Not me mate never talk to strangers in Dogging Hotspots

, pretty much have a mooch round there Saturday lunch times and pop round on the bike to Asda.

Last week though I was off during the week and went the usual route and a car drove past me on the path that goes down the calan, so wondered if the big gates at either end are ever open and if they will be open when the stadium is finished.

Looked on the stadium website last night and see that parking will not be free on the site when there is a game on, that is totaly disgusting by the council if that is the case, talk about talking the mickey out of the fans who will already be paying over the odds for bad food and drink within the premises, you'd think they wanted to alienate the fans before we've even started playing there.

The gates are open sometimes but United Utillities were doing some work down there so i presmume they are in the area when the gate is open, it wasnt open saturday.

As for paying for using the parking on a match day, when i go to the KC, HJ, The stoop, JJB, Craven Park, Odsal and Gratham stadium i pay to park in a secure car park, why would our state of art facilities be any differnet?
Its Just because we are all used to parking on various streets in weaste for free its becomes an issue.
If its horrendus amount (say over £6) to park, park at the park and ride at the TC and divide that by the amount of people in your car and go with the cheapest option

Are there any free parking places within a reasonable walking distance?

depends on what you call resonable?
If the stadium do what salford did on a match day and put "residents parking only" on the streets running upto the new stadium you might need to walk from the roundabout @ eccles say a mile?

My Dad went on a tour last week of The Willows and then the new stadium. I've finally managed to get a few pictures off him but I'll be damned if I can figure out how to embed the actual image

I'll have a read and update when I can. For now these were the best pic's of the new stadium:

In the last picture it looks like they are starting to put the seats down in the main stand is that correct?

Does anyone have any idea when or indeed if they are going to landscape the area around the ground? strikes me as being a little odd they didn't break the back of this in the decent summer weather rather than wait until winter.

One positive I can see is with those low rooflines you should be able to generate a good atmosphere in the end stand , plus you should stay fairly dry as well , it always seems to me they build the roofs too high , which negates both sound and stopping rain

See I can do good stuff about it

Nice pics

I bow to your superiority

and yeah, they started putting the seats down on the Thursday he went so the first lot should be finished by now.

The more it starts to take shape the more it finally starts to sink in

Reds1982 did they say what colour the seats are?

Green

I think much of the surrounding area will either have a car park or a retail unit on it, so there's little point in landscaping just yet.

The new stadium looks smallish but i am sure when we get in there,with a decent attendance,it will feel like home from home.Good luck to all coaching staff and players,make Barton buzz.My first post by the way.

How many does each stand hold?

Looks like...

Main stand - 4.5k

Touchline - 2.5k

Each end - 2.5k ish

That comes to 12k.

Probably won't be far off. The two ends both hold 2500 each anyway.

The new ground is looking fantastic. All Red rose super league grounds will be modern for 2012, brilliant stuff and a few miles closer for wire fans

welcome mitie Mouse to the house of fun

after reading the club website, and being told what is on the side of the ground when did the name change take place?

SALFORD CITY STADIUM

Was down for my weekly look yesterday and it looks like they are starting to put the frames for the seats in the main stand, also few people starting to tidy rubble away from the back of the ground so it looks like they are going to tarmacing all around pretty soon.

Good to see the new sign facing the motor way now, will definitely get peoples attention

What sign?

The sign on the stand facing the motorway...

What does it say ?

This sign is not in use

Marketing dept strike again

I've just driven past on Thursday a.m. and unless I'm mistaken there are now some red seats in place in the main stand.