pinevillawill Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Let's face it - no news is bad news and we're hearing less and less about ground redevelopment. So, while we're stuck with the ashes (or the terraces) of the Lookers stand, let's pull together and come up with ways of, at least, making it look slightly prettier. I've read tonnes of ideas in the past couple of years about erecting (lol) a temporary stand or turning it into a standing section. Well, a stand would cost a bob or two and The Taylor Report says we can't go back to standing. Somebody must have a cost-effective solution to make my match day experience slightly less of an eyesore? Best ideas to The Joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Let's face it - no news is bad news and we're hearing less and less about ground redevelopment. So, while we're stuck with the ashes (or the terraces) of the Lookers stand, let's pull together and come up with ways of, at least, making it look slightly prettier. I've read tonnes of ideas in the past couple of years about erecting (lol) a temporary stand or turning it into a standing section. Well, a stand would cost a bob or two and The Taylor Report says we can't go back to standing. Somebody must have a cost-effective solution to make my match day experience slightly less of an eyesore? Best ideas to The Joy. Both SC and Neil Joy have recently said that they expect to be able to announce something this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinevillawill Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 Yes, they have, but with or without an announcement we're still stuck with a large blue fence, a decaying terrace, and a beach shack on stilts for, at least, 2012/2013. There must be ways of sprucing it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4froale Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 ive always said a temporary stand with reduced admission , say a tenner for adults and a fiver for kids etc. It gives people who refuse to pay £20 a chance to watch latics at the risk that they get piss wet through or uncomfortable seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinevillawill Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 ive always said a temporary stand with reduced admission , say a tenner for adults and a fiver for kids etc. It gives people who refuse to pay £20 a chance to watch latics at the risk that they get piss wet through or uncomfortable seats. So, a temporary seating stand without a cover? Don't see why it couldn't work. If the club wants some seats back, there's at least 200 stuffed behind the back of Saddleworth Cricket Club, oh, and four in my back garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 So, a temporary seating stand without a cover? Don't see why it couldn't work. If the club wants some seats back, there's at least 200 stuffed behind the back of Saddleworth Cricket Club, oh, and four in my back garden. Trouble we are not really short of seats, plenty in other parts of the ground! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine185 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) temporary stand with reduced admission gets my vote, maybe 1000-1500 capacity, on a nice day with low admission costs we might even fill it . Edited June 8, 2012 by sunshine185 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Not criticising the ideas but from a financial point of view I can't see them making sense. There are hire costs for any temporary stand. There are issues about new turnstiles, toilets, catering. Stewarding. If the (uncovered) seats were at a reduced price then, on a fine weather day, the stand could draw people away from higher priced seats. On a foul day I do not believe that there would be that many in them. We have a home attendance of 3500/4000 . Only if the new stand was guaranteed to add significantly , I mean at least several hundred, new customers for each and every home match would it have even a slight chance of flying financially. The finances are the bottom line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Making it prettier will cost money and will not generate a return. Hence, it will not happen. Ideas that generate money - bars, temporary stand, etc. - are the only ones with any hope of being considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Sell the land off to a cinema group - having 4 stands is over-rated anyway ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4froale Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 should just get something dead basic , similar to the one at bristol rovers except without a roof. Then set up a small catering van in the corner selling all the usual latics food. i think it would work , gives people who cant afford to come usually a chance to come. Could also help the atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggy_oafc Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Can't we cover it with flags just for a couple of hours on a match day? I think it would look really good and certainly unique plus it would add some colour instead of grey crumbling concrete that does nothing but serve as a visual metaphor of what the club has become. Mind you, I suppose elf and safety fire risks rule it out. Pah. Woof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldhamSheridan Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Portocabin with access from the Chaddy, selling cans into plastic glasses at 300% markup. Would have to put fence up to stop viewing from standing area. Could be worth a go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 naked ladies should do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc-latics Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Commission local artists/volunteers to paint a crowd on there, put some flags infront on the 'terrace' and there's at least something.. No point of a temporary stand when we only fill 35% of the other three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisbrogan Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Whilst they were still at Highbury and renovating (I think) the Clock End, Arsenal constructed a mural to show fans in a stand rather than a construction site. We should do that but fill it with pictures of snarling fans hurling abuse at players complete with obscenity riddled speech bubbles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Solar Panels? A mini wind farm? A portokabin bar for the Chaddy? Plans to put seats in if we ever get a big game? A portokabin boundary blues lounge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefflatic Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) we CAN'T have a standing area as once clubs went all seater and entered the top division ie Prem we are not allowed to change back. Even if by some loophole we could do it, health and safety would put paid to standing and any costs involved in temporary stand would not be met by revenue I can't fathom why people like to or would want to stand anyway - sitting down and being comfortable and then jumping up when a goal is scored is a far better experience than standing for hours and doing your back in! in terms of ideas until any would be stand is built, i'd suggest we get a local artist to paint a canvas of a crowd/latics related crowd and stretch that across the plywood wall for something to look at. Alternatively, when a new stand is built we can use the traditional brick as used by Hallam in the plans - all fans if they wish can pay £50 and get their name engraved into the bricks on the inside of the wall which would form the back wall of the concourse where the fans would get food etc, something to admire and look at when chewing on a burger and would be a nice touch. For the £50 you get your name engraved in a brick and also vouchers entitling you to 20% reduced admission to our 1st round JPT and league cup games. OR £100, name and year you started watching latics also engraved underneath your name and free admission to a JPT and 1st round league cup game. Fans would have their supporting legacy in the club for future years and if 1-2000 take up on the offer it would be a nice earner for the club Takers? Edited June 8, 2012 by shefflatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 £100, name and year you started watching latics also engraved underneath your name Like on a gravestone with the date indicating the year you died, in this case, it would indicate the year that little part of you that hopes for the best died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hands on Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) There is no way they are going to introduce cheaper seats having knocked down the stand that had the cheaper seats in its paddock. I’m against spending anything that does not have to be spent unless it is on a new stand. I don’t actually buy the theory that numbers are down because we have a crap stadium. Numbers are down mainly because Oldham is not a properous area, the tv is full of football when we play and we are in a Division 1 survival mode. A £20m stand will not pay for itself. Edited June 8, 2012 by Hands on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Leave it. Corney has to look at it all the time aswell you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobOAFC Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Currently, the best idea would be to cover it in flags for home games. No point in sticking a temp stand up. Costs money that would be better spent going towards a new stand. Like Corney and Joy have said, announcement to be made this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldhamSheridan Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Yes, but that announcement will be "we're doing nowt". Paintings, etc, to make it look nice aint worth :censored:. It is money making stuff we need, and I can't think of anything better than the Chaddy End buying booze that can be better that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) TTA may not have shown their business acumen at its best when it comes to running a football club. But the business idea of spending money on installing new plastic seats and selling them on match day to people for less money than they currently charge to sit on other plastic seats makes it reassuring to me that the fans only have a meaningless 3% shareholding in this business. God help us if we had real power. This football club would go the way of Stockport very quickly. It needs to cost nothing or guarantee an income that exceeds implementation cost. Edited June 9, 2012 by opinions4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhamandy1 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 In a few weeks there's going to be announcement how about we wait for that before we bang our collective heads together to find a solution we have no real say over, until then we could always come with ideas about how to help the Eurozone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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