Kid in the Riot Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Cycled past at 10pm this evening and a little surprised to see all the floodlights on and machinery noisely working away on the pitch. The fact we are the only football league team not to have corporate boxes / decent facilities etc was always a bit of a badge of honour for City and I was quite proud of it. Ashton Gate is a proper old school stadium in todays climate. But thank God the stadium is being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century, and all the hard work that is going on (probably still now) is testament to that. I'm sparing in my praise for the board, but finally they have got this one right and I'm genuinely excited about the new facilities and where it can take us... You reds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiz Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Totall agree mate. I am glad we are still at our spiritual home, glad its being overhauled and as excited as you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Bit disappointed about AV but glad that we're staying at AG and hopefully the new ground will still have a feel of the traditional AG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I thought they'd binned the plans for corporate boxes in the redevelopment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 There will be corporate boxes in the new Williams and in the corners between the new Wedlock & the Dolman and the Wedlock & the Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 19, 2014 Admin Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Cycled past at 10pm this evening and a little surprised to see all the floodlights on and machinery noisely working away on the pitch. The fact we are the only football league team not to have corporate boxes / decent facilities etc was always a bit of a badge of honour for City and I was quite proud of it. Ashton Gate is a proper old school stadium in todays climate. But thank God the stadium is being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century, and all the hard work that is going on (probably still now) is testament to that. I'm sparing in my praise for the board, but finally they have got this one right and I'm genuinely excited about the new facilities and where it can take us... You reds. Cheers for the update - but assumedly they were only working on the pitch last night? Must be some serious work going into it if they are working that many hours in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roe Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Surely we can't be the only league team to not have corporate boxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted June 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Surely we can't be the only league team to not have corporate boxes? Go and find another one that doesn't my friend... Also consider that many Conference and even Conference South and North clubs have corporate boxes and it really is a quite astonishing fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolskRed Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Go and find another one that doesn't my friend... Also consider that many Conference and even Conference South and North clubs have corporate boxes and it really is a quite astonishing fact. Do Brentford, Accrington Stanley, Exeter City have corporate boxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Go and find another one that doesn't my friend... Also consider that many Conference and even Conference South and North clubs have corporate boxes and it really is a quite astonishing fact. Of course, a lot of them are at the expense of an actual stand and seating/terracing , e.g. Luton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolskRed Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 O.K I can see Exeter have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I like the idea of us being different by keeping AG. I agree, it needs to be developed but there is something charming and venerable about the old grounds that the new stadia, for all their merits, cannot quite match. I know in baseball in the US, the two most revered stadia are the Wrigley Field in Chicago and Fenway Park in Boston, they are the old, traditional stadia and the ones everyone wants to visit, would be lovely if we could start to build that kind of feeling at AG when everyone else has gone to bowls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckle_red Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 "in the corners between the new Wedlock & the Dolman and the Wedlock & the Williams" Really? News to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Really? News to me The Williams was always going to be the main corporate area., with dolman having 'affordable' boxes. They just decided to take those out an increase the capacity. It was a common misperception that we were doing away with boxes when that was announced, but there will still be 25 + boxes in the redeveloped ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Really? News to meYes - there will be wedge shaped bits that go into the corners of the Wedlock. Not the usual type of box but they can be used for corporate activities. The directors will probably go there when the Williams is demolished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke_Gifford_Red Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Latest pitch pictures here: https://twitter.com/BCCommTrust/status/479607435003723777 Interesting to see a large group of people in the gap between Atyeo and Dolman in one of the pics. Representatives of the contractor perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Latest pitch pictures here: https://twitter.com/BCCommTrust/status/479607435003723777 Interesting to see a large group of people in the gap between Atyeo and Dolman in one of the pics. Representatives of the contractor perhaps? Probably still queuing to get into the Bradford game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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