https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... -upgrades/ New big screen, permanent stage, continued work on the external steelwork and some repainting, some rejigging of the corporate areas, electronic ticket scanners, and some reworking of the food and drink offering to come. It has been a common refrain over the last couple of years that the ground has been looking a bit weathered, so it is good to see that being acknowledged. £400k is a pretty chunky outlay.

https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... -upgrades/ New big screen, permanent stage, continued work on the external steelwork and some repainting, some rejigging of the corporate areas, electronic ticket scanners, and some reworking of the food and drink offering to come. It has been a common refrain over the last couple of years that the ground has been looking a bit weathered, so it is good to see that being acknowledged. £400k is a pretty chunky outlay.

Hallelujah. A RL club investing in it's infrastructure.

Was queuing for around 30 minutes to buy a North stand ticket for the friendly vs Widnes. Thought at the time, how - when we have Simon Moran as owner - can’t I buy a ticket on the way to the game from my phone, get a digital ticket and scan it in the way through the turnstiles. Hopefully these upgrades allow that. Good to see the club investing in the stadium.

Couldn't read the whole article but I assume the stage is in the SE corner. I hope the it doesn't compromise much of the standing area.

[quote="Alffi_7":28drxv19]Was queuing for around 30 minutes to buy a North stand ticket for the friendly vs Widnes. Thought at the time, how - when we have Simon Moran as owner - can’t I buy a ticket on the way to the game from my phone, get a digital ticket and scan it in the way through the turnstiles. Hopefully these upgrades allow that. Good to see the club investing in the stadium.[/quote:28drxv19] The whole experience has to be top notch & queuing for half an hour is plain daft. Paintwork, food & drink, toilets, clocks, announcements etc. etc. have got to be the best. Go for it Wire.

[quote="TF and the wire":2er58ujc]Couldn't read the whole article but I assume the stage is in the SE corner. I hope the it doesn't compromise much of the standing area.[/quote:2er58ujc] Been a while since the last sell out, think any improvement in match day is to be welcomed. Was covered in another post recently, but I was surprised we saw such a decline in attendances in 2024, given the team performances - around 800 per game less than 2023

[quote="TF and the wire":1985nz2f]Couldn't read the whole article but I assume the stage is in the SE corner. I hope the it doesn't compromise much of the standing area.[/quote:1985nz2f] It has replaced the "Best seat in the house" gimmick by the screen.

‘The best seat in the house’ gimmick, wasn’t well thought through. I can see it being nothing short of intimidating, sat amongst the vocal budget area of the ground.

All they need to do now is to start enforcing the stadium vaping rules and reduce the brightness of the touchline advertising screens which plays havoc for us old codgers with eyeballs full of floaters.

[quote="Alffi_7":12clliaf]Been a while since the last sell out, think any improvement in match day is to be welcomed. Was covered in another post recently, but I was surprised we saw such a decline in attendances in 2024, given the team performances - around 800 per game less than 2023[/quote:12clliaf] We had a sell out v Wigan in powells second season. Then again, we had won our opening 7 fixtures. The game was a top of the table clash(which Wigan won obviously!)and had a lot of hype around it. Games need to be billed as big events to get punters in, not what they're going to see during the half time break.

It doesn't help when people might be on rotating shifts & match days also rotate.

[quote="rubber duckie":28diisiu]‘ vocal budget area of the ground.[/quote:28diisiu] Is that the new name for "pondlife corner" ?

[quote="TF and the wire":k8e0mq5o]All they need to do now is to start enforcing the stadium vaping rules and reduce the brightness of the touchline advertising screens which plays havoc for us old codgers with eyeballs full of floaters.[/quote:k8e0mq5o] Not just the vaping rules but the smoking rules as well. You are right about the touchline screens, at one point last season there was an advert with a lot of flashes, which was very distracting. Regarding the new big screen hopefully it will remain in sync with the action, was weird when you'd glance at the screen and it was seconds behind the action.

