Re: Stadium Site pictures : Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:02 pm  

I thought the arrangements with the multistorey car parks were firmly in place so to read that in fact they are not is somewhat unsettling. If the Council does not decide to support the development in this way then there is going to be absolute chaos. But then, this being St Helens, that wouldn't surprise me!

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:43 pm  

Re parking on Tesco's during matchday.

Barriers are shown on the plans to gain access and egress to the car park. I also expect that either a ticketing system will be in operation, or alternatively camera's with ANPR installed to log cars going in and those leaving.
Such a system is already in operation in many places today. Liverpool airport carparks being one such place.

I also suspect that in the short term the area currently taken up by the portacabins and builders car park, will be used for stadium parking, possibly coaches. Its quite a sizeable area and could probably safely hold over 100 cars or 10+ coaches.

I know that there is phase 2 of the scheme planned for the South west side of the site, however in the current economic climate i cannot see that area being built on for a number of years. Hence i think that in all likelyhood this will end up being used as a temporary stadium car park or overflow for Tesco's.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:58 pm  

Sure you can park on Tesco if you spend ~5 pounds in the store.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:39 pm  

I'd imagine Tesco will have the same cameras they have on the car park in the town centre, if you're in there for over 2 hours you'll get a ticket if you shop or not.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:09 pm  

nice night shot from the webcam

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:42 am  

It's looking brilliant.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:36 pm  

Ok folks , seeing I am at Wakefield tomorrow and I was shopping at Icleand on the retail park next door i thought i would take a few

walking up Peasley Cross road i thought this was a nice view



North east corner



Close up of the posh peoples boxes



The east stand entrance has been welded on



SE gets one as well



close up



South stand



looks impressive doesnt it?





a view under the east stand



and the edgings for the parking

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:54 pm  

It's looking very good, definitely not your basic ikea stadium

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:59 pm  

I must have just missed mr and Mrs Gruntfuttock, though saw a number of other people get out their cars and take some snaps of the stadium.

Anyway here are my pics.

The BIG NEWS.
We have outer cladding, and its BLACK. not red or silver as shown in the artists impressions, but BLACK.
It makes me wonder if the stadium is going to end up clad in RED, WHITE and BLACK, which just happen to be the colours of Mr Big's favourite soccer team.



Most of the glass cladding appears to have been fitted for the South stand, it can be seen at ground level going round to the West stand
This pic shows the main entrance



The south east corner showing glass and also the entrance steelwork



The roof line in the South East corner is far more interesting than is normally the case with stadia



Here we see the East stand fully roofed, and also an entrance being built right in the middle.





A close up of the massive concrete Kerbs being put in.



Two entrances have also been built for the North stand. Below is one of them
I cant help put visualise the fact that these entrances with their cross bars connected to vertical posts look like rugby posts.
Wonder if this has been deliberately done so fans enter the ground from under the sticks, so to speak??



The sanded pitch looks like a golden bowling green at present.
Its also noticable that there appears to be a disabled balcony at the back of the West stand, in addition to the disabled platform lower down the stand. This upper platform isnt shown on the council planning website.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:22 pm  

Absolutely beautiful and great photography as usually. Many thanks .