Stadium Expansion Plan Meeting

[Stadt]

What gives grounds like Goodsion, Anfield, Old Trafford and Villa Park character is that they've been developed in different stages over decades. The expansion is going to disrupt the uniformity of the ground, making it different to St Mary's or Pride Park so it will finally be a bespoke ground. My chief concern is that it becomes King Power's Leicester City stadium rather Leicester City's King Power stadium

[Sol thewall Bamba]

21 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

That's a bloody good picture.

Cool isn't it.  No idea where I found it mind. 

[urban.spaceman]

30 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Cool isn't it.  No idea where I found it mind. 

Just pretend it's your own, nobody will know. 

[Mark - Reading]

Can I just clarify what I meant by souless I am talking about the acoustics and the visual look of the stadium both are very poor; Mainly because it’s was a flat pack stadium following the collapse of the bede island stadium which looked fantastic on plans

 

You cannot hear the other end of the stadium at some games because of its design, the noise goes upwards and out rather than rebounding like Coventry and Derby for example. You can see hands clapping but hear no noise. The former pictures have all been taken down which was a link to the past and sort of made it our him rather than the Ikea flat pack. It’s now a concrete bowl painted blue with King Power written all over it walk into Southampton for example it’s the same but red 

 

I’ve had a season ticket for 27 years now and even since I moved to Reading 3 years ago I still travel up for all the home games (although it’s getting very hard to get the passion for it at the minute) so I’ve been there full and empty remember we did exist before 2015 and those fans will remember the lows of Levin Holloway Adams etc my first games were under David Pleatt and then Gordon Lee so christ knows how I became hooked

 

for the first 10 years we sat in a half full stadium watching crap, sitting in almost silence many will remember those glamour games of Yeovil and 10000 in league 1 or the championship mid table with nothing to play for in front of 22000 week in week out, I was there like I’ll be there next week 

 

I never a big fan of Filbert Street but it was loud; the European nights of the late 90s the 8 years in the premier league we made some noise and being close to the pitch made people hate to play there but the view was no where near as good as we have now and the game has moved on

 

the last few years the stadium has been enhanced with TVs etc and like them or not the clappers have made the atmosphere better from 2015 with the introduction we have been louder than ever and TV people constantly talked about the atmosphere at the KP but I don’t know if it’s the style of football or the fact after 2016 we are now in a sort of mourning for the past but unfortunately it’s gone back to a library this year for 80 minutes of each game.  

 

This potential rebuild with a dome shape roof to bounce the noice back down and a unique design so that people look and say god I wana go to that Leicester ground, this gives us the chance to make this place deafening on a Saturday afternoon again but I fear it will be a Leeds or a Cardiff with a second tier just bunged on one side of the ground 

 

I certainly didn’t mean to offend anyone so please accept my apologies if I did 

 

  

 

 

[Guest Markyblue]

49 minutes ago, Mark - Reading said:

Can I just clarify what I meant by souless I am talking about the acoustics and the visual look of the stadium both are very poor; Mainly because it’s was a flat pack stadium following the collapse of the bede island stadium which looked fantastic on plans

 

You cannot hear the other end of the stadium at some games because of its design, the noise goes upwards and out rather than rebounding like Coventry and Derby for example. You can see hands clapping but hear no noise. The former pictures have all been taken down which was a link to the past and sort of made it our him rather than the Ikea flat pack. It’s now a concrete bowl painted blue with King Power written all over it walk into Southampton for example it’s the same but red 

 

I’ve had a season ticket for 27 years now and even since I moved to Reading 3 years ago I still travel up for all the home games (although it’s getting very hard to get the passion for it at the minute) so I’ve been there full and empty remember we did exist before 2015 and those fans will remember the lows of Levin Holloway Adams etc my first games were under David Pleatt and then Gordon Lee so christ knows how I became hooked

 

for the first 10 years we sat in a half full stadium watching crap, sitting in almost silence many will remember those glamour games of Yeovil and 10000 in league 1 or the championship mid table with nothing to play for in front of 22000 week in week out, I was there like I’ll be there next week 

 

I never a big fan of Filbert Street but it was loud; the European nights of the late 90s the 8 years in the premier league we made some noise and being close to the pitch made people hate to play there but the view was no where near as good as we have now and the game has moved on

 

the last few years the stadium has been enhanced with TVs etc and like them or not the clappers have made the atmosphere better from 2015 with the introduction we have been louder than ever and TV people constantly talked about the atmosphere at the KP but I don’t know if it’s the style of football or the fact after 2016 we are now in a sort of mourning for the past but unfortunately it’s gone back to a library this year for 80 minutes of each game.  

 

This potential rebuild with a dome shape roof to bounce the noice back down and a unique design so that people look and say god I wana go to that Leicester ground, this gives us the chance to make this place deafening on a Saturday afternoon again but I fear it will be a Leeds or a Cardiff with a second tier just bunged on one side of the ground 

 

I certainly didn’t mean to offend anyone so please accept my apologies if I did 

 

  

 

 

No need to apologise everyone is entitled to their point of view. I firmly believe in the owners and don't think for a minute the expansion will not be the dogs. 

[chapero82]

It’s a shame that we didn’t end up with this.

 

 

[Raw Dykes]

31 minutes ago, chapero82 said:

It’s a shame that we didn’t end up with this.

 

 

Am I missing something? That is what we ended up with. Did you link the wrong video? That's the KP.

[davieG]

5 hours ago, Mark - Reading said:

I am talking about the acoustics -  the noise goes upwards and out

I believe it goes inwards and down towards the pitch that's why we continually get told by the players how great it is.  Which suggests to me if you want to hear it more in the stands it will have less impact on the pitch, whether it's too much of one who knows maybe there's a happy medium?

