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Pascal Chimbonda
This is slightly brought on by our new stadium.
It just seems to me that owning a 'seat' is outdated in this day and age, in a world of apps and algorithms things can be more fluid. You would still have a season ticket, guaranteeing you entrance to each game, but you could change position from game to game.
So post match, you fire up the app and it asks you:
1) Rate the people around you - this would be anonymous, but there'd be a little map of all the seats immediately next to you, in front and behind. And if you like them you make them green and if they annoyed you you make them red. When the algorithm shuffles the stadium for the next game you'd be kept apart from people you'd flagged.
2) Rate the atmosphere - Basically would you like it louder or quieter - I envision for a few games you'd be moved a couple of blocks left or right until the algorithm has settled on a nice medium.
3) Add your mates - Add anyone you've met you'd like to sit near again in the future and the algorithm will try and shuffle you together. If your brother and your nephew are in the posh seats you can apply for a one game transfer next to them for an additional £12.50 or whatever.
I'm pretty sure all the technology is available to do this right now, and the way things are going people are going to be using mobile devices more and more to gain entry. You may have to wait 'til 1 week, or a few days beforehand for your app to update with your actual seat, and people who aren't comfortable with phones may need to just use a paper ticket and stay in the same place.
I don't know? It seems simple enough to implement, should add to the atmosphere, should build up a sense of community, should keep groups of mates/family in the same areas... is it a good idea?
It just seems to me that owning a 'seat' is outdated in this day and age, in a world of apps and algorithms things can be more fluid. You would still have a season ticket, guaranteeing you entrance to each game, but you could change position from game to game.
So post match, you fire up the app and it asks you:
1) Rate the people around you - this would be anonymous, but there'd be a little map of all the seats immediately next to you, in front and behind. And if you like them you make them green and if they annoyed you you make them red. When the algorithm shuffles the stadium for the next game you'd be kept apart from people you'd flagged.
2) Rate the atmosphere - Basically would you like it louder or quieter - I envision for a few games you'd be moved a couple of blocks left or right until the algorithm has settled on a nice medium.
3) Add your mates - Add anyone you've met you'd like to sit near again in the future and the algorithm will try and shuffle you together. If your brother and your nephew are in the posh seats you can apply for a one game transfer next to them for an additional £12.50 or whatever.
I'm pretty sure all the technology is available to do this right now, and the way things are going people are going to be using mobile devices more and more to gain entry. You may have to wait 'til 1 week, or a few days beforehand for your app to update with your actual seat, and people who aren't comfortable with phones may need to just use a paper ticket and stay in the same place.
I don't know? It seems simple enough to implement, should add to the atmosphere, should build up a sense of community, should keep groups of mates/family in the same areas... is it a good idea?