Hillian1
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A bigger/ steeper North Stand is desperately needed IMHO.
Here's a very quick visual showing how it could work..
That would be mustard.
A bigger/ steeper North Stand is desperately needed IMHO.
Here's a very quick visual showing how it could work..
A bigger/ steeper North Stand is desperately needed IMHO.
Here's a very quick visual showing how it could work..
I am surprised that there is still a lot of grey concrete rather than painting or covering it all blue. St Mary's for example has red covering on every stairway, vomitory and advertising area, looks a lot smarter IMHO.
I have thought this from day one, I love the Amex but far to much grey on show.
Paul Barber covered this when he did his local q&a - the club want to do this themselves but it relates to the health and safety cert for the stadium which covers all the outside areas as well. As we are a new stadium the council are over cautious with all there restrictions therefore we currently need to make more effort such as more stewards, nothing blocking walkways, no congestion points no risk of fan flash points outside, etc. He stated that each year the rules will be relaxed and as soon as possible they will start to exploit the areas outside the ground.
I agree a larger home end would be amazing but I really don’t think it’s embarrassing. I think the problem is the West stand is so dominating, the Amex might not the largest stadium but the West stand must be in the top 10 largest stands in England it is truly HUGE.
I also think the North stand is much improved now the corners hve been filled, this photo really does it justice…..
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The NS with the corners, holds approx 4,000 and goes back about 29 rows.
Its certainly not small, but the amazing WS, and ES, make it look small.
It was just the constrains of the site, that led to this visual disparity.
But it would be great if one day with PL money, if it could be extended back in the middle, perhaps by eating into office/storage space.
Not that I think we should change anything, but a few on here would like to change things. Is there any one thing you would like to change about the Amex ?
After today, people leaving early.
After today, people leaving early.
An Uncle Sams franchise. Obviously.
I'm not sure that the club would be allowed to put kiosks along that stretch as it is major access directly to station and other routes.