Could you in theory take a room at the BFC hotel to watch matches?

King Billy

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Random question I know but noticed fans at Leyton Orient are doing it so given the rooms overlook the pitch is that possible?
 
The swindon commentator mentioned one swindon fan had done so. He said something like - 'there's 1000 blackpool fans and 1 swindon fan Steve Swindonfan who has booked a room overlooking the pitch' - I'm sure I heard that anyway!
 
There was a dad and his lad in one of the rooms. At least they had the illuminations to look forward to later on
 
When I stayed there you either had to vacate the room during the match or have the curtains closed. I had a ticket but my wife went for a wander. They do come and check.
 
The swindon commentator mentioned one swindon fan had done so. He said something like - 'there's 1000 blackpool fans and 1 swindon fan Steve Swindonfan who has booked a room overlooking the pitch' - I'm sure I heard that anyway!
Yes...if it was him then he was outside of the ground when I arrived with His wife and two kids ...wearing a Swindon Town shirt ...and he went into the hotel.

To be honest if you are in a hotel room attached to the football club and your room looks on to the pitch and there are only a few fans in the ground then good luck to him.Were it a game with a “normal” crowd then I would say “ good luck” to him peering out with the South Stand crowd right in front.😉of him
 
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When I’ve sat in the south over the last few years the stewards spend the majority of the game looking out for curtain twitchers, and going full code red when they see some one peaking out.

It’s slightly bizarre.
 
last time i was over i asked them if there was a match day room price and the they told me the EFL doesnt allow them to sell rooms to watch the match from. It would be the perfect weekend in blackpool.
 
Why are the EFL arsed about that? Of all the things to be concerned about in football, that's a truly odd one. I could see the hotel itself being concerned about it in terms of behaviour, rooms getting trashed and such, but the EFL? Why? What's it to them?

Is it because the hotel isn't 'licenced' as part of the ground and thus doesn't have a safety cert or something weird like that? Because someone could drink and see the pitch? How does a hotel room differ from an exec box in that respect? I've never been in one, I assume you can't drink in one of those either...?
 
I actually spoke to the Swindon fan in Blackpool Tower as he was visiting the circus after the game. He told me he’d booked the room with a pitch view and watched the whole game. He was asked by hotel to close the curtains but opened them as soon as they went
 
I noticed the Chair of BST couldn't get a ticket for Saturday's game and wondered if she snook in to one of the rooms 👍 Deserved it if you did @CSSeasider
 
I noticed the Chair of BST couldn't get a ticket for Saturday's game and wondered if she snook in to one of the rooms 👍 Deserved it if you did @CSSeasider
Thanks but no, I am no longer employed at the hotel so had to watch it on iFollow! 🙈
It is true that people who book a pitch view room are not allowed to watch a game from the room. It's all to do with EFL regulations about watching football and alcohol! The curtains have to be drawn. Even the main hospitality suite has to pull the blinds down, and guests have to watch from the seats on the balcony. The only way to legally watch from a room would be if the occupants sat in the seats outside, which would require a steward. The 3rd floor rooms were used as extra executive boxes a few years ago.
Obviously, people in those pitch view rooms will peek through the curtains but the hotel staff and the stewards have to make every effort to prevent that as the club is responsible for policing this particular regulation.
Hope that explains things!
 
Thanks but no, I am no longer employed at the hotel so had to watch it on iFollow! 🙈
It is true that people who book a pitch view room are not allowed to watch a game from the room. It's all to do with EFL regulations about watching football and alcohol! The curtains have to be drawn. Even the main hospitality suite has to pull the blinds down, and guests have to watch from the seats on the balcony. The only way to legally watch from a room would be if the occupants sat in the seats outside, which would require a steward. The 3rd floor rooms were used as extra executive boxes a few years ago.
Obviously, people in those pitch view rooms will peek through the curtains but the hotel staff and the stewards have to make every effort to prevent that as the club is responsible for policing this particular regulation.
Hope that explains things!
Bizarre, hope you’re keeping well Christine 👍
 
Why are the EFL arsed about that? Of all the things to be concerned about in football, that's a truly odd one. I could see the hotel itself being concerned about it in terms of behaviour, rooms getting trashed and such, but the EFL? Why? What's it to them?

Is it because the hotel isn't 'licenced' as part of the ground and thus doesn't have a safety cert or something weird like that? Because someone could drink and see the pitch? How does a hotel room differ from an exec box in that respect? I've never been in one, I assume you can't drink in one of those either...?
You can't drink and watch football. Thatcherite legislation that has never been repealed.
 
I think the rule is a nonsense and always has been.
However under some managers in recent times you should be grateful you had to close the curtains 😉
 
A Zeppelin full of Germans watched a game at Bloomfield Rd in 1937 as the airship circled around the stadium till it ran out of gas in the 89th minute and crash landed on the bowling green at the Waterloo.
 
Thanks but no, I am no longer employed at the hotel so had to watch it on iFollow! 🙈
It is true that people who book a pitch view room are not allowed to watch a game from the room. It's all to do with EFL regulations about watching football and alcohol! The curtains have to be drawn. Even the main hospitality suite has to pull the blinds down, and guests have to watch from the seats on the balcony. The only way to legally watch from a room would be if the occupants sat in the seats outside, which would require a steward. The 3rd floor rooms were used as extra executive boxes a few years ago.
Obviously, people in those pitch view rooms will peek through the curtains but the hotel staff and the stewards have to make every effort to prevent that as the club is responsible for policing this particular regulation.
Hope that explains things!
Sorry to hear you've left the hotel @CSSeasider - don't find out anything now we can't all meet - hope you have something else to replace it with 👍
 
If you can’t watch from the hotel room all you need to do is hop onto the south stand roof and you combine watching the match with a spot of sunbathing.
 
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