FreemansOnFire Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Club has done a fantastic job with the refurbishing of the stadium thus far. Can't wait till the job is complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tts_city Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 The only thing I didnt like and i appreciate its a bit petty but when i booked my season ticket the way the plan looked for the south stand i thought i was buying three seats on the end of an isle, when we got there it was the middle but where two seat rows joined to form the bit where two stands meet and swoops around, the joining seats at an angle means you have alot less leg room than you normally have at any other seat as the two seats are butted at an angle and the persons leg next to you goes into your space, i have a dodgy knee that i need to stretch every ten minutes or so and i cant do it without standing now, anyway petty i know, i do love the new stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eardun Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Loved the South Stand experience. Slick turnstiles, good seats and rake providing great view even in the rows near the front, decent toilets, easy to exit. Thoroughly enjoyable. Agree with comments re some seats needing a clean, although suspect my rear end will have done the job by October (or quicker if a rugby fan's rear end shares the task) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanhamreds Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Not read all tne thread ..... Soz Liked it in general, one or two things.. Traffic flow out of the Dolman, Ayteo corner is not right, i would consider swapping things round whereby you enter through the two side entrances and exit via the larger end entrance, or find a way to utilise all three to exit. Bins - might create other issues though!! Obviously work in progress regards painting, cladding etc Oh yeah another one, the large dolman queues for food effects traffic flow also, need solution to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcshorey Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 We sit in the Dolman stand and entered through the south stand and used the kiosks where we received the 10% discount for season ticket holders. However , at half time when we used the kiosk just around the corner we were told the 10% discount didn't count in that kiosk despite selling exactly the same product , what's that all about?? I've got a feeling they might have been outside people brought in for that one... they weren't wearing uniforms like the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 What was the acoustics like in the SS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br1stolCityBoy Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 I would say No...whilst there is an ever increasing female fan base, the overwhelming majority of support is male, and the queues for the gents...almost all of them...against the complete lack of queues for the ladies suggests that the balance is completely wrong. I agree with you about the balance of toilets, but I think they have taken into consideration the Rugby, where alot more females watch. Just a thought!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br1stolCityBoy Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 What was the acoustics like in the SS? I thought the acoustics was good and when the big stand is complete it will be a fantastic atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dredd Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Loved the whole south stand experience today. Good food, decent service, great view, comfy seats. Happy with that. My only bit of feedback is there is a gate in the back left of the winterstoke road car park (as you come out of the stand) that was closed leaving only a smaller door sized gap for lots of people to get through that caused quite a bottleneck. Easily rectified! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Toilets good but queues too long for drinks so didn't bother. Hopefully this will improve when more outlets open which I think there will be if not then it's worse than before. It's a difficult balance. If you alleviate queues it will encourage more to get a drink. A vicious circle. A bit like building more roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I've got a feeling they might have been outside people brought in for that one... they weren't wearing uniforms like the others. Yep, they told me they were "independent". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Rojo Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Great to hear the positives above. It sounds like there are some excellent improvements despite there still being work to complete - can't wait to see what it'll be like when finished. Regards the constructive feedback above, I'm sure one of the videos the club posted included one of the developer reps saying that there will be a period where the club will be asking for fan feedback on the ground so that they can make further improvements at the end of the build? All in all, the new Gate is going to look incredible as a football facility when fully up and running. Well done the club and all involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1t_ref_again Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Very impressed with SS nice seat, good view and plenty of leg room, will be amazing when finished. Turned up early to have a look around and a pie and pint, but disappointed pies sold out 30 mins before fame, guess lots of people had same idea. Not sure planning regarding away fans coaches has been considered, announcement at end of game for Brantford fans to walk around to Halfords, surely could have got coaches in behind Ayteo or somewhere nearer, as this looks like could end in lots of trouble on streets after games (starting next Wednesday?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Very impressed with SS nice seat, good view and plenty of leg room, will be amazing when finished. Turned up early to have a look around and a pie and pint, but disappointed pies sold out 30 mins before fame, guess lots of people had same idea. Not sure planning regarding away fans coaches has been considered, announcement at end of game for Brantford fans to walk around to Halfords, surely could have got coaches in behind Ayteo or somewhere nearer, as this looks like could end in lots of trouble on streets after games (starting next Wednesday?) Yep, expecting a Leeds fan to walk more than 200yds without mouthing-off or getting into a fight is optimistic at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 It's a difficult balance. If you alleviate queues it will encourage more to get a drink. A vicious circle. A bit like building more roads. It's a bit like charging too much for beverages and food as Lindleys did. I refused to ever buy anything sold by Lindleys for those reasons. I'm sure there were others who took the same view. Better quality and more reasonable prices and they'd have made a bigger profit. Like others I would have bought a pie and pint yesterday but was deterred by the queues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost black rat Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted August 16, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Sold out of most pies at half time....here we go again..... and ran out of cider! