Monkeh Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Such a shame, I understand there has to be abit of give and take with a new project like this, and we can't have it all our own way, what with the rugby lot moving in, but i guess everyone will have different opinions on what looks good and what doesn't, but for me, this is not good news and will make what would otherwise be a nice new, classy looking ground slightly tacky, and the off colour of metal bars will give it a slightly underwhelming look! I guess its the Williams for me from now on, I may get use to it in time, but we'll have to wait and see on that one. doesn't look tacky in the Westfalenstadion in dortmund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysARed Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 doesn't look tacky in the Westfalenstadion in dortmund There stadium is bigger, plus the seats are black so it belnds in better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysARed Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Also, am I right in thinking that Safe Standing hasn't even been approved yet in the Football League? If so, then its going to look even worse with half the stadium empty and only metal bars to look at. Correct me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Also, am I right in thinking that Safe Standing hasn't even been approved yet in the Football League? If so, then its going to look even worse with half the stadium empty and only metal bars to look at. Correct me if I'm wrong. nope we are hope to become a test for it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtyseconds Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Would you like to explain why you think there has been no consultation ? Would you like to explain why you think there has been a consultation ? I went to the open day nine months ago maybe longer and like many wrote sad things on a card about the Wedlock design. That little card was it. Nothing since. Never mind, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysARed Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 nope we are hope to become a test for it, Ok, so in that case, are we definitely having safe standing? And if so, surely they wont make the whole of the lower dolman safe standing until safe standing has been passed by the football league? It just wouldn't make financial sense otherwise and would leave city playing in a half empty ground! Maybe this is why the club haven't put out the final plans yet then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Hallelujah! Exeter do have one and I thought it was all Premier League clubs who had them, not only internationals or tv, might be wrong? Why do you need a large screen in the stadium for the video ref? Surely it is done on a screen in a room somewhere in one of the stands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Dave L - any approx date for more seeing some images? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Ok, so in that case, are we definitely having safe standing? And if so, surely they wont make the whole of the lower dolman safe standing until safe standing has been passed by the football league? It just wouldn't make financial sense otherwise and would leave city playing in a half empty ground! Maybe this is why the club haven't put out the final plans yet then? What the club need initially is a legal view that if the safe standing is installed it will be defined as seating. As therefore it is not illegal to install it. The rail seats can then remain locked down until such a point that safe standing is legalised in its entirety and we'll be ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThOmO Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 in the locked down position theirs something to catch your chin on to stop it hitting the floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave L Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Dave L - any approx date for more seeing some images? Thanks We aim to appoint the main contractor soon. We then need to make sure that there are no tiny tweaks to the finished look of the stadium which will arise from their appointment. We want to be sure that any images which we release are the final ones. We are aware that fans are keen to see final images and we will make them available as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThOmO Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 think thats fair and reasonable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillzider Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 We aim to appoint the main contractor soon. We then need to make sure that there are no tiny tweaks to the finished look of the stadium which will arise from their appointment. We want to be sure that any images which we release are the final ones. We are aware that fans are keen to see final images and we will make them available as soon as possible. Dave Have you a date yet for when the demolition work will start. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave L Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Dave Have you a date yet for when the demolition work will start. Thanks Work on the pitch has already started. Demolition should start sometime in June, possibly sooner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillzider Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Work on the pitch has already started. Demolition should start sometime in June, possibly sooner Thanks Your replies/updates are appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Work on the pitch has already started. Demolition should start sometime in June, possibly sooner Dave - seriously, you should sell bits of the old stand, am sure plenty on here would want to keep a bit of the club's history (note: I am being serious - think Berlin wall memorabilia, only not German and more important ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave L Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Dave - seriously, you should sell bits of the old stand, am sure plenty on here would want to keep a bit of the club's history (note: I am being serious - think Berlin wall memorabilia, only not German and more important ) That's the plan. Seat are on sale tomorrow between 4pm and 8pm and on Sunday between 10 and 2. We will also be looking to sell off other bits and pieces as we start the demolition