Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:57 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

That's not what they said on the website. They said the North will be cladded. Has that now changed?

Either way, think of it as a big window that someone left open. Should be nice and airy.

from what was said two week back the north stand will be cladded, not the outside wall where they are now fitting the red stuff, but the inner wall behind the seated terracing, would be great if it was the outside wall.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:18 pm  

The club had to re-apply for planning permission to clad the North Stand because there had to be a 1m gap between the roof and the cladding to allow for wind to filter through otherwise the wind could threaten the stability of the structure. The club hope the North Stand will be cladded prior to the start of the new season and they think it should be.

However, there are no plans to clad the West and East Stands at present and apparently there never have been plans to do so. But the wall at the back of those stands is going to be high enough that someone standing at 6ft 5ins wouldn't be able to see into town. Or something like that!

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:26 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

The club had to re-apply for planning permission to clad the North Stand because there had to be a 1m gap between the roof and the cladding to allow for wind to filter through otherwise the wind could threaten the stability of the structure. The club hope the North Stand will be cladded prior to the start of the new season and they think it should be.

However, there are no plans to clad the West and East Stands at present and apparently there never have been plans to do so. But the wall at the back of those stands is going to be high enough that someone standing at 6ft 5ins wouldn't be able to see into town. Or something like that!

Its the 6ft 5ins wall that will be made higher on the North stand.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:11 pm  

a couple of pictures from today

the turnstiles in the ne corner


the view from PX now the wall and stuff has been knocked down



we have floodlights on the North Stand



and a few more seats in the South

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:02 pm  

First of all some pics i took last thursday in the fading sun





I like the look of the landscaping. However do wonder if in time (think decades) those trees will obscure the stadium. Note also the framework going on the Turnstile entrance in the south west corner, in readiness for the red cladding



Now onto the pics i took on Saturday

The concrete pavement is being laid around the south eastern corner of the stadium





As Gruntfuttock has already pointed outs, floodlights have now been fitted on the north stand. Cant be long now before we get a floodlight test



With regard to the seating. They have now fitted the seats in the South West corner near the Police control room/pa box. Looks like they have fitted the cheap seats first and are leaving the fitting of the posh premium seats till last.







There is now a huge wall of red behind the North stand. Cant help but think this would have been better if it was white with a big read V.



i also noticed that they have built a small wall between the toilets and the turnstiles. Presumably this is to prevent people queuing for the toilet from blocking the entrance to the stadium.
Also note that despite the road outside the stadium being soaking wet from heavy rain, the inside of the stadium is completely dry, despite it not being fully enclosed.



A nearly completed stadium with little over one month to go before it gets handed over to Saints, looking glorious in the sunshine

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:20 pm  

Fandabydosy. I don't care about the lack of cladding. It still looks awesome.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:50 am  

thanks Chair - was beginning to think you'd taken the week off along with the official Saints photographer who hasn't posted any pics for a while.

Great shots.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:43 am  

A small observation over the cladding...

The south west corner has 10 grey clad sections, but the south east section only has 6 grey clad sections. I wonder if the south east has 4 more sections yet to clad? Or maybe the south red faced part is offset towards the east?

Anyone have access to the plans to show if this offset is correct?

Not a point of earth shattering importance I know but people have posted questions on more minor points than this.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:01 am  

Donkey OTay wrote:

A small observation over the cladding...

The south west corner has 10 grey clad sections, but the south east section only has 6 grey clad sections. I wonder if the south east has 4 more sections yet to clad? Or maybe the south red faced part is offset towards the east?

Anyone have access to the plans to show if this offset is correct?

Not a point of earth shattering importance I know but people have posted questions on more minor points than this.

The PA box/ Police control room is in the south west corner which therefore requires to be clad, as do the lift shafts to the high level disabled section of the west stand. No such box exists in the south eastern part of the stadium, nor are there high level disabled facilities in the eastern part of the stadium.
There is also the quite interesting fact that every different stand within the stadium is a different size, and of slightly different design. This is a change from the usual flatpack cookie cutter stadiums we see built in the uk.

[Sadfish]

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:25 pm  

I do like the way we can call the home and away ends the Western Terrace and the Eastern Terrace;)