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Post by Nick1984 on Aug 7, 2008 20:07:02 GMT
This first post will be updated daily as news and photos come through of changes made to the Britannia Stadium. Feel free to add any new news or opinions to the thread. Confirmed changes:- Stadium repainted in brilliant white - Widescreen to be installed in Seddon/Away corner (shows Potters TV) - Electronic advertising boards to be installed - New PA system installed - New Premier League standard subs benches added - Badges outside the John Smith's stand updated - Pitch made smaller - Sprinklers system added to pitch - Tarmac around pitch changed from green to red - Cladding replaced around the top of the stands - Stylish Stoke badge/stripes plaques dotted around the stadium - Reception refurbished - Waddington Suite refurbished - Boxes refurbished - Tunnel will extend across the front of the John Smith's stand Rumours:- Widescreen will be HD Plasma - Electronic advertising boards will go around the whole pitch - Cladding will be replaced around the sides of the stands - Dirt carpark to be tarmaced for Villa match Photos:New club badges added  Plaques with stylish Stoke badge/stripes  Old green tarmac and non-electronic advertising boards removed  (Special thanks to DannyStokie and cpstoke for the photos) |
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Post by markscfc72 on Aug 7, 2008 20:29:50 GMT
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Post by northstokie on Aug 7, 2008 20:33:47 GMT
I thought the electronic advertising boards around the pitch had been confirmed - there was a piece on the official site not long after promotion....
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Post by you've been Delapped!! on Aug 7, 2008 20:37:01 GMT
Sorry to spoil the good feeling a bit, but i believe the track isn't going to be complete for the Villa game as the cherry pickers have got to put the advertising boards up yet on the inside of the ground and the track takes two weeks to completely set, so it won't be able to take the weight of the cherry pickers and will be done after the Villa game.
The red and white crest boards are also going to be on he exits of the ground with "thanks for your continued support" on them. Nice little touch.
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Post by Nick1984 on Aug 7, 2008 20:38:01 GMT
I thought the electronic advertising boards around the pitch had been confirmed - there was a piece on the official site not long after promotion.... The only statement I've seen is that we're having electronic advertising boards. I assumed we'd only be having them accross the stand that the TV cameras view (Upton Park's equivalent of the Seddon stand is the only area with electronic advertising boards. I always get annoyed watching Arsenal at the Emirates and that huge plane moves accross the screens, must be off-putting for players. |
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Post by Nick1984 on Aug 7, 2008 20:40:51 GMT
I'm not liking the new pitch pattern, I preferred standard verticle stripes. They looked great when they did the red/white striped crowd for the Newcastle game last season.
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Post by dresdenstokie on Aug 7, 2008 21:03:40 GMT
whats the plan with the track?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2008 21:14:04 GMT
I'm not liking the new pitch pattern, I preferred standard verticle stripes. They looked great when they did the red/white striped crowd for the Newcastle game last season. the pitch looks FANTASTIC |
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Post by makkapakka on Aug 7, 2008 21:25:04 GMT
Did i read in the Sentinal that the players tunnel was going to be altered somehow.
i thought it said that i was to be redirected from opposing fans.
Any ideas anyone
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Post by stokecity4eva on Aug 7, 2008 21:27:10 GMT
yeah the tunnel is to open onto the side of the pich instead of the corner like it has previously
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Post by FrostySCFC on Aug 7, 2008 22:12:49 GMT
yeah the tunnel is to open onto the side of the pich instead of the corner like it has previously I'm not quite sure how this is going to happen. As in, where abouts is this entrance to the pitch going to be - the dugout sort of area or something? I keep envisioning this sort of Spanish underground type system or something ;D ??? |
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Post by stokecity4eva on Aug 7, 2008 22:20:58 GMT
oooGeorgieberry thats what i keep thinking but i really doubt it would be anything like that
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Post by Block 26 on Aug 7, 2008 22:30:11 GMT
The pitch looks immense.
