mickthemagpie Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I'm sure smarter people than me have done the sums. But if you look at the current stadia to do this, schalke's stadium has less than 17,000 seats and no car park behind the goal. The one in Arizona has next to f*** built over that end of the stadium. Spurs are gonna put 17,000 seats and an office block over the hole. Engineers perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I'm sure smarter people than me have done the sums. But if you look at the current stadia to do this, schalke's stadium has less than 17,000 seats and no car park behind the goal. The one in Arizona has next to f*** built over that end of the stadium. Spurs are gonna put 17,000 seats and an office block over the hole. Engineers perhaps? Like me, aye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I remember when we used to have the third biggest stadium in the country. Quite depressing having all of these clubs overtaking us attendance-wise while our owner is currently trying to flog the land behind SJP to kill any future redevelopments too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I remember when we used to have the third biggest stadium in the country. Quite depressing having all of these clubs overtaking us attendance-wise while our owner is currently trying to flog the land behind SJP to kill any future redevelopments too Aye.. in a few years we'll be 8th 4th in a month Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I remember when we used to have the third biggest stadium in the country. Quite depressing having all of these clubs overtaking us attendance-wise while our owner is currently trying to flog the land behind SJP to kill any future redevelopments too Aye.. in a few years we'll be 8th 4th in a month Just like our aims on the pitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I remember when we used to have the third biggest stadium in the country. Quite depressing having all of these clubs overtaking us attendance-wise while our owner is currently trying to flog the land behind SJP to kill any future redevelopments too Aye.. in a few years we'll be 8th 4th in a month Who are taking 3rd of us? City is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I remember when we used to have the third biggest stadium in the country. Quite depressing having all of these clubs overtaking us attendance-wise while our owner is currently trying to flog the land behind SJP to kill any future redevelopments too Aye.. in a few years we'll be 8th 4th in a month Who are taking 3rd of us? City is it? Aye, their new stand extension will be complete come the start of the season http://i.imgur.com/q1muS28.png They've added 3 rows to the front of each stand too (you can see the work beginning on the bottom of the pic) for another couple of thousand Then in 16/17, West Ham move in to the olympic stadium, and the Anfield expansion will be finished. Chelsea and Spurs a couple seasons after that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 It'll be interesting to see if they can fill it mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 It'll be interesting to see if they can fill it mind. The new top tier has already sold out with season tickets, they have plans to do the other end. Not immediately because a crane is out of use for a year or something (I dont remember exactly) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Fair play then. I might have imagined the empty seats at their place for league games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 You didn't. There's always loads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Fair play then. I might have imagined the empty seats at their place for league games. Probably not. Tickets sold doesnt = attendance Like how Newcastle claim we had like.. 45k in that one game last season when there blatantly wasnt anything like that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Aye but that's an organised ashleyout boycott. Can City fans afford to buy a season ticket then just not bother turning up half the time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Aye but that's an organised ashleyout boycott. Can City fans afford to buy a season ticket then just not bother turning up half the time? Apparently so. I think the tickets up there in the new tier were £255 for the season. Think they generally have some of the cheapest season tickets in the league edit: The cheapest (from last season), in fact Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Other places that have retractable pitches like Schalke and the one in Arizona have / need a massive open area outside, the size of football pitch. Maybe spurs are gonna roll theirs up like a big green bog roll? Edit: ahh I see, so they're gonna build a huge hole in the ground under what will become a huge office or something? Why don't they just lay astroturf down as and when needed? Or you know, play NFL on grass? Sapporro I think it was in Japan where England beat Argentina had a pitch on wheels that was wheeled in for the match and back outside afterwards onto a big open area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 That'll be it then, if you're paying fifteen quid a game you can afford to miss a few. Or a load. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Saporro was kind of like Arizona. The idea of a pitch that moves, be it on rails or custard, is that it will have to move underneath another structure - the stadium. At saporro the whole stadium was relatively small, maybe 30,000 seats. So the end that the pitch moved under was probably 6,000. And if you look at aerial shots there's no car park or other shit at that end of the ground. At Spurs one end of the stadium is supported either end of a ~65m hole in the ground, with 17,000 seats above at one end side and a 20 storey office at the other. It's a massive project. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 On the new WHL issue, I've done some digging on the Schalke way of doing it, found this video: They're stood in the gap where the pitch slides out, and at 4:17 you see the beams come down and plant to the floor. There's many of them, and they stabilize and strengthen the stand when the crowd are in the stand. Obviously they don't need to be down when the stand is empty, which enables the pitch to slide out/in. I assume Spurs will be using the same type of system, just.. underground Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 http://www.24horas.cl/incoming/article686638.ece/ALTERNATES/w1024h768/CHINQUIHUE_14.JPG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Wew. Where's that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Puerto Montt, Chile Looks better the other way actually http://img.lasegunda.com/Fotos/2014/01/30/file_20140130121336.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ads Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Marina Bay, Singapore. Mike Williamson could drown Jamie Vardy playing here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leek Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Love how they didnt build a stand closest to the river so you could just admire the view from inside the stadium. Must get a fair few balls missing on both of the last two pictures though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Marina Bay, Singapore. Mike Williamson could drown Jamie Vardy playing here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Would be the worst ball buoy gig ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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