Season tickets hit 10,000

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Originally Posted by Springbank

We beat them at home and we beat them away
And this is the effect

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Pretty much.

The importance of the Edinburgh derby cannot be understated. We are finally reaping the rewards.

My first year as a season ticket holder was 1986/87. £50. Bought it in cash a few days before the start of the season from the club shop on Easter Road. Guy behind the counter told me we’d sold 1200.

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Originally Posted by NAE NOOKIE

The trouble with the east is that if you want a pie at half time you have to get moving before the whistle goes just to get onto the east concourse. It's the same at full time, folk up the back start leaving before the end so they don't have to stand on the stairs for 5 minutes, probably one of the reasons there was only about 2000 folk left in the east to watch Bowie's penalty on Saturday.

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Folk are fully entitled to prioritise getting away early and getting pies etc but there's no denying the East looks pretty grim from about 85 mins on every week. I doubt the club will think it's important enough to make structural changes at great cost to make it easier to get out though- people might still choose to leave early anyway.

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Originally Posted by Shrekko

Folk are fully entitled to prioritise getting away early and getting pies etc but there's no denying the East looks pretty grim from about 85 mins on every week. I doubt the club will think it's important enough to make structural changes at great cost to make it easier to get out though- people might still choose to leave early anyway.

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AFAIK the east was designed with the possibility of a 1st floor factored in. I agree Hibs won't do this as a one off, but as part of a bigger stadium upgrade it's maybe something they would think about.
As it is adding more exits would reduce the capacity of the stand, but if the idea was to fill in the FF / East corner with seats which could add 1000 seats or more to the stadium the loss of a few hundred in the east might be acceptable in the cause of making things easier for the fans.

Just my thoughts on it, though I would say that whatever happens at some point Hibs are really going to have to do something with what is an utterly redundant, but significant, piece of land between the FF and East .... it seems ridiculously wasteful to simply use it as a defacto matchday car park.

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Originally Posted by NAE NOOKIE

AFAIK the east was designed with the possibility of a 1st floor factored in. I agree Hibs won't do this as a one off, but as part of a bigger stadium upgrade it's maybe something they would think about.
As it is adding more exits would reduce the capacity of the stand, but if the idea was to fill in the FF / East corner with seats which could add 1000 seats or more to the stadium the loss of a few hundred in the east might be acceptable in the cause of making things easier for the fans.

Just my thoughts on it, though I would say that whatever happens at some point Hibs are really going to have to do something with what is an utterly redundant, but significant, piece of land between the FF and East .... it seems ridiculously wasteful to simply use it as a defacto matchday car park.

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That area is desperate to be turned in to some sort of hotel/matchday bar/clubstore complex.

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Originally Posted by Jones28

That area is desperate to be turned in to some sort of hotel/matchday bar/clubstore complex.

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They could build the seating decks to link the FF and east but leave the area underneath them open for a covered fan 2one folk can just walk in and out of from the street .... a couple of club run kiosks selling beer burgers and hot dogs and overhead heaters to keep folk warm in the winter. Would be brilliant :greengrin

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Originally Posted by NAE NOOKIE

They could build the seating decks to link the FF and east but leave the area underneath them open for a covered fan 2one folk can just walk in and out of from the street .... a couple of club run kiosks selling beer burgers and hot dogs and overhead heaters to keep folk warm in the winter. Would be brilliant :greengrin

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Thats brilliant, would be so good and it would be a revenue generator for the club across the whole site.

You could even stick a helliepad on the roof :greengrin

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Originally Posted by Jones28

That area is desperate to be turned in to some sort of hotel/matchday bar/clubstore complex.

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We could just put a big windowless cube in that area, call it a boutique hotel and watch the millions flood in.

I understand thats what big clubs do.

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Originally Posted by green day

We could just put a big windowless cube in that area, call it a boutique hotel and watch the millions flood in.

I understand thats what big clubs do.

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Would it have screens instead of windows though? And can you see the castle? And also, in the conference rooms, would their be massive pillars right down the middle so you can't actually see the contents of the conference you're attending?

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Originally Posted by green day

We could just put a big windowless cube in that area, call it a boutique hotel and watch the millions flood in.

I understand thats what big clubs do.

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“Unbeatable views of the plumbers merchants across the road” 😂

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Originally Posted by Bishop Hibee

My first year as a season ticket holder was 1986/87. £50. Bought it in cash a few days before the start of the season from the club shop on Easter Road. Guy behind the counter told me we’d sold 1200.

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I'm sure you had the number on the book relating to when you bought it.

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Originally Posted by Itsnoteasy

I'm sure you had the number on the book relating to when you bought it.

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My proudest Hibs possession is my ST book from season 2000-2001: book number O001.

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Thats brilliant, would be so good and it would be a revenue generator for the club across the whole site.

You could even stick a helliepad on the roof :greengrin

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Definitely need the helipad. Not sure I'd be allowed to park my transport in Lochend Park for 90 minutes, even with Ringgo.

Back on sale Tuesday 8th April.

Regarding the east I think hibs if money allowed should put exits on the rear / back row

It really is one of the worst stands to get out of, were row z and if you stay until full time it’s a healthy ten minutes before you start going down the stairs.

God forbid an actual emergency occurred the top half of the east is a real concern

Would it be such a big job to put exit only stair from the top of the east scattered along the width of the stand

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Originally Posted by Nicho87

Regarding the east I think hibs if money allowed should put exits on the rear / back row

It really is one of the worst stands to get out of, were row z and if you stay until full time it’s a healthy ten minutes before you start going down the stairs.

