Quote ="RED LEAGUE"It says on the reds facebook page that we have been granted planning permition for the detailed planning stage of the stadium and says there will be a press release and photo's of the stadium to go with it, does anyone know when this is going to happen?'" Will be this from last Thursday... viewtopic.php?p=15447572#p15447572

Quote ="RED LEAGUE"It says on the reds facebook page that we have been granted planning permition for the detailed planning stage of the stadium and says there will be a press release and photo's of the stadium to go with it, does anyone know when this is going to happen?'" Will be this from last Thursday... viewtopic.php?p=15447572#p15447572

The MEN got it wrong again - there's an artist's impression showing a full stand

Some photos of the site taken on bank holiday Monday 30th August...

Great pics - it's nice to see some actual work being done.

Already a better environment for RL than Odsal or Craven Park.

actually looks better than Headingley's pitch at the start of the season.

Hopefully we shall have a proper update on the 16th

Exactly, the only spending they are cutting back on is wasteful spending on wasters, this stadium will not be affected.

Pray tell me, what exactly do you mean by 'wasters' and to who/whom do you apply this dispositional attribution?

A certain leader of the Lib Dems in Salford for 1, Negative Norman

No-no Pev. I want to know what Stew2 means exactly.

perhaps he means the top bankers

How about the money that is being spent on the feckless idiots who now can't afford their mortgages because they lied about their income and are now stuck because their lied income has ground to a halt?

There are lots of people in their 20s who are having to pay taxes to prop up the maniacal housing ponzi in the UK.

Those taxes are going to people in their 30s who lied about their income to get a house they couldn't afford, houses which are now being kept from the market because of daft interventionist goverment policies which ought to be withdrawn.

The responsible few bought unemployment insurance to protect themselves in the event of the worst happening, but with Labour they stumped up cash to anyone and everyone, blowing the housing ponzi bubble for all it was worth. Debt only takes you so far, and scrounging off the wealth-creators only gets you so far.

Eventually you have to start creating real things of value, such as our new stadium, rather than expecting the government to do everything for you and palming you cash.

Sorry, but I thought this thread was about the new stadium - if you want to argue over housing policy then please do it elsewhere!!

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That is the best way to respond to such a nonsense post!
Made me chuckle at the very least!!

Stew2. I'll pm you when I get around to it.

Barton Flyer's right. As much as I'd like to tear apart Stew2's politics (again), let's keep this thread about the stadium.

We'll see what JW tells us at the awards on the 16th to find out what's next.

Makes Hitler look so left wing

Don't worry S2 ... there's an announcement early Oct that'll make you very happy (clue JSA+mortgage relief) [and an announcement later that month that'll put me out of work.


Back to the stadium, the only concern is will it cause the Craven Park/WD40 stadium issue of one way in and one way out.

Stumbled across this 5 minute, 3D Video of the new Saints stadium. I wonder if the club/council/peel are planning on doing something similar to promote our new stadium? www.saintsnewstadium.com/3d-tour

Stumbled across this 5 minute, 3D Video of the new Saints stadium. I wonder if the club/council/peel are planning on doing something similar to promote our new stadium? www.saintsnewstadium.com/3d-tour

Quote ="theredshed"Stumbled across this 5 minute, 3D Video of the new Saints stadium. I wonder if the club/council/peel are planning on doing something similar to promote our new stadium? www.saintsnewstadium.com/3d-tour'" Looks quality. Now, call me arrogant if you wish, but I can't help but think that a city and in particular this city, with a proud history of innovative structural brilliance, (Ship canal, the worlds only inland port, the Lowry etc etc) should have a stadium to better the fine efforts of St Helens. Or are we that beaten up and weary of the whole process that we're happy to put up with an Ikea flat-pack stadium that ticks the RFL's boxes? I dunno. Happy to be on my own with this one. And after all, I might be mistaken in that the final design is brilliant and beyond current expectations.

Quote ="theredshed"Stumbled across this 5 minute, 3D Video of the new Saints stadium. I wonder if the club/council/peel are planning on doing something similar to promote our new stadium? www.saintsnewstadium.com/3d-tour'" Looks quality. Now, call me arrogant if you wish, but I can't help but think that a city and in particular this city, with a proud history of innovative structural brilliance, (Ship canal, the worlds only inland port, the Lowry etc etc) should have a stadium to better the fine efforts of St Helens. Or are we that beaten up and weary of the whole process that we're happy to put up with an Ikea flat-pack stadium that ticks the RFL's boxes? I dunno. Happy to be on my own with this one. And after all, I might be mistaken in that the final design is brilliant and beyond current expectations.

I can't see the council wanting a cheap looking stadium that would reflect badly on the city's already, unfairly tarnished image, especially considering the prominent location of it. Further to this I can't imagine Peel Holdings wanting to put there name to something cheap and cheerful because it just isn't their style. Lets face it, it's off the same road as the Trafford Centre and I can't see them building something that would lower the tone of their palatial shopping centre. It's like someone building themselves a multi-million pound mansion and then developing a plot of land over the road and building a shed of place on it. I just can't see this happening.

My understanding is we have the same stadium architects as Saints so hopefully it will look equally impressive when we hopefully see a 3d video of our's.

The final design is what was approved the other week - unless Eric Pickles rejects it.

Take a look at some (most) of the buildings they are responsible for and you may rethink that. I'm struggling to think of any Peel commissioned building that has had any serious architectural plaudits.

This doesn't neccessarily mean that it has be built exactly to the plans submitted. For instance each company that tendor may suggest a more cost effective solution that allows for improvements to the original plans.