Fans will be let into Ricoh in for Premiership semi-final - but there's a catch.

[Rossm]

Bobby Bridge reports:

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/rugby/wasps-ricoh-arena-semi-final-19056993

Breaking - it'll be back-to-back semi-finals on Saturday
1.30pm – Wasps v Bristol Bears/Sale Sharks
4.30pm – Exeter Chiefs v Bath/Bristol Bears/Sale Sharks

[Vespula Vulgaris]

If it was a Sunday I'd be there, but sadly being a Saturday I may not even get to watch it live...

[Heathen]

Wasps seem confident that STHs will get a match pass for the SF. I got an email from the club today.

[baldpaul101]

you have to ask though, if this OK for this game & doesn't breach any rules, why couldn't it have been done for previous games?

[Vespula Vulgaris]

you have to ask though, if this OK for this game & doesn't breach any rules, why couldn't it have been done for previous games?

I guess it's logistically pretty tricky. Whilst perfectly legal, bars and clubs can open so as long as that is what it is then great, but who would have thought about opening up the bars at the stadium for games without opening the stadium itself?  Also up to a couple of weeks ago we were gradually getting less and less restricted, so why would anyone be planning for a semi-final we weren't likely to be in, in a lockdown situation that didn't exist at the time?

My guess is that lost of people are running round like headless chickens making sure this works as it should and doesn't cause a problem for the club. I'd also guess it won't make them a penny, but is done purely because the guys at Wasps really want fans to be part of what is happening...

[hookender]

Have the eating places on the concourse been open ? And the casino?

I did think previously that they could have opened the supporters club bar when games were on or even used full time as a standard bar.

[BG]

Have the eating places on the concourse been open ? And the casino?

I did think previously that they could have opened the supporters club bar when games were on or even used full time as a standard bar.

The concourse is inside the stadium so since the pre-spring lockdown, I doubt the the concessions have seen the light of day from that point.

I think the casino is run by another company, not Wasps. It is large enough to probably host a small concert.. if it were not for all the gambling machines.. roulette wheels.. dinner tables etc.

Wasps could hire a TV truck Screen (like you have for motorsport events) for the car park.. everyone stays in their cars.. solves the problem of social distancing

[Heathen]

Wasps seem confident that STHs will get a match pass for the SF. I got an email from the club today.

Club have now confirmed this.

[hookender]

By concourse I meant the those places in the mall. Have used them outside match days instead of motorway stop .much cleaner and quieter .occasionally spotted player/ coach taking a coffee.