Re: Interesting : Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:45 am
Mick W. wrote:
I would hate to see RL go the way of football and have all seater stadia. Obviously some seating will always be required, but plenty of terraces too, please!!!
Football at top flight level was forced to go all seater from the recommendations of the Taylor Report after the Hillsborough disaster. And let's be honest what ever you think of the game as a commercial entity it has gone from strength to strength ever since.
I think the way forward could be something like this
This is German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen's ground. Like many stadiums in Germany they have seats (which are mandatory for european games) which lock away to become safe standing areas.
It gives you the flexibility to adapt to what's needed. You can keep it standing for league games, have zones of seating to meet whatever league requirements are at the time, use it as allocated away seating for big cup games which you can sell at a small premium, seating for other events etc.