m.guardian.co.uk/sport/david-con ... pe=article As more and more teams go all-seater, we have a potential asset: a historic ground with great swathes of terraces. I truly believe that if we hold our nerve, we can offer an experience that is rapidly disappearing from view in league and football alike.

m.guardian.co.uk/sport/david-con ... pe=article As more and more teams go all-seater, we have a potential asset: a historic ground with great swathes of terraces. I truly believe that if we hold our nerve, we can offer an experience that is rapidly disappearing from view in league and football alike.

I've often thought about Odsal being a live music venue, has our stadium ever staged any live music before? The layout of the stadium would be perfect for something similar to what you see at the Old Trafford cricket ground.

By having the stage at the Rooley end of the ground you could have pitch level standing, the family stand and terraces which could be sold as general admission. Hell, we could even use the Coral Stand and charge a bit more to sit in one of the boxes and have a prawn sandwich.

I'm sure the club have considered it as an option of increasing revenue during the off season (e.g Monster Truck Show) or during a break in the season where we are away from home for say 2 weeks.

This is a very good point! Make it a sort of living museum to show the future generations what they have missed out on with their plastic stadiums etc....

Trouble is, live music is very loud, and you've got housing near by. I'm sure there's rules in place about that sort of thing.

if we had pitch level standing wouldnt it just mash the pitch up and probably ruin it.

No. If you've ever been to a gig at a sports ground, you'll see they bring in a special flooring to cover the pitch.

Didn't the Arctic Monkey's gig ruin Old Trafford CG?

But yeah, live music would be a good money spinner (I guess!). Headingley CG got a license for live music, but with a rather low capacity - possibly reflecting the residential nature of the surrounding area.

A roof and the Rooley Ave end being closer to the pitch would be nice though.

Lancashire CCC got into some trouble I think about the pitch. I was at that gig and what happend was that was not nearly enough toilets and people (mostly yobbo types) were peeing on the side of the pitch. Some idiots were doing their business into plastic beer glasses and launching them into the crowd.



England played a game a few weeks later I recall, and the pitch was still brown.

so was speedway

Those Artic Monkeys are naughty.

Yeah, it was, but only for a minute or so then there was a long gap. Loud music sort of seems to go on...and on.........and on......
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I would never go to a gig at Odsal because the acoustics would be horrible, Odsals shape doesn't help it.nNot a dig at Odasl it just wasn't designed to be a music venue.

I also thought that when I posted my thoughts on the live music idea. The acoustics of the stadium would be a nightmare although the layout is fairly similar to the modern day arenas. The only difference being that the sound would just escape due to the stadium not having a roof.

I seem to remember Huddersfield putting on a few gigs during the 90's and Elland Road seems to have something on every other year. I do feel the club should look into it as I imagine the interest would be fairly large (with the stadium being very close to the motorway etc). Get something sorted before Leeds get their arena built.

Would the acoustics be any worse than at a festival? I've never heard anyone at one of the (who wasn't on some sort of 'substance') complaining that the music was escaping into the air! I don't think it would be too bad but getting the locals onside might be a nightmare if it was going on late... I live about 1.5 miles from Bramham where they hold the Leeds Festival and about the same distance from Lotherton Hall where they held a dance festival and heard both clearly - nothing worse than waking up at 2am and hearing Insomnia by Faithless...

I can't see how the acoustics could be any worse then at Leeds Festival. If you are a proper music fan and take an interest in the logistics of live sound like me (I have just graduated with a degree in Sound Technology) then you obviously know that nearly everything sounds like turd when at a festival.

I'm sure that if Odsal were to stage a live event the sound would be a tad better then that a festival.

As for living within the vicinity of these festivals you should contact the promoter or the local council and make a complaint about the excessive noise during these weekends. More often then not they will compensate you with free weekend guest tickets. I have a friend who's parents own a house near the area in which Leeds Festival is held and every year the promoters give them VIP tickets as a way of keeping them quiet.

You can hear an ordinary matchday at Odsal in Bierley, about half a mile beyond the other side of the M606. That's a lot of potential complainers.

I have been in dance tents at festivals though where it was deafening inside and fifty yards away it was near silent. Maybe not so silent to people who haven't just staggered out, but still quiet. Don't know how much engineering or specialist equipment went into that but it was near a posh looking village in Surrey where I suspect there are more than the average number of complainers.

There are a limited number of these, they aren't given away(nominal £40) and you have to show some way in which you have contributed to the community over the last year. This is assessed by the Parish/Village council. My brother lives in Bramham, you see and I actively investigated me getting one of these VIP tickets but you've got to be on the electoral register and the tickets are photo ID

Would be good for a CC cup final break if I go this year

Matchday PA noise is a bit over the top at Odsal for me. I'm not trying to play the old fogey, but when you can't hear the guy in then next seat when he's shouting at you, to me, it's too loud.

Going back to festivals though, I used to find that two minutes up close and personal to the PA turned everything quiet for about 48 hours.....at least after the ringing had stopped.