Poor Facilities at The County Ground.

[The Grim Reaper]

Crowds won't increase if we continue to charge extortionate ticket prices in return for poor facilities. Both Stratton Bank and The Town End are terraces that have had seats bolted to them, far from ideal view wise. Putting a roof on Stratton Bank is quite frankly ludicrous. A simple new stand similar to DR is the only viable option however it is funded.

[jonny72]

Would we? 10M is a new stand maybe, not a new stadium. And in fairness they did start to look at it.

Getting to the championship is £5m extra revenue, and more fans.

Tough call.

I don't think it is. If you look at the finances of Championship clubs you'll see that £5m extra in revenue gets eaten up by increased salaries pretty quickly. We need to start generating more and higher recurring revenues - these will last for a life time rather than a season or two in The Championship.

Building a decent replacement for the Town End could mean a lot of ongoing revenue, paying for itself and more. Move the pitch towards the town centre at the same time, creating some space for a proper redevelopment of the Stratton Bank at some point in the future.

Fuck knows where the money is going to come from though.

[Simon Pieman]

I think we should rotate the pitch 180 degrees and build a wall around the entire ground creating the illusion of having a new ground without the associated costs.

[4D]

What I find confusing is the amount of people on here who say we have a cracking ground, historic,  old school, glad we haven't got a soulless bowl etc. Then people say our ground is shabby,  tired,  hasn't been updated for 20 years. What do people want?

[RedRag]

No change at all - except heavy rain next time we entertain the Slavetraders

[kerry red]

Surely, nobody wants to remain watching football from the TE as it is.

Atmosphere was better when people used to decamp to the SB end of the Intel - that used to get the whole stand going

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

I think we should rotate the pitch 180 degrees and build a wall around the entire ground creating the illusion of having a new ground without the associated costs.

90 degrees?

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

What I find confusing is the amount of people on here who say we have a cracking ground, historic,  old school, glad we haven't got a soulless bowl etc. Then people say our ground is shabby,  tired,  hasn't been updated for 20 years. What do people want?

I'd be happy with a new Town End, a roof on Stratton Bank and a lick of paint in the Arkells to be honest.

[JanTheMan]

Surely, nobody wants to remain watching football from the TE as it is.

Atmosphere was better when people used to decamp to the SB end of the Intel - that used to get the whole stand going

I'd be happy if it stayed the same tbh.......although the first five years of the Intel at the SB end were fun.

[kerry red]

After starting Town life as Townender in the 70/80s, then the TE end of the old Shrivvy and then the SB end of the Intel I now find myself in God's Waiting Room - AKA the Arkells.

Apart from the price I don't see how anyone can enjoy viewing head on as against from the side

[Samdy Gray]

90 degrees?

No, 180º.

[4D]

The pitch? Surely Pieman means the stadium?

[Flashheart]

If we're going to rotate it then we should do it properly and do it by 360º.

[kerry red]

No, 180º.

Surely you'd be viewing the car park. Fuck me, the football aint that bad!

[Samdy Gray]

If we're going to rotate it then we should do it properly and do it by 360º.

You're 5 years too late with that idea.

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