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What's the latest with this? I saw pictures of Moshiri checking out "locations".
Are we any nearer?
Are we any nearer?
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You're being cynical George. I'm going to wait until the end of November (date of the AGM?) then re-assess.The board will end up building a Kirkby-esque shed with a capacity of just 49,000 at Stonebridge Cross.
They will tell us that they really wanted to build a dockside stadium to rival Tottenham's new 61,000 all-seater but that Brexit prevented it from happening.
Or am I just being cynical?
I do understand though...it's never easy being a blue.The board will end up building a Kirkby-esque shed with a capacity of just 49,000 at Stonebridge Cross.
They will tell us that they really wanted to build a dockside stadium to rival Tottenham's new 61,000 all-seater but that Brexit prevented it from happening.
Or am I just being cynical?
A few on here are suggesting all will be revealed before the AGM at the November. Hope they're right, the suspense is killing me.What's the latest with this? I saw pictures of Moshiri checking out "locations".
Are we any nearer?
I hope you're so so so wrong.No that will probably happen.....it's the Everton way!!!
Last year accounts only one I remember - you just had to bring up Yarmolenko and Brexit didn't you?Everton have hedged the Euro exposure in the past for transfer purposes but I doubt very much in June we were holding a dollar hedge just in the unlikely event of Brexit, for a stadium perhaps several years away.
Last year accounts only one I remember - you just had to bring up Yarmolenko and Brexit didn't you?
Severfield at Dalton mostly produce beam & column work (H & I shapes), whereas most of the steelwork you see in stadia is in the roof in the form of tubular steel.
Severfield fabricate mostly at Bolton (was called watsons and is directly across the road from BWFC)
The company I work for has supplied them with steel for football stadiums at Bolton, Charlton, Middlesbrough, Celtic, Hull, Barnsley, Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal & also the Olympic stadium - amongst others.
There are other steel fabricators in the UK and Europe, but none in the UK are anything like the size of Severfield - if they want the work they generally get the job (exceptions being the millennium stadium in cardiff and new wembley stadium).
They also did the steel work for the Shard in London plus other high profile prestigious jobs (twickenham, murrayfield, lords cricket, epson racecourse grandstand etc etc etc) if you look at their website you will see they do excellent work and I'm sure THFC will get a fantastic result.
We also supplied material for the millennium stadium in Cardiff and a lot of stadia in Portugal for when thier Euro finals, but that was all .ated in Europe.
Before anyone asks - no there's absolutely nothing being asked for us, but it's early days.
A few on here are suggesting all will be revealed before the AGM at the November. Hope they're right, the suspense is killing me.
Cheers. Do you anticipate we might even get some information, maybe the odd hint, before then?The anticipated date is either 22nd or 23rd November which requires notification to shareholders by Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
Marvellous - a nation's saviour according to some.Is he any good??
I like the cut of his jib.Just found this interview with Dan Meis re: Roma stadium. Some interesting bits...
A Roman from the time of the Caesars would miss the happy carnage freely available at the Coliseum: The impaled creatures, the Christian martyrs tied to stakes, and the sword-whacking gladiatorial ancestors of Russell Crowe.
Some things were just different long ago.
Soccer’s ‘Ultra’ fans probably bring us closest to those fabled days and soon some of the most excitable will get their very own Roman stadium costing 300 million euros ($409 million).
In the 2016-2017 season, AS Roma will play its first match in the space-age stadium designed by sports architect Dan Meis. Lazio, Rome’s other team, stays behind at the 20th-century Stadio Olimpico.
The new stadium, halfway between the city and Fiumicino airport, reflects the global ambitions of the team’s new American owners, including its Boston-based president, James Pallotta.
I spoke to Meis, 52, who is best known for the Staples Center in Los Angeles, in the New York office of Woods Bagot, where he is the firm’s Global Director of Sport.
Hoelterhoff: I hope you are a soccer fan?
Meis: Of course. The Italians would be very skeptical of an American who didn’t understand their game.
Hoelterhoff: Anything special about building in Rome?
Lawless Curve
Meis: The ‘Ultra’ fans have sat in a section of the stadium called the Curva Sud, which means the south curve. Those fans live in another world without laws.
Before the game starts, you’ll see flares, smoke bombs and huge flags. Not like an NFL game!
I once saw a guy running in late with a 20-foot pole that he was dragging on the top of the concourse roof so he could wave this giant flag.
So while a new building brings modern day security and safety measures, you still need accommodate that fan spirit.
Hoelterhoff: How do you do that? These folks seem excitable.
Meis: They don’t like to sit down. We could have just dispensed with seats. Since the project was announced, I’ve gotten hundreds of e-mails and Instagram comments and Twitter messages.
Hoelterhoff: About what?
Meis: The seats. If it were up to the fans, the Curva Sud would be one giant single space. But safety regulations mean you have to have one ticket per seat. Otherwise, they would cram 20,000 people into a 10,000 seat space. However, they will be happy to see that the seats can be folded away if they really don’t ever sit.
Libeskind Towers
Hoelterhoff: Sports facilities take a lot of abuse. What’s the material?
Meis: The bowl is made of precast concrete and steel. Concourses will be poured concrete, stained with accents of steel and stone.
Hoelterhoff: How long was this design process? I see you are still fiddling with the model.
Meis: Traditionally, it takes about a year to design a structure like this and then about two years to build it.
In this case, it’s a bit longer because of the change of ownership and because there’s not just the stadium, but a mixed-use development.
Hoelterhoff: Comprising what?
Meis: There’s an adjacent business park, which will include three towers by Daniel Libeskind. We’re designing the training center and Roma village, a 365-day entertainment destination anchored by theme shops and a Nike superstore. It’s very much like the LA Live concept next to the LA Staples Center.
Hoelterhoff: How flexible is the stadium?
Coliseum Concerts
Meis: While it is AS Roma’s home, it’s also a multipurpose venue for concerts and events. The interior is flexible, with a 52,000-person capacity. Using a curtaining system, it can be adjusted for 15,000 or, by turning the stage another way, for 45,000.
Hoelterhoff: You’re building a new stadium in a city with the most famous old stadium on the planet, the Coliseum. That was a sophisticated masterpiece of engineering with a retractable roof and an arena that could be flooded for sea battles.
Meis: We use the same quarry in Carrara for a “floating” wall that is a key feature of the exterior. Floating in the sense that it doesn’t touch the ground but is suspended from the structure of the stadium.
There’s also a fun special effect: Before the game, a hydraulic lift will bring the players up like gladiators.
Hoelterhoff: Any special problems because of the site?
Meis: Because it’s right next to the river, there’s a water table issue. So the whole stadium is up on a podium.
Hoelterhoff: Do American owners mean American amenities like sky boxes?
Meis: Fifty VIP suites and loge seating. Everyone should be comfortable.
(Manuela Hoelterhoff is an executive editor for art at Bloomberg News. All opinions are her own. This interview was adapted from a longer conversation.)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...owe-would-love-rome-s-new-stadium-hoelterhoff
Cheers. Do you anticipate we might even get some information, maybe the odd hint, before then?