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

[Tom Ford]

Here’s how their new single tier stand looks compared to the kop at Anfield.

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Yes like I said, although when outside the footprint doesn’t look as big as it maybe should the stands must be very steep to fit in that amount of people.

 

[Crouchinho]

New exterior.
Brand new retractable pitch.
Retractable roof.
New looped video screen round the roof.
New corporate tier.
Brand new corporate areas.
New bars and concourses.
Full replaced seats.

It seems to me like these Spanish clubs know they're being left behind in the transfer market and will try their best to get some big wigs in some shiny new boxes and appeal to younger fans with flashier concourses to generate more revenue.

I read yesterday their stadium and Nou Camp was crumbling inside and it had pigeons nests all over inside the stadium too. I guess both need(Ed) a facelift.

 

[Keeper!]

this guy does drone updates every week and he's a toffee's fan. he also does Anfield but don't hold that against him

Is that fake brick cladding on the outside of the stand?

 

[rowarta]

Is that fake brick cladding on the outside of the stand?

from watching some of his video's I believe it's actual brickwork

 

[Keeper!]

from watching some of his video's I believe it's actual brickwork

ok, does not look quite right

 

[HelloCity]

Darker seats being put in at the Bernabeu.

Also a good view of that new small upper tier they've added in.

 

[HelloCity]

Camp Nou

 

[supercity88]

It seems to me like these Spanish clubs know they're being left behind in the transfer market and will try their best to get some big wigs in some shiny new boxes and appeal to younger fans with flashier concourses to generate more revenue.

I read yesterday their stadium and Nou Camp was crumbling inside and it had pigeons nests all over inside the stadium too. I guess both need(Ed) a facelift.

The Nou Camp was in dire need of an update, the Bernabeu is more a show of strength and making it one of the best stadiums in the world. I don't think either club will be left behind in the transfer market. Real have an excellent balance of youth and experience and Mbappe will end up there eventually. They've got a really strong squad, and will continue to invest. They're still that poster club that will attract the big names in Europe. Similarly with Barcelona, they might not have any money but there will always be investors and they'll always attract the top players as a result of their legacy. Because of the financial disparity in Spain they don't have the same worries as the rags and dippers when they start to drop down the table. They can be shite but still comfortably qualify for the CL.

 

[fathellensbellend]

Here’s how their new single tier stand looks compared to the kop at Anfield.

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Will help with the booing, should be really loud

 

[eyalluvitt]

Is that fake brick cladding on the outside of the stand?

It blocks out the radio waves of the TV license detector van

 

[eyalluvitt]

Celtic park looks well past it’s sell by date

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Here’s how their new single tier stand looks compared to the kop at Anfield.

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Wow, that will be brilliant!

 

[HelloCity]

AC Milan announce plans to move to new stadium

AC Milan announce plans to move from their iconic San Siro home and build a new 70,000-seater stadium in the south of the city.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tom Ford]

Was looking at the new Anfield Road Stand.. didn’t realise until I looked properly that the two end sections directly face the fans sitting in the Main Stand instead of the pitch. Surely that can’t be right given the money spent to build it, it would mean fans sitting in those sections will have to swivel there bodies and legs around in order to look directly at the pitch. I suppose this is why end sections of stands are built at an angle to join up with existing stands that way every seat has the pitch straight in front.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Was looking at the new Anfield Road Stand.. didn’t realise until I looked properly that the two end sections directly face the fans sitting in the Main Stand instead of the pitch. Surely that can’t be right given the money spent to build it, it would mean fans sitting in those sections will have to swivel there bodies and legs around in order to look directly at the pitch. I suppose this is why end sections of stands are built at an angle to join up with existing stands that way every seat has the pitch straight in front.

 

[jrb]

I accept it’s the Anfield Road stand and not the KOP, but how not to build a stand behind the goal. Note the positioning of the seating in the corner of the away end in the upper tier overlooking the Liverpool fans in the main stand and not facing the pitch.

 

[Crouchinho]

I accept it’s the Anfield Road stand and not the KOP, but how not to build a stand behind the goal. Note the positioning of the seating in the corner of the away end in the upper tier overlooking the Liverpool fans in the main stand and not facing the pitch.

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I'm sure they'll sit at an angle lol. I guess it has some English charm but the stadium is ugly as fuck. I bet if they renovated that main stand they could have close to 75-80k, it looks very small compared to the other stands

 

[TinFoilHat]

the perfect place to put a large VAR screen...

 

[HelloCity]

 

[mattcity5]

I accept it’s the Anfield Road stand and not the KOP, but how not to build a stand behind the goal. Note the positioning of the seating in the corner of the away end in the upper tier overlooking the Liverpool fans in the main stand and not facing the pitch.

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Interesting looking at those pictures, that we have to remember that the Anfield pitch is below Uefa's recommended pitch size. From an old article about them not being able to have England games there:

"Anfield's pitch size has counted against it with UEFA rules stating that pitches must have fixed dimensions of 105m by 68m. The Reds' playing surface is just 101m long and cannot be extended due to the closeness of the stands at both the Kop and the Anfield Road end".

And this:

"The Football Association (FA) set the legal range for a pitch to be between 90m-120m in length and 45m-90m in width."

It's very strange that they wouldn't be able to play Euro 2028 games at Anfield because of Uefa rules, but Uefa seem happy with Anfield for the Champions League. I'd say they should give Liverpool a number of years to get their house in order. They could get rid of the first few rows at each end to make the pitch longer and could easily install screens.