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[Albion] Additional Seats



el punal

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Following on from the club’s email regarding change of seat numbers I’m intrigued as to how many new seats have been installed and where. My season ticket is for the West Upper and the seat number has been bumped up by 14. I can’t seem to find any info on this apart from the press release of some months ago about the hospitality box above the North Stand and additional seating being installed throughout the ground.

Anyone know the latest on this?
 


Weststander

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NSC Patreon
Aug 25, 2011
63,400
Withdean area
Are you in one of the front 10 rows?

Either they’ve extended WSU southwards above the shelf (not mentioned before in any NSC or BHCC planning application discussion), or simply a numbering alignment with the lower decks i.e. there are no more seats in the first rows of WSU.

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el punal

Well-known member
Are you in one of the front 10 rows?

Either they’ve extended WSU southwards above the shelf (not mentioned before in any NSC or BHCC planning application discussion), or simply a numbering alignment with the lower decks i.e. there are no more seats in the first rows of WSU.

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D Block, Row U - so towards the back of the stand.
 








Tim Over Whelmed

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NSC Patreon
Jul 24, 2007
10,165
Arundel
If there are a few more seats I hope we can soon here "..... and the RECORD attendance at the Amex is ....."
 










Perkino

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Dec 11, 2009
5,978
They have added seats to each row by reducing the gaps between seats, I think every 10 seats has become 11/12
 






sparkie

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Jul 17, 2003
12,466
Hove
They have added seats to each row by reducing the gaps between seats, I think every 10 seats has become 11/12
Interesting. I didn't think that was legally possible for most of the seats as the middle seats between each aisle are already at the legal maximum for the number of seats between them and the aisle ?

Perhaps there is more flexibility in ground level stands ?
 


BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
10,778
WeHo
Is that the extra hospitality seats at the back of the North or have they not been built yet?
 


Green Cross Code Man

Wunt be druv
Mar 30, 2006
19,632
Eastbourne
Interesting. I didn't think that was legally possible for most of the seats as the middle seats between each aisle are already at the legal maximum for the number of seats between them and the aisle ?

Perhaps there is more flexibility in ground level stands ?
I thought the problem wasn't the spacing between the seats, but the limitations on exit to people ratio and also space in the concourses. When the Amex opened, I calculated that it could comfortably house around 5 to 6 thousand extra seats by shifting them along a little.
 






Perkino

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Dec 11, 2009
5,978
I thought the problem wasn't the spacing between the seats, but the limitations on exit to people ratio and also space in the concourses. When the Amex opened, I calculated that it could comfortably house around 5 to 6 thousand extra seats by shifting them along a little.

I think it is based on how many supporters you need to get out of the stadium at full-time. They have calculated that an extra 6,000 could easily get out of those exits following the average footfall studies
 


sparkie

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Jul 17, 2003
12,466
Hove
I thought the problem wasn't the spacing between the seats, but the limitations on exit to people ratio and also space in the concourses. When the Amex opened, I calculated that it could comfortably house around 5 to 6 thousand extra seats by shifting them along a little.
There is a restriction on the maximum number of seats a "furthest from the aisle" seat can be. If some blocks are at that maximum then you have to move the aisles if you reduce the gaps between seats which doesn't work with the fixed exit stairs. I assume this doesn't matter for stands where the exit could be the pitch.
 











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