[Football] A new Selhurst

[Easy 10]

"I don't see how you could ever want a slightly revamped Crystal Palace over a new, purpose-built stadium”

Steve Parish

Good spot.

Just to be clear - were they going to use the stadium on the left, or on the right ?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Bit like your team Joking not joking

Exactly. Better than what it is now, so its progress. Imagine if we did have a shiny new bowl like everyone else, just wouldnt feel right. Perennial scrappers always

Considering how much they hate shiny new stadiums, the Always Ultras certainly seemed keen enough to get into one last week. Although, in traditional style, without paying the going rate.

 

[TheJasperCo]

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So... about 8 months then?

 

[TheJasperCo]

They plan on doing that work in 6 months, fair play that is pretty quick.

Beaten to it ^^

Although I may have been too generous.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Considering how much they hate shiny new stadiums, the Always Ultras certainly seemed keen enough to get into one last week. Although, in traditional style, without paying the going rate.

 

[Dougie]

I'm sure someone else must have said this but;

You can put lipstick on a pig...........

You probably did

 

[Triggaaar]

what happened?

Whole new stadium for 40 million

http://www.crystalpalacecampaign.org/N33_CPFC stadium.html

"I don't see how you could ever want a slightly revamped Crystal Palace over a new, purpose-built stadium”

Steve Parish

That is priceless

 

[Dougie]

That is priceless

It would be .

 

[papajaff]

You probably did

I've never met you

 

[Triggaaar]

I've never met you

 

[LlcoolJ]

Late to this but my word, it's funny.

The plans look absolutely shite. The cost is ridiculous. The time frame makes no sense. The planning has been non existent. The idea of hosting international football is pure comedy.

But my favourite bit is the costing of about £40m when the budget is £100m. CPOs and legal stuff aside, what's the other £60m going on?

Tinpot, spendthrift, pathetic, amateurish, laughable and shady as f*ck.

"The Palace way".

 

[LamieRobertson]

It will be because planning constraints dictate that the materials used must blend in with the existing build. Some of those materials will be difficult to source since most date back as far the 1980s.

Would probably have to be in contact with The National Trust who take a keen interest in ancient buildings

 

[clapham_gull]

1880s surely?

I wouldn't expect you to be an expert on South London like myself but I take particularly interest in architecture of national importance.

I was referring of course to the Holmesdale End. The fixtures and fittings were removed from the B&Q catalogue as early as the late eighties as the fashion is stadium design went from "shit" to "quite nice".

Whilst the Arthur Wait stand is much older it is Grade II listed being one of the last examples of a non cantilevered roof suspended with rusty poles.

 

[Red'n'Blue]

Wont happen.

 

[Dick Head]

http://www.cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?p=13975823#post13975823

 

[clapham_gull]

To be fair - we should have done this at Withdean.

 

[Easy 10]

Late to this but my word, it's funny.

The plans look absolutely shite. The cost is ridiculous. The time frame makes no sense. The planning has been non existent. The idea of hosting international football is pure comedy.

But my favourite bit is the costing of about £40m when the budget is £100m. CPOs and legal stuff aside, what's the other £60m going on?

Tinpot, spendthrift, pathetic, amateurish, laughable and shady as f*ck.

"The Palace way".

You're late to the party, but you are VERY welcome

 

[clapham_gull]

Ever felt like you ordered one of these:

.. but this turned up in the post ?

 

[The Birdman]

Hope the stadium is built with fire resistant material. he deserves a new stadium.

 

[Simster]

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http://www.cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?p=13975823#post13975823

So the bottom one is an artist impression of Palace playing top flight football in front of the finest new stand in South London. What is interesting is that I think EVERYBODY here will recognise that top picture too.



That's right, it's an artists impression of the same stand during a Championship game.