Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:16 am  

The Chair Maker wrote:

One thing no one has commented upon, and its something i find quite unusual re a stadium of this size, and that is that the roof actually juts out beyond the edge of the terracing.

This should ensure that even those on the front rows have a reasonable chance of staying dry when its raining.

You may even stand a chance of staying dry when walking along the concourse in front of the stands

Apologies if I've missed this, but are they going to be building another couple steps of terracing down to ground level or will it be that raised?

Couple of reasons I ask. Firstly, they haven't put barriers at the front, as though they perhaps haven't finished building this bit yet, they haven't built the steps required to get into the terracing, and also it looks like they may have left a wide channel from the edge of the pitch to where they have built to allow for plant access.

If it is staying like that, there looks to be a huge distance from the terracing to the edge of the pitch, or is that an illusion created by the pics?

Either way, it looks awesome!

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:00 pm  

Dave T wrote:

Apologies if I've missed this, but are they going to be building another couple steps of terracing down to ground level or will it be that raised?

Couple of reasons I ask. Firstly, they haven't put barriers at the front, as though they perhaps haven't finished building this bit yet, they haven't built the steps required to get into the terracing, and also it looks like they may have left a wide channel from the edge of the pitch to where they have built to allow for plant access.

If it is staying like that, there looks to be a huge distance from the terracing to the edge of the pitch, or is that an illusion created by the pics?

Either way, it looks awesome!

It will be raised but there will be steps down either side of the exits to gain access to the seats/terracing. It is raised to allow room for disabled/wheelchair seeting at the front of each stand.

The concourse will be cemented certainly the yellow sheet area will be and then I think they will have an "advertising" barrier between stands and pitch area

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:38 am  

Chris Saint wrote:

It will be raised but there will be steps down either side of the exits to gain access to the seats/terracing. It is raised to allow room for disabled/wheelchair seeting at the front of each stand.

The concourse will be cemented certainly the yellow sheet area will be and then I think they will have an "advertising" barrier between stands and pitch area

Cheers, will the grass area be extended (ie the 2m runoff area added) or is the pitch really that far from the terracing? Or does it just look worse on the photos?

[Sadfish]

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:46 am  

Dave T wrote:

Cheers, will the grass area be extended (ie the 2m runoff area added) or is the pitch really that far from the terracing? Or does it just look worse on the photos?

I think it looks fine, great for getting out afterwards, plenty of room soon dissapears when 4,000 people are all leaving at once, Wigan of course don't need so much room as people start to leave 20 mins before the end so their concourses are much narrower

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:50 am  

Sadfish wrote:

I think it looks fine, great for getting out afterwards, plenty of room soon dissapears when 4,000 people are all leaving at once, Wigan of course don't need so much room as people start to leave 20 mins before the end so their concourses are much narrower

Maybe it won't look as big a space when the concourse is concreted and the barriers and steps put in. At the moment it looks a large space to me - if you look at the workman on the pitch, he is probably 2m in, which is probably where the touchline would need to be, and that seems a good distance from the fans.

I like it when the stands are right up close to the pitch, as I say maybe it's just the picture.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:14 am  

To be fair have a look at the distance at Widnes, pretty much the same distance fron the bottom of the stand to the pitch.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:37 am  

What does it matter how big the steps are in front of the pitch? You won't be allowed to exit there anyway will you?

Does anyone have any information about the important stuff, like how big the bar/food areas within the ground are and whether there will be terrible queues at said vending points? Also, are the toilets big enough to ensure I don't have to queue?

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:59 am  

Two Wheeled Saint wrote:

To be fair have a look at the distance at Widnes, pretty much the same distance fron the bottom of the stand to the pitch.

Fair enough then. As I said earlier, I like it when the fans are close to the pitch, feel it really improves the atmosphere and it just looks a decent distance. If it's comparable to other similar grounds though then it'll be brilliant.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:32 pm  

Dave T wrote:

Fair enough then. As I said earlier, I like it when the fans are close to the pitch, feel it really improves the atmosphere and it just looks a decent distance. If it's comparable to other similar grounds though then it'll be brilliant.

Doesnt look any different than the concourses at Warrington

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:28 pm  

Looks to be about 7 metres wide (As you say no diff to warry's) and if it's not going to have anything else then at least those in the front seats wont have their view impeded by fans milling around getting beer throughout the match (Or stewards in the way for that matter). We had this problem at Harelquins as the very front seats are so low down compared to the concourse area our view was obstructed throughout the game