Photos (fanzone & pitch)

[Big E]

Photos of recent trial event at the fanzone and I'll be updating the 2021 renovations album as the ground works continue apace

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ianally/a ... 9079345232
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ianally/a ... 9104310602

[thegaffer77]

Well done to everyone involved in the fanzone transformation. A great addition to the match day experience. Looking forward to enjoying a beverage there next season in L2.

[Jonty]

Fanzone looks great, away seating area- terrible.

I am not criticising the club here because they will be taking Stadium Solutions advice, but how can someone sat next to the blue “wall” possibly see over it and likewise fans stood next to it wont be able to see the corner. If we need more seats, surely back four rows end to end and standing in-front, would that not be a better option? Or at least swap out that perimeter sheeting with railing. The sight lines will be terrible as it is.

[Big E]

Fanzone looks great, away seating area- terrible.

I am not criticising the club here because they will be taking Stadium Solutions advice, but how can someone sat next to the blue “wall” possibly see over it and likewise fans stood next to it wont be able to see the corner. If we need more seats, surely back four rows end to end and standing in-front, would that not be a better option? Or at least swap out that perimeter sheeting with railing. The sight lines will be terrible as it is.

There won't be any issues seeing over the "wall", it will only come to the chest of the average height adult sat down. It's not the perfect solution but better than other options that would have us have to give up a large chunk of the main stand

[HenneysKnee]

Will away fans have the standing section under the roof Upto the yellow line? Not going to be much room under there with segregation anyway if not

Thanks for the photos Big E; it’s great to see they said the work would start straight after the last home game, and it’s actually started straight after the last home game. Wouldn’t have been the case in the past

[Desmond2-2]

Fanzone looks great, away seating area- terrible.

I am not criticising the club here because they will be taking Stadium Solutions advice, but how can someone sat next to the blue “wall” possibly see over it and likewise fans stood next to it wont be able to see the corner. If we need more seats, surely back four rows end to end and standing in-front, would that not be a better option? Or at least swap out that perimeter sheeting with railing. The sight lines will be terrible as it is.

Have to disagree with you jonty bout the away seats, think they look pretty good.Don’t think the viewing is restricted in anyway, photos are deceiving. Think having it central away fans could prevent trouble with away naughty boys as well.

[andyg]

A few questions here for anybody to answer :-
- 112 seats are being installed in Holker St End therefore what is the capacity of the Holker St End with these seats installed?
- Presuming we don't give the whole of the Holker St End to away fans (for example if we play a big club in a cup competition) what is the allocation capacity for the away fans section next season?
- Any idea of what the capacity (roughly) might be if we installed seats in the rest of the covered part of the Holker St End?
- What is the seating capacity in the main stand? I've heard various number just want to know what is the official capacity of this stand.
- What is the capacity of the popular side?
- What therefore will the official capacity of the whole stadium be with the new seating installed for next season. Asking this as I assume some supporters would be allowed to stand in the corners of the ground or down the side of the main stand towards the crossbar (although in its present state viewing would be severely restricted).

These questions are more out of curiosity but also because of statement from Levi Gill regarding the need to get to 2,000 seats in the stadium by next summer.

[boyliegladbach]

A few questions here for anybody to answer :-
- 112 seats are being installed in Holker St End therefore what is the capacity of the Holker St End with these seats installed?
- Presuming we don't give the whole of the Holker St End to away fans (for example if we play a big club in a cup competition) what is the allocation capacity for the away fans section next season?
- Any idea of what the capacity (roughly) might be if we installed seats in the rest of the covered part of the Holker St End?
- What is the seating capacity in the main stand? I've heard various number just want to know what is the official capacity of this stand.
- What is the capacity of the popular side?
- What therefore will the official capacity of the whole stadium be with the new seating installed for next season. Asking this as I assume some supporters would be allowed to stand in the corners of the ground or down the side of the main stand towards the crossbar (although in its present state viewing would be severely restricted).

These questions are more out of curiosity but also because of statement from Levi Gill regarding the need to get to 2,000 seats in the stadium by next summer.

https://www.barrowafc.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28560

[andyg]

Cheers, will ask but if anyone knows any info now that would be useful to put on the forum

[Wintergreen]

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[mickmike wilson]

Looks great except for the weather

[Big E]

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[PerthBluebird]

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That pic is comparable to Newports actual playing surface this year!

[spirit of 1990]

Fanzone looks great, away seating area- terrible.

I am not criticising the club here because they will be taking Stadium Solutions advice, but how can someone sat next to the blue “wall” possibly see over it and likewise fans stood next to it wont be able to see the corner. If we need more seats, surely back four rows end to end and standing in-front, would that not be a better option? Or at least swap out that perimeter sheeting with railing. The sight lines will be terrible as it is.

It’s really no where near as bad as you are making out Jonty. The sides look higher on pictures than they actually are....I don’t think Stadium Solutions would be called that if they built walls too high for supporters to see over mate
For what the club has to work around I think that’s a pretty decent job.

[MisterPleasant]

I don't want to wish the summer away but I can't wait to get down to HS in August to see all these changes. In the meantime, the photos are great, Big E.