[Albion] Picture: Mike Bamber's dream of a future stadium (1983)

[Goldstone Rapper]

Anyone remember this?

It would have been a 25,000 all-seater stadium, but Bamber had the option of 20,000 seats and 10,000 standing. Would have cost £8 million.

All very well, but I think I prefer the design of the Amex!

Full story at
http://thegoldstonewrap.com/2013/05/31/bambers-dream-of-a-future-stadium/

 

[del strangefish]

O2 Arena?
Bamber Da Vinchi?

 

[Icy Gull]

Parking looks better than Bennett's Field

 

[scarby]

sell the plans to palace?

 

[Questions]

How long did it take to put a roof back on the north stand ?

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

sell the plans to palace?

Yes. For £8 million!

 

[Dan Gleeballs]

At least he had ambitions for the club unlike a band of crooks a decade later

 

[Tricky Dicky]

That's a very modern look for '83

 

[BadFish]

Looks like the millennium dome.

 

[Ex-Staffs Gull]

Sad that it took 29 years and two temporary homes before we got one. Although I think Falmer is slightly better

 

[Driver8]

Looks like the terracing is on the outside by mistake.

 

[u'vebeenamexed]

Why is there a hole in the roof ?

 

[Bwian]

That's a very modern look for '83

Looks like Montreal's Olympic Stadium (1976)

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Looks like Montreal's Olympic Stadium (1976)

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Excellent! Thanks. I was wondering whether there were existing stadiums with a similar design to the one in the sketch.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Looks like Montreal's Olympic Stadium (1976)

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That is now partly an Eden Project like bio dome. Went their last year. The snow outside came up to my thighs.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I also liked the early Falmer plans which included an ice hockey rink...

 

[Seagull58]

I'd love to see a memorial to Mike Bamber at The Amex. The man who took us to the first division and a cup final.

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

I like it, a mini Luzhniki!

 

[Easy 10]

Liking the Vauxhall Chevette in the carpark.

And the fact that everyone going to the match is going in a suit. Very corporate.

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

And the fact that everyone going to the match is going in a suit. Very corporate.

What vision Bamber had!