roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Oh Christ, yeah. Astonishingly good.
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Oh Christ, yeah. Astonishingly good.
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Birminghams bid is all done and dusted apparently. Stadium, funding, infrastructure, the lot.
Have been convinced for months that the Liverpool "bid" has been nothing more than a convenient diversion to allow LCC to dig up the SPV thing to kick start the whole Liverpool Waters development. Via the ground getting financed in a low risk way that can be commoditised into low risk investment portfolios for mega Commercial Property investment houses.
Stupid as it may sound, I'm half watching this but it didn't register with me that this is West Ham's ground until my lad commented.
Any wonder their pitch looks like an oasis in the desert. I can't visualise how you would make that into an atmospheric football stadium.
Azza
Player Valuation: £80m
They already have the stadium.
Which is pretty naff will need huge development work, in a terrible location with awful transport links.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
I doubt it can be made any better unless they pull it down and start again.
But it's nice to see how it should be though, it's like a down trodden frumpy wife that has got a new frock, had her hair done and gone to a party and she shines. Mind you fifty odd thousand hammers fans is enough to upset anyone...
West Ham has very visibled gambled with their entire future. It is not fit for purpose yet they have hung their hat on it.
Stephen Gibson
Player Valuation: £15m
It's got to really bug West Ham fans. It's clear that what it's designed for is fantastic at creating an atmosphere yet you could hear a mouse fart when they play at home.
Gardocki
Player Valuation: £8m
The thing that is noticeable when watching the athletics, is how far the stands at the side are from the track. There's a massive gap. It doesn't seem as evident in other grounds with a track.
In theory, the only major problem with proximity of the strands should be behind the goals, but with the OS its a problem on all 4 sides, even with retractable seating.
Its a fantastic looking stadium, and the roof and lighting look amazing. Its just not a football ground.
In theory, the only major problem with proximity of the strands should be behind the goals, but with the OS its a problem on all 4 sides, even with retractable seating.
Its a fantastic looking stadium, and the roof and lighting look amazing. Its just not a football ground.
...it is an athletics stadium that West Ham got on the cheap. Elstone has already said that the space between the pitch and first row at BM will be the minimum legal requirement.
jonnyboy316
Player Valuation: £35m
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
There's consultations planned to consult fans on designs and then there will be a period when they'll consult about the exact date that consultation process will get started.
It's all in hand.
Rudolf Hucker
Player Valuation: £30m
If the stadium is built to accommodate the commonwealth games first, I just can't imagine how they'll do that?
Unless they build some/all the sides behind their final position & slide them forward. Didn't they do that across the park??
beachy
Player Valuation: £5m
It's a fake bid. That's the only logical conclusion.
Thetigerblue
Player Valuation: £5m
Might have been asked before, but could Goodison Park be made into an athletics stadium relatively easily?
I wouldn't think the timescales would align for the move anyway but I do wonder if it would help with investment in L4 and maintain a legacy in the area. Otherwise what would happen to GP after Everton have left?
I wouldn't think the timescales would align for the move anyway but I do wonder if it would help with investment in L4 and maintain a legacy in the area. Otherwise what would happen to GP after Everton have left?