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Looking great pencilled in for an away trip next year car'nt wait. Looking forward to Salford aswell. Quote ="roader"Latest pictures. www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1203'"

Looking great pencilled in for an away trip next year car'nt wait. Looking forward to Salford aswell. Quote ="roader"Latest pictures. www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1203'"

Looks superb.

This weeks stadium pics.

view of the South and East stand



One of the main changes this week is the fitting of the Turnstyles

These are of the East stand turnstyles





North west corner turnstyles, which are for people in the West terrace and also South stand seats



One of the north stand turnstyle blocks



The pavements are also being prepared to be laid around the stadium perimeter. This will be of the same material as that which has been laid close to the entrance of JK Phillips







trees have been cleared at the entrance to Warrington road.



emergency phone/fire alarm system fitted behind the East stand



Inside the North stand are boxes with KONE written on them.
A guick google shows these people build lifts and escalators

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our hi tech sprinklers were in action today

Part 2

As you may have glimpsed in the previous photos, seats have been going into the South stand

Here are a group of pics showing that the seats in this stand are plain red. No fancy writing on them



These two pics show a block were only seat frames have been fitted. I think this is because this block is for the premium seat holders with their padded seats. Spot the photographer on the second pic





The steps to pitch level are also now being fitted



cladding has also been fitted in the South East corner



Red cladding is also going up on the North stand





This is the west stands state of play



moving onto the Tesco side and the Petrol filling station is coming along



Finally some pics of the stadium from the Tesco/link road side. Notice the additional tree planting and the footpath made of the same material as that close to the entrance of JK phillips and the South stand.

Where is KC's statue going to be situated?

No, Idea. I would like to think its in the area were all the tree planting is going on close to the South West corner of the stadium.

That way it would make a nice meeting place for people.

Last thing we want is for it to be dumped on the roundabout.

Cracking pics them!

seconded, chair.

Looking great folks, bet you can't wait to play that first match in there.

Fabulous pics, Chair. Thanks for posting them!

Didn't I read people whining that the north stand wasn't getting any cladding? Is it only the west/east now then?

its just the lift shaft on the North stand thats getting cladded in the red stuff, the rest of the outside wall will be open, apart from a 14ft wall.

That's not what they said on the website. They said the North will be cladded. Has that now changed?

Either way, think of it as a big window that someone left open. Should be nice and airy.

Ahhh, righto. Is that official then? How do you know that?

p.s. not questioning you as I know you're pretty up to speed on the stadium front, just interested.

OK once and for all on the cladding - Saints Media Manager has stated quite clearly that a planning app is in for the North to be cladded but it might not be done for the first game.

When is the 'v' wall going in?

Cheers

Is this the modern equivalent of the Eddington End wall where the chavs would pop a quick feel of one another during the game?

from what was said two week back the north stand will be cladded, not the outside wall where they are now fitting the red stuff, but the inner wall behind the seated terracing, would be great if it was the outside wall.

The club had to re-apply for planning permission to clad the North Stand because there had to be a 1m gap between the roof and the cladding to allow for wind to filter through otherwise the wind could threaten the stability of the structure. The club hope the North Stand will be cladded prior to the start of the new season and they think it should be.

However, there are no plans to clad the West and East Stands at present and apparently there never have been plans to do so. But the wall at the back of those stands is going to be high enough that someone standing at 6ft 5ins wouldn't be able to see into town. Or something like that!

Its the 6ft 5ins wall that will be made higher on the North stand.

a couple of pictures from today

the turnstiles in the ne corner


the view from PX now the wall and stuff has been knocked down



we have floodlights on the North Stand



and a few more seats in the South

First of all some pics i took last thursday in the fading sun





I like the look of the landscaping. However do wonder if in time (think decades) those trees will obscure the stadium. Note also the framework going on the Turnstile entrance in the south west corner, in readiness for the red cladding



Now onto the pics i took on Saturday

The concrete pavement is being laid around the south eastern corner of the stadium





As Gruntfuttock has already pointed outs, floodlights have now been fitted on the north stand. Cant be long now before we get a floodlight test



With regard to the seating. They have now fitted the seats in the South West corner near the Police control room/pa box. Looks like they have fitted the cheap seats first and are leaving the fitting of the posh premium seats till last.







There is now a huge wall of red behind the North stand. Cant help but think this would have been better if it was white with a big read V.



i also noticed that they have built a small wall between the toilets and the turnstiles. Presumably this is to prevent people queuing for the toilet from blocking the entrance to the stadium.
Also note that despite the road outside the stadium being soaking wet from heavy rain, the inside of the stadium is completely dry, despite it not being fully enclosed.



A nearly completed stadium with little over one month to go before it gets handed over to Saints, looking glorious in the sunshine