| Help needed - Ricoh Arena 22:45 - Jul 29 with 3702 views | Beds_Ranger |
Does anyone have any good suggestions for parking near the Coventry Ricoh Arena. I'm looking for somewhere with a quick get away, as I have a few hours drive after the game (Olympics on Friday).
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| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 22:47 - Jul 29 with 3701 views | Watford_Ranger |
Probably not much help but I fkin hate the Ricoh Arena.
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| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 23:27 - Jul 29 with 3658 views | CHUBBS |
| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 22:47 - Jul 29 by Watford_Ranger |
Probably not much help but I fkin hate the Ricoh Arena.
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A souless sh@thole |  | | |
| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 23:44 - Jul 29 with 3637 views | calders |
I normally park in a field just off the m6,on google its the 5th option down. I would have put a link bit I don't now how. | | | |
| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 00:20 - Jul 30 with 3615 views | TacticalR |
I know it's not everyone's favourite stadium, but it in terms of size the Ricoh looks much more appropriate for women's football than some of the stadiums that have been chosen.
The Colombia - North Korea match at Hampden Park was ridiculous. The attendance must have been about 20 people:
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| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 01:27 - Jul 30 with 3597 views | stowmarketrange |
There is a car park next to the ground,and judging by the attendances so far,you should be able to get away with no problems.There are also some private firms next to the ground that allow you to park on their land for a fee. |  | | |
| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 12:07 - Jul 30 with 3470 views | calders |
That's the one I use, really good forgetting away. | | | |
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| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 12:12 - Jul 30 with 3466 views | Krakow |
Hi,
I have heard that they have banned all parking within about 2 miles of the ground and that you need to park in special olympics car parks, with park and ride. I might be wrong though, but that's what I hard was happening at the Ricoh.
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| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 12:12 - Jul 30 with 3465 views | Clive_Anderson |
Never been to the Ricoh. Is it really that bad?
It looks a lot better than say Brighton's new one which everyone seems to love. | | | |
| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 12:14 - Jul 30 with 3462 views | Metallica_Hoop |
| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 12:12 - Jul 30 by Clive_Anderson |
Never been to the Ricoh. Is it really that bad?
It looks a lot better than say Brighton's new one which everyone seems to love. |
It's a horrible place. The shopping centre next door is as souless as the ground.
We also lost 3-0 I had such high hopes for Shimmin too  |  |
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| Help needed - Ricoh Arena on 12:45 - Jul 30 with 3431 views | Mr_Foxy |
I went to the Ricoh Arena yesterday for the Mexico v Gabon game followed by Switzerland v South Korea. The official crowd was 30,114 which is at least twice what Coventry get, and it was actually a cracking atmosphere with it so full (though there were only about 18,000 left by the end of the second game!)
As for parking - all the usual places that open up for football are open! The field that is just off the M6 was open but full by the time I got there yesterday (60 mins before the first kick off) but I just followed some other signs for unofficial parking and ended up in massive lorry trailer park which loads of other people used. There were lots of other industrial units opening up as per normal Coventry games. There were signs for "Official Olympic Parking" but I avoided them like the plague. Everyone was charging £10 for parking though so be prepared to be ripped off!
One thing I did find daft about the ground yesterday is that ALL of the signs around the ground have been taped up and covered over by Olympic badges, which includes the massive RICOH sign at the top of the ground thats usually visible from the M6, all the Coventry City badges around the ground, even to the point of the "Coventry Evening Telegraph Stand" signs being removed!
Enjoy the day, can't imagine there will be 30,000 on a weekday but the atmosphere is much better than I've ever seen for a Coventry match there! |  | | |
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