Sorry, Haven't been following this thread much but are Bilbao goin to play in the 3/4 built stadium like us or are they going to try and build the final tier at the end of the season?
3.2 Schedule of Development
It is proposed that the scheme will be developed in phases. The phasing has been arranged so that THFC are able to continue to play at the site throughout the duration of the construction programme. The current construction programme is as follows:
- April 2011. Demolition of buildings within northern area;
- May 2011. Off site highway and junction improvements;
- October 2011. Construction of the new food store;
- August 2013 – First phase of the stadium construction (west, north and east stands); [I assume this means completion]
- August 2013 – Demolition of existing north stand, preparation of new pitch and club move into new stadium;
- September 2013 – Demolition of remainder of existing stadium;
- August 2014 – Completion of new stadium; and
- May 2016 – Completion of southern development including residential accommodation, hotel, megastore / museum and THF offices.
Its interesting to note Bilbao FC may only be paying for a 1/3 of the stadium with the rest being paid for by public money, i.e Haringey council.
No wonder Haringey can't afford to help us out if they're sorting out Bilbao's stadium, that's a fudging joke
Presumably something to do with no sponsor, no start.Anyone else a bit miffed that we are basically losing a year in that surely the Sainsbury site and the stadium structure can be started upon at the same time. I have seen huge supermarkets go up in 6 months, alot bigger than the current version on this project.
^ Definately a bit more nuts than genius!
I don't see how they could possibly manage to tear down the old stand and build a new in just a few months.
Anyone else a bit miffed that we are basically losing a year in that surely the Sainsbury site and the stadium structure can be started upon at the same time. I have seen huge supermarkets go up in 6 months, alot bigger than the current version on this project.
Interesting.. pricing of stadium costs
€175m Bilbao 53k
€700m Lille 50k with 25k
:-k
But anyone seen what Lille did... its abosiluty nuts. Built a mini arena underneath the pitch, one half of the pitch lifts up over the other side of the pitch to reveal a 25k basketball arena.
yeah i have seen that Lille stadium before elsewhere, looks crazy
not sure how they plan on joining the pitch at the half way line so it doesn't interfere with play