Easy 10
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I've been to between 70 and 80 grounds myself, but I nearly always find a pub on my travels rather than use the clubs supporters bar. That said, I've been in Boots & Laces, and it was indeed excellent - but from recollection it had a larger capacity and lots more tables and chairs (and was pleasantly more pub-like than Dicks). Port Vale was another one, almost like a mini-nightclub and again it was much larger than Dicks.
Both of those grounds get miniscule crowds compared with the Amex, yet they have similar sized, or in the case of Vale, bigger supporters bars, and therein lies the problem. I don't really have an issue with children being in a bar per-se. Its not something I'd regularly incorporate into MY pre-match routine if I had young nippers to keep amused, but each to their own.
The issue boils down to capacity. Its a 22,000 seater stadium, and that bar holds a max of about 300. A bar is primarily for adults to meet and have a drink and a chat. You've ALREADY got people sitting on the floor with their backs to the walls, with their pints next to them on the floor, because there aren't enough tables and chairs. I'd not be overly pleased to be standing around with nowhere to put my pint because most of the seating and tables is taken up with (bored) children.
Increase the capacity or use the space more effectively to get increased seating for people, and admitting children wouldn't be such an issue. As it stands though, the place is already rammed by 1pm, and admitting kids just means shedloads more adults not even getting the chance to go to the supporters bar for a drink.
Both of those grounds get miniscule crowds compared with the Amex, yet they have similar sized, or in the case of Vale, bigger supporters bars, and therein lies the problem. I don't really have an issue with children being in a bar per-se. Its not something I'd regularly incorporate into MY pre-match routine if I had young nippers to keep amused, but each to their own.
The issue boils down to capacity. Its a 22,000 seater stadium, and that bar holds a max of about 300. A bar is primarily for adults to meet and have a drink and a chat. You've ALREADY got people sitting on the floor with their backs to the walls, with their pints next to them on the floor, because there aren't enough tables and chairs. I'd not be overly pleased to be standing around with nowhere to put my pint because most of the seating and tables is taken up with (bored) children.
Increase the capacity or use the space more effectively to get increased seating for people, and admitting children wouldn't be such an issue. As it stands though, the place is already rammed by 1pm, and admitting kids just means shedloads more adults not even getting the chance to go to the supporters bar for a drink.
