icysmith
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EIHL Team: Fife Flyers
NHL Team: New York Rangers
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Post by icysmith on Jan 19, 2015 11:52:14 GMT
Im not stupid..if you want to PM me the offensive personal attacks i dont mind..not really kean on them on the main forum though..you let yourself down IMO Never said you were stupid. I said your quote or point was stupid. You backed it up which imo makes it more stupid. No need for PMs. You can have the last word on it. |
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Post by amazepux on Jan 20, 2015 1:18:33 GMT
Last words...you have a right to disagree and to put your opinon over..without knowing me and calling my opinions 'stupid' is IMO tantamount to calling me stupid..
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spudeeelad
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EIHL Team: Manchester Storm
NHL Team: Tampa Bay Lightning
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Post by spudeeelad on Jan 23, 2015 12:58:51 GMT
Montreal Canadians can move from the forum to the new shiny bell centre but we should stay in FIA instead of a brand new arena that can be designed in anyway you want/need. I love the old barn but a new rink would be better longer term IMO. Couldn't agree more, a new arena could have a proper function suite, better catering facilities and be better equipped around the ice for leisure skating, ice disco etc. all of which could bring in more revenue. If you were starting from scratch you could even have a second ice pad running off the same plant like at murrayfield so the curling and figure skaters on one and the hockey and leisure skaters on the other. Again this could bring in more potential revenue but would cost way more than our owners would be likely to spend. Sponsors and executive boxes too. |
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spudeeelad
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EIHL Team: Manchester Storm
NHL Team: Tampa Bay Lightning
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Post by spudeeelad on Jan 23, 2015 13:00:37 GMT
You'd probably be surprised at how many people don't go as often to games just because of the rink itself, some people can't be bothered with the whole nightmare of getting in and around and the fact that it's a dump. So although we are not selling out every week, maybe we could get more fans through the door of a new rink, anyways it'll never happen, flyers die when the rink collapses This made me giggle a bit because it just instantly put an image in my head of the rink collapsing whilst Flyers were playing and so Flyers literally did die. Not laughing at the thought of people dying, more just the way you worded it put that image in my head and it's obviously not what you meant so it amused me. |
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Post by anothermophead on Feb 8, 2015 12:38:43 GMT
FIA became a grade B listed building only on 5/11/13 as part of a sporting buildings survey: data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING,HL:52112,rosslyn%20street I've heard that due to this, an improvement grant has been awarded recently. There have been some replacement to the timber cladding around the seating. Is this the start of further works to come? Don't know about the male loos but the female ones have been upgraded, all be it to a more domestic than commercial building standard (should have 1 whb per wc, indicator bolts on the doors, lack of paint finish . . . . oh I could give them a long snagging list!) If there were every to be a new arena built, but I can't see that happening without a full changed of ownership, then having something like Newcastle arena (is it called the Metro arena now?) would be perfect. Similar in layout to FIA layout with the walkway around the upper perimeter, good sightlines and an acoustician was employed to check the sound transfer in the arena. |
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bbmitch
Rookie
Another shot from the point
Posts: 70
EIHL Team: Fife Flyers
NHL Team: Toronto Maple Leafs
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Post by bbmitch on Jul 19, 2015 14:06:34 GMT
Thought this would be a worthy addition to this old thread. - Last Week Tonight on Stadiums
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jul 19, 2015 14:43:49 GMT
Thought this would be a worthy addition to this old thread. - Last Week Tonight on Stadiums Sadly not available to watch in old Blighty. |
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Post by thebear on Jul 20, 2015 11:26:05 GMT
In my opinion, FIA is the home of the Flyers, always has been always should be. Love atmousphere in there on game day. I do agree that it needs a major upgrade though, would hate for it to be demolished and moved somewhere else as its got character and obv its history. There was a rumour a few years ago of an ice-rink to be built in methil where the old power station use to be (dont know if this was plans for a new FIA though) but alas seems to have fallen through. I would love to see full plexi and proper penalty boxes! I remember last season in one of the pre-season games, I think it was Auger who was penallised and made his way to the sin bins, the look on his face was priceless when he seen he had to jump over to sit on the bench. The place is a bloody nighmare trying to get in when its a busy night aswell! For the size of the place, you probably couldnt do much to change the actual layout inside either. I cant see a new rink anytime soon or distant future as the place will need to actually spend money for a new rink and/or the upgrades
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watcher
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EIHL Team: Fife Flyers
NHL Team: Vancouver Canucks
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Post by watcher on Jul 20, 2015 13:07:30 GMT
thebear said "Love atmousphere in there on game day."
