Re: Fans Forum : Sun May 19, 2024 7:06 pm  

Yeah, the Sky Gantry has to be 4m x 4m if I can remember rightly, the Cas owner was on about how they are increasing theirs to get extra points.

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Re: Fans Forum : Sun May 19, 2024 7:13 pm  

It's not that it gets us extra points. It's just part of the criteria for the full points for stadium.
I'm surprised it isn't already big enough but it's a simple fix to make sure we guarantee that extra point.

Re: Fans Forum : Sun May 19, 2024 9:42 pm  

Yes, it's not a stand-alone criterion, but it's part of a wider score.

Extending the gantry means we meet a full, "scoring" part of that wider criteria.

Re: Fans Forum : Mon May 20, 2024 12:44 pm  

dboy wrote:

Remembered another couple of snippets.

We are extending the TV gantry, which also earns extra IMG points.

Powell joked about taking the applause of the Wakey fans after an earlier win, who then started chanting "you Cas ba***rd".

Everything Ellis does now will probably be to secure any increase in IMG points guaranteed like the gantry. I suspect we will see the LED boards appear soon so they count on this seasons gradings. Ultimately, if he can spend a few hundred k upfront he should if we get into SL get some of that back with the SL money instead of championship money.

Re: Fans Forum : Mon May 20, 2024 12:48 pm  

Did they give any indication as to the size of squad we are hoping to have next season?

Re: Fans Forum : Mon May 20, 2024 1:17 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Everything Ellis does now will probably be to secure any increase in IMG points guaranteed like the gantry. I suspect we will see the LED boards appear soon so they count on this seasons gradings. Ultimately, if he can spend a few hundred k upfront he should if we get into SL get some of that back with the SL money instead of championship money.

Yes, the thing is with the LED boards is there isn't really any income to generate by them whilst we aren't on TV and as long as we get them in before October, they count towards our score regardless.

The investment on these are a lot bigger than I expected, I have a friend that works a company that supplies these throughout Europe, apparently for a singular 3m panel they are around 7k, so your looking at circa 230k just for one side of the pitch.

Re: Fans Forum : Mon May 20, 2024 2:31 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

Yes, the thing is with the LED boards is there isn't really any income to generate by them whilst we aren't on TV and as long as we get them in before October, they count towards our score regardless.

The investment on these are a lot bigger than I expected, I have a friend that works a company that supplies these throughout Europe, apparently for a singular 3m panel they are around 7k, so your looking at circa 230k just for one side of the pitch.

710k for 3 sides of a pitch does seem incredibly expensive. I’d have anticipated 250k probably for the 3 sides.

Re: Fans Forum : Mon May 20, 2024 3:15 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

710k for 3 sides of a pitch does seem incredibly expensive. I’d have anticipated 250k probably for the 3 sides.

It does, I was thinking the same tbh and that around 250k figure is what I had heard thrown about. I was surprised by the figure. I'm sure Ellis will have done his homework and get food value for money if we are looking at putting them in.

Re: Fans Forum : Mon May 20, 2024 6:38 pm  

I heard from a friend who does lighting and shop banners etc and he reckoned they'd be at least over 100k a side but he'd never done a ground and didn't know exactly the dimensions we need, so was just guessing.

Re: Fans Forum : Mon May 20, 2024 6:50 pm  

100 metres long for us....but only 68 metres long for Cas