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The Aviva - people going in and out during games

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    #272
    Former Former
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    errlloyd wrote: »
    Also, the Aviva stairs and seating are steep AF. I'm actually amazed there hasn't been a major incident I've seen. Although TLS might have seen some given he's there for more games.

    Maybe the levels of drunken debauchery aren't quite as bad as this thread would have you believe and people can still negotiate steps.


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    #273
    errlloyd
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    I'd be surprised if many stadia are as steep as the Aviva upper tier but I could be wrong. No stadium I've ever been in comes close and certainly not Olympico in Rome.


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    #274
    errlloyd
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    Former Former wrote: »
    errlloyd wrote: »
    Also, the Aviva stairs and seating are steep AF. I'm actually amazed there hasn't been a major incident I've seen. Although TLS might have seen some given he's there for more games.

    Maybe the levels of drunken debauchery aren't quite as bad as this thread would have you believe and people can still negotiate steps.

    I saw an Irish older lad in Montpellier stadium (Altrad) absolutely smash his face to pieces when he misjudged a step. It was proper nasty.


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    #275
    Squidgy Black
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    Riskymove wrote: »
    In Rome they have lads walking around serving people in the seats

    seemed to work quite well, though perhaps when there are 52,000 Irish people it may not work as neatly

    Jesus could you imagine the outrage there'd be of someone then standing in the way of someone's view because they're selling drinks to people in the seats!


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    #276
    lbc2019
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    NIMAN wrote: »
    There are plenty of stadia with steeper stairs and seating. Plenty more.

    Its not like the Aviva is anything special.

    Yeah I never thought Aviva was steep!


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    #277
    Shefwedfan
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    errlloyd wrote: »
    I'd be surprised if many stadia are as steep as the Aviva upper tier but I could be wrong. No stadium I've ever been in comes close and certainly not Olympico in Rome.

    Cardiff is steeper

    Also everyone is smashed before a ball is kicked


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    #278
    Former Former
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    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    Cardiff is steeper

    Also everyone is smashed before a ball is kicked

    And people aren't even looking where they're going, they're so busy updating their Insta feeds while carrying 12 pints and trying to chat up the new bird who just moved over from KPMG and is well up for it according to Killian and Simon.

    #teamofus


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    #279
    The Lost Sheep
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    Riskymove wrote: »
    In Rome they have lads walking around serving people in the seats

    seemed to work quite well, though perhaps when there are 52,000 Irish people it may not work as neatly
    Wont happen in Aviva. There is people walking around serving customers in concourse but most dont go to them for bottles and prefer pints....
    errlloyd wrote: »
    Also, the Aviva stairs and seating are steep AF. I'm actually amazed there hasn't been a major incident I've seen. Although TLS might have seen some given he's there for more games.
    Been incidents but not many more than any other stadium afaik


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    #280
    RCK1
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    The Lost Sheep wrote: »
    Wont happen in Aviva. There is people walking around serving customers in concourse but most dont go to them for bottles and prefer pints....
    You keep saying that with no stats. A lot go for bottles because the pints and service of the pints is so shocking

    Been incidents but not many more than any other stadium afaik

    Aviva isn't steep.


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    #281
    prinzeugen
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    RCK1 wrote: »
    Aviva isn't steep.

    It is. It is not as noticeable when full but if you go up to the top of level 5 when its empty, it is bloddy steep! I get a bit vertigo if I have to go up there and I worked as a tree surgeon so should have no issue with heights!

    There are incidents at every event where people slip/fall in the upper levels. Most go unreported and the only way we know they happened is by the blood on the ground.The

    Selling pints to people at their seats will still mean people will need to get up and down so it won't solve the OPs problem.


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    #282
    Jewelers
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    maybe the vertigo is making people drunk jesus , this explains it all to me now , and it's giving me a nose bleed . Think this has run it's load


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    #283
    prinzeugen
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    Jewelers wrote: »
    maybe the vertigo is making people drunk jesus , this explains it all to me now , and it's giving me a nose bleed . Think this has run it's load

    Everyone "has" vertigo when the realise they have crap seats.. We know the right questions to ask however to tell if its genuine or not.


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    #284
    Dave_The_Sheep
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    New Lansdowne is pretty steep at the top levels. I brought my aul lad a few years back without realising he suffered from vertigo. He was not in any way comfortable, refused to go back to those seats. Which is fair enough. And he was 100% sober at that point.

    It's a steep section at the top. No arguing that.


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    #285
    PhilOssophy
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    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    And he was 100% sober at that point.

    There's the problem - he wasn't drinking enough. It was a rugby match he was at after all......


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