That'll be due to the rink rats then! lol
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icysmith
Junior
Posts: 666
EIHL Team: Fife Flyers
NHL Team: New York Rangers
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Post by icysmith on Jul 20, 2015 14:20:15 GMT
It`s a cowp and time to get with the times
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Post by lightningflyer on Jul 20, 2015 17:48:23 GMT
The rink in Milton Keynes was upgraded recently. It closed in July 2013 and was reopened in October last year with a cost estimated between 4 and 6 million depending on who you speak to. Mk lightning played in Coventry for one season and started last year there. The two questions here for me are, should the FIA get an upgrade, where do the Flyers (and other associated teams,clubs) play? and who finances the upgrade?
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jul 20, 2015 20:26:38 GMT
The rink in Milton Keynes was upgraded recently. It closed in July 2013 and was reopened in October last year with a cost estimated between 4 and 6 million depending on who you speak to. Mk lightning played in Coventry for one season and started last year there. The two questions here for me are, should the FIA get an upgrade, where do the Flyers (and other associated teams,clubs) play? and who finances the upgrade? I'm pretty sure the Milton Keynes building wasn't built in the 30s. To be honest, I reckon we would need an entirely new build. If it was to stay on the same site then obviously that would mean us having to play our home games elsewhere. If it was built elsewhere, we could keep playing at FIA until it was complete. All this is irrelevant of course because the current owners have a vested interest in Fife playing where they are and won't be financing a new rink build for themselves. So if another private investor came along and offered to build a new rink for Fife (highly unlikely), do you think the directors would allow the Flyers to play out of it? |
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Post by lightningflyer on Jul 20, 2015 20:42:11 GMT
The rink in Milton Keynes was upgraded recently. It closed in July 2013 and was reopened in October last year with a cost estimated between 4 and 6 million depending on who you speak to. Mk lightning played in Coventry for one season and started last year there. The two questions here for me are, should the FIA get an upgrade, where do the Flyers (and other associated teams,clubs) play? and who finances the upgrade? I'm pretty sure the Milton Keynes building wasn't built in the 30s. To be honest, I reckon we would need an entirely new build. If it was to stay on the same site then obviously that would mean us having to play our home games elsewhere. If it was built elsewhere, we could keep playing at FIA until it was complete. All this is irrelevant of course because the current owners have a vested interest in Fife playing where they are and won't be financing a new rink build for themselves. So if another private investor came along and offered to build a new rink for Fife (highly unlikely), do you think the directors would allow the Flyers to play out of it? You're right, the rink was built in 1990. But the work undertaken to upgrade the rink was substantial. New ice plant and three quarters of the structural walls stripped out and rebuilt. The roof, pillars and the wall along the railway side were all that remained from the original rink. Redevelopment of the FIA would be a greater job in terms of the internals needing done aswell |
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Post by zamboni on Jul 27, 2015 18:06:10 GMT
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bbmitch
Rookie
Another shot from the point
Posts: 70
EIHL Team: Fife Flyers
NHL Team: Toronto Maple Leafs
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Post by bbmitch on Jul 27, 2015 18:26:22 GMT
I had been editing this page and solicited contributors with not too many stepping up. Some of those old photos came from Robo and ones of the old clock from George Swan. I even contacted Kirkcaldy Library without success. my interest was from being on ice staff in 80s and my dad playing for Flyers in early 70,s wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife_Ice_Arena |
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