£4-5 million to be spent of the stadium...

[WonderingSoton]

Makes you wonder - if the Amex needs all that dosh spending on it to reach the standards, how do Bournemouth or Palace meet the standard with their respective grounds?

 

[Notters]

That is not the point. The point is the fact that we have got to do it to reach the standards required and we didnt have that in place with the original build as the Premier was always our target. and we have been on TV a few times.

That's simply because they keep upping the standards.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Source? Sky certainly seem to think our current state-of-the-art plug'n'play TV facilities are the Best Thing Ever, judging by the number of Friday evenings they seem to like spending down here. Or maybe they've just been here for the nightlife?

They pencil in our home games for Friday evenings, so they can stay on, and enjoy the whole weekend by the seaside.

 

[gazingdown]

Space for studio at south end in wall? Failing that there's space above SE corner seating but I would rather they fill that with seating, it's the only part of the stadium that looks "unfinished".

 

[BensGrandad]

That's simply because they keep upping the standards.

Next year it will be a 3 course meal and wine for all the TV staff involved before and after the game plus accommodation in our hotel if TB gets permission to build it.

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

That is not the point. The point is the fact that we have got to do it to reach the standards required and we didnt have that in place with the original build as the Premier was always our target. and we have been on TV a few times.

Is there a chance that the required standards have changed since the stadium was built?

 

[TheBigUnit]

Plus a couple hundred more seats at least, #AMEXExpansion

 

[adub68]

Barber listed other items this morning on BBC Sussex - that are also included in the £5m - £1m on HD floodlights; extending the facilities for the written press (and their seating?) and completion of the digital advertising boards. I believe someone else mentioned before (Barber at a forum) that there was a requirement for additional facilities outside the ground under premier rules (toilets?)

 

[8th battalion East Lancs]

Is there a chance that the required standards have changed since the stadium was built?

Yes they have partially changed.

The big one is the lighting that's needed.

 

[el punal]

blimey indeed, you'd have thought we're near-a-bouts the Premier league media circus standards already. what do they need, gold plated Monster Cable to every camera, mic and terminal?

You've forgotten the complimentary smoking jackets and cucumber sandwich triangles, with the crusts cut off.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

That is not the point. The point is the fact that we have got to do it to reach the standards required and we didnt have that in place with the original build as the Premier was always our target. and we have been on TV a few times.

Surely that's just good business planning. A few years ago the stadium was built to PL spec, since then they may have introduced some additional requirements and PB, as a good CEO, has said OK, we'll do that when we need to rather than increasing the risk to FFP when they weren't required.

 

[Megazone]

I've been saying it for years, our floodlights just aren't good enough!

Now looks what's happened! If only the club had listened to me, they wouldn't be in such a major crisis right now!

 

[Ernest]

I've been saying it for years, our floodlights just aren't good enough!

Now looks what's happened! If only the club had listened to me, they wouldn't be in such a major crisis right now!

4K UHD wasn't invented when the stadium was built

 

[seagull_special]

Darn it, we will have to sell Dunk and Knockeart!

 

[LowKarate]

£4m needs to be spent fixing the pitch before the Bristol game.

 

[clippedgull]

Maybe the 2nd TV studio will be utilised by 'foreign speaking' pundits

 

[The_Viper]

This was all covered maybe last summer? I definitely have read about this some time ago from PB, probably even on here. Still, imagine how much other clubs had to pay if we still have to do that much. Bournemouth, Burnley must have had to spend double that and I can't imagine how much work would have to go into Sheff Wed, Hudders and some of the other playoff contenders.

 

[Drebin]

If the club spend 4-5 million on the stadium I still struggle to find somewhere to put my beer down on the concourse I'm going to start questioning the clubs priorities.

 

[Dolph Ins]

Crikey those requirements have moved on a bit from the old scaffold tower they used to put up on the old East Stand !

I used to love it when you rocked up to The Goldstone and saw the scaffolding up, knowing it would be on The Big Match next day.

 

[trueblue]

Next year it will be a 3 course meal and wine for all the TV staff involved before and after the game plus accommodation in our hotel if TB gets permission to build it.

It won't be. But it's hardly unreasonable for the TV companies to be able to specify studios etc anyway - seeing as that's where the money comes from.