Questions for the Advisory Board

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

Youth team use it. It’s also used for steward briefings.

Fuck all away support mean it's not worth opening?

[ron dodgers]

How about building some atmosphere ?

I'll bring the nitrogen, why don't you bring some argon (bugger to get that much though)?

[Penmans Penalties]

All the best chemistry jokes argon

[Bob's Orange]

All the best chemistry jokes argon

Fabulous! 

[Bob's Orange]

Its a really big list
Some things will be addressed as part of the redevelopment
but some urgent things need to be addressed asap like roof issues on stands, urgent leaks, floodlight repairs, repairs all across the stadium and surrounding areas etc etc.. Like i said its a huge list, but the key thing is ensuring we only spend what we have to and ideally look for most items to be addressed as part of the development, but some things cant wait.

On the floodlights, I think I remember seeing something about this before but i've noticed (and it might just be from the Ifollow feed rather than at the ground) during night games and later on in second halves how dim the light appears to be. Are there any plans to do anything with the floodlights in order to either replace the bulbs, or change them to bright energy efficient ones?

Appreciate they are ancient and these things cost and arm and a leg but I was curious.

[horlock07]

On the floodlights, I think I remember seeing something about this before but i've noticed (and it might just be from the Ifollow feed rather than at the ground) during night games and later on in second halves how dim the light appears to be. Are there any plans to do anything with the floodlights in order to either replace the bulbs, or change them to bright energy efficient ones?

Appreciate they are ancient and these things cost and arm and a leg but I was curious.

I suspect a lot will depend on the schedule for redevelopment as the norm seems now for them to be incorporated onto stand roofs, which would in turn allow an up to date and no doubt brighter and more efficient system to be used?

[Bob's Orange]

I suspect a lot will depend on the schedule for redevelopment as the norm seems now for them to be incorporated onto stand roofs, which would in turn allow an up to date and no doubt brighter and more efficient system to be used?

I'd like to think that certain things that make the CG unique (the floodlights, the clock, the scoreboard, the lack of any atmosphere - arf) will be retained in some shape or form. There is something special about the walk to the ground when the lights are on, the structure of them looming over the area gives them a kind of majesty and I hope they are retained and given a pedestal.

Unfortunately it may well be that we have to go along the incorporation into rooves territory but I hope that isn't going to be the case.

[singingiiiffy]

I'd like to think that certain things that make the CG unique (the floodlights, the clock, the scoreboard, the lack of any atmosphere - arf) will be retained in some shape or form. There is something special about the walk to the ground when the lights are on, the structure of them looming over the area gives them a kind of majesty and I hope they are retained and given a pedestal.

Unfortunately it may well be that we have to go along the incorporation into rooves territory but I hope that isn't going to be the case.

I don't know how the floodlights would work with the light shows they have nowadays. A choreographer may need to check

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

Keeping the clock is imperative. Keeping the flood lights as they are would be nice, but might not be practical with the new Town End stand with the hotel and offices and everything in.

Would be a bit odd, but would keeping two up the other end and then having lights on the top of the new stand even work or would that make for uneven lighting?

[Bob's Orange]

Keeping the clock is imperative. Keeping the flood lights as they are would be nice, but might not be practical with the new Town End stand with the hotel and offices and everything in.

Would be a bit odd, but would keeping two up the other end and then having lights on the top of the new stand even work or would that make for uneven lighting?

Good question re the lighting. It will be interesting to see/hear from the club about the visual plans for the ground development that I presume will follow after the purchase has actually happened.

[Posh Red]

Keeping the clock is imperative.

This, everything else (including the legendarily bad Stratton bank bogs) is replaceable

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

Just seeing Arsenal kept the Highbury clock, although you never see if because the stadium is so huge. Looks shite anyway compared to ours.

[sir windon]

I imagine that all this money and effort will be spent on redeveloping the ground..............and us nostalgic oldies are gonna hate it!

[Jimmy HaveHave]

A shame we couldn't have bought the cricket ground and done it properly!

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

The side of the car park, the cricket pitch shouldn't really be needed.

After a new roofed Stratton Bank and boxes in the DRS, we should really be able to get everything we need in a new Town End and have an overall increased capacity.

Its much more appealing on the eye than a whole new stadium in my opinion, which however you might try always ends up to seem a bit soulless.