Re: Bramall Lane in 2016? : Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:35 am  

Hillsborough Lad wrote: We were also told the ground was going to hold 10,000, now it's dropped to 5,000. What's the minimum capacity for a ground to be eligible for Super League again? I think it changed when Licensing ended. London Broncos,while in Super League last year,went to The Hive,which,I believe,has 3k seats and 5k capacity. The one to be constructed for us will start at 4/5k with the potential to be able to account for 10k. Salford has the capacity of 12k and able to be enlarged to 18/20k just as the HJ Stadium at Warrington has been able to increase capacity recently. The one at Leigh is 12k capacity,all seated and I believe it cannot increase capacity but is large enough to hold international games. The Minimum Standards I can find - not very helpful - but fairly up to date - ARE HERE Keep The Faith - as they say

Hillsborough Lad wrote: We were also told the ground was going to hold 10,000, now it's dropped to 5,000. What's the minimum capacity for a ground to be eligible for Super League again? I think it changed when Licensing ended. London Broncos,while in Super League last year,went to The Hive,which,I believe,has 3k seats and 5k capacity. The one to be constructed for us will start at 4/5k with the potential to be able to account for 10k. Salford has the capacity of 12k and able to be enlarged to 18/20k just as the HJ Stadium at Warrington has been able to increase capacity recently. The one at Leigh is 12k capacity,all seated and I believe it cannot increase capacity but is large enough to hold international games. The Minimum Standards I can find - not very helpful - but fairly up to date - ARE HERE Keep The Faith - as they say

Re: Bramall Lane in 2016? : Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:38 am  

Minimum standards are all very pappy these days. Deliberately so, I suspect.

I'm not sure why folk think we can't play in Aston Park until the capacity's up to 10000

[Hillsborough Lad]

Re: Bramall Lane in 2016? : Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:12 am  

Show me somewhere where anyone has said we can't play there unless the capacity is 10,000?

The issue is, we were told the stadium would have a capacity of 10,000, now it's 5,000. Why has it been halved?

Re: Bramall Lane in 2016? : Sun Jun 28, 2015 10:24 am  

Because when we start playing in it, it'll be half finished.

Still big enough for us. Why wait ?

Re: Bramall Lane in 2016? : Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:15 pm  

Hillsborough Lad wrote:

Show me somewhere where anyone has said we can't play there unless the capacity is 10,000?

The issue is, we were told the stadium would have a capacity of 10,000, now it's 5,000. Why has it been halved?

It may be nit picking, but the Stadium can have a capacity of 10,000 even though we're only building half the stands and terraces at the moment. There's room to build the other accommodation when we get into Super League, and there doesn't seem much point paying to build a stand which will remain empty until we do. On the odd occasion that we might need the space (say we draw Leeds at home in the 2017 Challenge Cup QF) we could always go to Bramall Lane, or maybe Hillsborough now they are both going to have Desso pitches.

[Hillsborough Lad]

Re: Bramall Lane in 2016? : Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:47 am  

I do understand that, but in a hypothetical situation, we get promoted and the capacity of the new stadium is 5,000. By the time we have added an extra 5,000 capacity, we could have been relegated again!

Re: Bramall Lane in 2016? : Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:23 pm  

Yeah, but we could get promoted again.

In fact, that sort of cycle is quite likely.

Re: Bramall Lane in 2016? : Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:49 am  

Where will Sheffield Eagles nest next season? - http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/other-sp ... -1-7335930

Where will Sheffield Eagles nest next season? - http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/other-sp ... -1-7335930

Re: Bramall Lane in 2016? : Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:43 pm  

Work on the new stadium site scheduled to start next month - para 7 Sheffield Eagles mentioned - para 9 Of This Little Lot

Work on the new stadium site scheduled to start next month - para 7 Sheffield Eagles mentioned - para 9 Of This Little Lot