Hampden Park Reviews Summary

Stadium Design & Comfort

Pros:

• "Easily the biggest stadium ever, for European crowd records and the first stadium in the world to be built as a neutral venue for International football."
• "The complex seemed to be pretty large, well organized and with a decent crowd capacity and a large parking space."
• "Great Stadium in the City of Glasgow with surrounding food and drink spots for quick bites before, during and after games."
• "Good all round stadium, seating good, views unimpeded, access to food etc fine."
• "Superb stadium, been many times for football games, but mostly for gigs and concerts, big stadium with a great atmosphere and superb for concerts."
• "It's a good viewing arena with all seats that I am aware of having an unobstructed view."
• "The stadium was very clean, and I mean very clean. Nothing under the seats, no rubbish anywhere."

Cons:

• "Your too far away from the pitch, seats uncomfortable."
• "Can feel as if you are quite a distance away from the pitch due to the poor design."
• "Views from the front few rows are dreadful and if you're at the back behind the goals you'd be as well staying at home."
• "So far away from the pitch you struggle to see anything."
• "Seats too far from the pitch. Looks cheap and nasty compared with other national stadia."
• "If you are behind the goal you need to be about 20 rows back just to be at crossbar height making the view down to the other end hopeless."
• "Horrendous views of the pitch from almost anywhere you sit."

Accessibility & Transport

Pros:

• "Easy access through turnstiles and clean toilets at start."
• "The stadium is easy to access, and staff were great getting in."
• "Public transport is within easy walking distance of the stadium, and programs and food are not as expensive as you'd expect from a place like this."
• "There are also entrances for people with disabilities next to the main entrance with lifts between floors for easy access to all levels."
• "The directions to our seats were clear & easy to follow."
• "Automatic turnstiles worked well."
• "There are plenty of public transport options in the area to use and if you must drive, parking somewhere like battlefield or shawlands is the best bet."

Cons:

• "The arrival and entry was fine, however leaving was positively terrifying."
• "Ridiculous Q’s trying to get near by car, also an hour+ for the trains back to the Centre & way too far out to walk both ways from the town."
• "Public transport links aren't the best and public parking is now restricted to residents only on match/event days."
• "Great stadium for football and concerts. But transport links are really poor."
• "Difficult to get to in a car. Access roads always clogged up even when the crowd is low."
• "Transport links chronic (can take over an hour just to get to motorway)."
• "No infrastructure or transport links."

Facilities & Services

Pros:

• "Staff were lovely and G4s security went above and beyond."
• "Premises are spotlessly clean staff are very helpful and pleasant."
• "Very clean, very organised and very safe."
• "The staff were all so polite, friendly and helpful from the minute we arrived until we left."
• "The staff were very helpful."
• "The staff did not seem very well informed, but they were friendly and as helpful as they could be."
• "The staff were really helpful the food n drink was good compared with the secc loads of food vendors loads of bars hardly any queues used to go to football games 30 years ago the place is so much better now very easy to get access around a great place for concerts and football."

Cons:

• "Hampden park could really do with some serious updating and renovating as everything looks tired and stuck in the past."
• "The place feels very old and it Needs a good revamp/ refurbishment."
• "Hampden itself needs revamped. Looks a bit run down."
• "The ladies toilets did not flush there was no running water for the taps."
• "Toilets disgusting, food disgusting and expensive."
• "Toilets were a disgrace full of buckfast bottles and cigarette ends."
• "Toilets queues were too long only to find out that when you finally made it they were blocked and overflowing."

Experience & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "What a place, great atmosphere."
• "The noise of the singing was emense from the Scotland fans and the Danes were brilliant."
• "Good atmosphere due to the Tartan Army."
• "The atmosphere was brilliant."
• "Go on a Scotland game and you won't regret it. Absolutely outstanding atmosphere and you've pretty much got a great view wherever you sit."
• "Great atmosphere but that's to be expected as Scotland were playing at home."
• "A great venue for football based events."

Cons:

• "Every visit I have to Hampden is disappointing."
• "Terrible stadium for football matches. The national stadium should be in our capital city Edinburgh. Traffic is a nightmare and parking is as bad."
• "Atmosphere also wasn't good."
• "The stands are too far away from the pitch which means the atmosphere is usually poor."
• "Service slow and grumpy hence massive queues for both food and drink."
• "Toilets were overflowing they really need to have someone around at these venues to clear it up quickly."
• "It’s too far away from behind the goals."