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New Everton Stadium

Tom Hughes said:
The first 15-20 rows could be a bit exposed on a rainy day judging by the cross section comparison.
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I got soaked at The Emirates a few years ago in something like row 8. Think I had a similar experience close to the pitch at the Etihad as well ? It seems to be a common design flaw in many modern stadia.

Lesson learnt though, if you can choose your seat, avoid anything close to the pitch, where the view will generally be gash too.
 
Catfish Blues said:
I got soaked at The Emirates a few years ago in something like row 8. Think I had a similar experience close to the pitch at the Etihad as well ? It seems to be a common design flaw in many modern stadia.

Lesson learnt though, if you can choose your seat, avoid anything close to the pitch, where the view will generally be gash too.
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Not a new problem.. if you ever find yourself in the first 10 rows of the paddock on a rainy day you'll get the same treatment, depending on which way the wind is blowing.
 

cooperman said:
Not a new problem.. if you ever find yourself in the first 10 rows of the paddock on a rainy day you'll get the same treatment, depending on which way the wind is blowing.
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Aye, but when the Paddock was built, it was assumed that men were men and weren't afraid of getting wet, but times have changed, and we're all cosseted in ways we could only dream of decades ago.

Plainly sunlight ( when it actually shines ) needs to be able to get to the pitch, so there's a bit of a conflict when it comes to designing roofs. We probably need roofs which can extend a bit to keep us dry while the match is on .... or something :oops:
 
Catfish Blues said:
I got soaked at The Emirates a few years ago in something like row 8. Think I had a similar experience close to the pitch at the Etihad as well ? It seems to be a common design flaw in many modern stadia.

Lesson learnt though, if you can choose your seat, avoid anything close to the pitch, where the view will generally be gash too.
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Not really anything you can do about that unless you have a completely covered stadium. The principality stadium roof covers to near enough the touchline and you can still get wet in the first few rows if the conditions are that bad (& they don't close the roof of course).

I was at Wembley for the first NFL game there and almost the whole lower tier of one of the ends had no one sat in it as the rain was was soaking everybody.
 
Catfish Blues said:
Aye, but when the Paddock was built, it was assumed that men were men and weren't afraid of getting wet, but times have changed, and we're all cosseted in ways we could only dream of decades ago.

Plainly sunlight ( when it actually shines ) needs to be able to get to the pitch, so there's a bit of a conflict when it comes to designing roofs. We probably need roofs which can extend a bit to keep us dry while the match is on .... or something :oops:
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Agree. Fans in the first ten rows should just wear Speedos including the lady's . Let's see if there men/women.
 

degsy said:
I take your point.
But with less carparking (up to now) and more spectators, less pubs for them to sit in while the traffic dies down, only Regents Rd as an exit, I'd be making sure I set off early.
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i see someone has put in pp to build a hotel opposite, will this mean more companies ie pubs, take aways restaurants will be forward planning
 

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