Stadium Developments thread - New Birmingham City Stadium revealed (p57)

[gordondaviesmoustache]

The chimneys look naff mate.

Naff is the wankest word in the English language :-)

Things like this are wholly subjective. For me, it’s distinctive, ambitious and has a definite identity. And I think they’ll regularly fill it. I think it’s a club with huge potential and I reckon the owners know what they are doing.

 

[eyalluvitt]

62,000 capacity.

Birmingham’s average crowd last season in League 1 was 26,000.

The previous year in the Championship it was 21,000.

They will fill it for NFL games, even if Birmingham is a cricket town

 

[eyalluvitt]

The Fred Dibnah Stadium

Brums American owners bid 15m for Wearyur Hardhatt

 

[eyalluvitt]

Port Vale will be next with the Bottle Kilne-ihad

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Port Vale will be next with the Bottle Kilne-ihad
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Brilliant

 

[.db.]

Does anyone have any examples of new(ish) stadiums that do look great from the outside?

Even the Spurs Stadium is a bit bland from the outside.

Loving the Optus Stadium in Perth where the Ashes are being played n’all

 

[.db.]

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Looks like Chelsea's proposed move to Battersea Power Station was their inspiration. Regarding Populas, I think it depends on which designer you get

That would also have been a great stadium. A shame it didn’t happen.

 

[.db.]

I also like Wrexham’s plans for their new stand behind the goal:

 

[East Level 2]

Loving the Optus Stadium in Perth where the Ashes are being played n’all

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Perth? So that's the River Tay in the background?

 

[East Level 2]

Hope you are wrong with one of those clubs…..

You'll be wanting Solihull Moors to win the National League and then progress and push Cov lower down the West Midlands rankings.

 

[Pell]

Birmingham City stadium has been revealed.

The outside will be divisive (I like it) but internally it beats the new Spurs stadium with a huge end behind both goals.

62k
Retractable roof
A single tier stand behind both goals

I'm assuming their owners are getting to stump up all the money? Birmingham City council is broke, they couldn't even afford to pay the binmen.

 

[pride in battle]

I also like Wrexham’s plans for their new stand behind the goal:

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Stonehenge ?

 

[HelloCity]

Sometimes we forget the Etihad looks nice when lit up at night.

 

[mexico1970]

I'm assuming their owners are getting to stump up all the money? Birmingham City council is broke, they couldn't even afford to pay the binmen.

It's marginally better than the clown tent.

 

[Marvin.]

It's marginally better than the clown tent.

You are not up to date.

 

[mexico1970]

You are not up to date.

Story of my life really, my life is lived through the lens of things past and not of things to come.

That's not a quote by Jean Paul Gautier but the Hovis bike rider.

By 'eck by gum.

 

[bluemoon32]

Anything that makes the Villa fans irate is good for me, up the Birmingham Blues

 

[jrb]

How anyone cannot like that architecture is beyond me. The brickwork and arches will look amazing.

People need to look past the chimneys, even though they are the focal points of the proposal, and look at the detail of the proposal.

Brick, arches, curves, overhangs, copper cladding, etc.
I still don’t think Birmingham need a 62,000 capacity stadium.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Loving the Optus Stadium in Perth where the Ashes are being played n’all

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Perth? Is that St Johnstone’s new ground?

 

[HelloCity]

Santa will have a lot of work to do with emptying his sack over all those chimneys.