The corner between the new grandstand and Devonport ends

[Green since 89]

Now that they have excavated the area in front of the control room could there be enough space for a small food vending kiosk for Mayflower Stand fans coming down the steps/filtering in from the Devonport end (if that is allowed) and about to take their seats?

Whatever they do, I would guess that advertising is going to feature as that area is going to be on tv and therefore worth ££££ to the club.

 

[Argylegames]

I would guess that advertising is going to feature as that area is going to be on tv

Once a season if we are lucky!

 

[rsp4]

This obsession with stadia, I’m wondering how many stadia the collective have visited?

Wembley is a soulless behemoth (many of you will have been there)
The Emptyhad is an echoing chamber
Old Trafford from the stands is like watching subbuteo
The top of the main stand at Anfield is soulless and sells pizza pieces
The Camp Nou is a crumbling mess, you can’t see the top layers from the gods



Modern stadia, even at the supposed zenith are shameful libraries

Blimey I agree with Shankster :shock:

I have been very lucky in my time to go to a lot of big grounds. The Spanish know how to create an atmosphere but the grounds are old. Our premiership big grounds are soulless and meh. Anfield, Etihad, Old Trafford, Emirates are all concrete libraries for most of the time and as Shankster said it's like watching subbuteo from the higher areas.

Don't get me started on Wembley I can't stand the place, difficult to get to, I have never been there with a decent Atmosphere and again soulless.

The midland clubs have good stadiums, and Everton's is enjoyable. I bet Bournemouths is superb when the crowd get going as it's packed and tight weekly. I have not been to Swansea or Cardiff but I suspect there is a tug at the heart strings for the vetch or Ninion park from the old timers.

 

[Biggs]

Which is exactly why Home Park is going to look so good compared to those soulless stadiums. I can't think of anywhere that will combine old and new in the way we're doing... maybe Fenway Park in Boston on a bigger scale, or what Everton did with the Leitch designed Bullens Road stand (even then the rest of the ground is pretty old, whereas ours is all modern).

Not sure what point Shankster was making, to be honest. Cleaning up weeds and exposed concrete makes your stadium soulless?

 

[IJN]

St Andrews is quite cool, as is Valley Parade and Ewood Park, all have modern bits and older stands combined.

 

[Shankster]

For some reason I generally correlate atmosphere to steep sided terraces (standing or sitting) as that’s where it is generally best in my opinion. The top of the grandstand would be my idea of a nightmare, there is no way on earth such places provide an atmosphere or exciting experience

 

[rsp4]

For some reason I generally correlate atmosphere to steep sided terraces (standing or sitting) as that’s where it is generally best in my opinion. The top of the grandstand would be my idea of a nightmare, there is no way on earth such places provide an atmosphere or exciting experience

Has the grandstand ever created an atmosphere at HP :funny:

 

[Biggs]

I just can't wait for there to be actual people on that touchline, even if they're sitting in silence and clapping it will be a massive improvement to the atmosphere just having four sides of fans.

On a related note, if you want steep stands with an incredible atmosphere, try the Mestalla in Valencia. Now that's a football stadium.

 

[Argylegames]

Has the grandstand ever created an atmosphere at HP :funny:

Depends if you call a lot of moaning 'atmosphere' :coat:

 

[Alan Frost]

How about some decent floodlights so i can see what is going on!.

 

[X Isle]

How about some decent floodlights so i can see what is going on!.

Never got a definitive answer when I raised this previously.

When the horseshoe was done we were told the fitted 'lux' was much much brighter but had to be dimmed down to match the lux on the Grandstand side. We were told that when the ground was completed and the Grandstand side was uprated too, the whole brightness could be raised considerably.

Are the floodlights being uprated as part of the refurbishment?

That would solve the problem.

Re: the 'atmosphere' of the upper Grandstand. You do not get a better view of the football anywhere else. You also get to sit without anyone banging a drum, without anyone trying to impose chanting, without anyone standing up, without anyone smelling of clearasil and without anyone whose Argyle knowledge doesn't stretch further back than the post administration period.

You pays yer money you takes yer choice, and thank heavens for it. We don't drive all the way down and spend all the ime and money we do to have the action spoilt by any or all of the above, things that come with the territory for 'atmosphere' these days.

Keep poo pooing the upper Grandstand though, create all manner of horror stories and make it sound as unappealing as possible. It leaves more room for those who just want to fully immerse themselves in the game without all the bollox.

 

[TheBoldman]

Has the grandstand ever created an atmosphere at HP :funny:

Depends if you call a lot of moaning 'atmosphere' :coat:

In Grandstandese... ahem... BLEDDY RUBBISH!

I've cracked it, guys. Look to Chase Field in Phoenix for the solution...

Might be a bit chilly in the Winter though!!!

 

[Shankster]

What is interesting is that if the pseudo-racist Neanderthals (it’s a fact that they are a very select few) that have been relocated for the recent past from the grandstand are indicative of the ‘tortoises without shells’ (they are a very select few) who frequent the grandstand, one can only hope the Principal Contractor completes the work in very good time

 

[Forest of Dean Green]

How about some decent floodlights so i can see what is going on!.

Never got a definitive answer when I raised this previously.

When the horseshoe was done we were told the fitted 'lux' was much much brighter but had to be dimmed down to match the lux on the Grandstand side. We were told that when the ground was completed and the Grandstand side was uprated too, the whole brightness could be raised considerably.

Are the floodlights being uprated as part of the refurbishment?

That would solve the problem.

Re: the 'atmosphere' of the upper Grandstand. You do not get a better view of the football anywhere else. You also get to sit without anyone banging a drum, without anyone trying to impose chanting, without anyone standing up, without anyone smelling of clearasil and without anyone whose Argyle knowledge doesn't stretch further back than the post administration period.

You pays yer money you takes yer choice, and thank heavens for it. We don't drive all the way down and spend all the ime and money we do to have the action spoilt by any or all of the above, things that come with the territory for 'atmosphere' these days.

Keep poo pooing the upper Grandstand though, create all manner of horror stories and make it sound as unappealing as possible. It leaves more room for those who just want to fully immerse themselves in the game without all the bollox.

Amen to that. I look forward to resuming my place amongst the chin strokers.

 

[Biggs]

One more that massively prefers the upper tier of the grandstand.

Not racist and not a pensioner, simply go for the best view.