Bristol City arena

[thecloughywobble]

pretty decent mate! Always puzzled me why one of the bristol clubs don’t get more with said catchment area

whats rovers attendances like

There's a big tradition for rugby union in Bristol & surrounding areas. Might be a relevant factor.

 

[Bristol City]

pretty decent mate! Always puzzled me why one of the bristol clubs don’t get more with said catchment area

whats rovers attendances like

what you averaging atm

Maybe I'm rose tinted but I'd like to think, with a few years of success, we could be the powerhouse in the South West.

Rovers get 8k crowds, sometimes as low as 6k. They haven't sold out their 11k ground in years, literally.

Obviously, I'd say this, but they're proper tinpot. We're light years ahead of them. It's like Stoke vs Port Vale.

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[Darlo1973]

21,000, which is respectable for a 2 team City that's never had any sustained success throughout our history, in my opinion.

We have a huge catchment area though, our closest 'rivals' for potential fans being the Birmingham teams (100miles away) & the London teams (120-160miles away).

I used to live in Bristol and loved my time there - it's one of the best cities for drinking in the country - but it never felt like a hotbed of football. It has always been a rugby city at heart.

Bristol City's natural place in the grand scheme of things is probably mid-table Championship with Rovers bouncing between Leagues One and Two.

 

[Junior Birdman]

Looks canny to be fair.

 

[Bristol City]

I used to live in Bristol and loved my time there - it's one of the best cities for drinking in the country - but it never felt like a hotbed of football. It has always been a rugby city at heart.

Bristol City's natural place in the grand scheme of things is probably mid-table Championship with Rovers bouncing between Leagues One and Two.

Embarassingly, we're more top end League one, lower end Championship.

Fortunately, it seems to be changing now, with our owner being a Bristol City fan, local self made Billionaire, who wants to build our club sustainably, similar to Burnley etc.

Nobody knows of Bristol because we haven't had a big football team or any massive bands from the area.

 

[Football Dinosaur]

Only 27,000 at the moment, the ground was built with the ability to be upgraded to 38,000, if we manage to cement ourselves at the bottom of the Prem.

There's dreaming big for you all

 

[Bristol City]

There's dreaming big for you all

It's all relative isn't it, we all get used to what we have far too quickly. I'm sure 5 years at the bottom of the Prem & fans will be complaining we aren't challenging for Europe

 

[houghton cut head]

Embarassingly, we're more top end League one, lower end Championship.

Fortunately, it seems to be changing now, with our owner being a Bristol City fan, local self made Billionaire, who wants to build our club sustainably, similar to Burnley etc.

Nobody knows of Bristol because we haven't had a big football team or any massive bands from the area.

The Wurzels do not like this!!! (Somerset I know)

 

[KNGHTHOOD]

Trees look a tadge small.
Joking aside looks impressive.

 

[Football Dinosaur]

It's all relative isn't it, we all get used to what we have far too quickly. I'm sure 5 years at the bottom of the Prem & fans will be complaining we aren't challenging for Europe

Very true. You seem to be growing at a slow but steady pace though I'd expect prem in next 5 years at least. Maybe even do a Sheff united

 

[Ricci's Special Kebabs]

I wish we had a Winterstoke Supercrossing.

 

[Baby Give It Up]

Wondered what your views are on the new 'village' we are building.

As all clubs, we have some moaners that say it ruins the football experience.

We're basically the English Barcelona (but better), in that we own Football, Rugby, Basketball & Badminton teams, plus have a F1 driver.

Sporting empire or commercial bollocks?

Ashton Gate brings new home of Bristol Flyers to life with digital fly-through - Bristol Flyers

Ashton Gate has released a digital fly-through of the proposed 4000-capacity Sports & Convention Centre.

www.bristolflyers.co.uk

Who is the F1 driver like?

 

[Ricci's Special Kebabs]

Who is the F1 driver like?

Justin Lee Collins.

 

[Bristol City]

Who is the F1 driver like?

Lando Norris, just found out he isn't with us anymore though. Full time with McLaren now.

Norris Joins McLaren Young Driver Programme

Lando Norris has joined McLaren's prestigious Young Driver Programme for 2017.

www.bristol-sport.co.uk

 

[Fred Army]

Looks good, I like it.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

Bristol is the biggest city in the country without an arena sized space for events. They spent years talking about one next to Temple Meads station but that finally collapsed. Latest I heard was a plan to covert the old Concorde aircraft hangers at Filton into a exhibition space and music venue.

Bristol, the graveyard of ambition. They were taking about an arena when I moved here in 1997. They're still talking.

 

[Deleted member 634]

Embarassingly, we're more top end League one, lower end Championship.

Fortunately, it seems to be changing now, with our owner being a Bristol City fan, local self made Billionaire, who wants to build our club sustainably, similar to Burnley etc.

Nobody knows of Bristol because we haven't had a big football team or any massive bands from the area.

Aren't Massive Attack from Bristol or a meringue?

 

[Bristol City]

Aren't Massive Attack from Bristol or a meringue?

Relatively small in the grand scheme of things!

Not Liverpool/Beatles, Manchester/Oasis etc

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

The Wurzels do not like this!!! (Somerset I know)

Stackridge not too impressed either.

Here's one of the, errm, quirky songs. About the perils of joining up.

 

[Bristol City]

Bristol, the graveyard of ambition. They were taking about an arena when I moved here in 1997. They're still talking.

Bristol council, unfortunately, as you very well know! Seems the residents/businesses are all ambitious, just notoriously held back by an inept council.