The devil will be in the detail. If all they are going to provide is beer and

fast food outlets then I agree its attractiveness is going to wane in the winter months even if they do provide space heaters. However if they intend to put on entertainment, games for kids, etc. then I can see people putting up with the cold weather.

Posted By: The Gaffer on October 9th 2025 at 14:49:57

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EDP Opnion piece.... (NCFC) - DrDublin, Oct 9, 08:16:33
- Too many words (n/m) (NCFC) - Graham Nine, Oct 9, 16:51:56
- Notts county have a indoor one. Toilets probably pong on matchday though. (n/m) (NCFC) - Goosebumps, Oct 9, 15:09:01
- Looking at the designs for the fan park, I'm not sure about them (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Oct 9, 13:33:15
  - The one at Southampton is a good example (NCFC) - BungysPie, Oct 9, 14:00:28
- “All kinds of feathers rustled” (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 9, 11:37:36
  - are there many different kinds of feathers? (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Oct 9, 12:22:51
    - At least two (NCFC) - camcan, Oct 9, 13:16:06
- Can't compare for example NFL gameday to an English game (NCFC) - inutero, Oct 9, 09:25:35
  - People seem to be over analysing this. All we are doing is creating a fan zone which is (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Oct 9, 14:41:09
    - Maybe, but looking at the artist's impression (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 9, 14:43:24
      - We still have bleak thougb. (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 17:45:40
      - The devil will be in the detail. If all they are going to provide is beer and (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Oct 9, 14:49:57
        
        Splat the Cat, the Aviva Beaver and Razz the Clown will be in attendance (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Oct 9, 14:53:08
  - The purpose of this is to increase performance on the pitch (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 9, 13:21:01
    - I wonder how ST-heavy that corner is now (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 9, 13:28:01
      - that corner is often the area with empty seats so doubt many ST holders (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Oct 9, 14:54:22
  - No real jeopardy? (NCFC) - usacanary, Oct 9, 12:13:07
  - game day (n/m) (NCFC) - Bristol Graham, Oct 9, 12:00:43
  - And another difference with NFL or MLB (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 11:05:40
    - (and most away fans don't travel due to the distances) (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 11:30:11
  - Also a lazy piece given that Attanasio has no experience of NFL game days. MLB perhaps (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 10:59:25
  - with the exception of Spoons, I think Carrow Road is very competitively priced for a pint. (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Oct 9, 10:25:41
    - Depends what you drink (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 9, 11:30:51
  - Modern sports stadia tend to be out of towns, so perhaps more suited to a Fanzone (NCFC) - Sainz and Sinners, Oct 9, 10:07:16
  - Should CR encourage more younger fans? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 9, 09:45:14
    - Will the players be singing autographs pre match? (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 9, 11:31:45
      - No reason why injured players couldn’t (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Oct 9, 11:55:34
  - You can't just frame NFL as having 'no jeopardy' (NCFC) - norwaay, Oct 9, 09:37:53
    - The lack of jeopardy is there in many aspects though: (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 11:10:42
      - Another difference here is that American Sports teams are (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 11:17:15
  - I don't know anything about NFL but a quick google taught me... (NCFC) - DrDublin, Oct 9, 09:35:03
- I enjoyed that. Thank you Dr D. (n/m) (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, Oct 9, 08:24:01
  - Not sure abuot the VR thing, that sounds a step too far. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Oct 9, 08:39:43

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