New Everton Stadium Discussion

[kiss the crest]

After seeing the latest work being done on the hydraulic tower and the fans zone, the new benches etc I really hope the fans appreciate/respect it for what it is and keep the place clean and looking class, the same applies to the Everton way stones
(No chewing gum everywhere)

 

[allen]

The Bilbao solution is particularly neat and took most of a close season... and I think was surprisingly cheap (€12m in 2014). Our new roof is a combination of cantilever (side stands) and truss supported (end stands), Bilbao's is fully cantilevered.... which might complicate construction slightly. Then it's just a case of if the existing roof is sufficiently over-engineered to support the additional loads. It looks doable to me, but without full modelling it's hard to know.

That looks an abnormal amount of coverage from the roof. Look at a top-down view, the aperture is really small:

That can’t be great for the pitch. The San Siro has notoriously bad sunlight penetration and its aperture looks massive by comparison:

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

That looks an abnormal amount of coverage from the roof. Look at a top-down view, the aperture is really small:

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That can’t be great for the pitch. The San Siro has notoriously bad sunlight penetration and its aperture looks massive by comparison:

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Does this matter anymore? Don't they use use lamps which provide fake sunlight to grow the pitch?

 

[Runub]

Does this matter anymore? Don't they use use lamps which provide fake sunlight to grow the pitch?

Indeed it doesn’t matter as they will not be able to fit a pitch in anyway

 

[allen]

Does this matter anymore? Don't they use use lamps which provide fake sunlight to grow the pitch?

It matters in the age of sustainability and high electricity costs, yes.

The San Siro pitch remains garbage, as far as I’m aware they haven’t fixed it with artificial lighting. They couldn’t even fix it for the Champions League final a few years ago.

 

[Jamiednm]

View attachment 237464Fantastic pic from the Echo tonight.

Gorgeous. It’ll be the most picturesque stadium in the country.

 

[Ferguson1878]

You sound like you are an subject matter expert on these things, so ill leave it there as i am just passing an uneducated opinion on various pics ive seen.
Enjoy the game im watching it on the TV and I have the beers cooling in the fridge! Hoping i can enjoy them rather than using alcohol as an anathethetic as is usually the case!

i’ll ask my brother he’s a brikky/plasterer/kitchen fitter

 

[suave 1878]

Just read the dockland trail site is now closed until the new year. Pity given many visitors will be arriving over Christmas

 

[Connor mcloud]

After seeing the latest work being done on the hydraulic tower and the fans zone, the new benches etc I really hope the fans appreciate/respect it for what it is and keep the place clean and looking class, the same applies to the Everton way stones
(No chewing gum everywhere)

Away fans might not have the same consideration

 

[Jt5688]

That looks an abnormal amount of coverage from the roof. Look at a top-down view, the aperture is really small:

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That can’t be great for the pitch. The San Siro has notoriously bad sunlight penetration and its aperture looks massive by comparison:

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Pitch is in good shape at San Mames. The roof lets in sunlight as it’s not completely opaque. Photo from when I went there earlier this year.

 

[allen]

Pitch is in good shape at San Mames. The roof lets in sunlight as it’s not completely opaque. Photo from when I went there earlier this year.


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How strange, there’s no indication of any level of transparency on that Google Maps top-down view. I wonder if that’s a quirk of the aerial photo, or whether they changed something?

 

[mahermi1]

 

[allen]

5:15 in... and to think people said the pitch wouldn't fit.

There is a bit of a gap between it and the stands, unfortunately. Very West Ham.

 

[The binman chronicles]

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5:15 in... and to think people said the pitch wouldn't fit.

There is a bit of a gap between it and the stands, unfortunately. Very West Ham.

I still think our defence would find it hard getting it to a midfielder.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Almost the entire East upper has seats, even started on the South East corner.