Other new stadiums being built at the moment

[Bwian]

I think people are being a little unfair, sure it's not going to win any design awards but I think it looks much, much better than the likes of Shrewsbury and Colchester's concrete monstrocities, at least it is slightlly individual in design.
It also looks like it would be fairly easy to expand and the design of the main stand roof is pretty good, all for 13 million quid which proberbly includes land acquisition. Not a bad effort.

Why all the piss-taking?

They're getting much better facilities than they have at present for a fraction of the cost of Falmer and for a club like Chesterfield I think it shows reasonable ambition. As you say, it looks easy to expand when needed and I bet they won't have the Village of the Damned blocking their every move like we have to contend with. Let's be honest, if our new stadium wasn't in such a 'sensitive' part of the world, would Falmer be as elegant as it promises to be? I suspect it might well have been a bit of an identikit build and we'd all be just as happy with it.

That video is shit though.

 

[northstandsteve]

excellent post.

 

[Bwian]

Looks Ok to me. Nothing flash, but all that they need. However, when do they intend to move in??

Christ we look in a similar position to them and we won't be in next year.

They seem to have all the land they need ready to build on and don't have to dig down like we do. There'll probably be the usual breeze block concourses too which is fairly quick to put up. Again, it's a design we'd have happily welcomed as our new home.

 

[Bigtomfu]

I do like the fact that there stadium is welcomed on a nearly town centre location. Thats the overriding problem with living in somewhere as desirable as Brighton, the council can afford to not want a football club in a convenient location.

Northern Councils see football as a source of civc pride rather than the scourge of the city as is the fact in our case.

Also liking the fact that Morcambe haven't gone all seater for their new ground - I still feel we could have challenged the establishment and gone for terracing behind one of the goals, but i'm not going to moan about it too much!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I do like the fact that there stadium is welcomed on a nearly town centre location. Thats the overriding problem with living in somewhere as desirable as Brighton, the council can afford to not want a football club in a convenient location.

Northern Councils see football as a source of civc pride rather than the scourge of the city as is the fact in our case.

Northern councils also tend to have rather more former industrial wastelands on which to build stadiums too.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Northern councils also tend to have rather more former industrial wastelands on which to build stadiums too.

Lets face it , most of the north is an industrial wasteland

 

[Bigtomfu]

Northern councils also tend to have rather more former industrial wastelands on which to build stadiums too.

Totally agree, but one gets the impression that even if we did have lots of industrial wasteland they would rather populate it with mixed use commercial and residential than a sports facility - a la the station site.

Its just that I bet Chesterfield were given options and not restricted to one site where planning consent was always going to be difficult to obtain.

 

[Northstander]

Lets see which of the two teams between them and us who progresses quicker before we start chucking stones....people in green houses etc

 

[cw00]

The Stadium Guide - Stadiums of the Future list of new stadiums

southends

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Cheaterfield new stadium looks exactly similar to Bournemouth and Shrewsbury.

 

[Collar Feeler]

If Falmer had been earmarked for posh flats for Londoners, e.g Cressida and her lesbian partner Skye and their two children Moondust and Pixie then it would have been built on ten years ago. Unfortunately we wanted to build a monstrous football stadium therefore bringing death and destruction the likes of which haven't been seen since the Vikings. I do envy northern teams for having it so easy when it comes to knocking a stadium up in no time at all, they are still up north though the northern monkeys.

 

[Barry Izbak]

The Stadium Guide - Stadiums of the Future list of new stadiums

Interesting list. Now I've been to Oldham and not even after a very long night on the Harvey's could I imagine seeing the Oldham Arena anywhere in Oldham.

Its even less likely than the futuristic drawings of Luton.

 

[The Grockle]

Going up pretty quick thou...

Hoe did you save that image so it updates? Can you do the same with the Falmer one?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Going up pretty quick thou...

I wonder if they'll be moving the webcam ?

 

[The Grockle]

I wonder if they'll be moving the webcam ?

I don't think they'll care, at this rate it will be ready in 6 months. They only started building it in July!

 

[Everest]

Never mind the webcam, is the seating set out parabolically or is it just parabollox?

 

[gullshark]

I just linked to the plain image file on their webcam server, lobstervision don't have such a facility.

 

[The Grockle]

I just linked to the plain image file on their webcam server, lobstervision don't have such a facility.

Ok, shame.

 

[Bob!]

Cheaterfield new stadium looks exactly similar to Bournemouth and Shrewsbury.

exactly similar? what does that mean?

 

[Billy the Fish]

exactly similar? what does that mean?

It's means he's hedged his bets