august04 said:
James said:
It was a plan on the ice with all the sponsors on. Some haven't been announced officially yet so the Devils asked for it to be withdrawn. Nothing juicy sorry
Anyone heard whether improvements have been made or are planned to be made for the following niggles that I had during the last few games of the season at IAW?
Mobile signal/wi-fi - seems that may be partly answered above with 4G available in the second pad area. Any wi-fi in the main arena?
Goal lights - couldn't see them properly and they were too far away from the ice to view immediately.
Scoreboard - I recall we didn't have the full scoreboard available as the ice couldn't be seen from the DJ booth, so the game was shown on the scoreboard instead with reduced scoreboard graphics. There was talk of the DJ booth being relocated higher up on that balcony area. Is this still happening? The full scoreboard was used at a Fire game and it was great.
Benches - doesn't look like anything will be done there sadly.
Catering facilities - anything planned to get around those massive queues?
Having been to the rink a couple of times over the summer I don't think there have been any alterations to the points you've made. The catering could be assisted with extra stands I suppose but nothing permanent is in place.
The benches are the biggest issue for me still. it doesn't make the game impossible but having used double stacked, it's just crap and unnecessary for a new rink. There has to be some sort of work around, even with a door covering the steps acting like a barrier with a moveable bench that gets opened and moved during the interval. That extra metre or so would make a big difference.
The issue is, and I get it, are those alterations neccassary from a Greenbank/IAW point of view? Absolute not. If they pay to make the alterations will it increase their profits? The catering might, but the rest won't. Unfortunately unless the Devils end up owning the place I think what we have is what we've got. At least in the medium term.