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There was always a school of thought too that they wouldn't want us opening with a midweek which makes sense. We've got 42k ST holders. The normal process will assume they know exactly where they're going and can find there way in the ground and to their seat very easily. That obviously won't be the case for the first game. People will turn up having forgotten what number their block is, nobody will know the best way to get to it once inside, whether to go up or down, left or right etc without checking. That faff times 42 thousand people is going to equal quite a substantial slow-down, so it's imperative plenty of people arrive early. Which they would for a weekend opener - but a midweek game is much trickier. All you need is some transport issue out of our control, and you have tens of thousands turning up late, with little idea where to go, and slowly gawking around to boot. That would probably mean a delayed kick-off on safety grounds as if the match starts you'll have people rushing in and around, just going to the nearest part they can see space rather than their designated seat, etc. I could entirely understand, albeit I'd be very dissappointed, if it's a can of worms UEFA reckons they could do without.
What a patronising post. ST holders will all have cards which will tell them their block, row and seat number and the stadium is sign posted to the nth degree.
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