2.9.9 SPECTATOR CONCESSION:

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement

RATIO OF MALE TO FEMALE:

If a stadium is designed for multi-purpose use, including concerts, then the male: female ratio will approach 1:1

Toilet standards

Source – stadia book by Jacques rogger

LOCATION OF THE TOILETS:

 The aim should always be a large number of smaller toilets dispersed throughout the stadium rather than a small number of big units – though this must be balanced against the cost advantages of a centralized drainage system and a reasonable compromise struck between cost and convenience.

 Such units should be distributed as evenly as possible, including all levels of a multi-tiered stand, with no seat more than 60 metres from a usable toilet and preferably on the same level.

 Wheel chair accessible should be located as close as possible to the seats for disabled spectators with a maximum horizontal travel distance of 40m.

 Toilets should lead off concourse areas, be easily and safely accessible, and be on the same level as the concourse.

 They must never lead directly off stairs: if a change of level is essential at that point it should be in the form of a ramp.

MATERIALS:

Seating materials must be weather-resistant, robust and comfortable. They may include aluminium and certain timbers, but the most popular materials nowadays are plastics polypropylene (the most widely used), polyethylene, nylon, pvc or glass reinforced plastic. These are easily mouldable to comfortable shapes, and many colours are available

FINISHES:

The plastic seats themselves are self-finished, but their metal frames must receive an applied finish to give adequate life expectancy

COLOUR:

Colours are important and can assist the management of the stadium to build colour coded blocks into the seating pattern and match that pattern to the ticketing system. The colour of the seat is also a major factor in the ambience of the stadium when it is partiallyempty. An alternative approach is to use a varied pattern of colours giving the effect of several seated people. The general rule is that intense colours such as black, blue, red, and green are more lightfast than softer pastel colours such as sky blues and pinks. At the top end of the range vip and other special areas, which will be undercover from weather and not exposed to the worst excesses of crowd misbehaviour, will require comfortably proportioned upholstered seats with backs and arms.

2.9.10 PRIVATE VIEWING AND FACILITIES:

2.9.11 PLAYERS AND MATCH OFFICIALS:

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement

2.9.12 MEDIA:

Facilities for the media are an integral part of stadium design, not least because of the large sums of money that are nowadays earned from the media rights for sporting events. These facilities involve the three main categories of public information and entertainment services – the press (including newspapers and magazines), radio, and television. Clubs may also have their own media requirements for Club TV and websites. The support facilities described below will be needed in full in the case of major new stadia. In smaller venues some may be scaled down or omitted or combined with others, subject to briefing advice from the client or from the media themselves. Because of the importance of these services we recommend consultation with radio and television companies at the earliest design stages.

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement

Source – FIFA technical recommendations and requirement