If we're going to insist on ignoring everything that has come from the club re an upgrade of the stadium and chunter on regardless, can we also include an athletics track.
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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
If you removed an arch, then the entire roof would collapse. That would be a problem.
If you removed a roof, then I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve, because you still wouldn't be able to fit a higher roof, because the arches wouldn't be high enough to hold it.
Yes thanks, I've got that now, that's what I was pretty much asking with my last question, I remember Martin Perry talking about it years ago.
I'm guessing this "steel ring" goes across the front of the North Stand roof.
Still, if they REALLY wanted to add more seats they could probably knock out the back wall, get rid of the big screen and rooms behind, and add a few more rows.
Yes, the NS roof was attached before the trusses were taken down.
If not, the arches would have tipped back.
So basically, the two arches hold ALL the roof up.
It's not like the John Smith's Stadium at Hudds where each stand has it's own arch.
Well I do believe them. But at the same time they have to say what they have to say. They said there were no plans for expansion less than a year before adding a second tier to the East Stand, I believe.
I think he knows the roof would collapse. That was the point, to remove the North Stand roof without it effecting the other two stands.
As you've explained it probably wouldn't work, my idea was put the roof on top of the arches (rather than level, like they are now) thus adding more space at the back of the stand for more rows of seats.
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Here comes the SWERVE.
Telling us that you are in the know like a billy big bollocks.
Then when confronted you go ------ I quote -------------('I KNOW NOTHING')
Yes I know the arches hold all the roofs up.
I did!
Good on you mate.
it's people like you that can see what others can't and why the Amex got built.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
I can also remember the debates on here, wondering whether we could hit the quoted break-even figure of 12,000 STH's after the initial excitement had died down. We were seriously debating if we could regularly fill 22,500 !
Here's photo that I took back in Aug 2010.
The arches were still on trusses at that time.
I have arrowed the ring of steel on the W and E stands.
At this time I don't think the ring had been completed in the N and S.
Attachments
T'is a shame we're not Americans:-
Stockdale - Bruno - Duffy - Dunk - Bong = The Ring of Steel
Stockdale - Bruno - Duffy - Dunk - Bong = The Ring of Steel
The Goldstone Ground had a capacity of c35k and it was filled to capacity many times.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Can't be arsed to read the rest of this thread but everyone who stuck through the war years got a ST. All the JCLs at the amex got a ticket. All the regulars who saw us over the last few years will get a ticket with a bit of effort .everyone else can f*** off. I can't see where there's a problem ?
It is the PERFECT size
It is the PERFECT size
Even the children now able to appreciate a game of football?
- Jul 10, 2003
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Yes and I'm afraid if other kids unable to appreciate a game of football (my son's words, not mine) are in front in the queue then that's life.
I hope we keep the north west shelf to invite schoolkids for free and that we expand the family area but most kids have to learn they can't have whatever they want.
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Silly old bat
The roofs hold the arches up as well. The supports stayed under the arches until all the roofs were installed. They then took the supports away one at a time. I remember Martin Perry saying he held his breath as the supports were taken away as the movement had to be less than 1cm. It worked.