New Stadium Details And Discussions

Lilbaz · Jan 12, 2018

robertgoulet said:
Basketball is not ideal for a stadium of that size. The NCAA Final 4 is played in football stadiums, it has to be a huge event to make it worthwhile. I can't imagine that few regular season NBA games would sell out the stadium.

Wouldn't be the whole stadium. Put in temp seating at halfwayline across the pitch.

LexingtonSpurs · Jan 12, 2018

Lilbaz said:
Wouldn't be the whole stadium. Put in temp seating at halfwayline across the pitch.

Will never happen with an NBA game...stadium is still outdoors. NBA was just in London at the O2 Arena yesterday

LukaMotion · Jan 12, 2018

Phischy said:
I don't really understand your point here (particularly what you mean by 'split across the side'), but the video is 100% a representation of what has been designed and is being built.

There is a large cavern (which I the plans seem to show has a secondary purpose as a car park when not storing the pitch) under and behind the South Stand effectively where the old stadium was and the buildings (and public realm) are organised to ensure there's not too much weight over it. There is literally no room under any other stand. All this is public realm and can be found in this thread or the planning application.

In terms of the tracks, such a large mass would need to be supported in a number of areas and would need a complex system to move, so rails would be necessary regardless. There will no doubt be some method, either manual or automated of filling the rail gaps with astroturf pitch after the pitch has been rolled back.

Obviously the large carevn being used to store the pitch has daylight lamps to keep the grass alive but the stand and flooring above it need support, so there are two large pillars and a two rows of smaller pillars behind them for that job. The pitch splits into three parts to accomodate that.

I must say at the outset, I wasn't keen on a system which splits the primary playing surface up and I felt it would lead to injuries if a player slides or gets their studs caught on a seam. But it seems a huge amount of engineering and testing has (as it should) been conducted and having seen some videos of a trial in action the majority of my fears have been allayed.

I think i'm right in saying the majority of the time the grass surface will be above ground in the stadium anyway, the only times it will be split and rolled into storage will be during the NFL games, which is only once or twice a year, and other times the stadium gets used for concerts etc. I'd imagine it might also be stored away a bit more in winter to prevent the ground from freezing if necessary but really its going to be in place for 11 months of the year so the surface will have plenty of time to bind together.

Lilbaz · Jan 12, 2018

LexingtonSpurs said:
Will never happen with an NBA game...stadium is still outdoors. NBA was just in London at the O2 Arena yesterday

Very true.

deka- · Jan 12, 2018

Sandro30 said:
Does anybody know the numbers of row's between the entrance into the south stand and the pitch? Trying to work out if I want to be above or below the entrances.

I have tried to count but either my eyes aren't good enough or the picture doesn't have enough pixels to make it easy enough!

Might be easier with this mate :

Phischy · Jan 12, 2018

LukaMotion said:
I think i'm right in saying the majority of the time the grass surface will be above ground in the stadium anyway, the only times it will be split and rolled into storage will be during the NFL games, which is only once or twice a year, and other times the stadium gets used for concerts etc. I'd imagine it might also be stored away a bit more in winter to prevent the ground from freezing if necessary but really its going to be in place for 11 months of the year so the surface will have plenty of time to bind together.

Correct!

nailsy · Jan 12, 2018

tototoner said:
White Wall ( new South Stand) taking shape View attachment 35206

That looks huge. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Knights Watch guarding the top of that.

like2eatpie · Jan 13, 2018

I’m assuming that not everyone on here is also on ssc (you should be)

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davidmatzdorf · Jan 13, 2018

Out of those photos from SSC, the really impressive ones aren't the shots of the cladding or the south stand. The exciting ones are the kitchen units and tiling, because those are visibly not just samples brought in for marketing purposes. They show how advanced the fitting-out is in the lower parts of the building. They're well advanced with second-fix operations and finishes, even while the upper parts of the structure are still being erected. If kitchen units and tiles are in place, it means that first-fix services - above-ground plumbing, wiring, ventilation, etc. - have all been largely completed in those areas.

mark87 · Jan 13, 2018

Sweech · Jan 13, 2018

I'm a little concerned about the quality of the pitch on those loading trays.

The Houston Texans used to do something similar and it was an absolute mess.

DanielCHillier · Jan 13, 2018

Sweech said:
I'm a little concerned about the quality of the pitch on those loading trays.

The Houston Texans used to do something similar and it was an absolute mess.

It's been thoroughly tested at the training ground, i'm sure they will have looked at every other example in major stadia around the world to learn from examples where it has been done correctly and incorrectly.

mark87 · Jan 14, 2018

Deleted member 27855 · Jan 14, 2018

Sweech said:
I'm a little concerned about the quality of the pitch on those loading trays.

The Houston Texans used to do something similar and it was an absolute mess.

Don’t be. The Arizona Cardinals have been running a system that’s similar to what ours will be for years now. It’s worked pretty flawlessly and I’m sure it’s been an major inspiration into what we’re doing.

N17paradise · Jan 14, 2018

Just an observation. On the time lapse You Tube vid 7-13th at 2min 12sec in... it shows a steel back girder being lowered into place then retracted. Have looked at the live feed on the THFC site and it hasn't reappeared. wrong fit? Delay ?

interested in your views.

Hengy1 · Jan 14, 2018

N17paradise said:
Just an observation. On the time lapse You Tube vid 7-13th at 2min 12sec in... it shows a steel back girder being lowered into place then retracted. Have looked at the live feed on the THFC site and it hasn't reappeared. wrong fit? Delay ?

interested in your views.

I noticed that. No idea why though did look to small for th gap.

Edit: pic of it ready to be put into place

worcestersauce · Jan 14, 2018

mark_2017 said:

Musical accompaniment "We have all the time in the world", Nice.

kmk · Jan 14, 2018

Another spectacular drone vid from Mr AV.

Trippier the RB fantastic · Jan 14, 2018

kmk said:
Another spectacular drone vid from Mr AV.

Superb video, its looking sensational.

danielneeds · Jan 14, 2018

Hengy1 said:
I noticed that. No idea why though did look to small for th gap.

Edit: pic of it ready to be put into place

View attachment 35287

Yeah on SSC they said there was definitely a problem and they abandoned the installation. No idea why.

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