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[tom_ecfc]

We've come a long way since Sturtz and Co constructed the original Bank!

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Looks like we could be going full circle with fans watching from the jungle corner again!

 

[SidwellOldboy]

I’m sure it will have been answered here before..but why aren‘t the sides of the big bank ‘boxed in’.. I’m sure it would help the atmosphere and projection of noise towards the pitch..?

 

[Martin Lawrence]

I’m sure it will have been answered here before..but why aren‘t the sides of the big bank ‘boxed in’.. I’m sure it would help the atmosphere and projection of noise towards the pitch..?

Cost....

 

[Andy Holloway]

Cost....

plus structural restrictions, it would make the BB a bit like a plastic bag in the wind. That is the opinion of somebody who has looked into it, not mine.

 

[Pete Martin (CTID)]

I’m sure it will have been answered here before..but why aren‘t the sides of the big bank ‘boxed in’.. I’m sure it would help the atmosphere and projection of noise towards the pitch..?

Fairly sure that, even if it did work to a degree, a cost-benefit analysis would show that the cost would far outweigh the benefits.

 

[SidwellOldboy]

Fairly sure that, even if it did work to a degree, a cost-benefit analysis would show that the cost would far outweigh the benefits.

Can you put a price on a dryer/louder 12th man! Thanks for all above answers, have often been surprised at how little the big bank noise carries to other stands and considered open sides a factor.

 

[Grecian Max]

The Shay was built around the same time as the bank so we have a lot in common with the two terraced stands

I suspect the wind excuse is so that can just be buried and moved on - as far as I'm aware this has never been properly looked into?

The benefit to having sides would be big IMO, the sounds often get lost

 

[elginCity]

Can you put a price on a dryer/louder 12th man! Thanks for all above answers, have often been surprised at how little the big bank noise carries to other stands and considered open sides a factor.

The prevailing southwesterlies often don’t help !

 

[iscalad]

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The Shay was built around the same time as the bank so we have a lot in common with the two terraced stands

I suspect the wind excuse is so that can just be buried and moved on - as far as I'm aware this has never been properly looked into?

The benefit to having sides would be big IMO, the sounds often get lost

Why isn't the side panelling all the way down the side?

 

[Grecian Max]

Why isn't the side panelling all the way down the side?

Doesn't need to be, it's all we ask on the Bank