I was at the Allianz Arena when we visited on Champions League duty this season. There are many reasons to like the Munich stadium (although navigating back to the bus was not one of them), but stadium lights were like nothing I had ever seen.
Not only do they illuminate the Arena to a near-daylight level, they can instantly flash on and off, creating a spectacular pre-match lightshow. Tools like this improve stadium atmosphere as well as providing a more striking event for TV viewers. Celtic Park will be transformed when we install these lights this summer.
A new hybrid pitch (part grass, part plastic) will provide the very best surface available anywhere in the world. It will be durable and bowling green-smooth.
Money will also be spent on the roof, which is the Achilles heel of the stadium. The design is prone to leaks and makes it difficult for public address and wifi systems to effectively reach spectators. A seven figure sum will be spent on the roof, but we need to realise a fundamental rethink is required.
As international tournaments reached Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine and now Russia, closing roofs were installed at stadiums. This increases attendance, game-experience, time inside the stadium and makes the game attractive to new attendees, who would never consider sitting in an exposed wind 147 steps in the air.
This technology has never been more affordable and is the norm from Kazakhstan to Cardiff. It needs to come to Celtic Park. I suspect those who sit in the South Stand do not have a full grasp on the match day experience of those in the upper sections of the rest of the stadium.
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WHAT IS THE STARS on 10TH MAY 2018 1:05 PM
Spending 4 million on floodlights while half of Glasgow is starving ( in a football sense) is crazy.
Surely the money would be better invested if we give it to Rangers/Sevco/Newco/Wateva so that they could mount a challenge.
Have They Not suffered Enough
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WITS
One would think that this post is intended to be tongue in cheek …. but following the Iocane Principle*, it may be that you would make it look like it was a joke, when really you intended it to be serious all along … unless of course, you wanted us to think that, in which case, clearly, you were intending this to be a joke all along ….but, that would be too simple, and expected … so, clearly, you were trying the old triple bluff… which means that you are, indeed, serious about this …
the zombies dont really care … they know that their Board is jiust going to piss it away anyways… so, it seems that the only ones who really seem to want the zombies to make a go of it, (it is good for business after all), are Peter Lawwell and his boss, Desmond …. so, I have deduced that you are either PL or DD …
and I claim my 2.50!
(I figured that, since I am outing you as one of two possibilities, it wouldn’t be fair to claim the full five quid… so I will take half).
:)
* The Iocaine principle is a principal derived from one of the great philosophical works of our time, The Princess Bride, and is used for determining when someone is telling the truth or a lie. In TPB, the great Wallace Shawn, plays Vizzini, who is tasked with choosing between two goblets of wine, one of which the Man in Black has put Iocaine poison, explained it thusly:
VIZZINI: But it’s so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy’s? [pauses to study the MAN IN BLACK] Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I’m not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
Im all for developing the ground etc but NOT at the expense of the team.
Victormeldrew CSC
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
The bottle that Bateen Bhoy showed me was priced at £155 per bottle, and I have one that is exactly the same bottle, I haven’t a clue here it came from,I certainly wouldn’t spend £155 on a bottle of whisky, I’ll open it on a special occasion. Hope a few CQNers will join me in a sup or two.
This may be a rather delicate question, but it needs to be asked eventually: will this new lighting have any impact on the enjoyment of facilities at the ol’ gazebo … ?
BEATBHOY on 10TH MAY 2018 2:12 PM
50 shades
Closed, but they’ll sleep on top of it. Now that’s got to be worth an extra quid or two in sponsorship!…….
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Brilliant idea, then in the morning they could all absail aff it helping out other charities…count me in …
H.H
FAVOURITE UNCLE on 10TH MAY 2018 2:05 PM
Cheers Pal. I occasionally lurk but rarely post these days.
He’s now ending his first year as a PHD chemistry student in Birmingham. I think he preferred York!
How are you keeping?
What happened to the ole Ritz Calton money?
Interesting reading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44046031
apologies if it hurts your eyes
Accidentallyonpurpose CSC
ThomLeedsTim
Did your boy play in the chemistry 6 a side league on a Friday.. if so I used to play against him while chatting about the Celtic..
Sevco’s UEFA licence has been granted.
One foot on the Rubicon Ferries boarding ramp…
Yorkbhoy – he was in some uni league or other mate, yes, so it could have been him.
He didn’t inherit my silky skills if that helps to narrow it down…..
OLDTIM67
Aye. I noticed. You got a belter,bud.
It’s not a session dram,far from it. It has probably eight to ten decent sized servings for friends and acquaintances
And ain’t that a peach?
