Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 5:33 pm  

The drone footage does show just how little a percentage of the N Stand Terracing was upgraded, looks to be around 30% of it.
I’ve said before that I’d love the whole terrace done with a matching roof to the E Stand.
I wonder if there’d be any mileage in removing the N Stand roof and repurposing it as a temporary fix along the West Stand

Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 9:03 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

The drone footage does show just how little a percentage of the N Stand Terracing was upgraded, looks to be around 30% of it.
I’ve said before that I’d love the whole terrace done with a matching roof to the E Stand.
I wonder if there’d be any mileage in removing the N Stand roof and repurposing it as a temporary fix along the West Stand

It’s kind of sad and dissapointing we ended up with that small section upgraded and so much wasted space. You could easily get at least another 1000-1500 up there.

If I recall correctly it got scaled back a few times. Was supposed to have cladding, platform and refreshments at the back too.

Had it covered more of the old terrace it could have been much better.

Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 9:29 pm  

I was down at the north-western corner of the ground this afternoon and I can confirm that this area appears to be fully included in the re-terracing as per the front of the north stand. The corner also includes those plastic pipes whatever they are for.
the south terrace metal railings have been removed and excavations have started along that side to accommodate the LED advertising.

Re: Ground Improvements : Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:33 pm  

https://x.com/SGDLtd/status/1869406962510897271

https://x.com/SGDLtd/status/1869406962510897271

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Re: Ground Improvements : Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:55 pm  

Great to see this being done in the south but I can't understand how they'll get the height without blocking the view from the first floor of the flats.

Re: Ground Improvements : Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:28 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Great to see this being done in the south but I can't understand how they'll get the height without blocking the view from the first floor of the flats.

400mm depth of the terrace wont interfere with the viewing angles from the ground/first floor suite... some wont like the angle of the terrace but I quite like the intimacy that this gives with the playing area... (I already said that the west terrace was a preferred spot for me back in the day particularly watching reserve grade on wintery nights)

and I assume that this will be steel construction and therefore classed as a temporary structure.

Re: Ground Improvements : Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:09 am  

The steps are 400mm in depth - that's front to back of each step.

The terrace will be just short of 3m front to back.

No details of the height of the terrace have been given.

Re: Ground Improvements : Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:42 am  

dboy wrote:

The steps are 400mm in depth - that's front to back of each step.

The terrace will be just short of 3m front to back.

No details of the height of the terrace have been given.

Allowing for 150mm risers, it's roughly 1.4m high.

On the other side, the LED screen supports are now in.

Re: Ground Improvements : Thu Dec 19, 2024 12:45 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

The drone footage does show just how little a percentage of the N Stand Terracing was upgraded, looks to be around 30% of it.

That video doesn't make it look great does it. I was in the North Stand for a game a while back and the back of it did look poor but that video makes it look worse.

Re: Ground Improvements : Thu Dec 19, 2024 12:54 pm  

18th Man wrote:

That video doesn't make it look great does it. I was in the North Stand for a game a while back and the back of it did look poor but that video makes it look worse.

It was an awful compromise, even though the view from the back of the NS is great and so much better than before. If the roof gets lifted the remainder of the space can be utilised,which would really finish that end off.