' Bijou ' compared to the Big West Stand but the end terraces are roughly the same size as the Willows Main Stand but with a concourse behind. As said the low roof should give a great atmosphere , so having seen these pics I'm more chilled , Thanks Sam .

whats the capacity of each stands please?

Think it something like west stand 4000 seats,east stand 2500 seats and both ends 2750 terracing each to make the 12000

www.saintsnewstadium.com/3d-tour saints new stadium,,, what do we all think in comparison ?

www.saintsnewstadium.com/3d-tour saints new stadium,,, what do we all think in comparison ?

yea saints look's impressive,just wondering is there any standing areas?

cheers for that should be a great atmosphere when hull bring 2.5k over, what are the plans for next season with regarding salford playing on fridays or sundays hopefully sundays

From a prpmotional point of view think Friday night games will be best as the bright new well lit stadium is bound to attract curious looks from people going over the bridge and hopefully if even a very small percetage decide to look into what is going on we could get a fair few more bums on seats.

its obviously the friday/sunday debate which one is best. i suppose its wether the club want extra away fans or more coperate boxes sold

Went past it on the way to the Trafford Centre today for the first time. Took me a while to realise what it was, maybe a Salford City Reds banner somewhere would help?

Anyway, looking good!

Quote ="woolston red"yea saints look's impressive,just wondering is there any standing areas?'" Lots of piccies and info here re Saints stadium viewtopic.php?f=18&t=385845&start=1455

Quote ="woolston red"yea saints look's impressive,just wondering is there any standing areas?'" Lots of piccies and info here re Saints stadium viewtopic.php?f=18&t=385845&start=1455

Both ends are the standing areas, one home, one away end.

Sky have done a piece on our stadium including a interview with JW www.skysports.com/opinion/story/ ... 78,00.html

Sky have done a piece on our stadium including a interview with JW www.skysports.com/opinion/story/ ... 78,00.html

Got to say if we are compairing with St Helens, I've very much underwhelmed. Iconic stadium Wilkinson promised.....

I agree 100%. Saints' new stadium looks excellent especially with the corners being filled in.
As people will, maybe rightly say, any new stadium is fine and beggars cant be choosers but I'd be far more excited if our stadium wasn't quite so bland/generic.

Saints' looks really really good, quite a bit better than ours I'd say.

It looks very impressive! I think I read their budget was a few million more than phase 1 of ours. That said if we ever see phase 3 I'm sure that would look impressive too (With corners filled in and an extra tier of seats).

The only issue with Saints is it's being built on a very small plot for a stadium. This has limited parking to about 90 spaces for a 18K capacity compared to 650 spaces at Barton. They will have saved quite a bit by not spending much on the carpark and landscaping. I've heard some Saints fans say people can park in the centre of town and walk but that doesn't lend itself to some older people with walking difficulties.

It should not really be an issue. The stadium is only 10-15 mins walk from the town centre bus and train stations along with the multi storey car parks there.
In addition the new stadium is fully compliant with disability legislation so has ample parking for disabled badge holders.
There are also currently electric buses that run to the various retail parks around the site and will no doubt run to the Tesco/Stadium site to aid people with mobility difficulties.

Access should therefore be far better than Knowsley road or most other stadiums.

Put it this way Salfords 500 onsite car parking spaces is better than the new Saints stadium has. However once that car park is full, where else is there to park in the locale eg within 15 mins of the stadium?

I 'm sure people will find their way there but it's not ideal to have only 90-100 spaces for a new stadium of this capacity. I noticed there are large sponsors lounges and private boxes, where are all your corporate customers going to park? A club sponsor expects a parking spot with the sponsorship package. Surely most of your parking will be taken up by the home & away directors, players, match officials, staff and disabled spaces etc. Please don't interpret this as a dig your stadium looks very impressive and is fantastic for RL and I welcome it. I was just highlighting an issue where the ideal situation would be to have more parking next to the ground.

For your info the parking at Barton is for 650 cars not 500 plus there will be several coach spaces for away supporters. I heard the plan was to also run shuttle buses from the Trafford Centre. Further to this the Peel Green residential area is literally a 5-10 minute walk.

I think over the coming years there are also plans for the Metrolink tram network to be extended to the Trafford Centre, with a possible junction to the new stadium.

Don't forget we also have an airport within a stone's throw for all our VIPs to arrive by helicopter, private plane or microlight!


Beat that!

Don't forget the Manchester Ship Canal - big enough for the largest luxury yachts.

There’s a lot of talk on the Sale Sharks message board of us moving to your new stadium in a ground-share deal.

Dare I ask!!….. What are the thoughts of the Salford Reds fans ground sharing with Sale Sharks??

dont let the sharks in, united reserves

Football over my dead body.
Said it before and I'll say it again two rugby teams in thier repsective top divisions can only be a good thing when it comes to brain storming and player training.

to be honest i think i would rather united reserves were in there! wont ruin the ground as much, possibly get a bigger crowd watching them than a sale side that are really really struggling on all fronts at the minute
plus it wont damage the pitch nowhere near as much as rugby yawnion would