That overhead view makes it look like West Ham’s stadium
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
Now come on the pitch area still looks small.
I get what you mean with the roof looking more circular though.
trueblue84
Player Valuation: £50m
It sounds like a track off NOW That's What I Call Catholic Dance.
I know that album well mate, what a banger!
Personal favourite of mine is the Shrewsbury Ladies over 65s Catholic Choir rendition of Madonnas "Like a Virgin"
They absolutely nailed it!
Look to the future
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Quick search online:
New Everton stadium 448 box seats
Emirates stadium 500 box seats
cooperman
Player Valuation: £10m
The north end space is very small, not really useful at all I would say
You can see the slope is quite pronounced in the south roof, but it's well sheltered and not really needed for water runoff. I think this is a choice where external aesthetics are valued more than the extra space. That single floor concourse jutting out looks good in my opinion.
Blue Parkender
Player Valuation: £8m
When I signed up for the Trinity Bar experience in the East Stand , the guy who dealt with us said that boxes were out dated. He said people didn't want to be behind glass anymore,all the feed back they got was people wanted the high end corporate experience which sold out immediately.
Jacko93
Player Valuation: £35m
They did research into what the fans want and what would give the best, most valuable experience for the fans whilst maximising commercial returns? Surely not.
Tom Hughes
Player Valuation: £10m
Yes, I've seen that mistake too. That would make them 4 seater boxes. When they actually range from 10 to 24 seats each. It was over 2000 box seats a couple of years ago. Not sure of the actual number now.
Tom Hughes
Player Valuation: £10m
Box seats are not necessarily behind glass anymore. Most have a seated balcony in front of the glass too. Boxes are still very much the top corporate option for most companies. In some stadia they are also convertible to hotel rooms for non-matchdays. Loge seats are the new thing for wealthy individuals who perhaps don't want a whole box.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
BullensRoad
Player Valuation: £15m
Hotel rooms are a no go. The room ends up smelling of ale and carpet stains.
As mentioned there’s a reason Arsenal got rid of their boxes in the lower tier.
On a side note this made me laugh.
Arsenal take box holder to court after bust-up over unsliced bread
Arsenal are suing a corporate box holder at the Emirates Stadium for £375,000 after an alleged bust up over unsliced bread.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Imagine getting violent because staff wouldn’t slice the loaf of bread you’ve brought in.
Also, why bring a loaf of bread to a corporate box?
It’s all about total revenue.
I imagine you get more paying punters per square metre with our approach than you do with old style boxes. The cost is also divisible to the individual level, rather than a single entity having to foot the bill for a whole box.
They have put so much thought into this stadium.
They hired experts to run the numbers, and I trust those over what’s scribbled together by the average fan.
The problem is, all that thought went in in 2017-2019 when they expected the design to cost £350m -to £500m. We now seem to be £800m deep with another 10+ months of construction to follow.
The debate of box versus other corporate provision is a bit of a moot point. It's the total corporate provision that is the issue.
Had they known at the point of design what this would actually end up costing then they either wouldn't of started or they would have factored in higher capacity for both general admission and the corporates.
The elephant in the room is the question of whether this stadium will now even wash it's own face (i.e cover construction and interest on the capital), let alone leave us in a significantly better place to compete financially.
