LOL 133
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I wish you were on the board. Great shout.
Ibrox needs a big revamp.
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I wish you were on the board. Great shout.
HeyBert
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My best Ibrox atmosphere mate
DJ Blue
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Folk would only come in early if they sold Lager in the Kiosks and you could drink watching the game.
A group of mates pile in at 2.55 . They aint going to be happy when they can't sit/stand together.
Leaving seat empty is not an effective model for any successful club.
Far too many negatives for me.
onedadoprso.1
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Silly comment.
LOL 133
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Another great post. Despite what many say on here a football anthem should be slow and emotional leading up to a big finish. All the crap about it needing to be "rousing" and "upbeat" is just plain daft.
The classic of course is YNWA unfortunately. Nothing comes near it. I live right next to Anfield and I hear it being sung while sitting in my living room.
I also believe it has to be an existing song so that it can be played at nights out, weddings, birthday parties etc.
The only song that I can think of that comes close to fitting the bill is My Way by Sinatra. Its slow, emotional, has a big finish and its well established.
For those that dont know, Bowie's Life on Mars was inspired by My Way so it has some street cred'.
Which is exactly the reason fans have to force it . No one us want the Ibrox experience to be shite. So as fans we have to force the board to change the view . If that’s boycotts of some sort by Ub or like minded fans then maybe it’s needed. If not of the match itself (that would be hard for many to stomach ) then maybe of merch or other club products . The match day experience has to change and we can’t be the last club in the uk to get safe standing . It’s hardly a massive expense. Sure I read it would cost approximately 250k to rip out the Copland/broomloan front and replace with the rail seating . Clubs like killie have it show it’s cheap relatively to other football costs
Korova Milk Bar
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When will folk realise if you effectively got rid of the Union Bears there would be no atmosphere at all. Let’s face it if you’re going to add Safe Standing the UB need to be there in order to direct chants.
People will say “we didn’t need drums or megaphones in my day”, this is a change in support over the generations and more young people love watching European Ultras abroad.
Rangers are unfortunately out of touch with the fans which can easily be seen with absurd ticket prices recently.
Union Bears should be in the middle of the Broomloan Front behind the goals and then anyone around the stadium can be transferred into the Broomloan Front to be apart of the section. Those who wish not to can be relocated elsewhere offering them even a better view seat instead of being behind a goal.
People will say “we didn’t need drums or megaphones in my day”, this is a change in support over the generations and more young people love watching European Ultras abroad.
Rangers are unfortunately out of touch with the fans which can easily be seen with absurd ticket prices recently.
Union Bears should be in the middle of the Broomloan Front behind the goals and then anyone around the stadium can be transferred into the Broomloan Front to be apart of the section. Those who wish not to can be relocated elsewhere offering them even a better view seat instead of being behind a goal.
Korova Milk Bar
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The club already done a feasibility study on it and it was not expensive by any means even Killie have Safe Standing.
There’s just zero point creating this “singing section” if you don’t include your club’s Ultras group who sing for 90 minutes and create displays.
Yet most stadiums atmosphere has dropped since all seated stadiums for the home support.
penilee57
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Oranje
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If you haven’t noticed the ltd company is more important than the club aspect to the current people managing operations. I’m not saying it’s right. I am not saying it’s wrong. The support (customers) are being exploited at every revenue making opportunity. Unless there is a financial benefit then I don’t see rail seating becoming a priority anytime soon.
If you moan to EasyJet that their seat isn’t good enough but they have already pre-sold 90% of their seats for the next year, and every plane will fly close to a sellout, why would they bother commissioning a new type of seat that they will sell for the same price or cheaper. Especially given the costs it will be to plan, design and install. It makes zero business sense for them. Even less so for Rangers. If you don’t want to sit in your seat theres a waiting list of people waiting to take it over.
As someone already said. Any change to seating would more likely be additional hospitality seating. Which would mean good revenue increases from minimal investment. I think there is demand at the very premium end of the hospitality offering as The Chairmans club was a closed shop this year and the Thornton Suite continually operates near capacity.
If you moan to EasyJet that their seat isn’t good enough but they have already pre-sold 90% of their seats for the next year, and every plane will fly close to a sellout, why would they bother commissioning a new type of seat that they will sell for the same price or cheaper. Especially given the costs it will be to plan, design and install. It makes zero business sense for them. Even less so for Rangers. If you don’t want to sit in your seat theres a waiting list of people waiting to take it over.
As someone already said. Any change to seating would more likely be additional hospitality seating. Which would mean good revenue increases from minimal investment. I think there is demand at the very premium end of the hospitality offering as The Chairmans club was a closed shop this year and the Thornton Suite continually operates near capacity.
Forza_Napoli
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Yeah i pretty much agree with that I just think that the clubs stance on right or wrong and there too scared to take the chance. A small step could be to moved the centre of the goals and take it from there
The famous RFC
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I haven’t read through the whole thread but has anyone suggested a brass band yet lol
LOL 133
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I dont think selling a few tickets less than the capacity to avoid the problem of late comers not being able to find a seat is an issue. Its a drop in the ocean financially.
Late comers not being able to sit together will encourage them to come early.
That's the two issues you raised covered. Selling alcohol is a separate matter and not relevant to rover tickets.
Crouchy
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The expansion itself is pointless, unless it includes rejuvenation of the atmosphere.
Adding seats in the corner for example, that’s just more people sitting lifeless at the party.
Lower tier safe standing all round, more B72 type arrangements in the middle tier, cheap, family friendly seating and concourses at the top. Convert the club deck central into a b72 lite. Gambling, big screens, place to meet your pals for a few beers.
Let’s also not detract that the ground is grim. The facilities are woeful in large.
Adding seats in the corner for example, that’s just more people sitting lifeless at the party.
Lower tier safe standing all round, more B72 type arrangements in the middle tier, cheap, family friendly seating and concourses at the top. Convert the club deck central into a b72 lite. Gambling, big screens, place to meet your pals for a few beers.
Let’s also not detract that the ground is grim. The facilities are woeful in large.
CrunchBear
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We've been saying this for years but with very little traction. Board aren't interested and our "fan group" in the club is more interested in internal political squabbles than actually representing us.
There's scope for a cross-fan pressure group to properly petition the board for meaningful changes.
There's scope for a cross-fan pressure group to properly petition the board for meaningful changes.
