New Stadium Details And Discussions

Speedy said:

On the plans posted in this thread there is definitely a marked space in front of the north stand for lamp array storage which can only really be for grass maintenance, but it would be fairly easy(I actually can’t say how easy) to put lamps above the retracted pitch in the south stand. So the pitch slides away and into its envelope and inside that space the temperature can be controlled.

I have no idea about any of this. I’ve just looked at the tray construction, tracks and the rest on the webcams. There’s no way to see under the south stand to see if the trays have even been placed yet onto tracking

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worcestersauce said:

True but I bet most of those open air events will take place between mid may and late July.

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coys200 said:

Not sure you’ve really grasped the concept of this stadium. It’s been designed as a multi purpose arena. I’d say the retractable pitch is just as much to host other events as NFL. I would imagined it will be in use from March - October for other events. And things like Boxing e sports could even take place in early/late winter. Imo it will be pretty much used all year round that was the whole point.

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worcestersauce said:

Yes but I didn't say all of them I said most of them and still think that will be the case.
I will also own up to the fact that I don't know what e sports are, the e leads me to think its virtual/ screen based is that right?

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Lilbaz said:

E stands for electronic. (I think).

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ComfortablyNumb said:

Acftually, I think I recall somewhere that the biggest problem with modern stadia is not so much the light level, but the air circulation, right down at the grass level. It'll be much easier to force circulate air when the pitch is withdrawn than when it is out, so there might be some added benefit there, too.

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fridgemagnet said:

Wasn't it our head groundsman that helped Wembley with their pitch issues caused by the same thing, the pitch wasn't the problem the stadium design was, it's why they did something to the design of the emirates (IIRC) our design has achieved the same thing but without being so far from the pitch. (something like that)

i think he's been heavily involved in this pitch project and given we have a history of having very good playing surface i'd be surprised if he wasn't consulted when the stadium plans got announced, maybe one of reasons for some of the design changes (i'm guessing here) we changed architects didn't we?

Pitch needs more light/can we get more airflow to pitch level? (stuff like that) i mean first and foremost we are building a football stadium so the green bit should be priority (you'd think anyway)

All of the above is either my onions or my shrapnel cluttered memory.

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worcestersauce said:

Yes but I didn't say all of them I said most of them and still think that will be the case.
I will also own up to the fact that I don't know what e sports are, the e leads me to think its virtual/ screen based is that right?

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fridgemagnet said:

E-Sports basically big computer game tournaments held over a period of time whittled down to either head to head or teams. Think along the lines of a poker tournament but with a games controller and a big TV screen rather than a deck of cards and a table.

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fridgemagnet said:

E-Sports basically big computer game tournaments held over a period of time whittled down to either head to head or teams. Think along the lines of a poker tournament but with a games controller and a big TV screen rather than a deck of cards and a table.

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worcestersauce said:

Cheers, do they need an area the size of a football pitch for that? I guess I figured that sort of thing is an indoor event unless of course, they get huge crowds.

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worcestersauce said:

Cheers, do they need an area the size of a football pitch for that? I guess I figured that sort of thing is an indoor event unless of course, they get huge crowds.

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fridgemagnet said:

Wasn't it our head groundsman that helped Wembley with their pitch issues caused by the same thing, the pitch wasn't the problem the stadium design was, it's why they did something to the design of the emirates (IIRC) our design has achieved the same thing but without being so far from the pitch. (something like that)

i think he's been heavily involved in this pitch project and given we have a history of having very good playing surface i'd be surprised if he wasn't consulted when the stadium plans got announced, maybe one of reasons for some of the design changes (i'm guessing here) we changed architects didn't we?

Pitch needs more light/can we get more airflow to pitch level? (stuff like that) i mean first and foremost we are building a football stadium so the green bit should be priority (you'd think anyway)

All of the above is either my onions or my shrapnel cluttered memory.

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fridgemagnet said:

Quick google

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESports

Key Arena Seattle

Not sure where this is

Gran Turismo Sport is fully backed and licensed by the FIA https://www.fia.com/polyphony-digital

They use rigs like this

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danielneeds said:

It’d be indoors. I guess they’d use all the indoor space, similar to the Emirates when they rent it out for conferences and X-Factor auditions.

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Lilbaz said:

We changed architects to include nfl.

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danielneeds said:

It’d be indoors. I guess they’d use all the indoor space, similar to the Emirates when they rent it out for conferences and X-Factor auditions.

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Lilbaz said:

Not sure why the disagree @davidmatzdorf ? The old architect (kss) basically said as much on scc. That is how we found out we were planning on having nfl at the lane. Years before the official announcement.

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THFCLuke94 said:

world's gone mad

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