Re: VP it is then! : Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:14 am
Ferocious Aardvark wrote:
For some huge gold-plated cantilever wonder maybe, but not for basic if cheap cover with vertical supports.
Wasn't VP rumoured to be for sale at only £2.5m? We could buy 4 of them at that price!
It is ironic that a Bradford Council engineer named Wardley drew up a plan in 1951 for a 92,000 capacity ‘European’ style stadium, which would then have cost £250,000. If only . . .
Wasn't VP rumoured to be for sale at only £2.5m? We could buy 4 of them at that price!
It is ironic that a Bradford Council engineer named Wardley drew up a plan in 1951 for a 92,000 capacity ‘European’ style stadium, which would then have cost £250,000. If only . . .
Bugger, I didn't allow for the gold plating In this day and age tho' would a stand be built with vertical pillar support?
The problem is in fact Odsal's biggest benefit, that is it's shape. Ideal for fair weather veiwing, but an engineers nightmare when constructing a roof to allow good viewing from the back of said stand.
One possible way is to build the covered part 3/4 or 1/2 of the way down from the concourse, good for the guys at the back tough if you like to stand at the front.