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Offline The Edge

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #135 on: August 13, 2020, 05:39:08 PM »
It was just the Trinity and North Stand corner. The Holte and Witton lane remained separate.
Yes I know and that could have been addressed when the Witton lane and Holte end were rebuilt under Ellis's watch.

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #136 on: August 13, 2020, 06:22:37 PM »
What would the capacity have been if they were built?

About 52k was the bigger option.

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #137 on: August 13, 2020, 06:27:32 PM »
Ta.

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #138 on: August 13, 2020, 08:55:17 PM »
Shows how much of a philistine Herbert was.

We had a stand as majestic as the Trinity, but he was swayed by the new builds at Sunderland and Boro.

I always thought those designs were poxy even back then.  Boro I could understand, as Ayresome Park didn't have much going for it. But Roker Park was a famous old venue.  If they genuinely couldn't redevelop on that site and incorporate some of the old features, the new build should at least have had some nod to their past.

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #139 on: August 14, 2020, 05:18:40 AM »








ive never seen these plans before. They look pretty good. The plans I saw I think were from more recently. Or maybe just didn’t include the facade. I’d be happy if we built this and it looked like it does in the renders.

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #140 on: August 14, 2020, 07:32:29 AM »
Seems poorly designed near the Witton, as you will have a lot of restricted view. It wouls need to curve round a bit more.

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #141 on: August 14, 2020, 08:11:46 AM »
Interesting pictures. Reminds me of Newcastle which isn’t necessarily a bad thing as St James’ is impressive.

For me, the priory should be doing the North Stand and DE stand at the same time and possibly join those two stands instead. They’re both no longer fit for purpose (concourse and facilities wise at least) so a bit of joined up thinking would be better than doing one stand, then think of doing the next one 5-10 years later.

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #142 on: August 14, 2020, 08:12:55 AM »
I'm some someone like Cowdenbeath had planning permission to expand to 150,000 until World War Two intervened. I'm sure that would have been full every game.
It was Cowdenbeath ... they'd have been the Barcelona of Fife had it not been for Hitler and his goons.

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #143 on: August 14, 2020, 08:53:56 AM »








ive never seen these plans before. They look pretty good. The plans I saw I think were from more recently. Or maybe just didn’t include the facade. I’d be happy if we built this and it looked like it does in the renders.
Never seen those before. Not a fan of filling in the corners tbh. And nothing in those plans to sort out the cock up where the Holte joins the DE. It really boils my piss that does. I may have mentioned it before.

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #144 on: August 14, 2020, 08:57:12 AM »
Interesting pictures. Reminds me of Newcastle which isn’t necessarily a bad thing as St James’ is impressive.

For me, the priory should be doing the North Stand and DE stand at the same time and possibly join those two stands instead. They’re both no longer fit for purpose (concourse and facilities wise at least) so a bit of joined up thinking would be better than doing one stand, then think of doing the next one 5-10 years later.

I’m not a fan of St James’ Park, it’s too lopsided. It looks like someone’s cut-and-shut it with the Bescot.

Offline Des Little

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #145 on: August 14, 2020, 09:01:37 AM »
The only wrap around should take place at lower tier/section of each stand. 

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #146 on: August 14, 2020, 09:13:32 AM »
Interesting pictures. Reminds me of Newcastle which isn’t necessarily a bad thing as St James’ is impressive.

For me, the priory should be doing the North Stand and DE stand at the same time and possibly join those two stands instead. They’re both no longer fit for purpose (concourse and facilities wise at least) so a bit of joined up thinking would be better than doing one stand, then think of doing the next one 5-10 years later.

I’m not a fan of St James’ Park, it’s too lopsided. It looks like someone’s cut-and-shut it with the Bescot.
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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #147 on: August 14, 2020, 09:45:25 AM »
I'm some someone like Cowdenbeath had planning permission to expand to 150,000 until World War Two intervened. I'm sure that would have been full every game.

Didn’t Port Vale plan to build a 100,000 “Wembley of the North” Stadium after the war?

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #148 on: August 14, 2020, 09:55:31 AM »
I'm some someone like Cowdenbeath had planning permission to expand to 150,000 until World War Two intervened. I'm sure that would have been full every game.

Didn’t Port Vale plan to build a 100,000 “Wembley of the North” Stadium after the war?
I planned to be an astronaut and marry Olivia Newton John when I was a kid.

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Re: North Stand Demolition
« Reply #149 on: August 14, 2020, 10:22:06 AM »
It's not too late!

 


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