EssexYid
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Everton are insinuating theirs will be steeper but it wont when it opens, It will be the exact same rake on the seating as ours as that's the maximum that's legal. Oh and they will be the same distance from the pitch as we are.
The only two stadiums I can think of that are more 'compact' and 'steeper' are Heart of Midlothian and Notts County and that's because they both redeveloped their stadium before the green guide and the hillsborough disaster and the Bradford Fire. They got in early and got away with it.
You are actually incorrect regarding being closer to the pitch, the 35 degree steepness rule is correct, but distance to the pitch is a recommendation and is negotiable Spurs fans for example are far closer to the pitch than the likes of Wembley, the Emirates stadium or the SOL, the 17,500 wall at Spurs new stadium is less than 5m from the pitch as you can see below.
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