What I'm getting at is that the outside of the stadium has clearly had a lot of time and effort spent in its design, and this has made it a fantastic proposition, the inside doesnt appear to have had any though put into its desing, and as you say, as a result, it is grass with seats and a standing area. A bit of thought could have made this a far more impressive structure throughout.

But the nearest pub is a good 10min walk you have either got them at fingerpost or glasshouse/running horses in the centre.

That's my only concern. What are the surrounding facilities going to be like. Whats the parking going to be like is the main one, visiting from Warrington on a match day, I wouldn't like to think about an hour wait to get a space, then a two hour wait to get out, which happens if you park at some clubs who rent their stadia.

Another thing is eating. Granted KR isn't like the Trafford Centre food hall, but it's got a chippy, butty shop and a Morrisons that isn't packed because it's match day. Where will one eat? Will the stadium have mass queueing for an overpriced drink and ridiculously poor food or are they going to put some effort into that?

Exciting times ahead...

It's bound to be a bottleneck because fans are going to be directed to the two multistoreys at that end of town and there are some very small roundabouts there which I can see getting very clogged up. I don't know whether this still stands but when I went to a meeting at Saints to discuss the stadium in 2008, the plan was for the Council to spend some of their contribution on providing security at the multistoreys for matchdays.


There will be the sports cafe but it looks small and I don't know whether it will sell food. There were plans to have a few stall type thingies around the stadium but I can't make out whether that is still the case or not.

There's always Tesco!

Quote ="SaintsFan"There were plans to have a few stall type thingies around the stadium but I can't make out whether that is still the case or not.'" I believe that the plans show there will be food and drink windows around the inside corridor of the stadium like there are at Leigh..... It looks like there are approx 16 of these. See here..... llpgport.oltps.sthelens.gov.uk:8 ... Name=89951 I have also noticed there is a "BEER CELLAR" now that is my kind of stadium!!!!

Quote ="SaintsFan"There were plans to have a few stall type thingies around the stadium but I can't make out whether that is still the case or not.'" I believe that the plans show there will be food and drink windows around the inside corridor of the stadium like there are at Leigh..... It looks like there are approx 16 of these. See here..... llpgport.oltps.sthelens.gov.uk:8 ... Name=89951 I have also noticed there is a "BEER CELLAR" now that is my kind of stadium!!!!

Great site, ground looks superb.Glad to see it coming together for you and the clubs in our area are moving on into better grounds (Leigh, Widnes, Wigan, Warrington built and in ) you and Salford under way looking good for the red rose over the white.

As has been stated there are ample refreshment stands within the main concourse of the ground itself. Add to this the dock off Tesco next door, McDonalds, Subway, Burger King and KFC on nearby retail parks and you should be well catered for fatty



The catering contract can be renegotiated with a new supplier as the previous ridiculous contract will become null and void upon leaving KR. I imagine those in charge will be able to negotiate a much better contract with *fingers crossed* much better quality of produce than the idiot that arranged the last one.

Parking wise there are two major retail parks either side of the stadium, it looks like the one with Halfords on are already planning on making it difficult to park there for free. And I imagine the Ravenhead one (with B&Q) may be subject to more patrolling especially on early kick off times but as there are already tons of unused spaces near I can't see why people wouldn't be allowed to park there especially as most shops close at the latest 8pm.

Failing that there is plenty of parking in the town centre accessible via the new bridge, and given the new grounds proximity to the train and bus stations it should be a lot easier for people to take advantage of public transport, a major reason why many fans found it difficult to get to KR every few weeks.

In terms of parking at the ground I believe there will be dedicated parking for Saints onsite but I'd imagine this will be limited and more for staff etc. I overheard someone asking TC about parking on the Tesco car park on match days, he said you will be able to park there with a pass, I imagine you'd have to pay for this though.

Oh dear, the beer cellar is were they will store the beer, they dont mean an underground "Bier Keller" pub

oh yes!

I was once thrown out of the Bier Keller in Manchester for throwing beer. Go figure.

Talking to one of the ladies at Saints last night, she was saying that they are going to lower the price of alcohol before the game to get people to drink there, rather than going the pub, put the prices up during the game, then lower them again to get people to stay after the match to have a drink. At the 19 kiosks that sell beverages and food, they are gonna sell, pizzas, wraps, pies etc.

that's a good idea in principle, but pretty hard to do in practice.

Oh dear, cheers for the enlightening information but I wasn't referring to the "Bier Keller", don't know what gave you this idea????..........If I was referring to the "Bier Keller" I would have wrote "Bier Keller"!!

I wrote "BEER CELLAR" with the correct meaning, this being that they will have a good size facility to hold enough beer for us all to enjoy instead of the small hut that sells a can of freshley opened lager for £3.10 that we have at the moment......... Draught!

Lovely. It's totally enclosed so the atmosphere will be great.

A few issues with the video:

- RU book on prominent display
- an 'actor' doing 'hand gun' movements
- Kells Bar. Are we groundsharing with Cumbrians?

Right - i'm confused.

Are we spending ALL of next season at Widnes? It says 'moving into our new home in Autumn 2011' - does this mean immediately after the season has been completed in October? It seems silly to play a playoff match or two in 2011 there.

Looks like a nice stadium very impressive. Is there any standing room in the stadium like the HJ or is it an all seater stadium. Can' wait to visit with he Wire

standing at either end pal

and news of travel arrangements on the Saints website www.saintsrlfc.com/news/2714

and news of travel arrangements on the Saints website www.saintsrlfc.com/news/2714

Nice to see Saint listening to there supporters and what they want

wouldnt have thought so. 2 options:

- have 1 sign with 2 prices on, then have a till with 2 options on - relying on the staff to make decisions.
- or go high tech, an electronic sign that changes automatically at a given time, same with tills.

I imagine the biggest problem would be licensing laws and having people buying 20 pints before kick off to last them the whole game.

I would love to see guys with 20 pints round their seats



would be mayhem when we scored and they jumped up , cheering , beer everywhere !!

classy

Retailers these days have electronic tills that download price information from servers, if Saints have something similar, then its merely a case of having the server update the pricing at specified times via a download to the tills.
If this is the case however im half expecting saints to get mixed up between GMT and BST on the clocks.
I say this as ive known similar things to happen with far bigger companies with sometimes quite embarrassing results.

i can see it now, i order 3 pints at 7.57pm by the time they get to the till its 8.01, how much do i pay?

Is it not likely that there will be bars with entry from outside and the bars inside the ground will be more expensive?