- Apr 16, 2005
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Club have revealed new stadium will have the world's first retractable pitch
Read the full article at Daily Mail
Read the full article at Daily Mail
this is a retractable pitch, not roof.Worlds firsf retractable roof? Anyone know the difference between this and Etihad stadium here in Melbourne. i was there 2 weeks ago with a retractable roof
this is a retractable pitch, not roof.
I'm an American spurs fan with a quick question based on the video. Do they really do the NFL "huge USA flag" thing at the start of games in London? It seems even more tacky than usual if the game isn't even in the US.
Ooooh, ain't it clever!
BUT
All them sliding wheels on rails, hydraulic whats-you-call-em, bits that slide in, bits that go up and down - and this is going to work flawlessly, DL? I mean, I hope it does, really.
How long before the pitch 'breaks' - two weeks in? A month?
I think that in principle it's great, but like other fans, I'm a bit sceptical about the functionality.
For example, I wish that it was the NFL pitch that split apart to reaveal the pristine football surface underneath. With my limited but bitter gardening experience, I wouldn't be at all surprised to eventually see lines of dead grass along the edges of the connecting sections etc. Just saying, hope I'm wrong of course!
Ehmmm... the natural grass has to be the on top so it can be retracted to go get some sunshine, and to not have those nasty reels where the top turf would move.