Re: Stadium Site pictures : Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:57 pm  

Chris Saint wrote:

http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/8...r_new_stadium/

Seems that now 2011 has finally been sorted as having to be totally on the road there are slightly more realistic timescales in place!

Chris, that seems to be the case in the clubs statements, but in interviews on the radio etc its not so clean cut, they still hint at maybe it could be ready earlier.
I should think its to do with season ticket sales, they cant sell season tickets with the promise of x number of games to be played at the new stadium when delays could very easily happen.
Its a case of plan to play all season at Widnes, home games at the new stadium will be a bonus.
Also of importance to the club is the number of games at the new stadium next season (if any) the club will have a figure in mind, to maximise on the impact that a new stadium brings, not enough games and I dont think you will see a game there till 2012 season when they can get the full benifit of a new stadium and all the hype that goes with it.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:07 am  

A couple of different vans on the site today, parked on the waste land were the Tesco car park will be, so things look like they are moving on pretty quickly.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:25 am  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

A couple of different vans on the site today, parked on the waste land were the Tesco car park will be, so things look like they are moving on pretty quickly.

Shall go and have a gander BL.

Got told its the same firm that shifted Triplex that's been hired to knock down the warehouses, if true it wont take them long.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:37 am  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

A couple of different vans on the site today, parked on the waste land were the Tesco car park will be, so things look like they are moving on pretty quickly.

I saw a B&Q lorry drive past this morning and for a minute i thought it might be dropping something off?

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:42 am  

The Doghead wrote:

Shall go and have a gander BL.

Got told its the same firm that shifted Triplex that's been hired to knock down the warehouses, if true it wont take them long.

Nowt there, but have been told they are/have been inside doing the drilling and checking for contamination, and have found some contamination.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:14 am  

The Doghead wrote:

Nowt there, but have been told they are/have been inside doing the drilling and checking for contamination, and have found some contamination.

FFS,did they say what it is.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:33 pm  

Chris Saint wrote:

18,000 seems too small for big bands and too big for small bands, we are hardly blessed with a massive recent history of local musical talent

The picture below is brazenly stolen from the KC stadium website(Mods, no copyright is infringed as no copyright is inferred from said picture & it is used solely for discussion purposes only which is legally allowed)
Probably 40k at the least to watch Bon Jovi a couple of years ago (in a 25k stadium with a large portion of the seats not used, (obviously)) I couldn't see why your new stadium couldn't be used (successfully) for such events.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:37 pm  

Rommel wrote:

I saw a B&Q lorry drive past this morning and for a minute i thought it might be dropping something off?

Probably pot plants for the new portakabins.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:00 am  

here is the stadium ticket pricing info , got to say its a great deal over 5 years

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:21 am  

Just a quick post to fix in your minds the layout of the site

i mocked up an overlay a while ago