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Post by stoke247 on Apr 6, 2010 12:49:17 GMT
Any news on any ground improvements, noticed things going on next to the car park opp ticket office and bits going on outside around the back of the ground across from the harvester, also there was talk of filling in the scoreboard corner if we sell out all home games this season...
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Apr 6, 2010 13:19:53 GMT
The West carpark (by the main stand) is being extended both next to the railway and at the ticket office end where the grassy knoll has been bulldozed flat.
There is to be an underpass built this summmer between the Stadium and the Harvester.
No news on stadium expansion yet.
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Post by scfc75 on Apr 6, 2010 13:49:25 GMT
Sod the underpass. An airport-style travelator running up penguin-alley to The Harvester would be a great addition. I was hoping this is why they had flattened all the trees, to make way for the handrail.
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Post by boothy on Apr 6, 2010 14:10:31 GMT
Sod the underpass. An airport-style travelator running up penguin-alley to The Harvester would be a great addition. I was hoping this is why they had flattened all the trees, to make way for the handrail. imagine one of those going all the way up stanley mathews way  would save me a lot of energy. |
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Post by march4 on Apr 6, 2010 15:43:08 GMT
The West carpark (by the main stand) is being extended both next to the railway and at the ticket office end where the grassy knoll has been bulldozed flat. There is to be an underpass built this summmer between the Stadium and the Harvester. No news on stadium expansion yet. I think that will be it for another 12 months. The training ground upgrade is a big project. |
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Post by rambo61 on Apr 6, 2010 15:49:02 GMT
Sod the underpass. An airport-style travelator running up penguin-alley to The Harvester . Penguin alley is a brilliant description,especially 5 mins after full time!!! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by danmase on Apr 6, 2010 16:44:02 GMT
not so much an improvement but whats happening with the proud to be a potter art installation? Wasn't it due for the end of march?
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Post by tonedepear on Apr 6, 2010 17:11:51 GMT
Are they going to funnel everyone out of this new big car park through a 1 car sized slot adjoining the south car park? That'd be a giggle.
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Post by FrostySCFC on Apr 6, 2010 17:18:57 GMT
We could do with another bridge going over the river/railway area. That one bridge is chocka-block at full time.
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Post by st2potter on Apr 6, 2010 17:56:59 GMT
A massive wind shield to keep Sorro's hoofs in play!!
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Post by mickstupp on Apr 6, 2010 18:00:41 GMT
Are they going to funnel everyone out of this new big car park through a 1 car sized slot adjoining the south car park? That'd be a giggle. I thought that as well on saturday. Why the deafening silence from the club about this car park extension?? |
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Post by DentySCFC on Apr 6, 2010 18:01:23 GMT
Overheard someone mentioning that we were looking to fill in the corner between the West Stand and Boothen End and include a casino in it.
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Post by LDE76 on Apr 6, 2010 18:04:26 GMT
I'll settle for nothing less than gold-plated lifts like at Hitler's Eagle's Nest, punji-stake booby-traps under the pitch ready for the Arsenal match and a sedan chair service from the South Car Park to the Seddon Stand.
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Post by dbstoke on Apr 6, 2010 18:08:05 GMT
Overheard someone mentioning that we were looking to fill in the corner between the West Stand and Boothen End and include a casino in it. ;D |
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Post by eranu on Apr 6, 2010 18:36:00 GMT
Overheard someone mentioning that we were looking to fill in the corner between the West Stand and Boothen End and include a casino in it. I too have heard that, but hotel instead of casino, although they could do both. How very posh |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Apr 6, 2010 19:14:46 GMT
It would make more sense to move the dressing rooms and tunnel to the John Smith's/Boothen corner, put seats in there and put the hotel/casio where the Shop and changing rooms and offices are now. We could then build a new office block and shop detached from the stadium.
Advantages:
# New, bigger, shop and offices which do not take up stadium space.
# Hotel/Casino (a prestige building) is at the corner which people first see when they arrive at the stadium by car
# New (better) changing rooms in the new John Smiths/Boothen corner
# Tunnel would come out between stands occupied by home fans.
Disadvantages - none that I can think of - other than cost of course! ;D
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Post by Carlos Dickabout on Apr 6, 2010 19:14:56 GMT
a horizonal bar raised to 6'3" at the front entrance to stop mama getting in nahh i love him really  |
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Post by surreystokie on Apr 6, 2010 22:30:59 GMT
mickstupp, I have often wondered aloud why they choose to keep secret, improvements of which the club should be proud. Before some of you get too excited, much of the new parking space is apparently intended to replace that being lost on the south car park. But at least it will be owned by us and thus, hopefully, short of potholes and marked out.  I'm disappointed that you're such a selfish lot, no-one having suggested a ski-lift from the Brit to Stoke station. |
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Post by march4 on Apr 6, 2010 22:34:18 GMT
I'm disappointed that you're such a selfish lot, no-one having suggested a ski-lift from the Brit to Stoke station. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by JudgeMental on Apr 6, 2010 22:46:33 GMT
Before some of you get too excited, much of the new parking space is apparently intended to replace that being lost on the south car park. But at least it will be owned by us and thus, hopefully, short of potholes and marked out. Monica- does that mean that some folks who park(ed) on the South CP will be allowed to park on the West? |
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Post by march4 on Apr 6, 2010 22:49:13 GMT
Before some of you get too excited, much of the new parking space is apparently intended to replace that being lost on the south car park. But at least it will be owned by us and thus, hopefully, short of potholes and marked out. Monica- does that mean that some folks who park(ed) on the South CP will be allowed to park on the West? Sorry for answering instead of Monica. The answer is yes, but it will cost you at lot more dosh. |
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Post by surreystokie on Apr 6, 2010 22:58:56 GMT
Don't apologise, March, as I didn't know the answer.  |
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Post by labyrinth on Apr 7, 2010 10:23:40 GMT
a horizonal bar raised to 6'3" at the front entrance to stop mama getting in quote] Hilarious but so needed. ;D |
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Post by fan4life on Apr 7, 2010 11:11:24 GMT
a horizonal bar raised to 6'3" at the front entrance to stop mama getting in quote] Hilarious but so needed. ;D  ;D |
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Apr 7, 2010 16:21:52 GMT
Monica- does that mean that some folks who park(ed) on the South CP will be allowed to park on the West? Sorry for answering instead of Monica. The answer is yes, but it will cost you at lot more dosh. March - is it likely to include disabled spaces? Just thinking ahead as I haven't got my usual disabled CP pass for my dad yet - it may be worth me trying to get one on the West instead. ??? |
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Post by mikeyb99 on Apr 7, 2010 16:31:23 GMT
Not sure how the travelator idea would help us shed our 'lardies' image |
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Post by stevebigsmokestoke on Apr 7, 2010 20:07:12 GMT
LAKELAND SPOT ON BUD
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Post by Olgrligm on Apr 7, 2010 20:18:40 GMT
If we were going to do any sort of extension work, sod filling in the corner. That would just give us a tedious generic Riverside Stadium. Let's just stick an extra 2000 seats in the Boothen End - not tiered, just one steep bank.
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Post by march4 on Apr 7, 2010 20:19:18 GMT
Sorry for answering instead of Monica. The answer is yes, but it will cost you at lot more dosh. March - is it likely to include disabled spaces? Just thinking ahead as I haven't got my usual disabled CP pass for my dad yet - it may be worth me trying to get one on the West instead. ??? That's a good point. I'm not sure what is happening to the disabled spaces on the South Car Park or whether any will be included on the West Car Park. Sorry, I can't help.  |
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would save me a lot of energy. 
