Why? No need to remove the seat - can't they just leave it leave it folded up? Can always be used for a rest at half time! The cost would be putting in the rails - and yes, I'm sure the questionnaire was rigged to get the required answer!
Yes I’ve worded that slightly incorrectly but basically the survey had safe standing as an option if you were willing to pay for the works to make if “safe”.
There are issues, it is not just a case of installing rails, it includes rail seats which can be locked in the up position.
Why? Where are the stats showing the number of injuries over the last 13 years? No doubt you will go on about people scrapping their shin etc but no evidence.
That isn't what safe standing is. You'd be installing rail seating where the seats can be in a locked position. If you are selling standing only tickets for an area then the seats are locked so no one can sit down however the ratio is that for every current two seats you'd sell three standing tickets. The issue that the club alluded to is that the escape routes/concourses etc are for the numbers we have now in the North Stand. Now I don't know if they can get that changed or if they have to make the aisles wider or whatever. The point is, if you sell the area as safe standing then no one sits.
North stand:
Were you around in the 70s and 80s?
What? Like the ones at Brentford last night?
They were sold as seats, not safe standing!
Can anybody see the problem with this?
Actually it does generate revenue as you can have roughly 1.5 safe standing spots per seat.If there was a vote then it should have
Of course PBOBE is not pro safe-standing. It doesn't generate revenue.
Plus there seems to be no real appetite for it generally
Oh. How bizarre
Not really. If you understand the difference between safe standing and your normal seats.
Maybe the issue/confusion is around terminology.
Nope
How is it unsafe though? When a goal goes in people celebrate by jumping about whether they're sitting in a seated area or standing in a seated area. Vast majority of the time folk are just stood watching the game. If standing in an area with seats is really deemed 'unsafe' then we really have lost the plot health and safety wise.
Why the interpretation? Only you know…
