When are we likely to get definitive stadium news?

[Harry Squatter]

Parc Des Princes in Paris

[Harry Squatter]

16 hours ago, JohnnyH said:

Is there still going to be those awful restricted view seats at the back of the lower anny or will that be gone?

New seating plan

[Bob]

21 minutes ago, Harry Squatter said:

New seating plan

Works.

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9 hours ago, Harry Squatter said:

Boca Juniors are rebuilding their flat stand. When I went I said it looked like a golf driving range. The space round the stadium is cramped so they are building over the road.

Yeah I gather they couldnt afford the land on that side of the ground when they built it hence it being flat.

 

You can see in those pictures they's had to knock down the buildings to build over the road. If you have space, you can do that. If you put that tunnel over Walton Breck though, people in the shops and flats above would be looking at a wall of concreted 6 foot from their door and windows.

 

Im not saying you cannot build over roads. Im saying it isnt practical while there are buildings 6 foot from the edge of the road which is encased in a concrete tunnel like Walton Breck would need to be.

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9 hours ago, Harry Squatter said:

New seating plan

Interesting that's out. My mate wants to sit in the new upper tier but when he wrote to them enquiring a couple of weeks ago, the TO effectively told him to fuck off because the thing wasnt built.

[matty210]

51 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

Interesting that's out. My mate wants to sit in the new upper tier but when he wrote to them enquiring a couple of weeks ago, the TO effectively told him to fuck off because the thing wasnt built.

I’m surprised they haven’t re profiled those seats next to the kd stand must be an awful viewing experience.

[Scott_M]

Ha!

 

 

I would post the Echo article but it’s just unreadable / unusable.

 

Apparently the pitch is too small at Anfield. 

 

Imagine not having one of the most iconic football stadiums in the world not being utilised but MK Dons and BMD is? Old Trafford is crumbling to pieces according to some. 

[Scott_M]

 

Plus Aviva Stadium, Croke Park, Hampden, Millennium Stadium & Windsor Park. 

[Barrington Womble]

I'm surprised with the road end and main stand work we haven't put right the pitch size. It's only a couple of yards each way isn't it? 

[deiseach]

The Powers That Be were really on form when they ensured the Anfield pitch was sufficiently short for Virgil's effort to drop onto the crossbar rather into Pickford's lap.

[JohnnyH]

1 hour ago, Scott_M said:

 

Plus Aviva Stadium, Croke Park, Hampden, Millennium Stadium & Windsor Park. 

Old Trafford?  It's falling down?

[Johnlj]

No Emirates either. Seems odd.

[Scott_M]

4 hours ago, Barrington Womble said:

I'm surprised with the road end and main stand work we haven't put right the pitch size. It's only a couple of yards each way isn't it? 

 

Anfield is able to consistently host CL Semi's but it isn't good enough for Poland v Hungary.

[Scott_M]

1 hour ago, Johnlj said:

No Emirates either. Seems odd.

 

Arsenal, Spurs, Wembley are all only 10m apart. They don't need all 3.

 

To be honest, if they were going to use a 2nd London stadium, I'd have thought they'd have gone with, erm, the London Stadium.

[Aventus]

5 hours ago, Scott_M said:

Ha!

 

 

I would post the Echo article but it’s just unreadable / unusable.

 

Apparently the pitch is too small at Anfield. 

 

Imagine not having one of the most iconic football stadiums in the world not being utilised but MK Dons and BMD is? Old Trafford is crumbling to pieces according to some. 

I thought we weren't eligible anyway because we won't let journos from a certain scummy rag in to the pressers.

[Scott_M]

Just now, Aventus said:

I thought we weren't eligible anyway because we won't let journos from a certain scummy rag in to the pressers.

 

Yeah, my mate mentioned that to me. I did wonder if that had an impact.

[Reckoner]

Oh god this is really concerning. It really feels like a monumental shift is occurring here between the two big Merseyside clubs. I hope I’m wrong but this is surely the start of a huge power shift towards Everton over the next few decades. *keeps straight face*

 

[Harry Squatter]

You can only have 2 grounds from the same city according to rules about bidding. Obviously Qatar is about as big as Leeds but has managed to build about 12 grounds to host this year's shite world cup. 

 

I think that bid may miss out as they already had the semis and the final at Euro 2020/2021. Plus it involves four nations being granted entry as hosts.

 

Turkey has bid for this one and for the last five tournaments their bids have been rejected. They have 3 newish stadiums in Istanbul. The Ataturk, British and Galatasaray stadium. I read the the Ataturk is being redeveloped for this year's CL Final.

[Bjornebye]

53 minutes ago, Harry Squatter said:

I read the the Ataturk is being redeveloped for this year's CL Final.

Are they picking it up and moving it into civilisation? 

[aws]

Are they going to pick up the rocks and slabs lying all around the place? 

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8 hours ago, Barrington Womble said:

I'm surprised with the road end and main stand work we haven't put right the pitch size. It's only a couple of yards each way isn't it? 

Me too. I thought the original plan after the MS was rebuilt and planned ARE development, was to centralise the pitch and extend it by 4 yards total, in old money.

 

We extended the pitch for Euro 96 so there must be some other reason why we dont want to host these proposed games.

 

For what it's worth, I dont think the shite's new shitheap will get picked to host them either.

[Scott_M]

3 hours ago, Harry Squatter said:

. I read the the Ataturk is being redeveloped for this year's CL Final.

 
They are just finishing it from 2005.

[Barrington Womble]

11 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

Me too. I thought the original plan after the MS was rebuilt and planned ARE development, was to centralise the pitch and extend it by 4 yards total, in old money.

 

We extended the pitch for Euro 96 so there must be some other reason why we dont want to host these proposed games.

 

For what it's worth, I dont think the shite's new shitheap will get picked to host them either.

I'm sure they must want the games, they make so much money. Perhaps it's ridiculously expensive to extend, plus the cost of a loss of a few rows. 

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16 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

I'm sure they must want the games, they make so much money. Perhaps it's ridiculously expensive to extend, plus the cost of a loss of a few rows. 

We didnt take out any rows in ARE for Euro 96 although they did take down the small fence at the front, to extend the pitch.

 

Even now, we could extend each half by 1 yard \ metre because the goal lines arent on the very edges of the pitch.

 

Since the put the previous new pitch in, they have put those underground stoarage boxes in behind both goal line though. Maybe the club has some concerts scheduled and will make more money from them?

[No2]

37 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

I'm sure they must want the games, they make so much money. Perhaps it's ridiculously expensive to extend, plus the cost of a loss of a few rows. 

I wouldn't think they make that much, probably a flat fee for rent of the stadium. Definitely less than they would for a coue of concerts. Then there is the hassle of a relaying the pitch a couple of months after you would normally like too.