There a number of things about the the new stands at the SCG that bother me but my biggest gripe is the Ground Announcer's lack of understanding of the game and the banal nature of his comments.
That final announcement summed up his complete lack of finese for me:
"C'mon Swans supporters get behind your boys for a percentage booster." .... Really???
Could anything he said be more disrespectful or challenging to an opposition player than to hear something like that.
Another problem I have was with the statements about "the state of the art new stand". What new stand with any real aspirations to greatness has only one way in and one way out? Trying to get away from the first level in the new stand is ridiculous and dangerous. If you are on the Eastern side of the the stand you need to make your way through the glass doors then all the way back to the far western side to either the stairs or escalator. God forbid there is ever an emergency. Moreover there is no way to transition from one bay to another except through the glass doors as the seating is unbroken all the way from the front to the rear of the level.
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