process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Ferret Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Video refs don't watch replays on big screens! They have their own super slow motion monitors that they use to make decisions. Big screens are for fans only and I'm not bothered either way if we have them. They look impressive, but also cause a distraction and aren't able to show replays of anything contentious anyway. They are a horrible distraction. I have been to Arsenal a couple of times (free tix from work, wouldn't pay to watch them) and after every incident - and I mean EVERY incident - the whole crowd turns around to look at the big screens behind them I found it really annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderup Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 They are a horrible distraction. I have been to Arsenal a couple of times (free tix from work, wouldn't pay to watch them) and after every incident - and I mean EVERY incident - the whole crowd turns around to look at the big screens behind them I found it really annoying. Same at Chelsea. The only people not looking at the screens, when something iffy happens, are the officials! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manon Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 We aim to appoint the main contractor soon. We then need to make sure that there are no tiny tweaks to the finished look of the stadium which will arise from their appointment. We want to be sure that any images which we release are the final ones. We are aware that fans are keen to see final images and we will make them available as soon as possible. This is actually becoming so farcical that I'm even becoming surprisingly amused by it all. So we've waited all that time for jr deadlines etc, and a month later they still haven't even appointed a contractor?? :-P If the potential tweaks are so TINY then they won't be a problem for presenting images of the design. Not blaming you DL - Bristol sport are supposed to be project managing the development. In fact, lifted from their own website: "We are different from traditional project managers, as they will approach such a project from a technical angle while we begin with the perspective of the fans..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i hate you butler Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 This is actually becoming so farcical that I'm even becoming surprisingly amused by it all. So we've waited all that time for jr deadlines etc, and a month later they still haven't even appointed a contractor?? :-P If the potential tweaks are so TINY then they won't be a problem for presenting images of the design. Not blaming you DL - Bristol sport are supposed to be project managing the development. In fact, lifted from their own website: "We are different from traditional project managers, as they will approach such a project from a technical angle while we begin with the perspective of the fans..." i'll still only believe anything will happen when i'm sat in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 "We are different from traditional project managers, as they will approach such a project from a technical angle while we begin with the perspective of the fans..." Sounds like a recipe for disaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Why do i get a gut feeling this is not going to happen.. No contractor appointed with weeks to go untill we should be on site? I find that very hard to believe.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTim Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 no pictures? probably this won't get done until 2029 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS34Red Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Sounding very simular to the last time the EE was due tk be knocked down. But back then we had pictures printed on the front of the WDP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abraham Romanovich Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 We will also be looking to sell off other bits and pieces as we start the demolition process. Can I be the first to bid on the trophy cabinet, it must be stuck in some corner gathering dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamite Red Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 We aim to appoint the main contractor soon. We then need to make sure that there are no tiny tweaks to the finished look of the stadium which will arise from their appointment. We want to be sure that any images which we release are the final ones. We are aware that fans are keen to see final images and we will make them available as soon as possible.I think I speak for the majority when I say we are not worried about the tiny tweaks here and there, we just want to see where we are at especially now the development is about to begin. There have been major changes to the inside of the stadium since the last renders were shown last year and the club promised consultation at every step, this seems to have been forgotten and the fans are very much still in the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave L Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Why do i get a gut feeling this is not going to happen.. No contractor appointed with weeks to go untill we should be on site? I find that very hard to believe.. Five different contractors have submitted detailed and extensive tenders and the decision on which one will be awarded the contract is very close. Each of them have been told that whoever wins will be expected to start work immediately. I can understand the frustration about images, but we want to be sure we get this absolutely right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Just get the bloody thing built! *Sgt Bilko style ay-ah-ahhh!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Five different contractors have submitted detailed and extensive tenders and the decision on which one will be awarded the contract is very close. Each of them have been told that whoever wins will be expected to start work immediately. I can understand the frustration about images, but we want to be sure we get this absolutely right. Ah - so you don't have to go to tender, that's already done. Ok, got it. Was scared you needed to go to market still!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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