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I've been told twice today that we are apparently putting executive boxes on Stratton Bank which they hope to be done my the Pompy friendly, apparently it was on GWR.
Anyone else heard anything?

It was something they mentioned at the Fans' Forum that they were aiming to do. And there's this update on the OS today:

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/CorporateSeasonTickets/0,,10341~1300523,00.html

Basically says they're looking into it and going thru the hoops on planning permission etc

I'll be surprised if the get planning permission for it to be honest. We'll see

Ah right, cheers Paul.

Can someone do a mock up of what executive boxes would look like on the Stratton Bank please.

I noticed someone did the new shirts with the new sponsor on, maybe this person can take this request on as a new project.

Was something mentioned somewhere about the Don Rogers stand being able to have executive boxes?
Or have i made that up?

Yes it was mentioned, but you wouldn't be able to see th pitch from them I think?

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/smalldog70/strattonbank.png
No, that's OK, don't thank me, it was a pleasure

Yep, there's actually unused space in the 'upstairs' bit of the stand, above the current concourse.

Ah if you couldn't see the pitch probably be a bit pointless then.

Could be fun against Leeds.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/swindon11/executiveboxes.jpg

Had a quick go, just guessed at where they would go and how they would look, so if you have any different ideas tell me and i'll try and mock it up.

I reckon for location and size you are spot on!.....but paul d's Oxford stylee is funnier, good job though

i,m getting fed up with all this good news.

aaaaaaaaaaaah, i heard them say something about getting 6 built by the porstmouth game, but i didnt know what they were building until now :P it all makes perfect sense!


ps they had a company called 'prokill' in today, exterminators! and they had a load of black plasticy stuff going in the back of the arkells a few days back. i'm like a spy, but only a spy with about 3 minutes spy-ness per day...

still havent asked if i get a ST discount for being their smiley happy helpful postman... :P

You shouldn't need it with all the bonuses you get  :wink:

Failing that steal money from people's birthday cards, that's what the other postmen do.

dude, i collect from walcot, park north and park south, nobody puts cash in postboxes round there, just dog shit and needles. and wee. and occasionally fire. :x

Luton have had them for years...but theres are above there own fans,this could be a problem and depends how they will position them above the AWAY end.

The boxes will look something like this....

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/park/yfh45/doncaster43.jpg

Very executive...  :-))(

Better than the ones we have now?

They look stupid fitton and co should just save there money for the new stadium thats if we ever get one :|

I'm pretty certain one of the ten points the board raised was the issue of the stadium. I seem to remember Fitton saying that he was going to appoint a task force later in the year (poss July/August) to access the possibilitity of a new stadium or the upgrade of TCG depending on the outcome of all things concidered.

Perhaps someone could clarify that?

Right, that might have been a throw-away remark but it's attitudes like that that piss me off.

We spent years complaining at the inability of the club to make money, moaning at previous boards for a lack of imaginatino when it comes to income streams. Fitton has come in and he's decided to work on the County Ground to make it more financially viable. The current board are making the ground a nicer place to be, they are making it a more attractive day out. Now they come up with an idea that could make thousands of pounds PER GAME and you think it's a bad idea because "they look stupid"???

 :roll:

Spot on.

What looks stupid and has done so for many a year now is one side of the ground sat there empty with nice shiny red sits used perhaps 4 times a season, whilst seats fall apart and get replaced with a random colour in The Arkells Stand.  :evil:
 Thankfully at least they are sorting this. As for the boxes, i think there kind of cool! I have absolute no idea how much money these can make for the club or even how the boxes work. Do you rent them for the season or by the game? Maybe both? Either way as stated above it will bring extra income for the club and that can only be a good thing.

 Hope they sort the toilets out on Stratton Bank then 'cos they are rank!

Does anyone think they may just build them on top of the bank

Cant see that, too much cost and effort, and too much of potential loss of revenue from the times team do fill it up, the revenue from the boxes wouldn't match that.

