Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Tue May 18, 2010 12:39 pm  

Im pleased were up and running with this....really I am

I dont wanna be negative BUT.....just a few concerns

- is it ALL Seater or do we still have standing?

- Whilst this 'should' keep us in super league.....it wont provide us with any more money as it looks as though ticket sales/advertisi8ng revenue goes to the joint venture company which were not a part of. So, even with bigger crowds we wouldnt get that much more money as we will have to pay this company. Maybe it wont be like this, but just a concern if you ask me

and yes----who ever made the prototype design could have at least put red seats in!!

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Tue May 18, 2010 8:24 pm  

hopefully there will be a supporters club on site not like warrington who have nothing on there stadium for fans to have a few drinks.

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Tue May 18, 2010 8:45 pm  

Sorry if I offend anybody, but it's shocking imo. After so much expectation we're ending up with a Subbuteo stadium. Far from distinctive and representative of a city that should be setting themselves above the rest.
Fully appreciate the difficulties in meeting the demands of the original design but all the same, I personally hate settling for 2nd best.
This stadium oozes of 'bargain basement stadia' / 'rushed job in order to keep the RFL happy'

Not expecting anyone to agree with me but hey, there it is!

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Tue May 18, 2010 9:18 pm  

The BBC online report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 690453.stm

The BBC online report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 690453.stm

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Tue May 18, 2010 9:58 pm  

Red Preacher wrote:

Sorry if I offend anybody, but it's shocking imo. After so much expectation we're ending up with a Subbuteo stadium. Far from distinctive and representative of a city that should be setting themselves above the rest.
Fully appreciate the difficulties in meeting the demands of the original design but all the same, I personally hate settling for 2nd best.
This stadium oozes of 'bargain basement stadia' / 'rushed job in order to keep the RFL happy'

Not expecting anyone to agree with me but hey, there it is!

actually I do agree with you. unfortunately, I don't think that there is any alternative

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Tue May 18, 2010 10:06 pm  

Red Preacher wrote:

Sorry if I offend anybody, but it's shocking imo. After so much expectation we're ending up with a Subbuteo stadium. Far from distinctive and representative of a city that should be setting themselves above the rest.
Fully appreciate the difficulties in meeting the demands of the original design but all the same, I personally hate settling for 2nd best.
This stadium oozes of 'bargain basement stadia' / 'rushed job in order to keep the RFL happy'

Not expecting anyone to agree with me but hey, there it is!

It was always going to be disappointing when comparing it with the original designs which were probably a touch over-ambitious, even without a global recession taking its toll.

At the end of the day though the crux of the matter = new stadium > no stadium

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Tue May 18, 2010 10:11 pm  

this is gonna be far from our original "ionic" design!mixture of wire/widnes/leigh me thinks.council and peel running the show,nowt to do with us in reality as what coffers are salford cirty reds rfl putting onto the kitty????we are simply going to be tennants and cant see how this will improve the finances of the club/further up the slary cap etc,glad we getting a new ground,but far from excited as i was 3 years ago!!!

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Wed May 19, 2010 7:31 am  

wardleyred wrote:

but far from excited as i was 3 years ago!!!

Maybe part of that is the 'false dawns' we have had over the past few years... I kind of become numb to it all until the bricks are laid... so whereas it's exciting to get the news... there is an air of 'yeah whatever' that niggles away in the back of my mind to stop me doing cartwheels.

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Wed May 19, 2010 7:38 am  

FFS
We get a new stadium actually started and yet people still find something to moan about.
The club are skint,there is a global recession, the pound is at a all time low, building at other projects has been shelved and still somehow the club manage to get this off the ground.
I always thought a stadium similar to Leigh or Widnes would suit us and I see nothing wrong with these.
The options are we stay at the Willows and play in the championship.
And people say I whinge

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Wed May 19, 2010 7:41 am  

Cannot believe some of the comments above. Who do we think we are?

We are in a slump yet the Board are still managing to produce a fantastic stadium for all of us backed by outside parties who will ensure the ground will be delivered on time.

I would like to thank the hierarchy for delivering in this financial climate.