OS Irritation

[Woland]

They do it at Stad De France.
The procedure of expanding and pushing back the rows of seats takes two days (both directions) and is damn expensive itself, IIRC. The only way is to keep the rows expanded all the time and only retract them when athletic competitions take place.

Which could be feasible as athletics shy away from open air in the winter, leaving the club alone for 4 months (November-February) and claiming the track in March-September/Oct, i.e. 5-6 months overlap with football games.

The cheaper option would be inflatable seats. I reckon Gold and Sullivan have good connections with latex producers worldwide.

 

[markiespurs]

Knowing the dildo brothers they will probably find the cheapest option.

Like bring your own seats

 

[Zimmy]

Ha ha, it's the Spammers, who gives a fuck.

 

[spurette]

I read an article (can't seem to find it now) that said the retractable seat decision had to be made when building started, it would be ridiculously expensive.

 

[Spurger King]

The cheaper option would be inflatable seats. I reckon Gold and Sullivan have good connections with latex producers worldwide.

That's a disaster waiting to happen. Inflatable seats don't cope well in close proximity to pricks.

 

[fortworthspur]

should've just left the track running under the seats, with little plexiglass windows where your feet are if you really want to watch the race. problem solved.

 

[Wellspurs]

Because of Getty image rights I cant post before and after retraction of seats but if you google "Stade de France retractable seats" you will see it would surely have been in the original design and not adapted after.

If they need money I'm sure the residents of Newham wont mind stumping up a few more £m.

 

[Wellspurs]

The forum is a low mobile platform of 25 000 seats. It is reached by the level 1. It may fall 15 feet to reveal all of the running track and jumping pits. It then retains 22 000 seats. The movement lasts 80 hours, 40 people 20h/24h mobilized, and carried by ten distinct elements of 700 tons each.

Looks expensive to me.

 

[bigturnip]

Maybe they could just do what they did at that stadium in Japan for the World Cup, make the pitch on wheels so they can just wheel it in and out of the stadium, inside for athletics, then outside in the park for football, not like they really need seating, just a few grassy banks for people to sit on.

 

[bigturnip]

Maybe they could just do what they did at that stadium in Japan for the World Cup, make the pitch on wheels so they can just wheel it in and out of the stadium, inside for athletics, then outside in the park for football, not like they really need seating, just a few grassy banks for people to sit on.

Here it is:

 

[StartingPrice]

Maybe they could just do what they did at that stadium in Japan for the World Cup, make the pitch on wheels so they can just wheel it in and out of the stadium, inside for athletics, then outside in the park for football, not like they really need seating, just a few grassy banks for people to sit on.

Is that a euphemistic expression denoting Spammers:shrug:

 

[HotTotty]

Surely they've got no hope of retro fitting this!
The first permanent tier needs to be about 20ft off the ground.

 

[specspurs]

They also do it at ANZ Stadium (aka Stadium Australia) where the 2000 Olympics were held.
Not only do they have the ability to host rectangular field sports like football and rugby but they they can move the stands to accommodate Aussie Rules and even cricket which require an oval playing field. Interestingly,they removed the athletics track after the Olympics.
I personally have been on a stadium tour where they explained how the stands all move but not being an engineer I cannot remember the technical explanation.
Needless to say this was not planned as an afterthought and was begun in 2001 and completed by 2003 before the Rugby World Cup.
The seating by the sidelines are not as tight as White Hart Lane or any other purpose built football only stadium,but still significantly closer than if the athletics track remained.

 

[Shepspurs]

Everyone seems concerned about the size of crowds West Ham will attract when they are in the Championship.

In view of the time-scale of this process, surely it could be the size of League 1 crowds that should be taken into account.

 

[gio747]

I think the way it works in teh stad de france and sydney olympic stadium is that the seating isnt a removable lower tier as you suggest, but with the running track on view you only have say for example 10 rows of seats. In football mode, the whole lower tier kinda moves forward somehow and you end up with 20 odd rows of seats (as in retractable, not removeable). i asssume they have to attached the seats each and every time they move the thing.

Broken promises though -they arent going to do this before and after every football match, meaning the track area isnt going to be available as they claimed it would for schools, athletics clubs etc to use year round.

A stadium of that size will not be available for small meetings and schools. It would require a certain no. of people thru the doors before they break even, security, police, utilities, insurance etc.

 

[stevenqoz]

Stadium Australia is a pretty ordinary venue to watch sport. I go there to watch AFL League Union and Football. Even taking the track away they have never had an 'anchor' tenant for any sport.