headhunter Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Ploughing through my programme collection the other day and had to do a double take when I saw the attached image from January 1999. The skyline profile of the new West Stand bears a remarkable resemblance to the mock up photos of what was planned 19 years ago. Hope SL didn't pay twice for the design drawings!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Not the only Bristol team to have used old artist mock ups of stand designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 That is extremely cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiled Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 We've had a number of different schemes (even discounting Ashton Vale) that have made it into the press over the years. If I remember correctly, the 1998 plans were put forward based on a single two-tier stand that was built at Leicester's Filbert Street. The cost being quoted around the £5M level. The irony that we should follow Leicester's example is that having opened their Carling Stand (at a cost of approximately £5M) in 1994, they then demolished it just nine years later when they moved to the Kingpower/Walkers Stadium: http://www.footballgroundguide.com/old-grounds-and-stands/filbert_street_leicester.htm It is uncanny how similar those Ashton Gate artist's impressions look compared to the completed Lansdown Stand. Interesting if anyone else has any other scans/photos of the various proposed redevelopments that followed from around the time when the Atyeo replaced the open end terracing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, downendcity said: Not the only Bristol team to have used old artist mock ups of stand designs. One of those occasions when the artist's impression is more ambitious and more impressive than the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaw Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, downendcity said: Not the only Bristol team to have used old artist mock ups of stand designs. There's a nervous looking horse watching those sparring gas kids........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 It wouldn't have been long after those plans were released that there was talk that Hengrove was being scoped out as a potential site for a new stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 47 minutes ago, RedRaw said: There's a nervous looking horse watching those sparring gas kids........ Have you never seen a horse wearing a gum shield before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Northern Red said: It wouldn't have been long after those plans were released that there was talk that Hengrove was being scoped out as a potential site for a new stadium. Always thought Hengrove would have been a decent location for a new ground.. right in the heartland of our support that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 minute ago, bris red said: Always thought Hengrove would have been a decent location for a new ground.. right in the heartland of our support that I'm not so sure, judging by the traffic chaos that a simple car boot sale generates there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 4 hours ago, headhunter said: The skyline profile of the new West Stand bears a remarkable resemblance to the mock up photos of what was planned 19 years ago. While everyone is digging, this was the design published in 2002. Presumably based on a dystopian universe where people hide during hours of daylight and the only vehicles permitted on the road are blue Daihatsu's or silver Mercedes A-Classes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Olé said: While everyone is digging, this was the design published in 2002. Presumably based on a dystopian universe where people hide during hours of daylight and the only vehicles permitted on the road are blue Daihatsu's or silver Mercedes A-Classes. Glad that never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, El Hombrecito said: I'm not so sure, judging by the traffic chaos that a simple car boot sale generates there. I'm pretty sure access to and from the stadium from Hengrove Way and/or Whitchurch Lane would have been improved significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjmcity Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Olé said: While everyone is digging, this was the design published in 2002. Presumably based on a dystopian universe where people hide during hours of daylight and the only vehicles permitted on the road are blue Daihatsu's or silver Mercedes A-Classes. Sorry to be a pedant, but in this dystopian future the Vans are Mazda Bongo's and the Cars are Audi A2's. And it would appear some cataclysmic event has rendered south Bristol into a volcanic plain on which the stadium has been built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 3 hours ago, CotswoldRed said: Glad that never happened. Agreed. Looks more like C**tdiff's abomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 So SL paid an architect a shed load of money to design a stand and he simply copied the old plans and tweaked them a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, wendyredredrobin said: So SL paid an architect a shed load of money to design a stand and he simply copied the old plans and tweaked them a bit. I doubt that. Would imagine a complete top-to-bottom redesign was done for the eventual build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awbb Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Pretty sure both the new stands were complete redesigns from scratch that externally were not dissimilar to those submitted for and given planning permission. West Stand in the late 90s and the South Stand during Sexton’s time in the mid 2000s. In the plans submitted for what actually happened to the council a big thing was made in them about how similar the new designs were to those already given permission, with outlines showing the external differences. I remember vaguely something from way back that was going to be known as ‘The Hub’. Which is essentially where the Sports Bar is. I don’t recall that ever being brought back up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 9 hours ago, Offside said: One of those occasions when the artist's impression is more ambitious and more impressive than the real thing. These plans were regarded as too ambitious and costing way in excess of the available budget so the architect was told to go away and trim some of the fat off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 7 hours ago, Olé said: While everyone is digging, this was the design published in 2002. Presumably based on a dystopian universe where people hide during hours of daylight and the only vehicles permitted on the road are blue Daihatsu's or silver Mercedes A-Classes. The Miller Partnership had obviously splashed out on top of the range Amstrads especially for the sales pitch too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 6 hours ago, CotswoldRed said: Glad that never happened. I reckon it might have at Ashton Vale........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 Are there any images out there for the proposed stadium at Hengrove? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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