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Post by FrostySCFC on Aug 7, 2008 22:35:49 GMT
oooGeorgieberry thats what i keep thinking but i really doubt it would be anything like that Be funny if they did though. What's the betting that Mama would fall up the stairs and Parkin would have a heart attack going up the stairs ;D Yeah, I went and had a look on Satrday, it's in great condition. Seems really firm ground as well considering the weather we've had recently. |
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Post by Block 26 on Aug 7, 2008 23:54:26 GMT
I don't understand how the tunnel will come out in the JS ???
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Post by PackmoorStokie. on Aug 8, 2008 0:26:48 GMT
That's what i'm confused about.
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Post by PotterLog on Aug 8, 2008 4:53:09 GMT
Couple of things: I don't understand how the tunnel will come out in the JS ??? It won't come out from the JS - all they're doing is extending the plastic extendable bit from the corner so that it runs up the side of the JS and the players come out further up the pitch rather than right next to the away fans. Was confirmed by the club at the recent Fans' Forum meeting. I always get annoyed watching Arsenal at the Emirates and that huge plane moves accross the screens, must be off-putting for players. They're set up so you can't see them from pitch level. They just angle them towards the cameras so that it's only annoying for the spectators.  |
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Post by Nick1984 on Aug 8, 2008 6:03:54 GMT
Ah, so the LEDs are angled? I don't think the panels as a whole are angled up.
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Post by jeffers on Aug 8, 2008 10:07:50 GMT
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Post by Nick1984 on Aug 8, 2008 10:37:31 GMT
I think the big widescreen/scoreboard is Plasma.
Advertising boards are LED
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Post by edinburghstokie on Aug 8, 2008 11:41:29 GMT
I think they will be OLED (organic light emitting diode). Then they are flexible and won't break when a football is hoofed into them.....
In 20 years time maybe.
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Post by Nick1984 on Aug 8, 2008 11:49:19 GMT
I've only ever seen OLED screens go up to 20inches, think we're a decade off seeing huge ones  |
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Post by edinburghstokie on Aug 8, 2008 11:52:28 GMT
they could have really small adverts.....
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Post by robin1302 on Aug 8, 2008 11:58:17 GMT
Pitch looks in greta condition! Can't wait to go have a nose round at all the changes tonight.
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Post by PackmoorStokie. on Aug 8, 2008 12:35:08 GMT
goarrn stoke! ;D
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Post by starkiller on Aug 8, 2008 13:11:21 GMT
Cladding replaced around the top of the stands
Anyone got any pictures of this from the outside. Just got back from a 3 week hol and I'm exiled for tonight's game?
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Post by wayne2008 on Aug 8, 2008 14:36:26 GMT
The Pitch looks fooking excellent.
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Post by r10ryx on Aug 8, 2008 15:05:31 GMT
[urlhttp://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~1360637,00.html]The details of whats been done is on official site now...[/url]
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Ground Work Continues
Posted on: Thu 07 Aug 2008
Two brand new club crests have been erected each side of the main entrance on the West Stand to replace the two old ones as work continued around the Britannia Stadium today.
The two new badges, which still require the paintwork to be completed around them, will change the face of the stadium for miles around as people travel through the city on the A500.
The club's pre-season redevelopment has already seen the pitchside track ripped up, ready to be replaced with a new red one, while all areas of the stadium have been touched up with paint.
The plastic cladding around the stadium has also been replaced at the back of each stand, while brand new dugouts are set to be put in to place early next week.
A giant screen is also set to be placed into the corner between the South Stand and the Seddon Stand during the next month.
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Post by starkiller on Aug 8, 2008 17:09:00 GMT
[quote author=r10ryx board=Potters thread=36807 post=429009 time=1218207931
Two brand new club crests have been erected each side of the main entrance on the West Stand to replace the two old ones as work continued around the Britannia Stadium today.
The two new badges, which still require the paintwork to be completed around them, will change the face of the stadium for miles around as people travel through the city on the A500.
[/quote]
Can they now shift that big Sainsbury's box out of the way?
It has ruined the best view of the stadium - travelling north on the A500 from Hanchurch - since it was stuck there.
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Post by lancer on Aug 8, 2008 18:59:38 GMT
Nice to hear on Radio Stoke, P+G that the corner between Boothen End and Main Stand will have a wind protective screen across it. That will take a lot of the bleeding high winds off the pitch and the stands.
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