Ultra Posted 1 August 2006 Posted 1 August 2006 From the BBC website Wembley 'may not open until June' The completion of the new Wembley Stadium could be further delayed. The venue was due to have been completed in August 2005, but hold-ups have led to events, such as this year's FA Cup Final, being rescheduled. Now construction firm Multiplex has said the £757m north London stadium will not be completed until June 2007. It blames the venue's owners, Wembley National Stadium Ltd, for not completing a series of critical works. The firm rejected Multiplex's claims. Builders Multiplex said it was "substantially complete" apart from some seats. But it said Wembley National Stadium Ltd (WNSL) needed to stage test events so the stadium could gain the required licences and approval to operate. Multiplex director of communications Peter Murphy told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The problem at the moment in terms of when the stadium becomes operationally complete, or reaches practical completion, really surrounds commencement and completion of the client works. "So at this stage, Multiplex as builder is reliant upon our client, WNSL, completing a series of critical works to get us through to the point where we're capable of actually hosting or running test events and, at this stage, we're unclear and we haven't been informed by WNSL when in fact they'll commence and complete those works." The company said it had analysed how long these works would take, and found "it is unlikely that the stadium will be able to hold a test event for 90,000 spectators before June 2007". But a spokesman for WNSL dismissed claims the stadium will not be ready until June. He added that Multiplex was trying to "muddy the water" between the dates for practical and operational completion and said WNSL had always insisted it could not organise test events until Multiplex had reached practical completion. It is only then that a safety certificate can be issued that would enable the stadium to open at full capacity, he said. However, WNSL would not confirm that the 2007 FA Cup Final would be held at Wembley. If it was not, the event would probably be held again in Cardiff next May. This saga brings yet more shame upon the FA and the nation as a whole. Can we really be trusted to build a stadium in time and on budget for the 2012 Olympics?
Jamesino_LCFC Posted 1 August 2006 Posted 1 August 2006 From the BBC website This saga brings yet more shame upon the FA and the nation as a whole. Can we really be trusted to build a stadium in time and on budget for the 2012 Olympics? Shite.... thats my alternative sweepstake hanging in the balance then <_<
Ultra Posted 1 August 2006 Author Posted 1 August 2006 But we may have a team capable of reaching the playoffs in 2008!
Jon the Hat Posted 1 August 2006 Posted 1 August 2006 From the BBC website This saga brings yet more shame upon the FA and the nation as a whole. Can we really be trusted to build a stadium in time and on budget for the 2012 Olympics? More of a reflection on the idiots that run sport in this country than on the Nation as a whole. BAA will complete the new Heathrow terminal five project, a building which is just as modern and technologically advanced, on time and on budget without and such problems.
Ultra Posted 1 August 2006 Author Posted 1 August 2006 Don't you think it's embarassing that we're the ONLY nation in Europe that holds its national cup final abroad?
Alexikokopops Posted 1 August 2006 Posted 1 August 2006 It's this nice weather, the Aussie Multiplex are all having barbies on the beach that is to be the Wembly pitch. Fact.
Tommeh Posted 1 August 2006 Posted 1 August 2006 When its done it will be spectacular, but at the moment its a fookin joke, why do the aussies need to build it ?the 5 builders which did our new consrvatory and patio could have done better I Will be sooooo p1ssed off if we go Cardiff instead of Wembly this year and have to wait another 5 years before we finally go wembley!!!!
Tommeh Posted 1 August 2006 Posted 1 August 2006 Have you seen the latest pictures? Wembley Thats where all the moneys gone giving the police control room thing 25 plasmas. 1 black n white tv will do ya!!!!!
Matt Posted 1 August 2006 Posted 1 August 2006 Better get the olympics stadia/area started now then....Might be ready just in time don't quote me on that though.
Deathside Posted 1 August 2006 Posted 1 August 2006 I Will be sooooo p1ssed off if we go Cardiff instead of Wembly this year and have to wait another 5 years before we finally go wembley!!!! Who is we??
Thracian Posted 2 August 2006 Posted 2 August 2006 It will be interesting to see if Wembley gets finished before City get back into the Premiership.
potter3 Posted 2 August 2006 Posted 2 August 2006 Have you seen the latest pictures? Wembley Are the picture of the whole stadium real? It does look like it's not thaaaat far off completion.
davieG Posted 2 August 2006 Posted 2 August 2006 Are the picture of the whole stadium real? It does look like it's not thaaaat far off completion. I think you'll find they are artist impressions, it still resemble a building site externally.
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