How Long Will the Amex Last?

[dadams2k11]

Can't believe there is even a debate about how long our 7 month old stadium will be our home....

Need to get out more mate.

 

[NMH]

It will get refurbished every so often, maybe put a pebble-dash finish or some lapstrake boards in stripes to tart it up, council-housey style.

In 25 years we'll put some glass walls with pastel lighting effects on the inside, and project the images of Albion legends as holograms in various areas.

Later on, by cloning teechnology, we will actually field a full team of legends - who will of course just be the entire 1976/77 squad.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Tidal wave?

aren't they called "tsunamis" these days?

Old school mate.

 

[halbpro]

Can't believe there is even a debate about how long our 7 month old stadium will be our home....

Need to get out more mate.

It was just a question I though of, don't want to see it go in the least.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

....At my age it will certainly outlast me.

 

[banjo]

Tidal Wave? 21st December 2012?

All those in WSU should still be safe.

 

[Steve Foster]

I think the Amex will last for as long as Palace & Pompey keep going bust every other year. Therefore 100 years should do it.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Tidal wave?

aren't they called "tsunamis" these days?

Tidal waves are by nature predictable whereas tsunamis are created by as yet fairly unpredictable geological events.

 

[pasty]

aren't they called "tsunamis" these days?

I know it's wrong on so many levels, but everytime I hear that word I think of this lot

TOON ARMY

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Tidal wave?

aren't they called "tsunamis" these days?

Nah.

Tidal waves are caused by the tide.

Tsunamis are caused by other geological events, usually earthquakes.

 

[Mileoakman]

I would think a couple more visits from Millwall fans should finish it off.

 

[Triggaaar]

Look at how long houses last, and how much the Amex cost to build. It seems crazy to me if it were to have a life of only 50 years.

 

[loco61]

this is a crap thread .... how long will i last ... no idea ... enjoy it while it´s there!

 

[felbridgeseagull]

Until 2022 when its announced that there is to be a ground share with Palace as Smellhurst Park has fallen down from neglect and dismall attendances and rioting Albion fans burn down the newley named Tesco Stadium (lattery The Old Amex). But seriously I hope 100 years!

 

[u'vebeenamexed]

Looking at some of the steel columns outside the East/North stand-not very long. At the foot of said columns there is already rust appearing...

Would that be Nicky Rust ?

 

[PaoloRossiJohnson]

Looking at some of the steel columns... there is already rust appearing...

Would that be Nicky Rust?...

...on the Lee Steele columns...??

 

[PaoloRossiJohnson]

I took my brother round the Amex in January for the Brizzle City game.

He's a 'Project Planner' in the construction industry, and one of his recent jobs was working on the Olympic Stadium.

I asked him how long he reckoned it would be before any part of the stadium would need replacing or having serious work done on it.

The earliest he reckoned anything would need doing was 25 years approx, and that was for the 'cladding' panels around the stadium sides, and the blue roof panels. Not all of them, mind - he just reckoned that those are the sort of 'visible' things that would begin to deteriorate before other aspects of the stadium.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

To be honest after all the heartache of the Goldstone, Gillingham & Withers I do not care. I have done my fair share of protesting, supporting & worrying over will we wont we.

Let the next couple of generations down the line pick that one up.