well done st helens

as one of the leading rugby clubs in england you deserve a better ground than KR.

its been a hard slog getting a new ground and you deserve it.

wont be surprised to see your crowds top 15,000 and down the track see it expanded to over 20,000

real progress for RL in england and why franchising is so important for the games future.

it has the capacity to be expanded in the future

as financing is difficult they went for a lower initial capacity as its easier to fund.

Not strictly true. McManus has always said he was going for quality and atmosphere over quantity for quantity's sake.

The stadium will give ample room for crowd growth without feeling like an empty seat showroom - which was the aim.

Good to see another SL club embracing the 21st Century as opposed to playing on an old school field with a temporary stand at one end and half a dozen crumbling steps at the other.

By 2015 The stadium in European Rugby League Will be fantastic.....Headingley, DW Stadium, Saints Stadium, Salford Stadium, Stobart Stadium, Stade Gilbert Brutus, Wakey Stadium, Cas Stadium (announcement due today), LSV, Stobart Stadium, The Shay, KC Stadium, Halliwell Jones, Keepmoat Stadium, Gateshead International, Galpharm Stadium. And then even some of the ground that used to be poor in the lower leagues are improved a hell of a lot. Tetleys Stadium, Mount Pleasant, Cougar Park, Spotland, South Leeds Stadium.

Have I missed any out that are redeveloping? Hull KR maybe? And I don't put The Moon in there as it's a Yawnion ground and I hope a big hole opens up and swallows it along with 'Twickers'

The Stobart Stadium - so good they named it twice.


P.S. Nice looking design - I hope the standing area is delivered.

There's no question about that - it definitely has terracing.

i like it that there isn't an old speedway track round the edge so you are close to pitch.
Good idea that.

It does look a good little stadium but like all the other promised new rl stadiums/stands i'll believe it when i see it.

It's being built

It's just so damn pretty, brings a tear to one's eye.

well it's already more promising than wakey and cas

Looks like the LSV.

side topic but craven park isnt that bad.

belle vue is a dump, like Kr is.

the jungle is half decent, odsal might give good views but its a dump too.

the whole idea of franchising is eventually all the clubs with s**t grounds will be kicked out of SL.

So does the Halliwell Jones!

Out of interest Dally, how many games have you been to in the UK?

i think it was around 10

wigan / saints jjb, leeds / hull at leeds, bradford / leeds at odsal, hull fc / kr at the kc, quins / saints at kr, and then some nl1 and 2 games

olham / crusaders at boundary park, cant remember the other ones

edit : cc final, saints vs LC, skolars vs york at new river

I might be extremely dumb, but who are the LC you saw Saints play?

Les Catalans

(He played on the wing for Bradford I think.)

Leigh Centurions?

CC final, st helens vs les catalans

was spewing when LC upset wigan

that wouldve been a much better CC final at the opening of wembley

wembley was a let down. much like stadium australia

the biggest problem with Stadium Australia when I went was that it was full of 107,000 Australians.

the pics look great. should be another good asset fro RL in general.

I do think that 2012 is optimistic for playing games in there though, if all there is at the moment is a sign up...

Due to be ready around the end of the 2011 season, 2012 will be no problem.

You can build a McDonalds in 24 hours these days and in the event of an emergency closure of an existing store, provided there is space Tesco can build a store in 48 hours.

If the build time goes over, no worries, we'll just continue to play at Widnes. They will be glad of the chance to see Super League in their town.

And that only went up yesterday