There is a Menu with Meal deals above the serving hatches it was £5.30 for a pie & pint and £3.80 with a hot drink & hot doggy or pie. I asked about signage the'll be put in before the start of the New season. The road markings i saw are pointing turn right as well as left When you get to the first junction, It'll all be Fixed for the Start of the season! "RELAX POUR BE YOUR SELF ONCE MORE" !!!!!!!

£5:30 for a pie and a pint??? FFS let's really encourage new customers by making it reasonable and enticing if you bring the family.

The club have no say over the catering. The stadium company tender out the contract to outside caterers. What I found today is similar to any other modern day stadium. That is, long queues and average over priced food and drink. When I say over priced, I am comparing it to your average shop and accept that the prices at Salford this year will be similar to all other super league clubs but that doesnt mean its right to rip off fans. I guess Im being very naive to expect a Holts bitter and a home made hot pot pie at a rugby stadium.

Iain, you are absolutely right that all the facilities are in place for the corporate bods. I cant see what the club can offer in terms of a fans bar without a major input from the stadium company and that aint going to happen. We may eventually see a brewers fayre or other type of pub/food chain opening up as theres plenty of room for development.

i enjoyed the whole experiene, it was clean, its was all very professionally run in my opinion, the service in the kiosks was quick, lots of meal deals on offer, salford badges on the kioks, highlights of tries being run on the plasma screens on the walls.

I wouldnt hesitate bringing my son to games now when he gets a bit older as the facilities are now there imo to enjoy the complete experience.

Hopefully the road signs will be ready for the start of the season rather than everyone having to turn around in barton airport /mackro

The view from the main stand was very good, i wouldnt hesistate in sitting there when i bring my son.

The whole point of today was for the stadium to put in to practrice all the theory and see what worked and what didnt, im sure they took a lot from it and this will only improve our experince of watching salford in such a wonderful facility

So Southstand is home standing, had a quick look at it doesnt seem that steep but ive watched salford on lower terraces in the past, im hoping the stand below is the same as the main stand as that would be brilliant
we shall see

it was also a good experience doing the walk, lots of people took part (more than i imagined) and it was good walking out of the willows probably for the final time and passing all the landmarks which hold both happy, sad, good and bad memories.

i also think that patricroft would be a ideal pre match pub crawl for both home and away supporters, a train station, 5 pubs, a subway, a bookies, a tesco, buses driving past to the ground or 20 min walk past a couple more pubs far more choice than we ever had at the

lets only whisper it but if this but if us fans and the club play our cards right it will be a roaring success

Was very impressed who the new stadium, noticed the seats and rows were not marked out as yet.
Thought they should of had a questionnaire/suggestion box for fans feedback i.e. I thought a running 6" shelf in the food and drink concourse, as if you buy a pie & pint you can't manage both, need to put your pint down to unwrap the pie, also rubbish bins, although a big wheelie bin was there I noticed a lot of rubbish left on to floor.
Found the stewards were friendly and o.k recognised some stewards from the willows
The view from the hospitality boxes seemed miles away from the action
Overall great stadium

only going off what an employee pointed out to me at the stadium, but i had had a few beers after the event.

also miles away from what the average supporter could afford, but good news 11 of the 12 have been sold at £10,000 a season, thats an extra income already we didn't have at the willows that eqates to 550 new season tickets.

Does that all go to the club or do we only get a cut off the owners?

As you are paying match rental,it would only be right that all the funds went to the club.

There seem to be two ground floor spaces at the front of the West Stand (one of which is behind hoardings) that look ripe for use. Once a space is usable as a fans bar (i.e. has a bar, some screens and some tables and chairs) it's also usable by the stadium company for functions. I don't expect the club itself to provide the bar, but if the stadium company / club want to maximise the income it's a good opportunity.

In the Car Park we drove towards Eccles as it were and were directed out towards the A57 and turned right at the new lights towards the motorway. No problem.

Plans to put 2,000 +extra parking space behind the north stand where the retail plans are. Ground levelling & hardcore going down and should be in place for start of the season. Not sure if they plan to fleece us for £5.50 for that area too.

I was told they were planning to to put a fans bar into the west stand , probably at the north end which is boarded at present .

otherwise they need to get the seats numbered and work out how to work the kiosk roller shutters and programme to the tils with the meal deals!

Looking forward to the Leigh & Wigan Games .

Thats a great effort from the club.

The ground rent will reflect the facilities we have to offer so good to see the club are getting the financial return in selling the corporate stuff.

anyone wanting a beer or food before or after game use the home of irlam hornets arlfc ,higher irlam social club or the tiger moth pub both on cutnook lane irlam ,£2 pint of john smiths ,lagers about£2.30.local taxi firms doing shuttle runs so you can leave your motors safe.

The Tiger Moth pub!!!! Feck me I'd rather drink out of the river Mersey!

Coaches on game days are going to be running from the Trafford centre & The willows from 2 and half hours before kick off, leaving every 20 minutes. Will be running back after the game for up to 1 hours. £1 per person, per journey.

The 10 grand will include food and possibly a higher match cost than just a ticket , so youd have to adjust your maths a bit , more likely 50% of the total to the club

Excellent news , especially for Marge, i hope somebody has told her

I think they must have brought the pa system from the Willows, because i didn't have a clue what was being said. Also I hope the coaches and subs aren't going to be stood at the side of the pitch as you couldn't see what was going on at the far end.

Apart from these couple of problems I was very impressed with the stadium which was better than I was expecting. The stewards were helpful and pleasant enough, the pitch looked in great condition and the facilities were first class.

Really looking forward to the season now.

I notice that on the plan there is a ticket office at each end as well as the main stand , that is a good idea, any chance somebody could find out if they wil be in operation for the Leigh game?

Or put the ticket office number on here so i canring them direct, just lazy, thats all

I went to the stadium yesterday & was reasonably impressed, like everyone else it had it's teething problems like no bar, long queues for food etc, seats not numbered & having to turn left towards Irlam leaving the ground but hopefully these will be resolved in time for the new season.
I called in the reception to pick up my ticket for the Leigh game on the way out & picked up a leaflet which gave details of the buses running to & fro from the the Trafford Centre & the Willows which is excellent news for me although if you do not have access to the internet or managed to get one of the leaflets I just wondered how people would get to know.
I hope that it will be advertised somewhere else.
Anyway thanks for the feedback & Happy New Year to all..........

Here we go

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Have they got card facilities at the new ground yet? going to pop down tomorrow as I've got a load of tickets to buy for the Leyth game. Tried to call but all they have is a bloody 0844 number and until I get back in work in the New Year I'm not paying extra to call them and ask.

Mr while youre there ask if the north stand ticket office will be in use for us? Thanks,,

Glad to see theyve sorted out some transport for you Marge, happy new year except a week on saturday