I meant so they overhang the stand - would need some sort of supporting structure though, so I guess I'm supposing too much.

Yeah it was something to that extent. They said they would upgrade the current stadium as much as they could at the moment as any new stadium would not become a reality for about 5 years after, plans, planning permission, consultation etc... Atleast I remember something to that effect.  AF and crew  said in about 6 months time a group would be set up to look at a new stadium and look at locations etc but he said before that the trend was to leave Town but now the trend is to stay in Town. He said he had se the previous plans aand they were ridiculous wanting to put 2,000 houses on the site. They would not be doing this but would work the council to sort out plans etc.

If we do have them then they would look a lot better under a roof but thats my opinion as i know planning permission and neighbors hold the key.

When the old board looked in to planning permission all those years ago for a roof I don't beleive they was allowed to increase the height of the SB due to residents behind and blocking their light as they would not get permission.

Although to be fair fitton & co will be proper plans rather than getting a 5 year old to draw them up.

So going on that assumption I assume a few rows of the SB would be taken out to incorporate them thus not needing them to go so high.

  The Shrivenham Road residents had their say, as entitled with a planning application....but the application i still with SBC, as the club didn't bother pursuing it because of cash shortage.

No, that's an old myth. As Reg says, they got permission but ran out of money and never pursued it.

face facts it will never change

He is right, things will never change

We'll never get taken over
We'll never see the back of Diamandis and Co
We'll never bring in chairman than does something, unlike Carson
We'll never replace the seats in the Arkells
We'll never be debt free

Lets just give up now....

You're becoming less of a "realist" by the day. What happened to all the negativity? :D

Well the negativity obviously went when we started moving forward as a club, because Im a realist.

top 10 next season, promotion challenge after that!

I was thinking that. Portakabins on the bank and the seats taken out to put in the Arkells. Although maybe they will do it properly and build something permanent/semi-permanent where the bank is now. :?

well the fact they've said they can put em up before the portsmouth game suggests its not exactly gonna be bricks and mortar...

I can't see the council giving planning position for these due to the residents - after the trouble over the stadium plans before SBC probably don't want to rock the boat.

Tef poster on not reading through the thread properly shocker.

We've all done it. Sometimes in the rush to make our point we all risk it. And rightly so.

I thought they got permission to put a roof on but was not allowed to take it any higher than what it is now due to blocking residents light ?

I thought they got permission to rebuild it like the South Stand?

I don't suppose it matters too much, executive boxes are unlikely to affect the fans too much, unless of course people join the prawn sandwich brigade for a game or two.

thatsd what i thought too?

They can build up to it's existing height, including semi permanent structures such as flag poles... so we can go up, but not quite as high as the Don Rogers.

Or something like that.

the sunlight thing was the basis for some very public objections, not an actual decision.  One or two of the home owners were very angry and got some publicity at the time and it's stuck as myth that they go their way.  I think it was that the club didn't push ahead so people assumed the residents in question had got their way.

I think we should have a protest outside their houses.  Those who choose to live next to a football ground, knew it when they moved in. (Unless they are extremely old).   It's as bad as people buying a house under the flightpath for Heathrow, & then complaining about the Aircraft.

In actual fact they are hardly right behind the stand, it wouldn't have much effect at all!!

It's a bit different though, they're not moaning about the football or the noise, or the ground as it stands, more to do with the light.

It's more like a neighbour wanted to put a big extension onto their house and this would block out a lot of light.

Can they just not build a series of mirrors?

You haven't spoken to them!  One particular chap whined about the floodlights, the noise, the traffic, the ground existing in fact.  I had the joy of talking to him back in 1995 (he may well have moved mind) when this was all still up in the air.  Helping out my cousin on his Geography Degree, doing some sort of environmental survey on the proposals.

Yeah but they're hardly threatening the existence of the club. Would be a bit harsh to protest for very little reason.

I know all you busy bodies will be disappointed in me saying that  8)

Burn them out.