What would it be?

Personally I wouldn't mind my local sandwich shop basing themselves they on a matchday. It'll be well ace to have butterfly buns whilst watching the rugby

A roof on the away stand, a new scoreboard which is as big as the Sky screen and is used as a screen for Sky games.

No ts that complain about the ref.

the ignorant,loudmouth,fat get who sits right behind me to have his tongue ripped out in a freak boating accident

A stand similar to the Carnegie on the other three sides.

And what the fook is that eyesore they've built on Headingley Lane for the cricket ? Tell me that they just made it up as they went along with bits left over from another job somewhere, surely an architect wasn't involved ?

The countdown clock to work on the Western terrace

I have it on good authority, that Leeds will have a permanent big screen at all games, to replace the Sky Screen. Deals done.

So on the days that Sky aren't doing the broadcast who will be providing the video stream ?

Oh,

No surely not...

Its not going to be ORTV is it ?

I had a free piece of this like chocolate cake thing off a blonde lass in the Merrion today. Free samples from Kinder. It was well nice aswell.

Haven't been past it since around october time (maybe) what's it like then?

That’s taking something away from Headingley stadium though. We need to add things on it rather than take things away from it!

Its adding to our viewing pleasure.

A brothel.

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Its like somebody had some bits left over from another construction project somewhere, but not full bits, just bits that were left over, like offcuts - so they decided to build a big hulk of a thing in the corner of the cricket ground and all the volunteers who turned up to build it had there own ideas about what it should look like and none of them talked to each other, they just started building their own bit and someone joined all the bits together when they'd all caught the bus home every day.

Thats what it looks like, not that I'm criticising or anything.

Wigans history.

From the pictures, I cannot decide if I like the cricket stand or not.

Nah you can keep what you did to Mike Gregory at the David Whelan stadium ta. Your salary cap cheating history can stay also

Your history has less cred than melbournes!

The Architect was Will Alsop of SMC Alsop (he has now however moved to RMJM Architects) and he is famed for using odd geometrical form and colour on his projects. Basically, like it or loath it, the pavilion is typical of his style and as such Carnegie & Yorkshire Cricket will have know what they were going to get by appointing him in the first place!

I know him reasonably well professionally and have worked on a couple of projects with him. I also hosted him for a three day visit to Finland as part of one of the projects I did with him... it ranks as one of the most interesting business trips I have ever done and involved lots and lots of working & drinking, sometimes at the same time!

Nice guy with a real off the wall view on architecture!

well we are actually quite proud of our own history!
you will be able to see for yourself when you visit the museum which will be included in the new south stand,oh and yes we still play at our own historic home ground and of course we have never been relegated to the second division.

Just because he is a nice bloke and likes a beer doesn't mean it isn't ugly! Frankly it looks like he had had a few when he designed this.

An Atmosphere would be nice.

Not really heard anything like that for last few years.

At the risk of sounding like HRH Prince Charles you can go two ways with architecture, you can appoint an architect who will design a building sympathetic to its surroundings which doesn't mean that it still can't be built from "modern" materials, or you can go for impact, almost shock and awe.

Alsop seems to have gone for the latter.

You won't find too many who would suggest that his design is complimentary in its surroundings or that riding past it on a bus you would hardly notice that its there - the photos on the previous page show how it blends so easily into its surroundings (not), its a statement from the commissioning owners and a statement from the architect ( I'm guessing that it will be outstanding in his portfolio and probably win some awards for him) and if thats what they wanted then they certainly have not failed in their commission.

Personally I would have preferred something that did not dominate the Headingley skyline so much, the frikkin thing hits you in the eye as far away as The Arc rather like a person with a facial birthmark walking down the pavement towards you would instantly draw your gaze from 500 yards away - personally I really like the "rusty" building on the BBC site opposite the Woodhouse multi storey car park, a building that dominates its skyline but does it without jarring its setting.