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coys200

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Basically if it’s Burnley the first test event would be latest about November 25th. I’d imagine they’d have to announce it this week if happening.
 

robertgoulet

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No reason why they can't do a special feature leading up to the match about the stadium and facilities etc.., I just don't see why they have to show the actual match though.

Could be possible that they won’t have as much of the window dressing stuff done as Levy would like vs Burnley and won’t mind if it’s not televised.

It may be March ready but having a bunch of cameras around a 3/4 finished stadium may not be the first impression he wants to make.
 

SpunkyBackpack

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I think the game might be on tv but also it might not be it depends on when the game is and what the game is and whether the tv people want to put it on tv or not, i know thats a controversial opinion but there i said it.
 

whitesocks

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Still not quite decided if it has to be on TV or not. But totally disagree with this. If it was say Everton I’d be very excited to see the TV pictures. Having them do the tour and seeing a new stadium. Maybe that’s just me because I’m a stadium junkie. But I think the ssc thread shows how much interest there is from all fans. I’m sure if you asked most football fans and they were honest they would be much more likely to watch if it was grand opening. Sky aren’t idiots as well and know it would increase the viewing figures. Ultimately it’s a massive opportunity for Levy to show off not just to the general public but future advertisers. I’d be very surprised if he passed it up.
If we do get it ready for the Burnley game, I think we all agree that there will still be plenty that still needs tidying up. If you were Levy, would you want the sky ex-Liverpool player/pundits touring around? If they found as much as a scrap of cable on the floor, they'd be joking how the stadium was somehow unsafe.

And from the sky point of view, they've got 3h of live broadcast with new cabling and equipment.
It blanking out for 10mins is not an option. Why take the risk when they don't have to?
Let the new systems bed in for a game or 2, as we will still have to provide live streams to NBC and the like.
 

LexingtonSpurs

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Social media advertising will dwarf any single-match television ratings.

In the big scheme of things an opening match on TV will do nothing for future revenues. How people respond on twitter, facebook, et al will determine if the new stadium becomes a destination source.

The best thing Levy can do to market the stadium, is get it open as quickly as possible, and let the supporters spread the reveiws, the photos, the videos etc. Those will be seen by exponentially more people than a single TV broadcast - and those reviews will carry much more weight.
 

minesadouble

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I got an email last night from the club (I'm an Executive Member in the new Tunnel Club). I'd written to my contact Thursday asking info. Situation is that Club can't give certainty simply because of the test events. Something could go wrong at one of them and cause delays. Club is wary of making firm announcements after what happened last time. IF anybody could be certain (ie. we'd already had test events and had all the security certs) then we'd have firm dates and Sky / BT could plan accordingly. But we can't so they can't. And I was told (verbally) the Club's cool about TV coverage of first game(s) anyway. Our first few lower profile PL / FA Cup games can be seen as "soft openings" like dress rehearsals at a theatre, with the first Big-6 or CL match as the "grand opening" on TV with stadium build up etc.

Frankly I don't know anything for sure but what I've been told makes sense to me. The idea that we'd delay simply to have Sky cover the match and have pundits giving opinions on the cheese room etc. is weird.
 

sly1

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As far as I am aware, our being allowed to play games at Wembley and NWHL in the same season is at the disgression of the Premier League. We’ve already fucked around enough with changing fixture dates and venues. I very much doubt it would be looked upon kindly if we voluntarily decided to introduce another whole round of chaos just so we can get our golden cock out on sky sports.
 

carmeldevil

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As far as I am aware, our being allowed to play games at Wembley and NWHL in the same season is at the disgression of the Premier League. We’ve already fucked around enough with changing fixture dates and venues. I very much doubt it would be looked upon kindly if we voluntarily decided to introduce another whole round of chaos just so we can get our golden cock out on sky sports.

But when it s shown on tv, it’ll be glorious!
 

worcestersauce

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I got an email last night from the club (I'm an Executive Member in the new Tunnel Club). I'd written to my contact Thursday asking info. Situation is that Club can't give certainty simply because of the test events. Something could go wrong at one of them and cause delays. Club is wary of making firm announcements after what happened last time. IF anybody could be certain (ie. we'd already had test events and had all the security certs) then we'd have firm dates and Sky / BT could plan accordingly. But we can't so they can't. And I was told (verbally) the Club's cool about TV coverage of first game(s) anyway. Our first few lower profile PL / FA Cup games can be seen as "soft openings" like dress rehearsals at a theatre, with the first Big-6 or CL match as the "grand opening" on TV with stadium build up etc.

Frankly I don't know anything for sure but what I've been told makes sense to me. The idea that we'd delay simply to have Sky cover the match and have pundits giving opinions on the cheese room etc. is weird.
And there we have it, we will be ready very soon, probably by the beginning of December and we can have the test events knowing that the problems highlighted previously have been dealt with. What we don't know though for certain is any other currently unknown problem that may be found at the next test events however unlikely that may be. The trouble with that is that it will never be any different, if new problems are found then we start again until the test events after that and so on and so forth, however, that is all extremely unlikely as other things were tested at the first events and we can therefore be sure they won't have changed and that is, I believe, where we are right now. The problem highlighted has been corrected and so taking that with the succcessful outcomes of the other previous inspections means the club can be very confident about a date, they just won't commit to it until they have the signiature on the piece of paper, it isn't the case that the club is still in the dark at all.
 

Chattaben

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Pardon my ignorance but if Burnley isn’t the first game at the new stadium, then why would United be seen as a potential first game? Why couldn’t Bournemouth or Wolves be the first game at the new home? Are those not scheduled as home games?
 

spud

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.......What we don't know though for certain is any other currently unknown problem that may be found at the next test events however unlikely that may be........
There obviously have to be 'test events' in order to receive safety certificates. However, I don't understand - and didn't understand before - why it needs a 'test event' to test everything. It makes sense to know everything is working as it should before admitting people and doing tests 'live' with people present. I don't think there would be many, if any, systems and mechanisms that would be affected by the presence of a few hundred / few thousand people in the stadium.
 

Roynie

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There obviously have to be 'test events' in order to receive safety certificates. However, I don't understand - and didn't understand before - why it needs a 'test event' to test everything. It makes sense to know everything is working as it should before admitting people and doing tests 'live' with people present. I don't think there would be many, if any, systems and mechanisms that would be affected by the presence of a few hundred / few thousand people in the stadium.

As much as anything they are about seeing that the crowd can evacuate the stadium within a given time in case of an emergency. The fire alarms etc are, obviously, a part of that.
 

spud

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As much as anything they are about seeing that the crowd can evacuate the stadium within a given time in case of an emergency. The fire alarms etc are, obviously, a part of that.
Obviously. But you can make sure that they work before the test event rather than being taken by surprise on the day when you find that they don't.
 

Roynie

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Obviously. But you can make sure that they work before the test event rather than being taken by surprise on the day when you find that they don't.

True dat! I seem to recall someone saying that the regs. may have changed since the plans were drawn up. But there have been a few rumours about why the alarm system failed and I don't think we necessarily know the real reason!
 
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