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New Everton Stadium

We are surely going to see some concept designs / CGIs soon. Birmingham publishing theirs a week ago.

The CWG bid deadline is September, is it?
 
We are surely going to see some concept designs / CGIs soon. Birmingham publishing theirs a week ago.

The CWG bid deadline is September, is it?

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.
 
We are surely going to see some concept designs / CGIs soon. Birmingham publishing theirs a week ago.

The CWG bid deadline is September, is it?

They already have the stadium.

Which is pretty naff will need huge development work, in a terrible location with awful transport links.
 

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.

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...
 
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.
 
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.
 
Every time I see that London Stadium it lowers my expectations. I just don't see how you can ever make a Football stadium from one with a running track.

If I was designing a stadium, the 2 things I'd want to know :

- Minimum allowed distance from pitch.
- Steepest allowed angle of terrace.

Maybe the 4 sides could be built 20-40 metres behind their final position & moved into place when the commonwealth games finish.


...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.
 

...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.[/QUOTE)

Quite certain that Brum will get the nod due to there much safer bid. The decision makers will not want to run the risk of another football/athletics conversion project where initial costs spiral out of control.

Despite everything that has been said there is almost certainly 2 different designs. People who believe an athletics track can be accommodated in a completed stadium that maximises the regs on pitch proximity and steepness I believe are being a little naive. Happy to be proved wrong as if possible the infrastructure from the CWG could be a huge benefit but my current view is that I would rather we lose this bid
 
We are surely going to see some concept designs / CGIs soon. Birmingham publishing theirs a week ago.

The CWG bid deadline is September, is it?
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.
 
...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.


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??
 
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?
 

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