I know that you mean mate, but it’s a question of pure economics, some of the bands can sell out the capacity of the hydro 14,300 instantly, the capacity of the barrowlands is 1,900, different sized venues for different levels of bands, there no question Glasgow needed a large capacity venue, or the biggest acts with large stage shows just missed Scotland out, it’s way better than when we used to see bands in the secc, the sound in there was really bad.
The old Apollo only held 3,500, with the stage 12’ up in the air, but had great acoustics
I was at the king’s theatre last year for the rocky horror picture show, and the seats were so narrow my arms were practically in the chests of the people sitting next to me, great show but terribly cramped
Aye its pathetic it really is .
Worked in there building stages for a year or so.
Everything you could imagine to be wrong with a modern day venue is in place there, twice I had serious accidents it was so dangerous (is , so dangerous, nothings changed) , no one is qualified to do half of what's asked.
I could've died/serious consequences of a fall from a scaffold with no harness, climbers with zero experience other than can lift will lift .
The design is so flawed there's no storage space indoors.
At the Cirque du Soleil they brought tons of equipment, trucks would drive into the hydro , unload a million of those big black cases on wheels. We'd empty them , sort them, then have to roll the boxes outside of the hydro til after the show then back inside to refill them then reload them back on the trucks cos some idiot didnt think that having a few big rooms under where everyone's sitting to store shit in was a worthy idea, so it's just the floor and a huge wall the people sit up on.
Aye they can squeeze bodies in there
At full capacity, it can accomodate 14,300 people, seated and standing.
Of those, 2,000 fans can buy standing tickets, depending on what is on.
When the floor area is filled with seats, the overall capacity drops to 12,306.
Some gigs are restricted to 7,000 - 9-000.
There's no denying the benefits of Glasgow's Hydro , when it opened in 2019 only New Yorks only the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York sold more tickets throughout the year.
Back then it shifted a staggering 1,055,970 tickets in 12 months - which was 300,000 more tickets than The 02 in London. Quite incredible for our wee backwater bs country we keep hearing how irrelevant we are globally yet the hydro outcomes the Sydney opera House.
Don't mind gigs of old timers playing there were folk mostly will want a sit down but younger up and coming bands , plus those cashing in on past glories like Arctic monkeys etc to make a fast buck, people want to dance to that , not all, should still be enough seats.
However we have Glasgow green, Bellahouston Park ( both guns and Roses and Arctic monkeys have played there at the latter past two nights I think).
So many places and aye hydro looks really cool at night if you're out and see it's colours but you want to be inside not out lol.
Also this no wheelchair access to the top ( and cheapest) tier tickets is disgraceful.
Disabled must buy a more expensive ticket?
Fs did Neil Doncaster broker that?
How can they get away with that in todays woke world ?
Apart from that don't like it
( ibuprofen and vicks at the ready) 
)) and sounds superb from 100 metres away as on telly with those outfis and stuff, but i digress as I'd slung her oot the hoose dont come back! , before she was a child of destiny , aye caught her fingering my Celtic programmes bitch, but not bitter.
...hmmm well close but no.
no but I think we're on the right track
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could add a bit of this ?
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bhoys and ghirls.
Withdrawals , new manager, Fraserburgh game isn't on any MSM channels so shirley Celtic TV will show this match. 
