obviously i prefer if we go up in capacity but as long as it looks good inside, generates an atmosphere and gives bundles of extra cash to buy that 30 goal striker we need to actually compete for the title than thats all that matters.
i have a few ideas they might be rubbish but here goes
1. instead of sitting in block 1A or 32C etc would it not be a better idea to say sit in Block Jimmy Greaves, Jurgen, Klinsmann, Dave Mackay etc the club could do a poll to find like the best 250 spurs legends or something?
I like this post, Harry.
Yes, definitely, I much prefer the 'qualitative' to the anonymous, abstract and empty 'quantitative' of numbers. Give a sense of
place. I suspect there'll be some boring, 'rational' stadium-management answer to your brilliant idea.
2. what are peoples thoughts about the trophy thing around the emirates with the pictures of the cup and year won, you for or against it at our ground? could look good but will probs look like we are copying arsenal, surely better to build a new history in a new stadium
No, no, no. Not just because we'd be copying them down the road but because they introduced this idea to try and get some atmosphere in the Emirates.
Unlike those plastic people down the road, we 'know our history'. And we won't have a problem with atmosphere.
3. and third point would it not be wise of the club to build the single tier stand like the germans build there stadiums ie able to convert standing to seating just because you cant satnd in football at the moment doesnt mean in 10,20, 30 years that might not change in England again.
our kop stand will hold about 9 thousand people so if you had 2 standing for every seat that would be 18k people not bad, would be a hell of an atmosphere
We'll have a single tier stand but your point is to make provision for standing areas in the same way as certain German stadia. I think this is an excellent idea. Sooner or later our mad-health-and-safety English animus against standing areas will, I hope, melt away. It does mean that for non-CL matches (UEFA insist on seating) we would have an increased capacity and, though we would charge lower prices for standing areas, this would make for more revenue. So a good idea.
We should look to the future. It also means attracting a broader base of fans, and standing areas will make for more singing (as all good choir masters know).
The issue here is another aspect of H&S: the increased capacity would mean we'd have to ensure that exit pathways were adjusted. A standing area would probably mean (hopefully minimally) redesigned exits, concourses, etc. I'd vote that a redesign of the current stadium interior takes this possibility into account.
Imagine a Spurs stadium nimble enough to allow standing areas before all the others.