You must be playing us first game then?

Yep, looks a great stadium and I'll look forward to visiting next season.

It depends, if the stadium is a fully cladded halo, then songs started in the west terrace could well travel around the ground with the north and south stands joining in. (I think a slow version of 'oh when the saints' would sound incredible in a fully enclosed, oval stadium

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Ideally, I'm sure most of the old popular sider's would prefer a standing side as opposed to an end, but I suppose thats just a sacrifice we have to make.



The poster said trophy, not shield

guessing you mean like the amazing Sapporo Dome that was used in the 2002 football world cup.

Ours should be like that.

In the few summer afternoon games we could play outside and sit on the grass hill.

How much fun would that be?

That is actually a class idea. For nice days you have the sun and a picnic, for rainy cold days you have a good stadium to play in. Would certainly go down well in the NRL that one!

This weeks piccies

Gabbion and tree planting in front of JK Phillips. You can also see the cleared land which rumour has it will become a car park



looks like they are close to completing the cladding in the South East corner



East stand car park being tarmaced.
Also note that the posh golden concrete has only been laid upto the edge of the south stand facilities.
The East and as we we see later the North and West stands just receive the standard tarmac pavement treatment.



More red seating installed in the South stand, however there is still more yet to be fitted



The turnstile blocks in the North stand are starting to get the red cladding treatment.







The lift shaft and staircase cladding looks almost complete





tarmacing the North west corner



Now from the Tesco side of things



The Turnstyle block in the South West corner is now resplendant in red
Note also the landscaping around the stadium







looking from the linkroad they have taken down a lot of the Barr wooden fencing. You can also see were they have flattened out the huge dirt piles that lay in this part of the site



further landscaping has been done on the entrance to Tescos from the linkroad. This includes a lot of tree planting.
The whole site is going to look quite pleasant in a decade or two once all those trees have had time to start to mature

I couldn't see the posh gold concrete.

You guys must be so excited about the stadium. It looks fantastic.

Even I can't wait to step foot in the ground.

yes although some fans are still moaning the majority of us cant wait to get in there and make it our own, great pictures CM

some pictures i took today

The East Car park



the South stand with some posh light poles



closer view



the view coming down PX lane is nice now they have demolished the wall



from the link road they have cleared some of the fencing and banking



it will look impresssive when you do your weekly shop as well



The bridge site is coming along well



and from Lyons yard you can see the bridge supports



and a last view from near the canal and St Helens Chamber of Commerce building

Amazing pics CM and GF.

A month till handover and I can't wait, it looks sensational and when finished it will be a stunning facility.

What's the parking like around the stadium?

There's a rumour about some pay and display parking going on the last plot of land Langtree have yet to develop but so far as the Saints ground is concerned, there is no able bodied parking for fans.

Except two multi story carparks in town, linked by a shiny new bridge.

Saints are in discussion with the Council about the use of the same. If you remember, the final plans were passed by the hung Council on a couple of platforms, one of which was the green agenda (discouraging CO2). Based on what I remember, originally Saints said that the plan was for fans to use the multistoreys and that the Council would open them and provide security. However, we have since had an election and the slightly thick people of St Helens returned a Labour run council. Anything could be the case now. Saints are also in discussions with B&Q about their parking policy, which they are going to advise Saints about later in the year.

oh for a ground built near houses rather than retail developments!!

There is plenty of parking in the area. Town 10/15 mins walk, two retail parks 5 mins walk.
There are good bus and train links into St Helens town 10/15 mins walk. Best option IMO.
Failing that walk to the ground calling in at every pub for a swift half along the way.
If those options dont satisfy stay at home and watch on sky or listen on radio as you are not a true supporter. Simples

Christ be quick, there won't be pubs soon. We only have two in Haydock (not counting the Lymewood)

You must walk very slowly. I'd halve them times easy.

New pics on the official saints site. They show that despite the stands not being fully enclosed, its still quite sheltered behind the stands lots of great aerial views of the site as well www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1274

New pics on the official saints site. They show that despite the stands not being fully enclosed, its still quite sheltered behind the stands lots of great aerial views of the site as well www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1274

Quote ="The Chair Maker"New pics on the official saints site. They show that despite the stands not being fully enclosed, its still quite sheltered behind the stands lots of great aerial views of the site as well www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1274'" dont think there is any problem at all with the concourse. what I find odd is the picture, " walk up to the stadium" from where will they walk.

Quote ="The Chair Maker"New pics on the official saints site. They show that despite the stands not being fully enclosed, its still quite sheltered behind the stands lots of great aerial views of the site as well www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1274'" dont think there is any problem at all with the concourse. what I find odd is the picture, " walk up to the stadium" from where will they walk.

Maybe Tesco don't want us all trouping past their place so another walkway has been put in place leading from the bridge? Or maybe that is just one of the approach options fans will have. Who knows? It's still a while from being finished.

That last aerial photo looks fantastic.

Aerial pics really show the stadium off, those who live this end of town, or play Golf at Sherdley will know the large amount of aeroplanes that fly low over that way, will be able see it going on your hols!

From all parts of St.Helens



That walkway leads to the footpaths on the side of the linkroad which in turn lead to the toucan crossing near the Renault Garage as well as the "frogger" crossing opposite Burger King.

I was posting hoping someone was going to give some info on the parking situation on the Ravenhead retail park, they must know now wether or not match day parking will be allowed.