FF / EAST CORNER ..... again : - )

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Originally Posted by Phil MaGlass

Dont know why they just dont put a massive tent up in the gap between the east and FF and put portable bars in there and a bit of live music before the games. Oh just to add, I think it would be a waste of cash filling the corners in as it wont guarantee more income and from what I have experienced from my club in the Hague, fans hardly ever sit in these seats.

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Think it would be good if Hibs started to look at the spaces outside the ground that are left .. could make some money for our club by being innovative and creating things like pop-ups that fans who like that sort of thing could use. We are a club with a history of leading in some areas … I could see it being a thing around the ground that’s absolutely buzzing for three hours or so before a match. Build it and they’ll come .. I went to one of our hospitality things and struggled for seats for us and table nearly two hours before … and I myself simply cannot afford to visit Hibs hospitality every season, never mind every fortnight … if things are free to be in, and you spend what you can afford .. marquee bars, music (there’s loads of musicians in Edinburgh and beyond who would love to perform at that, and will be appreciated financially by us fans I’m sure
tipping them), food stalls, perhaps even other stalls … though I recognise the “fun” police might worry .. but hopefully sense would prevail ..

I’m sure there are obstacles some folk will come up with .. but then all good ideas have to face them.

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Originally Posted by itslegaltender

It was for Scotlands own 2008 Euro bid that got broken when Jack McDonnell became FM and insisted we join up with Ireland despite UEFA at the time saying a solo bid was preferred.

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UEFA were so set on a solo bid that they awarded the tournament to Austria and Switzerland?

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Originally Posted by Hibs Go Bragh

I'm sure it's Nottingham Forest who have like a multi storey style structure in one corner with hospitality boxes. It does look a bit temporary in its appearance so I 'd want something better looking but we could easily put this in the north west corner (maybe even south west as well) imagine groups of 10-12 with their own private box, unlimited food and drink and seating right outside the window. It would sell out every home game!

If we're talking complete fantasy then I'd go back in time and rebuild the east as a two tier stand. We could fill in the corners easy, it would take less time to exit the east, less people would leave early, more people would be there to clap the players off, people wouldn't have their view restricted by folks leaving early. Seeing as we've no football problems just now this would solve all our remaining problems in one lol

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As a member of the prawn sandwich stand brigade, I was always in favour of a two tier East Stand but those who were going to occupy the new stand were dead against it saying the stadium would look bland. Well, bugg€r me, the current occupants are moaning about a single tier and how difficult it is to get out etc. You should have listened :wink::na na:

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Originally Posted by dangermouse

As a member of the prawn sandwich stand brigade, I was always in favour of a two tier East Stand but those who were going to occupy the new stand were dead against it saying the stadium would look bland. Well, bugg€r me, the current occupants are moaning about a single tier and how difficult it is to get out etc. You should have listened :wink::na na:

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It’s good to have both.

Modern stadia are going for steep 1 tier stands to help atmosphere.

Wouldn’t want it all like Tynecastle - think having the 2 tiers shows a classy stadium and makes stadium look bigger.

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Originally Posted by GreenCastle

It’s good to have both.

Modern stadia are going for steep 1 tier stands to help atmosphere.

Wouldn’t want it all like Tynecastle - think having the 2 tiers shows a classy stadium and makes stadium look bigger.

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Tynecastle has got 2 tiers don’t you know?

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Originally Posted by BoomtownHibees

Tynecastle has got 2 tiers don’t you know?

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Be more than 2 tiers watching that every week.:greengrin

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Originally Posted by BoomtownHibees

Tynecastle has got 2 tiers don’t you know?

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Tynecastle has floods of tears

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Originally Posted by CentreLine

On the subject of our stadium, did anyone see the incredible, LEGO scale model of the stadium in the main reception area on Sunday? Not sure who was responsible but absolutely stunning in its accuracy and the work that must have gone in to it.

Sorry I have no idea how to post a picture but I’m sure someone will have one.

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Seen it on my FB. Cost a few grand if lego sold it. Class tho 👏

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Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish

UEFA were so set on a solo bid that they awarded the tournament to Austria and Switzerland?

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they chose that versus our proposition with Ireland. Scot Gov at time blamed Irish lack of committment. There was also suspicions of McDonnells motives. https://www.thetimes.com/travel/dest...re-ztgxkhrbg8x

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Originally Posted by erin go bragh

Seen it on my FB. Cost a few grand if lego sold it. Class tho 👏

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It really is good. Poster Hibee found a great link on that Twitter call me x thing too:

https://x.com/hibernianfc/status/1911011418725630005?s=61

Seems “Away Day Joe” also to be found on Facebook in a Timelapse build.
https://youtu.be/ALJFG_uBaEs

The Charlton stadium is one we should look at two enclosed corners and one separate away end .

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Originally Posted by zitelli62

The Charlton stadium is one we should look at two enclosed corners and one separate away end .

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We can’t do that without demolishing the old ticket office (listed building) and some of the tenements at the back of the FF. Due to the road configurations behind the FF and South, the only two corner we can easily do anything with is the FF/East and West/South.

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Originally Posted by overdrive

We can’t do that without demolishing the old ticket office (listed building) and some of the tenements at the back of the FF. Due to the road configurations behind the FF and South, the only two corner we can easily do anything with is the FF/East and West/South.

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I don't think we really need to bother too much about the northwest corner to be honest .... It is what it is and the hassle to do anything there probably wouldn't be worth it. The northeast and southwest corners are definitely ripe for development and to a lesser extent the southeast corner.

Whatever the case Easter Road in the end is a very decent stadium as it is ......... but it does have the potential to be so much more and part of the advancement of this club into the future has to be to upgrade it to make it a more atmospheric and intimidating stadium for other clubs to visit .... the most obvious way to do that is to make it more enclosed. Whatever the time line it simply has to be something Hibs never take off the table and eventually get round to doing.

You can use the standing area behind the goals as evidence for the worth of doing that. Folk like me pushed for that for years and I don't think anybody can deny that it has been, if not a roaring success, then at least a move that has brought a decent atmosphere to games that in the past would have seen the place like a library. Hibs spent a fair bit on that and in my opinion and that of a lot of other folk it was money well spent, even if it didn't add to the stadium's capacity.

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Originally Posted by overdrive

We can’t do that without demolishing the old ticket office (listed building) and some of the tenements at the back of the FF. Due to the road configurations behind the FF and South, the only two corner we can easily do anything with is the FF/East and West/South.

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It’s not all that bad. The angle on each of these corners was designed to allow for those obstructions but still let the corners be filled in. After all, there is room for a, rather crap, temporary tv studio and a water tank in the northwest corner for example.

Without being able to post some pictures, Watford seem to have done a decent job of filling in their corner areas to create a more enclosed and atmospheric venue.

From what I can tell one corner houses police control and stadium announcer units. Another houses a state of the art TV studio with a small seated area in front of it.

There is a corner that is simply the stadium access corner and is an enclosed area for the away team to disembark their coach and enter the stadium away from opposition fans, the same as we have in the SW corner but the whole gap between the stands has been cleverly boxed in.

The last corner is a huge space very much like our NE area. Hear we see a large structure housing high end hospitality boxes over looking the pitch but also fan bars, club superstore and probably other things.

Only one corner has any seating yet the stadium is now very enclosed and the overall look has greatly improved. All four corners have a purpose to them and with a little imagination there is no reason why we couldn't replicate this.

Is it finished yet?