Tuesday, October 29

More like a football stadium?

It seems the squared-off ends at the London Stadium will be ready for next season. It would mean 300 fans at each end might not be covered by the roof, but singing in  the rain is surely a price worth paying for something that feels more like a proper stadium. This could make a big difference to the atmosphere. The minutes of the Official Supporters Board October meeting reveal the following:

Bobby Moore and Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Tier seating configuration, KB says good progress has been made in partnership with E20. The work is currently out to tender and on track to be installed over Summer 2020 and therefore the new stands should be installed for next season. The plans show that after the installation the new distances between the stand and the pitch will be very similar to the area behind the goals at the Emirates and much closer than Wembley. 7 KB explained that there would be about 300 seats (of about 3,600 each end, Bobby Moore and Sir Trevor Brooking stands) where the seats would not be covered by the roof and that all season ticket holders in the stand will be offered the closest like-for-like seat but if their seat was now not covered by the roof and they wanted to move they will have the opportunity to relocate. General view of OSB members was that they expected all seats including wet ones to be popular. KB said the SAG had a concern that fans in uncovered area may move when game is on if it rains and therefore a proper management plan will be in place and 300 supporters moving during a match would cause issues. KB says the Club expects the seats near the front to be highly desirable. The meeting agreed. KB says she and PC have spoken to companies who have submitted tenders and the new stands should feel more permanent and an enhancement of what is there now.

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