Come on, surely you can get 13,500 people in if they all turn up together half an hour before kick off?

....10 seconds per person would take nearly 40 hours with 1 turnstile open.

So 80 turnstiles needed to get everyone in, in 30 minutes. (with a wait of up to 30 minutes.)

Just get there in good time. Don't leave it late then whinge about a queue.

Not so easy for out of towners on a weeknight mind.

I got there relatively early and still had a big queue to get in.
Also didn't use Walton St for the first time this year. It's been a nightmare getting out of there last few games.

Rubbish, I met up with a couple from Rugby outside the stadium last year when there was exactly the same thing being talked. I'd come up from Hertfordshire for a Thursday game and we were at the stadium turnstiles 50mins before kickoff no problem at all. In fact they had being delayed on their journey and normally arrive earlier.
people keep trotting out the same old stuff with little meat to back it up, whilst I'm sure some fans can't get away any earlier than they do this isn't anything to do with why there are queue's right up to kick-off at certain times of year and the resultant nonsense threads thereafter.

The problem as mentioned is a large number of fans all waiting til last minute to get in, this is exacerbated by some who don't quite get the scanning thing correct which wouldn't be a big deal if fans didn't leave it til the last minute to get in.

Earliest I can set off from West Yorkshire due to work commitments is 6.15pm. Therefore the suggestion that I should simply turn up earlier and not comment if there is a queue when Thursday/Friday nights kick off at 7.45 is not necessarily taking context for all into account. Further, we never had these issues prior to automated turnstiles nor are there queues of this length at other grounds. The cynic in me would suggest the Allams have cut costs with an associated negative impact on spectator experience. Whether the latter was their intention or not is questionable.

LOads of cheap tickets given away with the HDM boosted the crowd, largely with rare visitors who don't get the scanners !! REgulars got it sussed.

What happened to members getting access to cheap tickets first ?

You never been in that huge queue at Wheldon Road, trying to get in the 4 turnstyles made available?

Been wondering about the barcode / scanning entry system. Not sure how much of a cost saving it really is. After the initial cost of installation, there are still plenty of stewards outside to assist. Has this really saved a material amount?

The lack of efficiency at the bar / food stands is another thing which I find mindblowingly slow. The lack of organisation / supervision / general ability of those working results in large queues and slow service. They would sell more if it were made a smoother process. You can go to events with 50k plus people in attendance and be tended to within a matter of a few minutes rather then the 15 or so it takes at the KC.

On the Cas point yes I've queued but not for the length of time sometimes is the case now for home games and prior to automated turnstiles at the KCOM I don't remember the same issues. Also gates at Cas are generally half those we had yesterday. Like you I can't see that the business case was hugely compelling when there are 2 stewards on anyway, incremental savings must be small against presumably a big capital outlay.