half time thenOne area of the stadium I'd never complain about is the toilets and concourse. Never once had to queue for it. Very few grounds can say that. The concourse is spacious too.
For some reason people don’t moveIt feels like some of you were at a different stadium to me. We got to the stadium about 11:15 coming from Tescos, walked through the fan village and were in a queue of 3-4 at whatever number turnstiles are at blocks 26-27.
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