Thing is though, what is the point of a retractable pitch if there is no roof? Yes, you could use the stadium a few times during the summer but that hardly means it is used 365 days a year. Maybe the stadium is multi purpose in ways we haven't seen before; offices, restaurants, gyms, classrooms, exhibition space, nurseries etc
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Zaschrona
Player Valuation: £10m
The latter part is going to be an automatic thing that will come with the new stadium. Retractable pitch should allow us way more easily to have here an NFL game (could happen soon if new Spurs stadium becomes a success), to have a box match without ruining the pitch, MMA event, a concert, a rugby match, a speedway event. Two tennis courts could be likely placed there, so a possibility for a smaller tennis tournament. We can do these even without a roof.
Imagine a week like this in 2030:
Monday: Champions League training
Tuesday: Champions League match
Wednesday: a corporate event
Thursday: Rugby Super League match
Friday: a concert
Saturday: Premier League match
Sunday: NFL match
This is multi-use.
Sorry, not looking to be argumentative but I just don't see it being used for rugby, NFL or tennis. Speedway would mean you'd need an athletics track, so that's a no go too. I'm mindful of Meis's reference about the palio and how a town square is converted to stage a horse race. I think we're looking at something really different here. Maybe the space in the dock below will be like a huge Swiss army knife and will be used to store various components such as what I listed above.
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
A retractable roof and pitch, would see us the favourable venue in the north for any boxing match or concert. The two main non related football activities I could see us utilising the stadium for. Just knowing we could close the roof, due to inclement weather, would guarantee us as a favourable venue to promoters.
Zaschrona
Player Valuation: £10m
NFL is a real long-shot at this time, but we should try to pursue it if NFL really decides to expand into Europe. If London franchise becomes a reality, they will surely want at least a division in Europe. We should be prepared for that option, as we are building a stadium for the next century. A similar thing is rugby - it can become so big that there could be a such a big interest for regular games in a 60k stadium. If that's the case, it would be amazing to have a stadium available for that. Tennis was just an idea of possible use - still I think a possibility to have a stadium somehow used in June/July around Wimbledon would be a nice plus IMO. And speedway would be possible as well: the British GP is regularly held in Millenium Stadium and they allow more than one GP to be held in a single country.
And yeah, I am sure the stadium will have a lot of offices, restaurants, etc. A sure thing, IMO.
An iconic thing could be an athletic track on the roof of the new stadium. That track could allow us to held there competitions (spectators would have to watch it on the big screen with the main focus being field competitions), as well as it would be an open area to the public for the whole year with a perfect view of the whole stadium and the city. It would be unique, if done right, it could actually look great.
anton66
Player Valuation: £50m
Yeah? well that's easy for you to say mate.
Mogwai
The Hiphopopotamus Rhymenoceros
Your stadium will be amazing and beautifully designed. Unique and memorable? I am not sureThe grass pitch is on trays and rolls out over the artificial surface. The artificial surface is the lower one because:
Not sure what the extra cost is but to-date the NFL has put £10m into our stadium build which is said to cover some of the cost of this. Long-term it should pay itself back and more besides. Unlike at Veltins Arena in Germany and the Phoenix Stadium in the US, we don't actually have room to store the pitch outside the stadium, so it has to sit under the south stand meaning it has to split into three to avoid the foundations of that stand when it's being stored. This is an unofficial animation of how it'll work:
- For football the first row of seats is level with the pitch, for NFL the first row is a few metres higher than the playing surface. This means unlike when NFL plays at Wembley the first few rows won't need to be tapered off - NWHL stadium can stay at full capacity.
- For concerts the same thing is true. First few rows won't be blocked out by people standing on the pitch so more tickets can be sold.
- Makes the stadium truly multi-use. Levy has said the turnaround time could mean a Premier League / NFL double-header in the same afternoon. This seems unlikely even if it is possible, but it does mean NWHL could stage e.g. a match and a concert on the same weekend.
- Obviously means the grass pitch won't be ruined by other events meaning more events can be held than would otherwise be the case = more money for the club.
(credit https://twitter.com/ACEinBEDFORD)
Meis has been talking about making BMD a 24/7/365 venue which isn't dead on non-matchdays and a retractable pitch would go a long way to making that possible imo. Obviously the upfront cost will be more but your only limit after that is the number of events the council allows at full capacity. But even then, you don't need it to be at full capacity to have events going on inside the stadium on the artificial surface on non-matchdays.
Stephen Gibson
Player Valuation: £15m
Idea. Liverpool Waters needs to be seen as Everton Village. Not a hint of red to be seen. I want blue lamp posts on every street. All road signs pointing out which direction we are in. I want everyone getting off a cruise ship to be given an Everton scarf to wear straight away. I'm sure there are many more things but I want everyone to only think of us. Basically as much blue & Everton as possible. Blue blue blue blue blue. Lines in the road blue, pavements blue, shops can only sell raspberry slush puppies.
I may have gone too far.
I may have gone too far.
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £70m
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
OneTrueLegend
Player Valuation: £35m
You've lost it mate! Raspberry's are Red. We need Blueberry Slush puppies!!
But why stop there.........
Chewbacca
Player Valuation: £30m
As a speedway fan I can say that there will not be a second British GP.
They don't fill the Millenium for the current event. The attendance is pretty stable at 40k for the last few years.
If there was any chance of a second event it would be at the recently built National Speedway stadium in Manchester
They don't fill the Millenium for the current event. The attendance is pretty stable at 40k for the last few years.
If there was any chance of a second event it would be at the recently built National Speedway stadium in Manchester
On Derby day I'm getting a massive banner which reads
"This wall is not for pushing over"
And launching it straight outside the entrance to our new gaff
"This wall is not for pushing over"
And launching it straight outside the entrance to our new gaff