Stadium Expansion

[mikeee]

from todays news its looking likely the stadium will be expanded so the info i got about that was right but looks like the 75k was wrong.

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

from todays news its looking likely the stadium will be expanded so the info i got about that was right but looks like the 75k was wrong.

However.....IF they are expanding it as seems to be the case....with the addition all at the one end, it allows for doing the south stand at a later date in the same manner. Up until now all the talk was to add upto 60k(or higher) adding to both ends

 

[mikeee]

from todays news its looking likely the stadium will be expanded so the info i got about that was right but looks like the 75k was wrong.

However.....IF they are expanding it as seems to be the case....with the addition all at the one end, it allows for doing the south stand at a later date in the same manner. Up until now all the talk was to add upto 60k(or higher) adding to both ends

true. didnt think about that, time will tell anyway to see what happens.

 

[bridgeblue]

However.....IF they are expanding it as seems to be the case....with the addition all at the one end, it allows for doing the south stand at a later date in the same manner. Up until now all the talk was to add upto 60k(or higher) adding to both ends

true. didnt think about that, time will tell anyway to see what happens.

Not sure how this can be done, to add a third tier to the North Stand would not see the ground capacity increased by 12000.
The whole North stand holds 6000. The third tier of the East and Bell ends hold aroun 8500, increasing the capacity to 60,000 by extending the just the Northstand is beyond me.
Unless im missing somthing.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

who's your source ?

BERTIE

I never said anything...

 

[fbloke]

The stadium expansion is likely to leave us with a significantly more impressive, but different structure.

But it aint gonna be no Maine Road ;-)

 

[ElanJo]

£400m??!!! The stadium cost about £120m to build!

Maybe they're turning each seat into a golden throne?

 

[Marvin]

true. didnt think about that, time will tell anyway to see what happens.

Not sure how this can be done, to add a third tier to the North Stand would not see the ground capacity increased by 12000.
The whole North stand holds 6000. The third tier of the East and Bell ends hold aroun 8500, increasing the capacity to 60,000 by extending the just the Northstand is beyond me.
Unless im missing somthing.

You are . The corners. Furthermore you could make into a single end.

 

[fbloke]

Not sure how this can be done, to add a third tier to the North Stand would not see the ground capacity increased by 12000.
The whole North stand holds 6000. The third tier of the East and Bell ends hold aroun 8500, increasing the capacity to 60,000 by extending the just the Northstand is beyond me.
Unless im missing somthing.

You are . The corners. Furthermore you could make into a single end.

Once the ends and corners are extended then the 2 other stands can be raised as well, and the roof could re-shaped.

The interesting bit about the first stand being turned into a Kop style is that they could quite easily start a new roof style there and move everything back.

I assume that as long as the 'floating' roof that remains can be held in place the thrust forces (or whatever they are called) can be grounded at any point further back?

Using the idea of a suspension bridge, new towers could accommodate that load leaving the stands free to be redeveloped independantly of the roof?<br /><br />-- Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:40 am --<br /><br />The roof structure comprises two separate structural systems. The first forms the roof surface, with radially arranged box-section steel roof beams at approximately 8m centres, supporting l-section steel beams at 4m centres.

The second structural system or 'primary structure' is the network of high strength steel cables and rods, along with the 12 masts from which the roof structure is hung. This 3-dimensional network of cables and rods is called a 'cable-net'. This is kept rigid by tension forces from a ring of cables just above the roof surface, and tied to the ground at the corners of the building. The cable-net structure resists the gravity, wind and lateral loads applied to the roof.

 

[MCFC BOB]

I really don't see the point, but okay.