Pittodrie Stadium

jaymoir14

22 Aug 2017

Pittodrie Stadium - Wheelchair Access

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Date of visit: August 2017

I have experience of challenges around: moving around

Overall Rating

Poor

As a season ticket holder at Pittodrie, I obviously attend very regularly. However, as much as I love 'The Dons', I must admit that the 118 year old stadium is not very wheelchair friendly. It all starts with there being very few disabled parking spaces so arrive early or be forced to park quite a fair bit away from the stadium. Once inside the stadium, the view is pretty poor as you're on floor level and have to put up with the substitutes warming up in front of you as well as stewards going back and fore. There is only one accessible refreshments kiosk and that is located in the Richard Donald Stand so if you're like me and are coming to sit in the Merkland Stand, you will have to ask somebody to get you some refreshments when required. The atmosphere at Pittodrie on normal match-days is pretty poor but if you choose to come to a game where we play Celtic or Rangers, you're in for a treat as we normally get a full-house and everyone is 'buzzing'. No complaints about the toilets, they're fully accessible and staff are also very helpful and always say hello. So I may not sound like an Aberdeen fan after this review but the Dons are a very good team and watching them play makes you forget about all of the issues for 90 minutes so if you choose to come along one weekend, I wish you a great time. If you have anymore questions, feel free to tweet me @jaymoir14

Disabled Access In and Around

Poor

It all starts with there being very few disabled parking spaces so arrive early or be forced to park quite a fair bit away from the stadium. Once inside the stadium, the view is pretty poor as you're on floor level and have to put up with the substitutes warming up in front of you as well as stewards going back and fore. There is only one accessible refreshments kiosk and that is located in the Richard Donald Stand so if you're like me and are coming to sit in the Merkland Stand, you will have to ask somebody to get you some refreshments when required.

Parking & Transport

Bad

It all starts with there being very few disabled parking spaces so arrive early or be forced to park quite a fair bit away from the stadium.

Accessible Toilets

Excellent

No real complaints about the toilets very spacious and all have grab-rails and reachable help cords.

Staff

Good

Staff are pleasant and always say hello. They also try to help you in any way required.

Additional Information

The atmosphere at Pittodrie on normal match-days is pretty poor but if you choose to come to a game where we play Celtic or Rangers, you're in for a treat as we normally get a full-house and everyone is 'buzzing'.