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| Aussiebrum | Jun 1 2012, 09:37 PM Post #1 |
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Mikael Forssell
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I was fortunate to go to the Houston Dynamos new stadium for their Cahrity game against Valencia last night. The new stadium is absolutely sensational, it’s a dedicated football stadium (not one used for various sports like many USA grounds & Wigan). The seating structure, the pitch quality, the food vendors, the toilets and the nominal security was fabulous. Food is plentiful, lots of outlets and people bring the food to your seat, try the healthy option which is an oversized pizza. Every seat in the 30,000 odd stadium has a great view, the video replays are quality and accurate and the fact there are no stewards walking up and down impeding your view was a bonus. The stadium announcer doesn’t shut up and they ring this irritating loud bell on every substitution (of which there were 12) and he announces each substitution TWICE, announces the minute then thanks us for listening. Then there is the club shop, we need to get the BCFC merchandising people over there. The range of products, the merchandising, the friendly staff and the quality of the products was terrific – for a club that doesn’t have half our following and was only recently created. Tickets are rather pricey, more than at Blues but the experience was so good – albeit the football played wouldn’t delight the purists. Chants wise it’s very sad and really American – there were really only two and no creativity with either. “We want Dynamos” and “Go Go Dynamo” isn’t all that motivating. But absolutely everyone wears orange (club color) and the seats are orange so the visual impact is stark. I’ve not been to any other USA football stadiums so I don’t know how it compares; all I can say is the Huston Dynamos stadium is really fabulous and well worth a visit if anyone happens to find themselves in that city on a game day/night. |
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| midland red | Jun 2 2012, 05:42 AM Post #2 |
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Thanks aussie **thumbup I've heard about the in-seat hospitality before. In some stadia they are a franchise. Meaning a certain company gets a section, and provides all the catering. Coke, hot dogs, pretzels :unsure: They employ kids ( students etc) to run their section to death - (or over-feeding) - - throughout the match. The kid's get paid on what they sell, so they are always present and available. I'd love it to work here, in the UK. Especially at us. It would reduce the concourse queues even if it only just syphoned off the soft drinks and crisps buyers, and made it less of a hassle for others. It would need training, not only for the sellers, but also for the fans - to not abuse it. Great little earner for 30-50 odd people and more sales for Blues, especially if they control the merchandising - programmes & key fobs ........ Shirts? - back in a minute sir - along with hot dogs - on a tray - at the end of your row? **thumbup |
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