Saints very own Media Manager has posted on Redvee, the plans are changing all the time but as far as he is aware the stadium will be enclosed.

It might be like Chair has suggested and open between the outer shell and the back of the terracing.

Don't you just think they havent got round that side to enclose it all yet?

How can plans for a major construction project like a stadium change all the time? Wouldn't there be mountains of procedural and technical paperwork to get through to change a build post commencement?

I'm still waiting to see when my armrests are being installed. I only bought a season ticket because of those.

Not sure, this was the exact response.

Arm rests with drinks holders?

Mr Media Man. Please don't make it corregated all round the real fans section of the Fabulous new stadium we have.I love the rest of it.

Do they recline as well, I sometimes like a snooze after half time?

Mine should be gold, and heated with a foot rest and a ball tracking swivel facility so I can follow the game without risking straining my neck.

Surely a swivel chair wouldn't stop all your depondant head shaking?

A good project manager can make millions in extras for his company. What happens is that they go in with a minimum compliance bid to win the job. They then sting the client for all the extras.

That's how it works. It isn't a "fixed price" job as such.

The trick to bringing a project in on time and on price is to stick to the original plans and spec. Changes mean money money money.

It scares me when I hear Saints have made so many changes to the original plans.

Or maybe they done well out of the tendering process and have been able to up the spec

Todays pics.


From up close the outer "corrugated" panelling looks a lot better. Especially when combined with the black panel cladding to the top and the bottom



These two pics show the current extent of the outer cladding and what it looks like from a distance





The Concrete kerbing on Peasley cross lane looks pretty substantial, were its been concreted in.



The Green green grass of home

This is from the North East corner



and this is from the North West corner



Looking behind the East stand we can see were all the concrete kerbing is going, atop the stone gabions.



The concreting has gone past the North East corner



and is now starting to be done behind the North stand



Moving onto the West stand and the side panels have been fitted to the edge of the terrace. All the crush barriers also look like they are now in the proper position



Brickwork continues on the west stand and opaque glass has also been fitted, similar to that in the South stand



Talking of the South stand this shot shows clearly shows how the ground floor is almost completely clad with glass



Finally another look at the North stand showing brickwork slowly rising

Great pics again CM.I'm starting to think the corrigated cladding dose not look that bad.The shots of the grass made me go WOW.What do you think they will do with the baskets of stone.Driving down Peasley Cross Lane it looks like the stone baskets will be covered with something like a brick wall or something.May be a grass bank.That would look good.

Great shots again CM. It's cool to see the grass growing!

The roof on the West Stand looks deeper than those over the North and South Stands. I can see the people who sit at the front getting wet whereas those of us standing in the West could be pretty much protected from the elements. But that just might be the angle of shots.

I was wondering that.
As I said on Red Vee, the standing area looks small in relation to the outside view (6 crush barriers) It may just be the camera angle, or are you just trying to get us Wigan fans soaked.



Generally it looks pretty good though, looking forward to Good Friday (although that fixture MAY be at Wigan)

The away end has an higher standing capacity than the home end funnily enough.

I think what makes the stands appear big from the outside and smaller from the inside is the relative height of the roofline. It is quite high above the terracing.
Also the stands themselves are bulky to ensure plenty of room on the concourses. Most grounds tend to build the back of the stand were the terrace ends. With the new Saints stadium however the stands bulge out to give more space.

The 6 rows of terracing means that they are actually quite large terraces. Possibly the biggest built in any newbuild stadium in Britain since the Taylor report. Warrington for example only has 4 rows of barriers down the touchline and 5 behind the try line.

Yes the North American corrugated steel grain silo 'look' cladding is good

I'm still not sure on that cladding.

No no no ere pull up a chair let me explain,{si·mil·i·tude (s-ml-td, -tyd).........1. Similarity; resemblance.2.
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.I think what your supposed to do with any similitude is exercise a little forethought and imagination and the penny will drop,ya know corrugated & steel & cladding on a round structure.

Take another look,this time with your glasses on.

Lame riposte dude, "a contrario Don............non potes videre abores ligna"

According to this week's League Weekly, Hattons have secured the naming rights to one of the stands in our new stadium. Having the Hattons Stand will be like having a link back to Knowsley Road!

Wow your clever,bad eyesight though.

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