----- Original Message ----- Dear Fan, F••• Off. I don't care. Best wishes Ken & Shaun
or to put it another way (from the official site) - The Centenary Pavilion will not be available for use by Members before the Manchester United game. Peter Lorimer made the official announcement on Saturday to those Members using the bar. The decision to remove the Pavilion from its normal use was made some time ago, and that message should have been communicated to all Members long before Saturday, for which we apologise. It certainly was not the intention to leave Peter Lorimer in such a difficult position on Saturday. Since the start of the 2011/12 Season we have been using half of the Pavilion to feed those corporate guests using the Level 3 boxes, and on Saturday for the first time added to these the Level 4 box users as more of the East Stand become available for use. This will remain the position until the corporate catering facilities are available in the East Stand at which stage the entire Centenary Pavilion will revert to use purely by Members. When the Carling Cup draw came out with Manchester United, our immediate objective was to establish how we could allow the maximum number of fans to watch the game live, to include those from Manchester United. You will recall when we visited Old Trafford in the FA Cup, we were allowed 9,000 tickets and the ability to use corporate seats inside the stadium. After many meetings/discussions, Manchester United fans were allocated the South Stand for the game which is less than the cup rules provided for, but the maximum number, in conjunction with the Police, we felt could be dealt with safely. The East Stand, while under construction, is not able to work at capacity as the requisite number of turnstiles/exit gates are not in place, but we still wanted to be able to use as much of it as possible to meet our objective as stated above. As it happens, with tickets still available it could be argued that the additional 1,900 general admission seats were not required however the decision was made at the time in light of the best information available to us. With admission to the East Stand limited by the number of turnstiles available, then we still had to determine how to meet the corporate demand and follow the principle of wanting to allow as many fans to see the game live as possible. On this basis, they will not use the turnstiles to gain admission and as a result of this decision alone, we can use more of the upper tier capacity. As the available seats in the East Stand Upper were corporate ones, then the logical step was to extend the use of the Pavilion to accommodate this increased number which is now being used by Leeds based companies. This was the decision we took. The failing in this process, accepting that not everyone will always agree with the decision, in any event, was the late communication of this, for which we apologise. I hope that the above explains the decision making process and that after considering it Members can understand that we did so to try to ensure the maximum number of fans could see the game live. Billy's Bar will be open before the game and the turnstiles will open earlier so facilities are still available to Members. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
