[Football] A new Selhurst

[Two Professors]

My first thought when I saw it was 'at least the windows are facing away from the pitch'.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

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

 

[chaileyjem]

Actually it’s really not.

average housing price in SE25 is £352K

 

[Bozza]

"We are creating a new home worthy of our Club, our supporters and our community, and a celebration of our 112 years in South London"

...aren't they building 1 new stand?

 

[father_and_son]

Presumably this shiny new shell to their existing stadium (because you couldn't knock down and rebuild for that price in that timescale so it must be just adding a new exterior to the existing interior!) is contingent on them staying up because I can't see Parish chucking £70m+ on a stand when they really need that to spend on a playing squad to get them back up.

 

[TypicalPalace]

Breaking News: Brighton fans in "Palaces new stadium plans look sh1t" shocker

34k keep up lads.

 

[Wozza]

Breaking News: Brighton fans in "Palaces new stadium plans look sh1t" shocker

New STAND.

 

[Bozza]

Breaking News: Brighton fans in "Palaces new stadium plans look sh1t" shocker

34k keep up lads.

The biggest shocker is that, finally, Palace are showing some interest in infrastructure investment.

Let's hope, for your sake, that Roy keeps you in the Premier League. Your c16k average Championship gates will look even more sparse if you have another 8,000 seats to fill.

 

[Easy 10]

New STAND.

 

[TypicalPalace]

New STAND.

Yes got spot brainiac. Stand which resides in the stadium

 

[Wozza]

Yes got spot brainiac. Stand which resides in the stadium

What?

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

That is not what they did at Anfield at all. The structure of the lower tier is still the original Archibald Leitch designed main stand, which is why the seats in that bit are still packed so close together despite a bit of rearrangement. I'd be surprised if KSS didn't pull the same trick at Selhurst given that the main stand there was also built by Leitch's company and so will be structurally similar.

Fair point, they didn't remove the whole thing like I said. But all of the seats are new and the interior has been totally remodelled. The only thing they really kept is the concrete steps and shell right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGJH622Edq4

 

[TypicalPalace]

What?

I said new stadium plans not new stadium. Not very bright are we.

 

[Curious Orange]

Breaking News: Brighton fans in "Palaces new lean-to plans look sh1t" shocker

34k keep up lads.

Corrected for you. Though actually I don't think the main stand extension plan looks too bad as it happens, other than the odd wing things.

I wouldn't brag about the 34k though, as only about 8k of those seats will actually have anything approaching legroom. The real shame of this plan is that the Arthur Waite stand is not being replaced.

 

[bristolseagull]

Any word on whether pyrotechnics will be permitted?

 

[TypicalPalace]

Corrected for you. Though actually I don't think the main stand extension plan looks too bad as it happens, other than the odd wing things.

I wouldn't brag about the 34k though, as only about 8k of those seats will actually have anything approaching legroom. The real shame of this plan is that the Arthur Waite stand is not being replaced.

As far as I am aware, this is stage 1. I would hope in time this is replaced and/or completely re-furbed.

 

[Wozza]

I said new stadium plans not new stadium. Not very bright are we.

Your spelling and grammar suggest you're not very bright, no. Surely you should be in some kind of after-school programme right now?

 

[TypicalPalace]

Any word on whether pyrotechnics will be permitted?

Free with every black hoodie purchased from the club shop.

 

[TypicalPalace]

Your spelling and grammar suggest you're not very bright, no. Surely you should be in some kind of after-school programme right now?

Surely you can do better than that

 

[Curious Orange]

Fair point, they didn't remove the whole thing like I said. But all of the seats are new and the interior has been totally remodelled. The only thing they really kept is the concrete steps and shell right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGJH622Edq4

... and the spacing between the seats. Note that they are further apart in the new part of the stand because they are subject to current regulations, regulations that don't apply in the original part of the stand 'cos they weren't concerned about that sort of thing and everyone was much shorter a hundred years ago!

As far as I can tell the only reason they kept the old stand was explicitly to avoid the new regulations and thus achieve a higher capacity.