Haha yeah good call. Another point I want to reemphasize is how far away you are from the game. With 55 inch HDTV's being quite affordable. It is really a put off going to the cake tin and the players are smaller than they would be on your tv. I want to be meters away from the game. So the opposition cant think over the chanting.
And I want a pony.
We sit in row z. can see everything fine. the roof amplifies the chanting and keeps us dry. nothing wrong with the ROF.
#cakefuckingtin
You have just got too used to the stadium. Go to england or even australia you are so close to the pitch. It really is a huge factor in getting butts off the couch and into the stadium.
EDIT : Jebus I broke the site. So many duplicates.
Go to Christchurch and you are so close to the pitch at the new rectangular AMI stadium in Addington which was built post-earthquake in a matter of just over three months. Extremely earthquake-proof and cost 30 million to build. Owned by a charitable trust chaired by Jim Anderton. Temporary home of Canterbury rugby but in future will revert back to principle use by the land-owners, Canterbury rugby league.
Host venue of FIFA u-20 World Cup 2015 (group games, quarters and a semi).
Will continue to be used by football for internationals, major club games etc. after rugby vacates it for their new 35,000 capacity stadium to be completed in a few years.
Then Christchurch, with just a slightly larger population than Wellington, will have the 18,000 (extendable to 26,000) AMI Stadium in Addington plus a new 35,000 capacity (probably covered stadium) right in the central city about ten minute's walk from Cathedral Square.
This parallels the situation pre-earthquake with the two major stadiums Lancaster Park (Philipstown - not far from the central city)) and QE II stadium (capacity 15,000) built in 1974 for the Commonwealth Games and used a lot for football over the years (internationals, Christchurch United national league home ground 1974 - 1992, FIFA u-17 World Cup 1999). Was the best national league home ground up to 1992 with its immaculate pitch, large capacity and good facilities. Even the QE II number two ground was useful for smaller games such as Mainland League.
Spectators were a long way from the pitch at QEII since it was designed for athletics with a running track around it. In that sense, the new AMI stadium is better with its rectangular stands right up against the pitch.
The new AMI Stadium, Addington:
Queen Elizabeth II Stadium:
Pre-quake Post-quake
