The Voice - Match preview Most liked posts in thread: Bradford City vs Carlisle United Tuesday 21 March 2023 @ 7:45pm

Assuming there was no financial obstacle to undersoil heating, we also really have to factor in the topography of the ground area. Might have been ok for yesterday but any major snow/ice would be a no-no simply because of the potential for issues outside the actual ground. I suppose that’s where we are with the Americanisation of the legal system these days. My understanding is that ultimately the council could make that decision anyway.

 

Green Bay is hardly tropical, but manages to get games on

 

435 million dollars spent on the stadium in 2021 according to Wiki . Should have climate control for that price Colin?

 

It's the surrounding area as much as the actual pitch. Not bad for a fan owned club.

 

It’s amazing. They must have wealthy guarantors Colin?

 

When I was watching the Stevenage game the other day, their commentator said they had heated pitch covers - like a big electric blanket. Wonder if BCAFC have ever considered them, can't see them costing a huge amount? Plus surely any investment would be rapidly clawed back by the revenues lost when postponing a Saturday afternoon game to a Tuesday evening?

 

Not sure these covers are heated.They show them in use at Spennymoor,but they have had a couple of postponement due to frozen pitches,so they may not be any better than what we already have.

 

as in had the conditions got worse and it had to be called off then folk would have been out on mass moaning that they didn’t call it off

 

Crikey that’s bigger than Bradfords population .

 

Blimey. Huge catchment area no doubt?

 

They look like normal covers for rain and snow rather than frost covers that come attached to an air roller making it easier to put out and put away. Nearest to heated covers are them air domes which can help blow hot air onto the pitch but they aren't perfect as shown by Chelsea vs Liverpool in the WSL being abandonned yesterday despite using the air domes on the pitch

 

Interestingly I found this earlier. Heat lamps in use , same type as City’s, failed to stop a game being called off.

The weather is a lottery when all said and done without serious investment.

Peterborough United: Posh owners to pay for 30 Charlton fans' coaches for rearranged League One game
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64377203

 

And being a shareholder gets you absolutely no season ticket purchase advantages.

 

Correct, also no dividends, no resale value, no vote, but you get the chance to buy "special" merchandise

 

And it ruined their grass I think do they ditched it. Saying that most pitches were buggered by January anyway

 

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/23281853.carlisle-united-contact-efl-bradford-city-postponement/
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