Re: A Picnic Area outside the Halliwell Jones : Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:52 pm  

Raymond Pennington wrote:

Really???

Capacity of 18,000. NO
Over 10,000 seats and providing excellent viewing. No
On site concessions providing high quality food, beverages and Beer/Wine to all supporters. Deffo No
Club shop also includes Saints Heritage display. No
State of the art ticket office facilities. Deffo a big big No
New premier club seating and dining facility. Perhaps?
Sponsors lounge hosting 450. Maybe?
Club restaurant. Yes
Sports Cafe Bar – open to fans pre and post games. No
Stadium tours will be available. Do we?
Non match events and conference suites Yes

Well if you're not happy with the HJ you could always go and watch Saints next year. You seem to have forgotten that without Tesco and the HJ this club could well have died.

Re: A Picnic Area outside the Halliwell Jones : Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:33 am  

Raymond Pennington wrote:

No need to be sarcastic. I was simply stating thart plans should have been made with Tesco's to ensure the environment is protected and ensuring some greenspace was built in with the stadium.

Tesco's the biggest supermarket in the country, they dictate towns and make them 'supermarket towns'. We have become that, in order to get things from Tesco, you have to give a lot. We gave them loads of land and asking for 'green space', just so you and 'El Casuals' can take pictures of yourselves in your Sergio Tacchini trackies in the sun, takes the mick. Of course, that was your obvious intention.

As lovely as it sounds, a picnic area just isn't possible. People can't have everything. Our stadium is often praised because it's easily accessible, there is plenty of parking, a train station a minute away and it is a minute away from the town centre and bus station. In order to make a stadium in the town centre work, you have to give up things like 'green space'. I'd gladly keep the great transport and access over a picnic area for filthy smokers to ruin.

Re: A Picnic Area outside the Halliwell Jones : Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:18 am  

Instead of every home game,it would be a idea if in the summer. A family fun day is put on.

Re: A Picnic Area outside the Halliwell Jones : Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:10 am  

Raymond Pennington wrote:

On site concessions providing high quality food, beverages and Beer/Wine to all supporters.

If any sports venue in the UK has this, I'll eat my (high quality) hat.

Re: A Picnic Area outside the Halliwell Jones : Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:59 pm  

Just behind the Hawthorne and running through to Winwick Road you have a little park area called the Brick Fields. Get yourself a bouncy castle, a beer tent, an ice cream van and its a goer. Only a few minutes walk to the ground.

Re: A Picnic Area outside the Halliwell Jones : Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:33 pm  

Teessidewire wrote:

Well if you're not happy with the HJ you could always go and watch Saints next year. You seem to have forgotten that without Tesco and the HJ this club could well have died.

I know that Teesider you know me better than to insult me like that coming out with such complete and utter crap!

Re: A Picnic Area outside the Halliwell Jones : Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:58 pm  

Raymond Pennington wrote:

I know that Teesider you know me better than to insult me like that coming out with such complete and utter crap!

1. It's Teesside.
2. I'm not a Teessider, I'm Warrington born and bred. I just happen to live here.
3. It wasn't an insult. You know as well as I do that without the new stadium, Wire as they are now would not have happened.
4. Get rid of that bloody avatar, it is insulting.

Re: A Picnic Area outside the Halliwell Jones : Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:35 pm  

Milly wrote:

Just behind the Hawthorne and running through to Winwick Road you have a little park area called the Brick Fields. Get yourself a bouncy castle, a beer tent, an ice cream van and its a goer. Only a few minutes walk to the ground.

But at about 400 yards it seems its to far for RP to walk.

Re: A Picnic Area outside the Halliwell Jones : Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:40 pm  

Let's just say, whether it's a good or bad idea, it isn't happening?

Re: A Picnic Area outside the Halliwell Jones : Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:58 pm  

No not happening but on a glorious summer day like today it would be ideal to have a picnic area. Hope the club take note!