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Post by steveaustin1 on Jan 27, 2024 11:55:23 GMT
The stadium in my opinion looks fantastic now the new additions and improvements really are coming along nicely.
It got me thinking if we ever decided to extend again would it be possible to dig downwards to create about another 8 to 10 rows adding approx 8 thousand more seats? There is so much space around the pitch side and bringing it all closer to the stands could create a more inhospitable atmosphere akin to the vic.
Is this even possible given the bowl shape between the 3 already joined stands ??
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Post by wilcopotter on Jan 27, 2024 11:57:17 GMT
Think I know where this thread is going to end up.
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Post by kidcrewbob on Jan 27, 2024 12:02:06 GMT
Not sure we'd ever need 8k more seats even in the Prem ! I'll give you that it looks ok from a distance (coming up SM way from Hem Heath and from the railway below) but once up close and inside, we quickly realise that the stadium was typical of its 90s style - done on the cheap with no real thought of logistics, aesthetic or general facilities - it's been improved a bit but it's still a bastard to get to, bloody freezing and the concourses primitive and inhospitable.....
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Post by Boothen on Jan 27, 2024 12:10:51 GMT
Personally, I think it needs to be wrapped in the same EFTE foil panels as the Allianz Arena.
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Jan 27, 2024 12:14:36 GMT
Just need a decent team and a few thousand more fans to justify it. Other than that, let’s crack on with it😉
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Post by mickstupp on Jan 27, 2024 12:20:58 GMT
Safe standing in both of the current open corners.
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Post by satoshi on Jan 27, 2024 12:21:55 GMT
It needs one of them wembley arch things
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Post by callas12 on Jan 27, 2024 12:34:30 GMT
Filling the corner in landed us where we are today sadly, obviously not the cause of that but coincidentally tied In. Wolves had the same when they built their new North Stand..
No requirements for more seats for possibly a good decade or so. & that's if our fortunes have another upturn, that are sustained for a few years at that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2024 12:39:18 GMT
Filling the corner in landed us where we are today sadly, obviously not the cause of that but coincidentally tied In. Wolves had the same when they built their new North Stand.. No requirements for more seats for possibly a good decade or so. & that's if our fortunes have another upturn, that are sustained for a few years at that. How did filling the corner in land us in the Championship? |
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Post by theonlooker on Jan 27, 2024 12:44:40 GMT
Filling the corner in landed us where we are today sadly, obviously not the cause of that but coincidentally tied In. Wolves had the same when they built their new North Stand.. No requirements for more seats for possibly a good decade or so. & that's if our fortunes have another upturn, that are sustained for a few years at that. How did filling the corner in land us in the Championship? Curse. Everytime we do building works and the season ends in 7/8 we get relegated. Build the stadium 97/98. Relegated. Build the new corner 17/18. Relegated. I've got the added bonus that everytime we build something we get relegated and a family member dies. It's right up there with the Macron curse. |
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jan 27, 2024 12:48:37 GMT
Need to do something with that North west corner
If not more seats (which currently theres no need), a block of exec boxes with function rooms, along with the big scoreboard. Blended in with the West and North stands and it woukd look so much better
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Post by boskampsflaps on Jan 27, 2024 12:55:39 GMT
I don't see them wasting yet more money to add to the extra seats that weren't needed in the first place.
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Post by ohbottom on Jan 27, 2024 13:01:48 GMT
Monorail!
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Post by steveaustin1 on Jan 27, 2024 13:06:22 GMT
If we were to see premier league within 5 years time and start to pull in <30,000 crowds regularly then digging down to get us to 38,000 would allow very large away followings to fill the missing seats.the Stadium would look top notch and some of those extra visitors would hopefully stay in the city overnight and invest in the pubs,restaurants etc
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Post by citynickscfc on Jan 27, 2024 13:08:57 GMT
It's the bloody corners fault we got relegated! And you want to do more building?
And the stadiums fault the time before!!!!
Think it's built on an ancient mouri burial ground or something. Every 150odd years theres an aura of good fortune before worldwide chaos ensues, oh and our inevitable downfall.
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Post by cheadlepotter on Jan 27, 2024 13:15:41 GMT
WHAT?
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Post by somersetstokie on Jan 27, 2024 13:20:12 GMT
It needs one of them wembley arch things Or a representation of a pit head winding tower and wheel! Or a symbolic bottle kiln picked out in lights. Don't forget our heritage!  |
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Post by march4 on Jan 27, 2024 13:21:46 GMT
Personally, I think it needs to be wrapped in the same EFTE foil panels as the Allianz Arena. Exactly. I went to see the stadium in Nice last year. It looks very nice. |
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Post by cvillestokie on Jan 27, 2024 13:26:14 GMT
We could barely fill it out in the PL. Stoke will never be a “big club”. They don’t need an extra 8,000 or so seats.
