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That wouldn't be in the plans yet would it? When I went its just food/drink vans up against a fence, plenty of room for that?
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That wouldn't be in the plans yet would it? When I went its just food/drink vans up against a fence, plenty of room for that?
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Just for clarity, what I'm saying regarding the toilets, is that I think we're using up a lot of space (for men's AND women's toilets) some of which might have been better used to provide F&B outlets in the GA concourses, of which there don't seem to be many and they don't seem to be very big.
650 toilets is a huge amount, and although I'd far rather we had too many than not enough, it seems excessive. That over half are female toilets also seems excessive when taking into account that only between 15%/20% of EFL attendees are female. If we assume a 16,000 sell out, with 20% females, that is 3,200 females, and one toilet for every ten females, which I think is a crazily large amount.
I'm not knocking the design of the stadium per se, I quite like most of it, but the toilets are one detail that, once I started looking, doesn't stack up.
I suppose this adds a whole new dimension to spending too much time hanging around the North Stand toilets..........
650 toilets is a huge amount, and although I'd far rather we had too many than not enough, it seems excessive. That over half are female toilets also seems excessive when taking into account that only between 15%/20% of EFL attendees are female. If we assume a 16,000 sell out, with 20% females, that is 3,200 females, and one toilet for every ten females, which I think is a crazily large amount.
I'm not knocking the design of the stadium per se, I quite like most of it, but the toilets are one detail that, once I started looking, doesn't stack up.
I suppose this adds a whole new dimension to spending too much time hanging around the North Stand toilets..........
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Exactly. The plaza will host many options.
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No. They're all marked as M or F. There are a small number marked A, which is accessible, so these (as is often the norm) would be for either sex to use.
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I have no idea if it would need to be included in the planning permission tbh. I'm just surprised that there's been no mention of food/drink other than a small sports bar, a small restaurant, and the usual concessions in the concourse. I would've thought the club would be trying to get as many fans in and around the stadium for as long as possible on match days to maximise revenue.
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Do the concourses correctly they could be the solution in itself. They don't have to be empty breeze-block monstrosities like we have now.
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So almost half of them are mine, and the other almost half are 'Free for all'.
A is probably for the anarchists who will doubtless descend on Kidlington too.
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True, but I was hoping for a 'hub' where there was substantial capacity for fans to eat, drink etc up till kick off. Unless the concourses are going to open a lot earlier and have substantial seating, people won't want to be in there for any significant amount of time.
One small sports bar just seems a bit... meh!
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At Coventry they wouldn’t let me take my almost finished burger in that I bought from their Fanzone’s area.
I was going to kick off about it but fortunately my daughter pulled me away!
That's very helpful and good to know thank you
Absolutely
At Brighton they keep the bars open at the end of the game and have live transport screens so you know when your bus/train is arriving saves you standing out in the cold/rain
At Brighton they keep the bars open at the end of the game and have live transport screens so you know when your bus/train is arriving saves you standing out in the cold/rain
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..and its only a damn sports bar too
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Are we hoping to sign Pogba as I see we have a dedicated doping room ?
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You obviously didn't use Fratton Parks facilities at half time then. Thought i was going to miss start of 2nd half, and i only wanted a pee. Didn't have that problem on the London Road terrace lol
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'Ball Kids'...?!? Could they not just say ball boys and ball girls??
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That was one thing I noticed originally and mentioned in my response to the fan survey. I think the sports bar could/should be 3 or 4 times the size
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