SexyGammonFox Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 (edited) East stand, east stand, start the wave definitely needs to be sung for the opening of this... Edited 12 August 2021 by SexyGammonFox 4
Stevosevic Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 Just now, SexyGammonFox said: East stand, east stand, start the wave. Definitely needs to be sung for the opening of this... Sometimes forget how crap Filbert Street was 1 3
SexyGammonFox Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 1 minute ago, Stevosevic said: Sometimes forget how crap Filbert Street was To think we used to dream that the club could buy all of the terraced houses on that street and build something akin to the double decker on it! 1 3
Greg2607 Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 so it's going to be a lit roof as well.... that sounds really cool.
Saxondale Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 I’ve just fouled my unders with excitement. As a member of the public, my feedback is “get it built”.
Kingleicester Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 1 hour ago, Wrighty22 said: Can't find any faults with the design, looks amazing, will massively improve he match day experience as well as boosting the local economy. I would like to see more details plans, such as the designs and colours of the new buildings. The EON building looks so out of place there. Do we assume we still haven't purchased this and that we'll add something there if we do buy it. I'd have thought the car park would have been better there and not having traffic going around the site. Will it boost the atmosphere though?
Kingleicester Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 9 minutes ago, SexyGammonFox said: East stand, east stand, start the wave definitely needs to be sung for the opening of this... Still not a patch on this, I loved this place 😭 3
Jimbo Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, SexyGammonFox said: East stand, east stand, start the wave definitely needs to be sung for the opening of this... Zoom in far enough and enhance and you'd probably see a fresh faced me sitting almost in line with the penalty spot on the 3rd row Edited 12 August 2021 by Jimbo 1
UHDrive Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 1 hour ago, Ric Flair said: Looks very good but I do worry how pony the rest of the ground will look from the outside with that bolted on. I hope there's a way of modernising the exterior to the whole ground that makes it look contoured and not lipstick on a pig. I've been thinking about this because in all of the video and released photos it doesn't show the North/South/West elevations. It's clear that they've bolted on a facade/soffit that wraps it around to make the stadium look flush on all sides. There's one frame in the video though that shows this to finish above ground level with thin steel posts supporting it. They should take it down to floor level use all of that extra space inside I'm with you - lipstick on a pig.
Out Foxed Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 seems a strange idea to have the hotels blocking the view of the stadium from the cemetery/uni side
lcfc278 Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 2 minutes ago, UHDrive said: I've been thinking about this because in all of the video and released photos it doesn't show the North/South/West elevations. It's clear that they've bolted on a facade/soffit that wraps it around to make the stadium look flush on all sides. There's one frame in the video though that shows this to finish above ground level with thin steel posts supporting it. They should take it down to floor level use all of that extra space inside I'm with you - lipstick on a pig. Pretty fit pig though 1 2
Jimbo Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 13 minutes ago, Stevosevic said: Sometimes forget how crap Filbert Street was I don't, my seat had a hole in the roof, right above my head for a season, used to get soaked when it rained. My uncle would buy a pie just to warm are hands over, like a small camp fire, and the bloke that used to sit in the family corner bit constantly shouting "come on Leicester" I'm sure i saw him not so long ago sitting in the kop at the King Power 1
Swalshed Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 Like many of the other old timers on here, I was sad to see the end of Filbert Street, but wow, wow, wow, this is just incredible! Love it 💙💙💙
MarriedaLeicesterGirl Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 1 hour ago, SemperEadem said: Risky to be building office space and student accommodation currently in this climate. The arena is fantastic news and the video they did with all this was great. They way they describe it, it will be phased, so the stadium expansion gets priority. But if this thing gets built the way the say, there will be a need to give the whole neighborhood a facelift.
STUHILL Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 2 hours ago, Beechey said: 40,000 is deemed to be the appropriate stadium capacity for the foreseeable future, however there is still scope for further expansion elsewhere in the stadium, if required. Yes Yes Yes! Great news
Popular Post Craig Posted 12 August 2021 Popular Post Posted 12 August 2021 It’s incredible. It will also give our ground character and will no longer look like an identikit stadium. Amazing. 7
jerry Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 2 hours ago, Lambert09 said: Imagine having this in league 1 Sunderland comes to mind. 1 1
4everfox Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Kingleicester said: Will it boost the atmosphere though? Assuming that the 8000 extra fans aren't Man City fans, then I'd guess so Edited 12 August 2021 by 4everfox 2
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 Looks fantastic, can't wait to see it all done. Really hope the new entertainment arena doubles up as an ice hockey arena (as per original rumours) and for us to have a local team to support, a great spectator sport 2
MarriedaLeicesterGirl Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 40 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: Not sure if it's already been mentioned or not, but in case you were wondering about future capacity, or the capacity not being big enough: For me this is quite important. 40K capacity for the next 10 years is probably enough, but look at the biggest clubs commercially in the land, they all have 60K+ stadiums. If Leicester finish top 5/6 for the next decade, which is *possible* we'd need more than 40K seats! The demand would be there! I can't believe King Power doesn't have possible plans for a full expansion in a drawer somewhere. But it's better to announce a 25 percent increase and get it done than announce an 80 percent increase, and have it stall. If they can stick 8,000 in a mirror of what they are doing, and then play with the Kop/Family stand ends (that parking garage limits the scope to some degree) they could have over 50,000 in time. 1 1
SemperEadem Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 25 minutes ago, Kingleicester said: Will it boost the atmosphere though? We all know what will, just hope the club do not sidestep it.
FoxinNotts Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 1 minute ago, SemperEadem said: We all know what will, just hope the club do not sidestep it. More clappers? Move the Kop to the family stand?
Raw Dykes Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 52 minutes ago, SexyGammonFox said: If the images are accurate it shows that the stands behind each goal will be built out as well so that the west stand depth wraps right round to the east stand. currently the west stand butts out a few metres further further than the rest of the ground. Well spotted! I was thinking it looked like there wasn't really room left to expand either stand because of that, but I'd forgotten that they don't currently stick out that far. If there's another expansion in the future, I guess it will be one of those two next.
stripeyfox Posted 12 August 2021 Posted 12 August 2021 safe standing or rail seating is more likely to be retro fitted to the existing kop than feature in the new stand imo 3
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