Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:20 am  

The cladding plans are on page 226.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:01 pm  

heatybob1878 wrote:

again well done CM on some great pics,just going back to the stadium pics,inparticular the one showing the terreces and concourse are these the areas where the cladding has yet to be taken up full height as looking at the pic fans will get pi55 wet through on that concourse or am i missing something!!.also and this may sound ignorant what is the "halo" and is there a problem with that.sorry if this has been answered before but there are 250+ pages on this thread...many tnx for any reply

The Halo is simply the shape of the stadium (tenuous, I know).

The cladding issue will be sorted, if not for the first game then certainly within the early part of the season.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:34 am  

I saw a link to this article on Twitter. It's about the pitch. Hmmm. I hope the club were more prepared than the article suggests they were!

I saw a link to this article on Twitter. It's about the pitch. Hmmm. I hope the club were more prepared than the article suggests they were!

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:10 pm  

SaintsFan wrote: I saw a link to this article on Twitter. It's about the pitch. Hmmm. I hope the club were more prepared than the article suggests they were! Reading that you can see why clubs are looking at how Widnes get on with their plastic pitch. The fact the club have gone to the expense of fitting a top line pitch would make me think they would be prepared to fork out for the necessary maintenance. £25k a year sounds a lot. However if a well kept pitch reduces player injuries and results in better rugby that attracts fans then the revenue will be clawed back that way. It does show however that new stadiums can be just as much a money pit as old grounds.

SaintsFan wrote: I saw a link to this article on Twitter. It's about the pitch. Hmmm. I hope the club were more prepared than the article suggests they were! Reading that you can see why clubs are looking at how Widnes get on with their plastic pitch. The fact the club have gone to the expense of fitting a top line pitch would make me think they would be prepared to fork out for the necessary maintenance. £25k a year sounds a lot. However if a well kept pitch reduces player injuries and results in better rugby that attracts fans then the revenue will be clawed back that way. It does show however that new stadiums can be just as much a money pit as old grounds.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:17 pm  

I would question the conclusion that the club has not incorporated maintenance costs into their thinking, as the writer does`nt know if it was , as none of us know either however £25,000 is considerably less than the £500,000 a year it took to keep KR from falling down and up to H&S spec

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:26 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

Reading that you can see why clubs are looking at how Widnes get on with their plastic pitch.

The fact the club have gone to the expense of fitting a top line pitch would make me think they would be prepared to fork out for the necessary maintenance.

£25k a year sounds a lot. However if a well kept pitch reduces player injuries and results in better rugby that attracts fans then the revenue will be clawed back that way.

It does show however that new stadiums can be just as much a money pit as old grounds.

It was something Bondi_Warrior mentioned in an earlier post

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:56 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

The bridge will look even better on Good Friday with all the Wigan flags draped over it.


Great photos CM. I still haven't received those dvds btw, I'll pm you if I manage to get them.

It'll look even better with 15 minutes of playing time still on the clock and it's full of Wigan fans going home early in disgust.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:09 pm  

Donkey OTay wrote:

It'll look even better with 15 minutes of playing time still on the clock and it's full of Wigan fans going home early in disgust.

thanks for the info guys

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:21 pm  

We could do with some computer generated lasers installed in the arch. So that ever time we score, it lights up the sky .....TRY

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:53 pm  

Picked up my season ticket today and took a few snaps.

This is the view of the West stand concourse. As you can see its flooded. If the weather is bad on friday then i recommend people ensure they bring some Wellies or boots.



The North stand was a lot better, just the odd puddle.



I suspect with prevailing winds in the UK coming from the South West, it will be the West terrace that suffers the most re flooded concourses.

They were also taking away the supports for the Bridge today



still work to do though to get the bridge open for Friday, not the least of which is fitting all the lighting



took a sneak peak inside the new cafe bar. Its interesting to note that over the weekend they have removed the doors that linked into the club shop and have built a sealed partition. So you wont be able to walk from the bar into the shop.



Beer drinkers will be dissapointed to note that the ale on sale in this cafe bar consists of the following

Fosters, disgusting fake Australian fizzy pop
Kronenburg strong but fizzy
Robinsons nitro keg.
Saints Gold, this also appears to be nitro keg

Yet another Langtree Park sign has appeared. This time above the police control box. Its as if they are breeding.