Mattys Greyhound 12:38 Sun Oct 2
Retractable Seats
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Excuse my ignorance I have not been to the Olympic Stadium due to living miles away from London these days and having young kids but from what I have seen of the new ground on TV it looks ok apart from the fact you are miles from the action. I always thought the idea was that the seats would retract to become nearer the pitch on matchdays and I remember Karen Brady making a big play on this when we were thinking of moving. Does this actually happen? For me its the one big thing that spoils the ground....
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harold
11:50 Mon Oct 3
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The top tier was going to be dismantled after the Olympics. As it was a 'temporary' structure; is it possible to raise it up, and then raise the lower tier, moving it back to athletic mode. Then more seats could be put in front, increasing the capacity beyond 80k!!.
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brundal
11:30 Mon Oct 3
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They can't sink the pitch due to the water table
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cambsiron
7:10 Mon Oct 3
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People just don't know how lucky they are with that retractable seating area. Even the Boro fans have sussed the benefits..........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY_sxf3orOg
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Far Cough
6:21 Mon Oct 3
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Great so my ST is on top of fucking Chernobyl?
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Gavros
6:17 Mon Oct 3
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Swiss they can sink the pitch but the soil is toxic so hey would have to 'scrub' it. The nuclear waste is under the BM stand.
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Gavros
6:15 Mon Oct 3
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It's not too hard to put safe standing anywhere. It's just all the bollocks you need to get around (starting with the grief jockeys).
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i-Ron
6:01 Mon Oct 3
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I saw it fine? Maybe i right by the exit or something. Shouldn't be too hard to sort out and put safe standing there.
I'd stand there.
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Swiss.
5:59 Mon Oct 3
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Lead Kit maybe ?
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Gavros
5:57 Mon Oct 3
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Yep, thems is the gaps.
Still can't watch the game from there. You could watch half of it where there's the gap between the stands in the corners, but they've put barriers up there now.
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Swiss.
5:56 Mon Oct 3
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What they can't sink the pitch because of toxic waste? Serious?
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i-Ron
5:51 Mon Oct 3
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BLCGOOJBHbC/
The gap behind the lower tier.
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Bungo
5:45 Mon Oct 3
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How tall are you?
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i-Ron
5:43 Mon Oct 3
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Yes you can. I watched the last few minutes of Astra there.
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Gavros
5:40 Mon Oct 3
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you cant see the pitch from the party deck.
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i-Ron
5:39 Mon Oct 3
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I mean in those gaps. People having a beer and that.
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i-Ron
5:39 Mon Oct 3
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Also, how comes you're not allowed to stand at football matches but behind the goals there's area where people are standing at watching the game?
Why not put safe standing there?
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stewie griffin
4:49 Mon Oct 3
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*puts hand up*
if I'm honest, I actually think it would have been better if they'd left the ends in athletics mode rather than what they've done. It's absolutely two bob and embarrassingly shit.
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i-Ron
4:47 Mon Oct 3
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Yeah, I'm sure they could do a lot of things to the current football mode and increase the capacity.
Hopefully one day someone invests and does it up because there's potential to make it a wrap around, fill those upper tiers where the screens are, and bring the stands closer to the pitch
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Northern Sold
4:44 Mon Oct 3
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/jun/20/radioactive-waste-olympic-site
It's like something out of the Simpsons... ag ag ag
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Gavros
4:43 Mon Oct 3
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you can lower it but it'd be bloody expensive.
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One McAvennieeeeee
4:42 Mon Oct 3
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Would probably make our capacity close to 90k if they done that.
It won't be changing anytime soon. You can count on that.
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