God forbid an actual emergency occurred the top half of the east is a real concern

Would it be such a big job to put exit only stair from the top of the east scattered along the width of the stand

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When building the stand they should have put exits higher up closer to halfway

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Originally Posted by Nicho87

Regarding the east I think hibs if money allowed should put exits on the rear / back row

It really is one of the worst stands to get out of, were row z and if you stay until full time it’s a healthy ten minutes before you start going down the stairs.

God forbid an actual emergency occurred the top half of the east is a real concern

Would it be such a big job to put exit only stair from the top of the east scattered along the width of the stand

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I think there is a lot they could do with the East and I think it was designed to be able to support changes and I agree safety should be priority over any other thoughts.

Still think evacuation slides of Fireman/Women/Fluid poles would be fun 🤭

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Originally Posted by Nicho87

Regarding the east I think hibs if money allowed should put exits on the rear / back row

It really is one of the worst stands to get out of, were row z and if you stay until full time it’s a healthy ten minutes before you start going down the stairs.

God forbid an actual emergency occurred the top half of the east is a real concern

Would it be such a big job to put exit only stair from the top of the east scattered along the width of the stand

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In an emergency straight out on to the pitch would become an option.

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Originally Posted by CentreLine

In an emergency straight out on to the pitch would become an option.

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It's getting down to the pitch quickly from the upper rows that would be the problem in an emergency.

I'm in favour of adding external staircases to the back of the East.

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Originally Posted by CentreLine

In an emergency straight out on to the pitch would become an option.

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The exit itself isn’t a huge issue. No one higher up can move down the steps until every row empties. It is a bit odd and I don’t think people at the bottom being able to go onto the pitch versus the exit would make a huge amount of difference.

The exits aren’t the issue it’s the way they have put seats above them so a small staircase of about 5 rows on one side and then a larger staircase going to top of stand on other.

If they removed some seats - fans could filter out quicker but that would mean less capacity.

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Originally Posted by GreenCastle

The exits aren’t the issue it’s the way they have put seats above them so a small staircase of about 5 rows on one side and then a larger staircase going to top of stand on other.

If they removed some seats - fans could filter out quicker but that would mean less capacity.

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No problem remove them and just fill in the corners lol

One thing you can be sure of Hibs, under Petrie , would make sure the stand was fully compliant with any necessary emergency exit procedures.

The stand would never have got a operating licence if it wasn't the case.

Id imagine fans emptying onto the pitch would be a part of any emergency exit process.

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Originally Posted by Since90+2

One thing you can be sure of Hibs, under Petrie , would make sure the stand was fully compliant with any necessary emergency exit procedures.

The stand would never have got a operating licence if it wasn't the case.

Id imagine fans emptying onto the pitch would be a part of any emergency exit process.

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Not really anything to do with RP. If the stand wasn’t compliant it would never have opened. It clearly meets all of the criteria to be granted a safety certificate. As it has for the last 15 years.

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Originally Posted by tamig

Not really anything to do with RP. If the stand wasn’t compliant it would never have opened. It clearly meets all of the criteria to be granted a safety certificate. As it has for the last 15 years.

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15 years? Geez, it doesn't seem that long since the old east was demolished.

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Originally Posted by GreenCastle

The exits aren’t the issue it’s the way they have put seats above them so a small staircase of about 5 rows on one side and then a larger staircase going to top of stand on other.

If they removed some seats - fans could filter out quicker but that would mean less capacity.

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Stairs could be built on the outside with the opening slapped through. Don't think that would reduce capacity by much and would probably be cheaper.

I'm just glad we've found something to moan about :faf::faf:

Hibs wont be spending money on extra stairways. When the stand was built the fans were consulted on the type of stand we wanted. The majority wanted a single-tier stand.
Getting back into season tickets, 10k is fantastic at this stage but there is a very good chance we will sell north of 13k which will make it very difficult for walk up fans to attend games due to limited availability. A good finish to the season and guaranteed European games until Xmas next season good be one of the best we've had in the last 50 years.

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Originally Posted by GreenCastle

The exits aren’t the issue it’s the way they have put seats above them so a small staircase of about 5 rows on one side and then a larger staircase going to top of stand on other.

If they removed some seats - fans could filter out quicker but that would mean less capacity.

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In S43 the club has blocked off the smaller 5 row staircase and installed the new disabled sections, this has added to the amount of fans trying to get out the S43/42 stairway.
Also a pet peeve of mine is the fans who leave their seats before the final whistle then stand at the bottom of the staircase, on the stairs blocking anyone else wanting past. I've seen the same fans standing there blocking the stairs all the time the players are applauding the fans.
Can easily take me over 10 minutes to get out and i'm only about 1/2 way up in row R.

I would have thought a steward or two at the bottom of each stairway moving folk on would improve exit times.

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Originally Posted by linlithgowhibbie

In S43 the club has blocked off the smaller 5 row staircase and installed the new disabled sections, this has added to the amount of fans trying to get out the S43/42 stairway.
Also a pet peeve of mine is the fans who leave their seats before the final whistle then stand at the bottom of the staircase, on the stairs blocking anyone else wanting past. I've seen the same fans standing there blocking the stairs all the time the players are applauding the fans.
Can easily take me over 10 minutes to get out and i'm only about 1/2 way up in row R.

I would have thought a steward or two at the bottom of each stairway moving folk on would improve exit times.

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That's assuming those wanting to beat the queue but still see the end of the game are willing to move on when asked.

Highly unlikely.