[quote="lister":3gsgpr35]Not just the vaping rules but the smoking rules as well. You are right about the touchline screens, at one point last season there was an advert with a lot of flashes, which was very distracting. Regarding the new big screen hopefully it will remain in sync with the action, was weird when you'd glance at the screen and it was seconds behind the action.[/quote:3gsgpr35] There will always be a delay between what you see live and what you see on a tv screen. It’s all to do with how the signal is bounced around whether it be terrestrial or satellite.

its good to hear that Wire are investing in their ground, albeit it is far better than virtually every one of our away trips into Yorkshire I know there are discussions on the Wigan forums about the RFL / IMG, but one thing that the IMG grading has done, is lead to investment in improving the fan experience in the grounds. As an away fan we dont see the things that you guys will see or be impacted week in, week out, but trust me visiting the HJ is a far better experience that when we travel to Yorkshire however, HKR have really worked over the last few years to improve the ground, and eventually Cas and Wakey have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th Century (not going to push it and give them too much credit yet) and made some investments in their grounds, but still a long way from where i believe as a game the grounds should be

The problem at HKR is it's location. Way out of the centre and little around it other than run down housing. To have a stadium within walking distance of pubs and eateries is a massive bonus.

Our ground is great and we are very fortunate. My only gripes were that it was looked neglected and some things had stopped working well (scoreboard, PA) Also the food/drink offering was grim with poor service. The toilets, whilst mucky, are very much an improvement on the latrine under the Fletcher Street end.

[quote="TF and the wire":2fezx0gq]The problem at HKR is it's location. Way out of the centre and little around it other than run down housing. To have a stadium within walking distance of pubs and eateries is a massive bonus.[/quote:2fezx0gq] true, but i think they are doing the best they can, and trying to create something within the ground the street fair type setup is giving both home and away fans a choice within the ground, which in the past would have been a pie or burger and a pint

[quote="Mark_P1973":3b4l3jf0]true, but i think they are doing the best they can, and trying to create something within the ground the street fair type setup is giving both home and away fans a choice within the ground, which in the past would have been a pie or burger and a pint[/quote:3b4l3jf0] The seating down the side above the tunnel is horrendous only 2 thirds,( and that’s being generous) of the seats have a full view of the pitch

[quote="Mark_P1973":3pf3yw93]its good to hear that Wire are investing in their ground, albeit it is far better than virtually every one of our away trips into Yorkshire I know there are discussions on the Wigan forums about the RFL / IMG, but one thing that the IMG grading has done, is lead to investment in improving the fan experience in the grounds. As an away fan we dont see the things that you guys will see or be impacted week in, week out, but trust me visiting the HJ is a far better experience that when we travel to Yorkshire however, HKR have really worked over the last few years to improve the ground, and eventually Cas and Wakey have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th Century (not going to push it and give them too much credit yet) and made some investments in their grounds, but still a long way from where i believe as a game the grounds should be[/quote:3pf3yw93] Renting your ground until very recently….stay humble.

[quote="Moe syslak":3nmu92w2]We had a sell out v Wigan in powells second season. Then again, we had won our opening 7 fixtures. The game was a top of the table clash(which Wigan won obviously!)and had a lot of hype around it. Games need to be billed as big events to get punters in, not what they're going to see during the half time break.[/quote:3nmu92w2] That’s where we missed a trick not going with the Hearns.

It's the Luke Littler Stadium!* *for one night only

[quote="just_browny":1bkgwlwl]It's the Luke Littler Stadium!* *for one night only[/quote:1bkgwlwl] https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wa ... r-revealed

[quote="just_browny":1bkgwlwl]It's the Luke Littler Stadium!* *for one night only[/quote:1bkgwlwl] https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wa ... r-revealed

Jonny Vegas must be gutted at Saints’ ignorance of his achievements on Benidorm.

Smells more of Sky involvement in this.