Late entry

[Row Z Royal]

I've scooted through the OS without luck, so can anyone confirm the latest time one can gain entry to the ground on a match day?

Ta

[T.R.O.L.I.]

I'd imagine at whatever time you want to, RZR.

The East stand has the gates that get shut post kick-off, but I'm pretty sure they're manned throughout the game - so all you'd need to do is wait for one of the stewards to radio for confirmation that your card is valid for the game.

[Row Z Royal]

I'd imagine at whatever time you want to, RZR.

The East stand has the gates that get shut post kick-off, but I'm pretty sure they're manned throughout the game - so all you'd need to do is wait for one of the stewards to radio for confirmation that your card is valid for the game.

Fairs.

Obviously I'm riddled with North Stand plasticity, though I'm sure a similar process will be in place.

[Sun Tzu]

End of half time is really your last chance. Everything is closed up then. You may get let in the East Stand, you may not !

[Rex]

Pretty much what has been said. This happened to Benreading once at an away game due to car breakdown and dealing with the recovery of the vehicle. I had to come down to convince the stewards to let him in.

[1960]

End of half time is really your last chance. Everything is closed up then. You may get let in the East Stand, you may not !

I bet the Bradford fans who escaped the stand and came up against the locked gates appreciated this polcy.

[Sun Tzu]

End of half time is really your last chance. Everything is closed up then. You may get let in the East Stand, you may not !

I bet the Bradford fans who escaped the stand and came up against the locked gates appreciated this polcy.

Weren't Bradford prosecuted as a result ?

And of course there is a difference between a door being closed and being locked. There are huge great gates in every concourse with crash bars on the inside !!

[Row Z Royal]

It doesn't matter now.

[brendywendy]

I'd imagine at whatever time you want to, RZR.

The East stand has the gates that get shut post kick-off, but I'm pretty sure they're manned throughout the game - so all you'd need to do is wait for one of the stewards to radio for confirmation that your card is valid for the game.

this isnt true

i was refused entry with my season ticket for a game, didnt get there till just after half time

[RoyalBlue]

End of half time is really your last chance. Everything is closed up then. You may get let in the East Stand, you may not !

I bet the Bradford fans who escaped the stand and came up against the locked gates appreciated this polcy.

Weren't Bradford prosecuted as a result ?

And of course there is a difference between a door being closed and being locked. There are huge great gates in every concourse with crash bars on the inside !!

When we were shown around the stadium as it was being built, Ray Ilsey showed us the turnstiles and told us that after a certain time into the game, they could be switched so that they operated in reverse to allow people to leave early (without using their card to get out). Presumably if they can be and are switched over, it would make late entry after the decreed time pretty difficult, unless common sense had been applied and at least one turnstile left to operate in the entry mode.

[Sun Tzu]

I bet the Bradford fans who escaped the stand and came up against the locked gates appreciated this polcy.

Weren't Bradford prosecuted as a result ?

And of course there is a difference between a door being closed and being locked. There are huge great gates in every concourse with crash bars on the inside !!

When we were shown around the stadium as it was being built, Ray Ilsey showed us the turnstiles and told us that after a certain time into the game, they could be switched so that they operated in reverse to allow people to leave early (without using their card to get out). Presumably if they can be and are switched over, it would make late entry after the decreed time pretty difficult, unless common sense had been applied and at least one turnstile left to operate in the entry mode.

They can be manually reversed, as happens to allow exit at half time for smoking. They aren't automatically reversed and you couldn't use your card to get out as the readers are in the 'outside'. I can't really see why they'd do things that way as the pass gates are all manned by stewards throughout the game and any one leaving early just goes out that way. There's always a turnstile open up until half time, they are all closed after the half time smoking.

Not really sure what Ray was talking about, it may have been an early 'idea' but AFAIK it's never been used and I don;t even think it's possible (or necessary !)

[Dirk Gently]

When we were shown around the stadium as it was being built, Ray Ilsey showed us the turnstiles and told us that after a certain time into the game, they could be switched so that they operated in reverse to allow people to leave early (without using their card to get out). Presumably if they can be and are switched over, it would make late entry after the decreed time pretty difficult, unless common sense had been applied and at least one turnstile left to operate in the entry mode.

They can be manually reversed, as happens to allow exit at half time for smoking. They aren't automatically reversed and you couldn't use your card to get out as the readers are in the 'outside'. I can't really see why they'd do things that way as the pass gates are all manned by stewards throughout the game and any one leaving early just goes out that way. There's always a turnstile open up until half time, they are all closed after the half time smoking.

Not really sure what Ray was talking about, it may have been an early 'idea' but AFAIK it's never been used and I don;t even think it's possible (or necessary !)

There are only a limited number of doors that can be reversed, and those were modified (at a relatively small cost) to allow this to happen when the smoking "pass-out" scheme was introduced. Before that they certainly couldn't be, so perhaps Ray was talking about capabilities rather than actuality.

[Gordons Cumming]

10 mins from the end.

That's when the gates are opened.

[Row Z Royal]

10 mins from the end.

That's when the gates are opened.

Plastic.