Re: Stadium Developments : Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:53 pm  

inside man wrote:

PI for Wakey delayed until June.

On or before the 19th June to be precise... however, this is good news and it looks like the SoS office are 'lining up their ducks' up for giving a well justified positive decision.

Re: Stadium Developments : Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:45 pm  

Odem wrote:

I hate the new Wembley. It has no character or atmosphere.

It is just another bowl shaped stadium with no soul.

Agreed, old one for me by miles, not sure if it was because of the standing at the ends or down to great memories, the inside arena area was huge though
Either way it's a shockingly poor return of a stadium for nearly a £1Billion, could have been really really great but as you say has nothing special to it except a decent size.

Re: Stadium Developments : Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:03 am  

knockersbumpMKII wrote:

Agreed, old one for me by miles, not sure if it was because of the standing at the ends or down to great memories, the inside arena area was huge though
Either way it's a shockingly poor return of a stadium for nearly a £1Billion, could have been really really great but as you say has nothing special to it except a decent size.

The old Wembley was an excellent iconic stadium but, the facilities and viewing are far superior at the new stadium.
It is only the absence of the twin towers that makes us think that the old place was better, plus the memories of players and games that
were witnessed there.
The heritage has gone but the new stadium IS better as a sporting arena.

Re: Stadium Developments : Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:16 pm  

http://www.hullkr.tv/liveStand.php Web camera is now open to anyone to view.

http://www.hullkr.tv/liveStand.php Web camera is now open to anyone to view.

[Wheels]

Re: Stadium Developments : Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:18 pm  

Easty wrote:

http://www.hullkr.tv/liveStand.php

Web camera is now open to anyone to view.

Riveting...

Re: Stadium Developments : Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:36 pm  

Good pun

Re: Stadium Developments : Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:40 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

The old Wembley was an excellent iconic stadium but, the facilities and viewing are far superior at the new stadium.
It is only the absence of the twin towers that makes us think that the old place was better, plus the memories of players and games that
were witnessed there.
The heritage has gone but the new stadium IS better as a sporting arena.

The twin towers bit meant nothing to me, the atmosphere inside was/is better, yes the view is excellent from all over in the new one & I'm sure the facilities are very modern but I don't go to a rugby match for the toilets & bar & I've never had the need to use them nor would it make my day any better/worse for it. I don't recall the old Wembly's eat/drink kiosks been that bad.
Given the money spent I'd have expected better seats in the new one but at least they aren't too cramped.. The old wembley had facilities better than many peoples homes back in the 20s and I enjoyed sitting on wooden benches when I went in 82 as a young teen . I've sat/stood in varying parts of the old one I can honestly say being further away when standing at the ends didn't spoil it for me one iota.
It's a personal thing, I like the old one better.

Re: Stadium Developments : Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:37 am  

true i did like the old wembley better but I have now been to the new one 6 times and it is starting to grow on me went to the old one 20 times but don't thing i will live long enough to do the new one 20 times

Re: Stadium Developments : Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:50 am  

I like the old ground and I like the new one for very different reasons. The major downside of the new stadium in the 'Club Wembley' section of seats which detracts from all RL events

Re: Stadium Developments : Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:03 am  

knockersbumpMKII wrote:

The twin towers bit meant nothing to me, the atmosphere inside was/is better, yes the view is excellent from all over in the new one & I'm sure the facilities are very modern but I don't go to a rugby match for the toilets & bar & I've never had the need to use them nor would it make my day any better/worse for it. I don't recall the old Wembly's eat/drink kiosks been that bad.
Given the money spent I'd have expected better seats in the new one but at least they aren't too cramped.. The old wembley had facilities better than many peoples homes back in the 20s and I enjoyed sitting on wooden benches when I went in 82 as a young teen . I've sat/stood in varying parts of the old one I can honestly say being further away when standing at the ends didn't spoil it for me one iota.
It's a personal thing, I like the old one better.

IMO it just sentiment for the old place.
The cheap seats in the corners at the old place were miles from the pitch, although the atmosphere was excellent.
I think the problem with the new place is not the stadium, but the "reserved" seats down one side.
Its great when the FA Cup final is on and these seats are full, but when there are large numbers of empty seats it has a negative effect.
There ought to be a way of re-selling these seats if they are not going to be used.