Stadium Redevelopments

[ADL9798]

Bizarre.

I can only assume the thought process was that given they'll be redoing the Anfield Road end in the next few years there was no point going to the very costly effort of repositioning the roof supports for that end at this stage, given it would just need to be ripped out again a year or 2 down the track when the new stand goes in.

 

[jod23]

Shame as I hear the Annie Rd end is being put off for the time being.

 

[Jatz]

I presume those tickets would be heavily discounted?

 

[ADL9798]

I presume those tickets would be heavily discounted?

"Restricted viewing", as it was if you were unfortunate enough to be sitting behind one of the 4 pillars that held up the roof in the old Main Stand. Fortunately this will only be a short term issue i.e. until they redo the Anfield Road End. Irritating for people who are sitting there for the time being but I can understand the club leaving it as is for now though, particularly if the intention is to complete the 2nd stage of the redevelopment in the next few years.

Edit: council approval has already been granted for this:




That blemish aside, the new stand looks bloody fantastic and I can't wait to see it at full capacity against your boys on Saturday. Expected to be the largest crowd at Anfield since the final home game of the 1976/77 season.

 

[Zidane98]

I presume those tickets would be heavily discounted?

There's 400 seats that are affected. These seats go for £9 in Category C games (mostly league cup games or FA Cup games against small clubs).

Hopefully the club gets a wriggle on and finishes the Anfield rd upgrade in the next couple of years! !

 

[Fwoy]

 

[Fwoy]

"FSG benefited from a change of attitude at the council, but have duly delivered on their promise to revamp Anfield and outline planning permission for phase two, a redevelopment of the Anfield Road End which would see the capacity exceed 60,000, is already agreed."


"Fenway Sports Group principal owner John W Henry, chairman Tom Werner and president Mike Gordon will attend the official opening of the new stand tomorrow, which has added 8,500 additional seats to Anfield to create a capacity now in excess of 54,000."


"With the new facility expected to generate an extra £20m-£25m in revenue per season, the loan FSG made available could be repaid within five to six years."

http://www.90min.com/posts/3747849-fsg-agree-the-2nd-phase-of-anfield-redevelopment?a_aid=36569

 

[jod23]

Paul Joyce tweeted that the Annie Rd end will happen sooner rather than later which probably explains that large pole in the way of everyone on that corner of the ground. It wont be there long.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Transport to Spurs is already shit, is there any plans to make it better?

Just read the minutes of a Supporters Trust and THFC meeting.

Engineers are doing Thursday and Sunday work on the Northumberland Park Station (overground) with a £75m investment apparently.

From what I can gather they're upgrading the signalling to allow increased train frequency, whilst architects/engineers have on behalf of the club submitted plans to the relevant bodies for approval to get extra tracks added to NP station on the Victoria line and to either refurbish White Hart Lane Station or build a new station directly south of that Station.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

moomba

 

[jd2010]

moomba

As long as London transport schedule trains through the station at least every 5-9 mins on match days

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Bojan KantKick
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...rank-Liverpool-Anfield-Main-Stand-news-gossip

lol. Wonder how long it stays up

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Lel. Nice work.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

So, Uber Stadium... Doesn't quite have a good ring to it. 20m a season reportedly being discussed which I guess would be important in paying for the redevelopment.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Uber for maicon doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

 

[Jatz]

Uber stadium sounds hilarious haha.

 

[WealstoneRaider]

That's a bit naff to be fair.

 

[OzBomber]

Here's the before and after photos I took of Anfield. The first being when we played Arsenal back in January just after the roof truss had been lifted, and the other against Man United the other week. You really have to be there to acknowledge the sheer size of the stand, one of the more impressive stands I've seen in Europe.

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Forest Green have announced that Zaha Hadid Architects have won the competition to design their new Eco Park football stadium - apparently they designed a stadium for the 2022 World Cup as well so they must have some talent behind them.

What's most interesting for mine is that apparently it will be completely made of wood - first all wooden stadium in the world! All part of the owner's (Dale Vince) ambitions to be a sustainable and environmentally friendly club.

Here's some concept pics of what it should look like.

http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.u...oden-stadium/story-29865681-detail/story.html

 

[Jatz]

Admittedly I'm not much of an 'outdoorsman' but wouldn't that rot over time?

 

[Zidane98]

Admittedly I'm not much of an 'outdoorsman' but wouldn't that rot over time?

Not if you used high quality wood like merbau and maintained it by painting / staining it regularly. Shitload of work though!!

 

[Jatz]

Not if you used high quality wood like merbau and maintained it by painting / staining it regularly. Shitload of work though!!

What's the problem with using steel? How does it impact the environment in a way that wood wouldn't?

Just seems odd to me haha.

 

[elhadjihenry]

Not if you used high quality wood like merbau and maintained it by painting / staining it regularly. Shitload of work though!!

I doubt they would make a stadium out of Merbau

The structure would likely be glue laminated timber which is incredibly strong and lightweight compared to concrete or steel and has (surprisingly) a higher fire resistance level than steel beams do. It's also a sustainable material that can be renewable (through replanting) rather than steel which uses up the finite supply of iron ore on the planet. Add to that the fact it looks pretty incredible compared to steel structures and you'll see a much greater use of timber in high rise/massive structures into the future.

 

[Zidane98]

What's the problem with using steel? How does it impact the environment in a way that wood wouldn't?

Just seems odd to me haha.

I agree. Bizarre concept and would be a nightmare maintaining it. At least with steel & concrete is pretty much maintenace free.

 

[NUFC Tiger]

What's the problem with using steel? How does it impact the environment in a way that wood wouldn't?

Just seems odd to me haha.

I'm a bit like you mate haha but read this in a different article from the architects talking about the design - hopefully they know what they're talking about!

"The choice of a natural material for the stadium falls in line with the development’s environmentally-conscious concept – the wooden structure will allow the stadium to have the lowest embodied carbon of any stadium in the world. Virtually every element will be constructed of sustainably sourced timber, including the structure, roof cantilevers and louvered cladding.

Additionally, the stadium roof will be made up of a transparent membrane, which according to ZHA, “contributes to turf growth, minimizes stark shadows for players and fans and reduces the volumetric impact of the stadium from distant views in the surrounding landscape.”

“We’ve done as much as we can to make our current stadium properly sustainable, but we are limited with what we can do – it simply wasn’t built with the environment in mind. At Eco Park, we’ve started with a blank sheet of paper, and we’ll be going further than anyone has done before – this really will be the greenest football stadium in the world,” explains Dale Vince, Ecotricity founder and Forest Green Rovers chairman.

"As a building material, timber is highly durable, recyclable and beautiful,” adds Heverin. “The proximity of the stadium’s structural elements to each other has also been determined to enable the seating terraces and floor slab to be made from timber. In most other stadiums, these elements are concrete or steel.

This is what the owner said in a statement on the club website as well (he owns a green energy company):

The really standout thing about this stadium is that it’s going to be entirely made of wood – the first time that will have been done anywhere in the world.

The importance of using wood is not only that it’s a naturally occurring material, it has very low carbon content – about as low as it gets for a building material.

We’ve done as much as we can to make our current stadium properly sustainable, but we are limited with what we can do – it simply wasn’t built with the environment in mind.