[chapero82]

2 hours ago, Raw Dykes said:

Am I missing something? That is what we ended up with. Did you link the wrong video? That's the KP.

Sorry wrong link all the photos etc are in this

 

http://fdweb.leicester.gov.uk/planning/fdweb/Search.aspx?CabID=1D251D6A&DocTypeID=8c5b208a&FDX_D73E5959=19980775

[tylesta]

4 hours ago, Mark - Reading said:

Can I just clarify what I meant by souless I am talking about the acoustics and the visual look of the stadium both are very poor; Mainly because it’s was a flat pack stadium following the collapse of the bede island stadium which looked fantastic on plans

 

You cannot hear the other end of the stadium at some games because of its design, the noise goes upwards and out rather than rebounding like Coventry and Derby for example. You can see hands clapping but hear no noise. The former pictures have all been taken down which was a link to the past and sort of made it our him rather than the Ikea flat pack. It’s now a concrete bowl painted blue with King Power written all over it walk into Southampton for example it’s the same but red 

 

I’ve had a season ticket for 27 years now and even since I moved to Reading 3 years ago I still travel up for all the home games (although it’s getting very hard to get the passion for it at the minute) so I’ve been there full and empty remember we did exist before 2015 and those fans will remember the lows of Levin Holloway Adams etc my first games were under David Pleatt and then Gordon Lee so christ knows how I became hooked

 

for the first 10 years we sat in a half full stadium watching crap, sitting in almost silence many will remember those glamour games of Yeovil and 10000 in league 1 or the championship mid table with nothing to play for in front of 22000 week in week out, I was there like I’ll be there next week 

 

I never a big fan of Filbert Street but it was loud; the European nights of the late 90s the 8 years in the premier league we made some noise and being close to the pitch made people hate to play there but the view was no where near as good as we have now and the game has moved on

 

the last few years the stadium has been enhanced with TVs etc and like them or not the clappers have made the atmosphere better from 2015 with the introduction we have been louder than ever and TV people constantly talked about the atmosphere at the KP but I don’t know if it’s the style of football or the fact after 2016 we are now in a sort of mourning for the past but unfortunately it’s gone back to a library this year for 80 minutes of each game.  

 

This potential rebuild with a dome shape roof to bounce the noice back down and a unique design so that people look and say god I wana go to that Leicester ground, this gives us the chance to make this place deafening on a Saturday afternoon again but I fear it will be a Leeds or a Cardiff with a second tier just bunged on one side of the ground 

 

I certainly didn’t mean to offend anyone so please accept my apologies if I did 

 

  

 

 

10.000 in league 1 ?? Our average was 20.000

[Spudulike]

Full speed ahead on this one now given that Seagrave is in the bag.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Forgot so many people on FT were acoustic modellers. 

[Bob Weasel Fox]

3 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Forgot so many people on FT were acoustic modellers. 

Is that naked people with a guitar? 

[Mark - Reading]

5 hours ago, chapero82 said:

Sorry wrong link all the photos etc are in this

 

http://fdweb.leicester.gov.uk/planning/fdweb/Search.aspx?CabID=1D251D6A&DocTypeID=8c5b208a&FDX_D73E5959=19980775

This is what I was referring too. Unique and big instead we pushed out Barry Peirpoint because he fell out with MoN and we opted for the cheaper flat pack version  

 

 

[chapero82]

27 minutes ago, Mark - Reading said:

This is what I was referring too. Unique and big instead we pushed out Barry Peirpoint because he fell out with MoN and we opted for the cheaper flat pack version  

 

 

So true that was planned to be 40000 as well it’s a shame what they opted for in the end 

[Bert]

There were rumours that after the training ground is done they were looking at selling the ground and building a new one all together  

[Crispin LA]

Reading AKCJ 's post it got me thinking let's get the architects who designed Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, it' a damn fine arena stadium where you feel that your not stuck in just your own seat but can walk around and love the digital screen going all the way around the top instead of having it on the ground around the pitch 

[urban.spaceman]

 

Would have looked nice but I prefer our own personally. 

 

Nb: these mockups are so old the architects didn't even have a website.

[ajthefox]

11 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

 

Would have looked nice but I prefer our own personally. 

 

Nb: these mockups are so old the architects didn't even have a website.

And it's on the other side of the river...

[breadandcheese]

8 hours ago, Mark - Reading said:

This is what I was referring too. Unique and big instead we pushed out Barry Peirpoint because he fell out with MoN and we opted for the cheaper flat pack version  

 

 

It was probably more to do with finance. Even the cheaper option stadium put us into administration. The financing of the stadium was a disaster.

[Guest Markyblue]

18 minutes ago, breadandcheese said:

It was probably more to do with finance. Even the cheaper option stadium put us into administration. The financing of the stadium was a disaster.

Not that much of a disaster, we emerged from the ashes and the rest is history.  But yes very worrying times.

[HighPeakFox]

I must say I have enjoyed people getting offended on behalf of a structure.

[FoyleFox]

Hopefully now the training ground plans are approved we'll be able to get this properly under way. 

[Ted Maul]

On 09/10/2018 at 17:05, Spudulike said:

Can't think of any other stadiums that have hosted title wins of the top 3 tiers of English football.

 

Soulless ??

I'd assume Molineux, Portman Road and Turf Moor have- it's the only one of its kind to host a top flight title win for a long time though.

[Langston]

16 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

I'd assume Molineux, Portman Road and Turf Moor have- it's the only one of its kind to host a top flight title win for a long time though.

 

Ewood Park, too. 

 

*And Deepdale?