ExiledLichtie Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 3 hours ago, rb123! said: While QP and Dundee squabble amongst themselves we'll just by-pass the both of you to pip across the line in 1st place with a Friday night win up at Inverness for the first time ever. Thanks I'd love to see Ayr go up. A proper old fashioned stadium! A bit ramshackle in places, but I'd like to think you could use some of that SPL money to spruce it up a bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, ExiledLichtie said: I'd love to see Ayr go up. A proper old fashioned stadium! A bit ramshackle in places, but I'd like to think you could use some of that SPL money to spruce it up a bit. That’s already in place , North terrace ( opposite main stand ) is being demolished at end of this season and being replaced with a new stand which will have a standing area at the front and sated area behind along with new offices and hospitality suite included , area will be closed off all next season and reopened in 2024 , below is the way it’s going to look Edited March 27, 2023 by Finlay21 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 9 minutes ago, Finlay21 said: which will have a standing area at the font Looks great! Are you looking to attract some foreign fans to the game? Perhaps some Algerian, Greeks or Romans? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Your Own Socks Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Finlay21 said: That’s already in place , North terrace ( opposite main stand ) is being demolished at end of this season and being replaced with a new stand which will have a standing area at the font and sated area behind along with new offices and hospitality suite included , area will be closed off all next season and reopened in 2024 , below is the way it’s going to look Great news. Especially the dual seating/standing design. Club should be making more noise about this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Bring Your Own Socks said: Great news. Especially the dual seating/standing design. Club should be making more noise about this. They had an information night showing and explaining it to the fans , great thing is the cost is being absorbed by the chairman and will not be effecting any club budgets , think you will see lots of information coming out in press etc when the bulldozers move in early May , Edited March 27, 2023 by Finlay21 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Soo-sider Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 35 minutes ago, Finlay21 said: They had an information night showing and explaining it to the fans , great thing is the cost is being absorbed by the chairman and will not be effecting any club budgets , think you will see lots of information coming out in press etc when the bulldozers move in early May , Club giving information nights and lots more info coming? Who’d have thunk? As for the chairman absorbing the costs - are you trying to steal our mantle as the ‘New Gretna’? Sounds a great development. Well done. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) I think Dundee v QP last day will decide it. QP the best footballing team in the division for me but I think Dundee will be streetwise enough to get it over the line. QP losing Murray will prove pivotal I reckon. Edited March 27, 2023 by 1320Lichtie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Finlay21 said: They had an information night showing and explaining it to the fans , great thing is the cost is being absorbed by the chairman and will not be effecting any club budgets , think you will see lots of information coming out in press etc when the bulldozers move in early May , Early May… are we planning to finish fifth! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 20 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: Early May… are we planning to finish fifth! Room for around 7000 without the North Terracing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 1 hour ago, No_Problemo said: Early May… are we planning to finish fifth! No mate we are planning on just winning the fucking whole thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 22 hours ago, ExiledLichtie said: I'd love to see Ayr go up. A proper old fashioned stadium! A bit ramshackle in places, but I'd like to think you could use some of that SPL money to spruce it up a bit. We’ll have the title and Ayr can go up beating Killie in the playoffs. Thank you. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Spider Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Was quite impressed with the Ayr plans - looks good and modern, but still sympathetic to the current stadium, which I've always been a fan of. Mad that the rules mean that you can factor in terracing, but we're classed as a new stadium so need to go all seater. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Killie installed safe standing at Rugby Park a few years ago, so I can't see that SPFL rules would require you to be all-seater. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntiethumper Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 On 27/03/2023 at 09:35, Finlay21 said: That’s already in place , North terrace ( opposite main stand ) is being demolished at end of this season and being replaced with a new stand which will have a standing area at the front and sated area behind along with new offices and hospitality suite included , area will be closed off all next season and reopened in 2024 , below is the way it’s going to look Looks good. The sort of stand QP should have been building... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledLichtie Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Anonymous Spider said: Was quite impressed with the Ayr plans - looks good and modern, but still sympathetic to the current stadium, which I've always been a fan of. Mad that the rules mean that you can factor in terracing, but we're classed as a new stadium so need to go all seater. Do you? There's no SPFL rules that say your stadium needs to be all seater. Is this a building regulation rather than an SPFL requirement? I think Ayr (and Arbroath) were lucky to get through that mad phase when we were tearing down historical stadiums and replacing them with soulless, one stand, all seated boxes stuck in the middle of nowhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pens_Dark Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 23 minutes ago, ExiledLichtie said: Do you? There's no SPFL rules that say your stadium needs to be all seater. Is this a building regulation rather than an SPFL requirement? I think Ayr (and Arbroath) were lucky to get through that mad phase when we were tearing down historical stadiums and replacing them with soulless, one stand, all seated boxes stuck in the middle of nowhere. There is no building regulation that requires new stadia to be all-seater. I know you require certain licences to be applied for to have safe standing within stadiums (SGSA licence(?)). As far as building standards are concerned, they would require the appropriate infrastructure is in place i.e fixed barriers and this would be certified by a structural engineer. They obviously have other aspects to consider and approve such as fire safety, access to and within stadiums etc etc... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Pens_Dark said: There is no building regulation that requires new stadia to be all-seater. I know you require certain licences to be applied for to have safe standing within stadiums (SGSA licence(?)). As far as building standards are concerned, they would require the appropriate infrastructure is in place i.e fixed barriers and this would be certified by a structural engineer. They obviously have other aspects to consider and approve such as fire safety, access to and within stadiums etc etc... And a competent management, capable of not f**king up something as simple as a child’s picnic, let alone building a facility. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachnophile Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 50 minutes ago, TxRover said: And a competent management, capable of not f**king up something as simple as a child’s picnic, let alone building a facility. When was the child's picnic? I missed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Rico Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 The way it was explained to me is that because it is a new stadium we would be allowed to build “safe standing” i.e what they have in English premier league grounds etc but not allowed a more standard “terracing”. A existing licensed ground with terracing would be able to add more though. For example when Albion Rovers added that wee terracing behind the goal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Rico Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 28 minutes ago, Arachnophile said: When was the child's picnic? I missed it. They charged 95 pounds per child to align it with season ticket prices 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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