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamballs Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I did't have a problem getting into the toilets or getting drinks at half time. A saw a few teething problems but nothing major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabio Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Toilets good but queues too long for drinks so didn't bother. Hopefully this will improve when more outlets open which I think there will be if not then it's worse than before. The que before the game was massive but surprise it only took 10 mins to get away with food and drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famouslastword Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Very impressed with the dolman. Couple of season ticket holders behind me went to find their seats but found out they had been replaced by a railing. Not sure how the club have managed sell two seats which are non existent. Was quite funny to watch the stewards scratching their heads at that one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 5 Minutes into the half time break and there was about 4 people in the bog I used (I think it was the one under S25 or close to it). We had the pie and pint deal with the discount and it was fine (I normally never buy food at AG as its always been crap and unable to eat for about 40 minutes as it was always microwaved for far too long). Wanted a pasty but they had run out 20 minutes before kick off at the outlet we used and only had "sheep" pies (lamb and mint in normal English). Exiting was a bit slower than anticipated - we were in the SS but used the Dolman exit. A bit of thought needs to be given to that, but it may well be that people may hang around a bit longer once all the bars and sports bar are fully operational with seating and TVs. View was great from SS and noise was loud at times, seats a lot better than Dolman with decent leg room. Dolman looked good from SS and Atyeo flags etc also looked good. A bit surreal really - felt like I was in another clubs stadium for a while as I'm not used to the standard facilities that you get at most other clubs. It'll be fantastic when they iron out the teething problems and the new Williams is up and running. Aside from the result, it was a great experience. That's what I said. Seems like another team's ground. With a smaller pitch too (optical illusion, I know). With exit from the Dolman made even worse than it was before, I'm thinking I might make the move across to the new stand when it's completed. It'll be a wrench after 15 years, but I do sometimes want to exit sharpish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I think the exit issue may be exacerbated by people from the SS using the Dolman exit as they don't want to walk all the way round Winterstoke road to get to the "right" side of the stadium - which is what we did. Yes it's partly that, C. But the actual exit into the concourse from the seats is narrower and sharper now. You get a couple of old guys with sticks trying to get down there fast and you are stuck going nowhere for 5 minutes - as happened yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbored Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I think the exit issue may be exacerbated by people from the SS using the Dolman exit as they don't want to walk all the way round Winterstoke road to get to the "right" side of the stadium - which is what we did. Previously you could exit in front of the pitch and also along the bottom of the upper tier but that has now been halved. Even though there are more exits they all lead to the exit point in the concourse therefore you have in effect lost 2 exit flows one at either end of the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizzleRed Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I think the changes in the ground are superb and really bring us bang up to date at long last. There are a couple of potential improvement I can see though, with one easily fixable, but the other I'm afraid definitely wouldn't be. I'd agree with many who have already mentioned the obstruction caused by people queuing for food and drinks. This definitely needs controlling by barriers of some sort, as it made it really difficult getting round the concourse, with queues stretching right across at certain times. I joined the queue myself and it moved quickly and efficiently and I reckon the takings must have been way up on the normal match day, but it really needs to be organised efficiently to improve the traffic flow around the concourse. Zig Zag type barriers to organise the queues would definitely improve things there and would be a very easy fix. The second problem I found was far more difficult to sort though. it took quite a long time to get out from the back rows of the South Stand. I've got a seat in the third row from the back, which is actually the same row as we had previously in the Atyeo. Yesterday, it took far longer to get out than it would have in the Atyeo, which may have been partly caused by people getting used to a new stand. My gut feeling though, is there is a more restricted flow in this stand and we were waiting for what seemed like an eternity at the back for anything to start moving in the gangways below us, with everyone filling the gangway from the lower level seats. With the voms so low down in the stand, it really felt like there should have been exits installed at the back of the stand as well, and I do wonder how quickly this stand could be cleared in an emergency situation. That aside, I love the view, look, comfort and facilities of the new developments and this is definitely going to be a stadium we can take a massive pride in when it's completed. A huge well done to Bristol Sport and especially to Steve Lansdown. The club has been talking for years about upgrading the facilities and precious little has actually happened and we've just slipped further behind other clubs. Steve Lansdown has now grasped the nettle and is propelling us into the 21st century and for that I will be forever grateful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 With exit from the Dolman made even worse than it was before, I'm thinking I might make the move across to the new stand when it's completed. It'll be a wrench after 15 years, but I do sometimes want to exit sharpish. I think a lot of us will, although I believe the club think not many will switch. Hopefully there will be a period in the season ticket selling programme for us to switch before they go on general sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchay Red Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 All looks great, but I was surprised that it now takes even longer to get out of the Dolman. Despite the new voms, getting down the steps from the back was no quicker and then exiting the concourse took a while as we all have to squeeze through a couple of small doors. First home game, so hopefully will improve as everyone gets used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Just a quick thought that occurred to me, perhaps the club envisaged that because the Winterstoke road entrance is to be the new main entrance to Ashton Gate, they assumed the majority of fans would exit in that direction, negating the need for a wider exit way at the Dolman? If so then that is incredibly naive as people who park or approach the ground from ashton Rd and the surrounding park area aren't going to suddenly go out of their way to walk around their normal route or change their established parking location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmNick Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Technically you had the right to pay the advertised price and should have insisted that was all you would pay. No you don't. You can opt to not buy the item after all, but they don't have to charge you the lower price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.