Mr. X Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 1 hour ago, O-Bizzle said: What "special features" are you looking for? I think he was looking for those enclosed glass fronted spectator boxes. They were popular back in the 1990's, before people realised that the spectator experience was far superior when you were outside among the fans absorbing the atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I'd rather have a drink in a real town pub than some shitey fake plastic bar on the outskirts of an industrial estate. Thought you hated having a pint pre-match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I can imagine the bars at the new Abereen ground selling £5 pints of Fosters or Carling in plastic glasses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 17 hours ago, Elixir said: Shut up, you bore. Bit touchy Elixir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 18 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: For better or worse, Gentrification has been creeping down Dalry road for decades. It's going to hit "North Polwarth" or "South Roseburn" sometime. The people who tried to turn Robbo's into a restaurant were getting ahead of the game though I'm never in that part of town now tbh. Always been surprised that more hasn't been done in Dalry given it's location. I know there's always been a couple of decent restaurants, is there much else? It's rampant where I am just now, never though the bottom of Leith Walk/Duke Street would see some of the new shopfronts that are there although Linksview House and Banana Flats should stop the area from seeing complete regeneration anytime soon. The middle classes are never going to move in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcor Roar Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 10 minutes ago, Boostin' Kev said: I'm never in that part of town now tbh. Always been surprised that more hasn't been done in Dalry given it's location. I know there's always been a couple of decent restaurants, is there much else? It's rampant where I am just now, never though the bottom of Leith Walk/Duke Street would see some of the new shopfronts that are there although Linksview House and Banana Flats should stop the area from seeing complete regeneration anytime soon. The middle classes are never going to move in there. Depends if the tram ever gets built to the foot of the walk. Banana flats could be renovated and sold off to young twats with money. A mixture of the old and new Leith is fine but it'll be shite if it goes too far. It was a sad day when Starbucks opened further up the walk for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 There's a Costa opening up close to the Starbucks/Sainsburys now as well. That big red building between Steads Place and Jane St is apparently getting knocked down affecting about 7 or 8 businesses including Leith Depot who are leading the campaign against it happening. Probably a bit too optimistic hoping that something decent will take their places, hasn't been confirmed yet though. Bananas are category A listed building now so that will hopefully prevent too much work being done to them. The area doesn't need to change it's demograph anymore than it already has and I'm a big fan of having as big a mixture of people as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I'm never in that part of town now tbh. Always been surprised that more hasn't been done in Dalry given it's location. I know there's always been a couple of decent restaurants, is there much else? It's rampant where I am just now, never though the bottom of Leith Walk/Duke Street would see some of the new shopfronts that are there although Linksview House and Banana Flats should stop the area from seeing complete regeneration anytime soon. The middle classes are never going to move in there. It's not quite so suddenly and dramatically hipster as upper Leith Walk but it had to work it's way down Morrison Street first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: It's not quite so suddenly and dramatically hipster as upper Leith Walk but it had to work it's way down Morrison Street first What about Dalry Road itself? First Coast and that Italian close by (if it's still there) were quite highly regarded probably as long as around 15 years ago. Thought that area would be prime for gentrification but there never seemed to be much done to it. Used to live fairly close by for a while and it would never have occurred to me to spend a evening in that area, is there more to do now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 7 hours ago, O-Bizzle said: What "special features" are you looking for? I was meaning is it going to have a scoreboard, video screen, commentary gantry, that sort of thing. I appreciate that it's single tier and apparently there won't be boxes of any kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I'm not sure if we'd be willing to push the boundaries of engineering for those special features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I hope there's a scoreboard, tbf. I often find my meagre mental capabilities struggling to keep up with all they 14-12 scorelines we seem to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Tbf there's probably an obscure rule about not being able to hold international games if you've not got a scoreboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 36 minutes ago, JamieThomas said: I hope there's a scoreboard, tbf. I often find my meagre mental capabilities struggling to keep up with all they 14-12 scorelines we seem to have. Very good. You may be unaware scoreboards display more than only scores. They display other useful information such as how many minutes have elapsed, lineups & substitutions, HT & FT scores, advertising, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser Fyvie Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Not having a scoreboard is quite tinpot tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 10 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Very good. You may be unaware scoreboards display more than only scores. They display other useful information such as how many minutes have elapsed, lineups & substitutions, HT & FT scores, advertising, etc. Yes, you're correct, this one seems to show the minutes elapsed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 3 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: I was meaning is it going to have a scoreboard, video screen, commentary gantry, that sort of thing. I appreciate that it's single tier and apparently there won't be boxes of any kind. It's going to have private boxes, four hospitality suites and a sky lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: Very good. You may be unaware scoreboards display more than only scores. They display other useful information such as how many minutes have elapsed, lineups & substitutions, HT & FT scores, advertising, etc. *AlanPartridgeShrug.gif* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 It's going to have private boxes, four hospitality suites and a sky lounge. And a holodeck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Very good. You may be unaware scoreboards display more than only scores. They display other useful information such as how many minutes have elapsed, lineups & substitutions, HT & FT scores, advertising, etc. At Tynecastle they put the time elapsed at the ends of the digital advertising hoardings. It's a fairly new development It stops at 90 though so I still run my stopwatch for the second half This technology will probably get to Easter Road next season Presumably they could also put up goal alerts and the likes for those of you who care about the Celtic score But really it's a transitional technology now that people have goal alerts beeping in their pockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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