Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:47 pm  

Shouldn't be a problem, I'm sure the stewards can save 6 seats for the Salford masses.

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:14 am  

A very clear statement from the Club http://www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1593

A very clear statement from the Club http://www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1593

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:13 pm  

Gruntfuttock wrote: A very clear statement from the Club http://www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1593 Indeed. Perhaps it should have also gone on to say that any fan found in the wrong stand would be ejected from the ground? I understand the club "asking nicely" but how many chances will we get before the authorities enforce a restriction in that stand's capacity (god forbid) until a longer term solution is found.?

Gruntfuttock wrote: A very clear statement from the Club http://www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1593 Indeed. Perhaps it should have also gone on to say that any fan found in the wrong stand would be ejected from the ground? I understand the club "asking nicely" but how many chances will we get before the authorities enforce a restriction in that stand's capacity (god forbid) until a longer term solution is found.?

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:21 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

Its not a soccer ground Saintsfan. There is no formal segregation, hence the open concourses.
Just the Salford fans are being encouraged to group together in the North East corner to allow for the Saints masses to fill the East stand.

But Saints have to secure their full capacity and, especially given the statement on the Saints website today, I could well imagine the stewards being very strict on who stands/sits where at our next game.

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:30 pm  

Go to the last few seconds of this Granada reports preview of the season and you get a picture of the West terrace. Its got bags of room in it. Looks like the safety authorities are being ultra strict with Saints. http://www.itv.com/granada/super-league-saints09841/

Go to the last few seconds of this Granada reports preview of the season and you get a picture of the West terrace. Its got bags of room in it. Looks like the safety authorities are being ultra strict with Saints. http://www.itv.com/granada/super-league-saints09841/

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:49 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote: Go to the last few seconds of this Granada reports preview of the season and you get a picture of the West terrace. Its got bags of room in it. Looks like the safety authorities are being ultra strict with Saints. http://www.itv.com/granada/super-league-saints09841/ And rightly so, they have to look at worst-case scenarios. Even if there was plenty of room in that stand during your 1st game and only a handful of people moved stands they have to think that it could happen on a much larger scale if the stadium was at full capacity. Are any of you actually that bothered that you can sit in one stand and go and buy a pint in the other? If they didn't give people that option there would be no issue with people moving stands.

The Chair Maker wrote: Go to the last few seconds of this Granada reports preview of the season and you get a picture of the West terrace. Its got bags of room in it. Looks like the safety authorities are being ultra strict with Saints. http://www.itv.com/granada/super-league-saints09841/ And rightly so, they have to look at worst-case scenarios. Even if there was plenty of room in that stand during your 1st game and only a handful of people moved stands they have to think that it could happen on a much larger scale if the stadium was at full capacity. Are any of you actually that bothered that you can sit in one stand and go and buy a pint in the other? If they didn't give people that option there would be no issue with people moving stands.

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:28 pm  

I think it's a nice idea, one that is in keeping with what you could do at KR, but unfortunately probably unworkable in reality given you're likely to need stewards checking tickets at each vomitory into the stands, which is labour intensive and would cause massive queues.

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:35 pm  

WARRIORCRAIG wrote:

And rightly so, they have to look at worst-case scenarios. Even if there was plenty of room in that stand during your 1st game and only a handful of people moved stands they have to think that it could happen on a much larger scale if the stadium was at full capacity. Are any of you actually that bothered that you can sit in one stand and go and buy a pint in the other? If they didn't give people that option there would be no issue with people moving stands.

At matches were there are only 10k speccies on, having the ability to move around backstage can help ensure a more even distribution of spectators queuing at the bars. For example the East stand bars are likely to be very quiet when the likes of Huddersfield, London, and Wakefield are in town.
The stadium concourses were designed to be far larger than required, so they are legally able to take the added capacity of people meeting their mates behind the North stand at half time.
What people should not be doing though is using that mobility as an excuse to then sit or stand were they should not.

The facility to move around grounds is something that is seen at Rugby Union and Cricket stadia, and is historically something that was present in rugby league stadia. Only Soccer in the UK with its long history of crowd violence has penned people in to specific sections.

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:46 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

I think it's a nice idea, one that is in keeping with what you could do at KR, but unfortunately probably unworkable in reality given you're likely to need stewards checking tickets at each vomitory into the stands, which is labour intensive and would cause massive queues.

They will need to do this then as both the West and South stands share the same turnstile entrance and contiguous concourse.

The North stand can be isolated pretty easily and also the East as they have their own dedicated turnstile entrances.
All it really needs is a temporary barrier complete with yellow jacketed steward to send out the message not to move.

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:54 pm  

I think a wrist band system would be better. You can then walk round the 360 degree concourse. I can see no reason why anyone would want to, other than use empty vending outlets in the away end, but it would allow it. People could then be forced to show their band on re-entry to the stand and anyone with the wrong colour would the be clubbed to death. Or do what almost every other stadium in the world does and build four walls.