MIT
No point coming at me with your hi falutin terms like Habeus Corpeus and Locus Standi or Locaine Principles
I may look like an idiot and I may sound like an idiot but dont let that fool you….I really am an idiot
Groucho Rules………https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsOf0TZPPWY
ThomLeedsTim
As I am about 25 years older than most of the players I negate their skills by just getting in their way.
I was talking to him a few weeks ago about our summer transfer window in The Rook when he was up visiting friends in York. (If I have the right lad)
Yorkbhoy – he was up a few weeks ago in York right enough, sound like Connor.
WHATISTHESTARS
Surprised at you having a problem with them high faluting terms,as you describe them.
Sounded kinda Latin to me. Which I thought youda been familiar with.
I could have been a lawyer,you know. But I didn’t have my Latin. Same album came out with IMO funniest one liner ever.
“Say what you like about the Russians,their health service is second to none. First sign yer ill,they shoot you!”
What happened to square sausage challenge money?
DAVIDOPOULOS
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Thom
Yes Connor… I was trying to remember his name Small world…
starry plough
https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/media/3584/club-licencing-current-status-2018.pdf
Hibs will Hibs it and say absolutely nothing in protest.
Killie will say nothing because they are Ayrshire H…. ach, forget it…
Yorkbhoy – indeed it is. I’ll let him know we were in touch.
I agree that a roof on the stadium would be brilliant. Soccer stadiums have to suit the customer and who wants to sit, or stand, in the rain?
DAVIDOPOULOS
So has the status changed recently ?
From pending to granted because like all things SFA it seems rather amateur..
What’s all the chat then about it being in process and trouble with it?
Asking for myself:))
SCULLYBHOY on 10TH MAY 2018 3:24 PM
I agree that a roof on the stadium would be brilliant. Soccer stadiums have to suit the customer and who wants to sit, or stand, in the rain?
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https://stphq.deviantart.com/art/Jinky-The-Celtic-Duck-279353131
starry plough
That document was updated today. DR have now picked up on the story too.
The process has been fudged, the rules are worthless.
Not bee in for a while thought I might see how you are all doing.
Sevco European Licence approved by SFA???
DAVIDOPOULOS on 10TH MAY 2018 3:19 PM
starry plough
https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/media/3584/club-licencing-current-status-2018.pdf
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I think you need to look at that table again. Why has everybody in the SPFL been granted a UEFA licence but not Hamilton Accies? I think that is a stadium licence for participating in Europe – no double decker buses allowed ?
Also ICT have been refused a licence – why? Dundee have a bronze award for legal and finances but Hamilton Accies have a silver – so why the refusal? I think that is because HA’s stadium is not fit for European competition.
DR clutching at straws? If the date on the DR says 10/05/2018 I’d check my calendar ?
Pogmathonyahun
Sadly not, there is no such thing as a stadium licence for UEFA competitions as stadium requirements are a just a single part of the overall UEFA Club Licensing and FFP Regulations.
DAVIDOPOULOS on 10TH MAY 2018 4:03 PM
So why have Hamilton Accies been refused a licence?
Possibly is to do with the stadium but the UEFA Licence criteria covers many things; stadium, key employees being in place, overdue payables, debts etc.
“Rules??? We have rules???”
The SFA
New CEO of SFA not in post until 21st May. Something dodgy going on? Typical ftSFA.
FAN-A-TIC on 10TH MAY 2018 1:00 PM…
Totally agree with your as I do with most of your posts.
I’ve stated before about Brendans philosophy of retaining possession at all costs and how it can be exasperating to watch and silences the crowd.
I’m not slating Brendans style but we should also play to our strengths with some of our players that like to go forward quickly and attack teams.
Anyways like your analytical observations. HH
What the Sevco licence decision will be based on is the SFA, and also UEFA, believing the story from David King about how they will achieve a projected aggregated break-even result in future seasons.
Basically, they have bought a story about becoming profitable from a guy who for 3 years has been saying it is necessary to run the club at a deficit.
By the way, the SFA Licensing Committee has a very qualified member who couldn’t possibly get a question of compliance wrong; Vincent Lunny…
For those that are interested…
UEFA Club Licensing & FFP Regulations, Annex XI, Para b):
b) Projected aggregated break-even result
As part of its assessment, the UEFA Club Financial Control Body may review the projected aggregated break-even result for reporting periods T-1, T and T+1. A projected aggregated break-even result that is within the acceptable deviation for reporting periods T-1, T and T+1 will be viewed favourably. Additionally, the UEFA Club Financial Control Body may also review the licensee’s long-term business
plan (including future break-even information up to reporting period T+4) in order to better assess the strategy of the club. As part of its assessment, the UEFA Club Financial Control Body may consider
the budgeting accuracy, i.e. licensee’s break-even result for a reporting period may be compared to the projected break-even information as previously submitted.