Other Club Stadium Developments

[ChesterBlue]

Surprised no one’s posted that awful Man United idea that (fittingly) looks like a massive circus tent.

 

[davek]

Surprised no one’s posted that awful Man United idea that (fittingly) looks like a massive circus tent.

I cant imagine that'll be the final design.

That's going to get massively re-imagined.

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

I cant imagine that'll be the final design.

That's going to get massively re-imagined.

don't really understand the goal there: they have 75.000 capacity. Do they expect to outsell wembley week in week out?

 

[davek]

don't really understand the goal there: they have 75.000 capacity. Do they expect to outsell wembley week in week out?

It's just a cash machine. And the state will be weighing in with the cost.

Not us though, we cant even get a few extra rail carriages after sinking 3/4 of a billion into a stadium.

 

[Mr. White]

Leeds are trying to make Elland Road look near identical to Anfield:

It's designed by the same architects, KSS.

 

[FCBarça]

I cant imagine that'll be the final design.

That's going to get massively re-imagined.

Definitively

 

[davek]

<On topic by virtue that they've only recently opened up the new Anfield Road stand this season>

I could't help thinking when those celebrations of Murder Inc were taking place that their stadium isn't fit for title winning teams. It's one rag-arsed ugly 'kin stadium.

I know we'd all take a title and be in an inferior stadium to the one we'll move into, but it just struck me - in that context of success on the pitch - what a massive eyesore it is.

I wonder how many of them wished they'd pushed on with a Stanley Park stadium. I think most of them would, more especially now we've got that eye catching state of the art affair down at the docks.

 

[NathDogg]

Leeds and liberpewl having almost identical looking carbuncles as stadiums is very fitting tbh.

Both ugly eyesores, especially when compared to the 4th Grace at BMD.

 

[ChesterBlue]

I cant imagine that'll be the final design.

That's going to get massively re-imagined.

I hope it isn’t - be hilarious them playing in that absolute eyesore

 

[balggy]

The estimated final capacity of the design in progress for Leeds is approximately 53,000. Bramley Moore is 52,888, so I wouldn’t get too worked over 112 seats difference

 

[Rita_Poon]

No offence, but it looks like a standard mega bowl.

From the land of Gaudi and Dali I would have expected more than just an upgrade from a bowl to a bigger bowl.

Was there no more adventurous designs considered? Was the budget limited?

Miro and Picasso have specialist galleries in the city, they'd have been a little more apt.

And I'm aware of the big cathedral they gave up on for thirty years, he died on the street hit by a tram, the locals thought he was a vagabond. Sad end.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Surprised no one’s posted that awful Man United idea that (fittingly) looks like a massive circus tent.

A design student idea, utilising the three spokes of the trident. Impossible to build because walking access to the roof would see thousands up there.

 

[Rita_Poon]

It'll impress because of scale, I suppose.

A disappointment nonetheless IMO.

Then again, I've never been a big fan of our new stadium design. It's a hybrid of futuristic roof and (for me) unimaginative brick facade.

But its a better looking stadium than most because of the location.

Roof design + River Mersey + Liverpool skyline gets our new stadium over the line as far as the wow factor is concerned...again IMO.

<On topic by virtue that they've only recently opened up the new Anfield Road stand this season>

I could't help thinking when those celebrations of Murder Inc were taking place that their stadium isn't fit for title winning teams. It's one rag-arsed ugly 'kin stadium.

I know we'd all take a title and be in an inferior stadium to the one we'll move into, but it just struck me - in that context of success on the pitch - what a massive eyesore it is.

I wonder how many of them wished they'd pushed on with a Stanley Park stadium. I think most of them would, more especially now we've got that eye catching state of the art affair down at the docks.

It's not an 8 minute heel turn this time, but it's still some going.

So far as leeds go, they've got stanchions to deal with, a lot of em!

 

[davek]

It's not an 8 minute heel turn this time, but it's still some going.

So far as leeds go, they've got stanchions to deal with, a lot of em!

There's no contradiction. The design is something I've always said is a hybrid that doesn't work.

But the stadium IS eye-catching as I've said loads of times. And it IS state of the art.

Maybe put your thinking cap on in future before trying to be 'clever'?

 

[Drico]

Leeds are trying to make Elland Road look near identical to Anfield:

When you see these "extensions" to old stadia, you definitely appreciate the coherence of a new build. I think the only way to truly expand a stadium and maintain aesthetics is to build up a la the San Siro for the 1990 World Cup when they added a new tier.

When they start adding new stands, it all smacks of Auntie Doris's new conservatory...