Amen to that, although I suspect that is exactly what we will have to do
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[Albion] New fan zone - "The Terrace" [Opening 1/4/25 v Aston Villa]
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I find READING stuff, helps avoid making assumptions, and getting unnecessarily wound up, sometimes.
Hotchilidog
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You have just taken the fun out of my temporary outrage
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Not seen your explanation. Common logistical sense would suggest it's complete bolleaux tho eh500 less fans in that queue is not just a drop in the ocean though, I've just explained how it is in fact very significant.
Dick Swiveller
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- Sep 9, 2011
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Not really 3 trains worth though, is it? If you were going with the seated capacity then maybe but the way people are shoe-horned on and the mix of 3, 4 and 8 car trains, 2 seems much more likely.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Snarkiness is due to the pitiful post-evening-match train provision. Still going to be typically a shitty 20 minute scrum for a shitty 3 carriage train. Apologies for not providing a crayon drawing in primary colours for the hard of thinking
Change at Barnham
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With the front of the facility all opened up and people spilling out onto the area just outside the building, I would imagine it will be a challenge to monitor how many people are in the building.
I would also be interested to know how many toilets are available as I think quite a lot of people outside the stadium may want the loo occasionally even if they are not using the fan zone.
I would also be interested to know how many toilets are available as I think quite a lot of people outside the stadium may want the loo occasionally even if they are not using the fan zone.
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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I think it shows how few people use the train relatively as to clear an entire 30k of people using only trains (based on the 367 capacity of a 377/4 train) you would need 84 units, so half that as you can run 2 units per train, you have 42 train services. That's never going to be possible. So with about estimated 10-15k of people using the train that would be 40 4 car units in all directions. 3k in a fanzone brings that down by 8, its not perfect but its well over half an hour's worth of train capacity in both directions on a midweek.Not seen your explanation. Common logistical sense would suggest it's complete bolleaux tho eh
Brian Munich
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Don't forget to sign her up for the 10% discount though.What a great idea. I’ll borrow my daughter’s Amex card, I’m sure she won’t mind a few more £££s to pay off at the end of the month as I omit to to tell her that I’ve taken my three mates with me and larged it on Cruzcampo, Melts and other goodies.
jackalbion
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But its not a 3 car, every 20 minute service, its every 10 minutes with 4 carriage services, on midweeks, that is almost double. Lets get those facts right first.Snarkiness is due to the pitiful post-evening-match train provision. Still going to be typically a shitty 20 minute scrum for a shitty 3 carriage train. Apologies for not providing a crayon drawing in primary colours for the hard of thinking
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Got the sums for 1k in a fanzone in the winter months? Which in the UK is about 80% of the season
jackalbion
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Yes so that would be 3 trains, combined with the concourse, either way reducing the number of the first 3 loads of people on trains is significant, what of course is the mitigating factor is that will a fanzone encourage people to stay behind? Can I see people staying behind still if they weren't already after an evening kick off, judging by travel distance for most probably not.
This all feels a bit unnecessary.
One of the benefits of The Terrace is that it will provide a pleasant alternative for some fans who don't need to rush away from the Amex at the end of the game. Some, not all.
The fact is a large majority of fans do want to rush away at the end of an evening game because they need to travel home, get to bed and be up for work the following day. Hell, a lot of folk rush away before the end of games to speed up their escape.
It looks to be a fantastic facility which will provide many benefits, some marginal and some more significant, such as being a place where a large group of Albion fans can gather to watch live beambacks of away games, not otherwise available to watch anywhere else.
I'm not sure it deserves to be rubbished before it's even opened, just because it's not a heated and catered railway waiting room for 15,000 people.
Stop being reasonable this is an online forum, we are all supposed to be in a meltdown.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Not really. At some point the marketing fantasy has to give way to the reality of a winter evening match. Unless you live within easy walking distance of the fanzone or implicitly trust the trains - never a wise move - or are an easy drive away, then you just want to get home asap
jackalbion
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Yes but based on this season, there is 1 scheduled evening winter midweek home league match (I'm not counting Friday matches).Not really. At some point the marketing fantasy has to give way to the reality of a winter evening match. Unless you live within easy walking distance of the fanzone or imllicitly trust the trains or are an easy drive away, you just want to get home asap
If you pay £30 to be allowed to pass Amex card on as long as that person has also payed £30 to be an My AlbionAmex member.
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What does that get you access to, the stairs?
- May 8, 2018
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£2.20 for a vegan kitkat as wellJust found this whilst loading the 10% stadium Cashback offer onto my Amex card. It's linked in the Amex T&C's
Looks like there's going to be some option for ordering online in the new fanzone
Possibly it's just a 'test' menu but Laurent Perrier Brut at £140 a bottle could be a game changer for my pre-match drinking routine
schmunk
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I understand that's the same offering/price as currently available in the concourse.
Im sure if they announced that they would be showing Minteh's overhead kick clearance attempt on repeat on the big screens people would forget about the private Amex area and the queues for the trains would be sorted as people stood in the fan zone mesmerised by one of the greatest things the Amex has ever seen.