[Football] Manchester United "What the F'kn hell is that"

[oldboyroy]

Suppose, at least the clowns will feel at home

 

[Billy in Bristol]

If their projections for the number of jobs being created is correct, then it's a worthy public investment. I think the government should be looking at regenerating areas like Manchester, I was hoping they would re-start the High Speed rail line as well.

Like every Social Value figure trotted out...total bs

 

[Withdean South Stand]

Like every Social Value figure trotted out...total bs

You don't think it would bring additional income to the area?

Do you believe the economic value figures mentioned by the Albion every year, or are you similarly sceptical of the impact that our club has had on the local area?

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

You don't think it would bring additional income to the area?

Do you believe the economic value figures mentioned by the Albion every year, or are you similarly sceptical of the impact that our club has had on the local area?

There's always social value created by these sort of developments, just never as much as it says on the prospectus.

 

[darkwolf666]

Butlins, Minehead.

Like this…

 

[Han Solo]

The architect really doesn't like mosquitos I guess. Not sure why else they would cover their new stadium in a net.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Like this…

View attachment 198159

You don't even have to go as far as Minehead: Bognor also fits the bill.

 

[Pevenseagull]

"United say the entire project has the potential to create 92,000 new jobs, will involve the construction of 17,000 homes and bring an additional 1.8 million visitors to the area annually. They add the project will be worth an additional £7.3bn per year to the UK economy."

"He said there was no date in place for when building work on the stadium would begin, adding: "It depends how quickly the Government gets going with the regeneration programme. I think they want to get going quite quickly."

Sounds like it, yes...

92,000 jobs?

Itchy chin

 

[Pavilionaire]

Are you suggesting something grey and more in keeping with the sky of Manchester, like this a concrete factory type building perhaps with a chimney as a symbol of the north. I quickly drew this as mock up of what the new stadium could look like...

View attachment 198158

You obviously wouldn't build a brick factory and plonk a football pitch inside it, but consider Manchester was the world's first industrialised city, the epicentre of the Industrial Revolution.

Manchester's club badge has a 3-mast ship, bearing testament to it's industrial and trading past. The city's DNA is red brick and chimney.

The challenge would have been to meld Manchester's industrial past into something new that reflects the identity of the city. However, they've simply added another tier to Bayern's Allianz Arena and stuck a Qatari tent on top.

A massive missed opportunity.

 

[Notters]

Are you suggesting something grey and more in keeping with the sky of Manchester, like this a concrete factory type building perhaps with a chimney as a symbol of the north. I quickly drew this as mock up of what the new stadium could look like...

View attachment 198158

Already been done

 

[Insel affe]

Already been done

Yeah, I do know that, this was an early draft I did a few years ago....

 

[Mustafa II]

I know it's fun to take the piss out of United, but it genuinely is a fantastic, ambitious design that is more than just a stadium, which makes it pretty unique. I love the environmental consideration too, and I wish the Amex had more of that.

 

[Cordwainer]

(Big) top of the flops.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

It looks like a ridiculously large scale vanity project to me, especially with comments like "a plaza bigger than Trafalgar Square" in the blurb.

Exactly the sort of thing that a size-obsessed billionaire WOULD dream up as compensation for deficiencies in other areas.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I know it's fun to take the piss out of United, but it genuinely is a fantastic, ambitious design that is more than just a stadium, which makes it pretty unique. I love the environmental consideration too, and I wish the Amex had more of that.

It might be ambitious, but is it that fantastic?

The inside of the stadium and canopy all looks good as you would expect in a publicity photo. But it looks a mess from the outside. The main publicity shot has the tent obscuring the Manchester United lettering on the stadium is just a clunky piece of design. This will get worse after a few years as the materials get covered in shit or deteriorate.

I think the whole arabic style tent is also not considering the feeling of the times. Football fans* are concerned by their clubs becoming the play things of oil rich nations states. This just looks like a prelude to a sale. Especially in Manchester, where Utd fans have ripped it out of City for the last decade for being owned by a middle eastern city state. It just seems a messy design to me

*OK, not Newcastle fans

 

[Billy in Bristol]

You don't think it would bring additional income to the area?

Do you believe the economic value figures mentioned by the Albion every year, or are you similarly sceptical of the impact that our club has had on the local area?

More of a work related broadside on people stealing a living in Social Value jobs. I get the initial spending impact as its easy to quantify, I think the secondary, tertiary figures are just inflated to justify.

 

[Fungus]

Don't know about that - but definately inspired by Brighton's Royal Pavillion!

Well, the middle tower looks like they’ve bought the i360

 

[chip]

You don't even have to go as far as Minehead: Bognor also fits the bill.

people usually enjoy their trips to Bognor

 

[Pavilionaire]

Well, the middle tower looks like they’ve bought the i360

I'm surprised Chelsea didn't come in with a late bid.

 

[pigmanovich]

Well, the middle tower looks like they’ve bought the i360

Waiting for someone to volunteer to drive it up to Manchester themselves