on February 18, 2025, 1:57 pm
Echo what everyone else has said below in terms of how great it is, looking forward to being able to get around the West Stand side and take a look at the stepped fan area around there but the open space on the East side is brilliant and once filled with a fan zone, food and drink etc will be buzzing on a match day.
I sat in Row 32, 2nd row back in the Upper South and was surprised by the lack of leg room, I'm about 6ft and it was actually uncomfortable to sit there. Was really surprised by that, and when looking at other rows, it seems to be an anomaly as all the others were fine, moved to the row in front for the end of the game and later on sat about 10 rows further back and all were fine.
At Half Time walked up to the back row and whilst it is steep, it was still a really great view and still felt close to the pitch that you just dont get in other stadiums when you are stuck on the back row.
The acoustics are going to be amazing, the noise is going to reverberate around that place like mad and I'm looking forward to hearing the noise the first time someone goes thundering into a tackle.
Quite clearly huge amounts of work to do with the inside, but thats to be expected and its all cosmetic so they'll easily have it all done and ready for August.
I love the fact that if you are in the South Stand and a mate/family is in the East Stand, you can easily walk round and meet on the concourse at Half Time etc, this should help people meet up and if friends who sit in the different stands can still drink prematch together it should hopefully encourage more people into the ground to spend their money at the club directly. This of course depends on the quality and cost of the drink so fingers crossed they get this at a sensible price point.
After the shitshow running of the club off the pitch for the last 30 years, it was amazing to see us achieve something so brilliant that you could see and feel around you. They've done a phenomenal job with this and credit is due.
It has no history yet, we have no memories yet, we have no "great nights", no Bayern Munich, No Duncan vs Liverpool/Man United, no Wimbledon last day type memories or games yet but they will come!
Ste
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