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Post by callas12 on Jan 27, 2024 13:27:00 GMT
How did filling the corner in land us in the Championship? Curse. Everytime we do building works and the season ends in 7/8 we get relegated. Build the stadium 97/98. Relegated. Build the new corner 17/18. Relegated. I've got the added bonus that everytime we build something we get relegated and a family member dies. It's right up there with the Macron curse. I'm convinced of the Macron curse! Nevermind the corner being built. Change kit suppliers in the summer watch our fortunes take an upturn! 🤣 |
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Post by Northy on Jan 27, 2024 13:27:14 GMT
Need to do something with that North west corner If not more seats (which currently theres no need), a block of exec boxes with function rooms, along with the big scoreboard. Blended in with the West and North stands and it woukd look so much better If I won the big Euros one,I'd fund it but the top would be my own personal suite. I'd put the new changing rooms there and have a disabled section above the tunnel,returning some pitch side disabled seats to normal seats. The screen would go to the other open corner up on higher supports, with a relocated police box above it,and a wind break behind completing the stadium look from outside. |
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Post by callas12 on Jan 27, 2024 13:27:28 GMT
Filling the corner in landed us where we are today sadly, obviously not the cause of that but coincidentally tied In. Wolves had the same when they built their new North Stand.. No requirements for more seats for possibly a good decade or so. & that's if our fortunes have another upturn, that are sustained for a few years at that. How did filling the corner in land us in the Championship? 'Curse' |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jan 27, 2024 13:39:57 GMT
Ground is fine for us
Not sure what concourses are hospitable anywhere. It's a concourse not a Poodle pampering waiting lounge
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 27, 2024 13:42:47 GMT
The stadium in my opinion looks fantastic now the new additions and improvements really are coming along nicely. It got me thinking if we ever decided to extend again would it be possible to dig downwards to create about another 8 to 10 rows adding approx 8 thousand more seats? There is so much space around the pitch side and bringing it all closer to the stands could create a more inhospitable atmosphere akin to the vic. Is this even possible given the bowl shape between the 3 already joined stands ?? Point 1 - the stadium capacity can be increased by about 5K by putting seats in the two corners which currently don't have any and that would get the capacity to about 35K and would be the cheapest option. Point 2 - unless the roofs of the stands were also extended forwards, the 8 to 10 rows of seats you suggest are created at the front would be exposed to the elements when it rained - which it often does in Stoke. Point 3 - under the existing pitch (about a metre below pitch level) is a collection area for water (both rain and sprayed) which falls on the pitch - the water is then stored and recycled. I suspect that if the pitch was dropped to accommodate the 8 to 10 new rows of seats, the water collection area would have to be dropped by the same amount that the pitch would have to be dropped. So points 2 and 3 suggest that your 8-10 new rows of seats would not be cheap when you consider the extra building works involving the roof and the water collection area. It might be simpler to extend the Boothen end upwards and put a new roof on it. |
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Post by Billy the kid on Jan 27, 2024 13:46:57 GMT
The stadium in my opinion looks fantastic now the new additions and improvements really are coming along nicely. It got me thinking if we ever decided to extend again would it be possible to dig downwards to create about another 8 to 10 rows adding approx 8 thousand more seats? There is so much space around the pitch side and bringing it all closer to the stands could create a more inhospitable atmosphere akin to the vic. Is this even possible given the bowl shape between the 3 already joined stands ?? I think it would be possible, but we have more chance of winning the champions league than ever needing or wanting more seats |
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Post by mickstupp on Jan 27, 2024 14:34:37 GMT
How did filling the corner in land us in the Championship? Curse. Everytime we do building works and the season ends in 7/8 we get relegated. Build the stadium 97/98. Relegated. Build the new corner 17/18. Relegated. I've got the added bonus that everytime we build something we get relegated and a family member dies. It's right up there with the Macron curse. Not to mention the building of the boxes in the old butler street in 1989. |
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Post by thornestein on Jan 27, 2024 14:35:30 GMT
anyone mentioned a train station yet 😁😉😂
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jan 27, 2024 14:47:31 GMT
Will always be Kitson's fault
Ginger lazy streak of Aardvark piss
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 27, 2024 14:51:53 GMT
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jan 27, 2024 14:54:25 GMT
Any further stadium expansion would be offset by another relegation season.
Breaking ground anywhere on that site is cursed.
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