is to be named Langtree Park.


Personally I'd have gone with 'The Halo'

Well you should have paid the sponsorship cash then.

Drove by there tonight....Its looking good, probably a step up on the HJ, if truth be told.

It's a step up from the HJ apart from when it rains with a breeze, then frankly, I wouldn't want to be stood anywhere near The Halo. It's a great original design idea and visually striking, but it in no way acts as a roof because it's elevated above the stands and with massive gaps and leaves large swathes of the terraces effectively open to the elements (there's no glass or perspex between them, nor can the design accomodate such a modification).

It could be Wembley and I'd pick fault with it though, because I'm very petty and just don't like Saints. Maybe I'm just jealous.

Yes, that's it - I'm jealous.

to be fair it looks impressive from the front entrance and from the Aerial shots of it.

However the images from Granada reports from inside were less than impressive it didnt look finished....!!

maybe they were keen on Showing the stand with the Saints Lettering on the Seats but that along with the standing terrace they showed has no hospitality boxes just big gaps of open space between the back row of the seats and the roof....

it looked a bit like a non league footy ground from those images....

It's made by Barr it'll be nothing more state of the art than Breeze block walls and aluminium urinals....it'll just smell cleaner for a while.

still the more brand new Rugby League Stadiums the better..

Name sounds like one of those new housing developments to me. Shame that no-one is immune to the corporate bucks nowadays and actually names their stadia after a local feature or dignatary.


All rise for Lord Halliwell Jones......

Eamonn McManus thinks it has Echoes of Lang Park Brisbane.....!!!

note to Sat Nav: destination LangTREE park Merseyside.... Not Lang Park Brisbane, Australia ....

the Last time I got that wrong was going to Central Park in the 80's... NYPD's finest didnt appreciate The Famous Wigan Rugby being sung full blast on the Sabbath let me tell you....

Jeez guys....

It's a fantastic RL stadium. The best in the country. As for it not being finished, well no, not quite. The work isn't finished yet !!!

it's world Class, but its rude not to have a pop at it in even the slightest way....

they have a statue of Kieron Cunningham we have Brian Bevan
they have McManus way (really! named after him as well) we have Mike Gregory Way...........

and another....

come on its off season there's nowt else to do....

You need to wash your keyboard out and then go to Confession this Sunday.

Pessimist says - "We've never beaten Saints at Langtree Park"



Optimist says - "We've never lost to Saints at Langtree Park"

That's because it isn't yet finished.

Not only are the interiors to be completed but finely perforated cladding is being fixed around the stadium between the wall and the roof. Air needs to pass through as the design means that wind resistence has to be limited. That will be completed by the start of the new season.

What you don't see either from the pictures is the fabulous landscaping on the other side, the side people will see from the Linkway. It's amazing and will look stunning once the trees have grown. (Either that or it will be filled with scrotes!)

PS: McManus Drive was named by the Council, not by Saints.

Most of the gap between the roof and the top of the stands is being blocked off after a change to the plans. viewtopic.php?f=18&t=385845&start=2250

Most of the gap between the roof and the top of the stands is being blocked off after a change to the plans. viewtopic.php?f=18&t=385845&start=2250

From the excellent 28 days later site [urlhttp://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=65767[/url

Looks very nice and TBH I would have been really disappointed if it didnt seem "better" than the HJ, after-all this is brand new, the HJ is nearly 8 years old. The real test will be when competitive rugby is played there and whether it can hold an atmosphere...............or whether enough saints fans actually go to generate one!

Is it liable to blow off in gusty winds and cause the game to be called off (again).

Saints have only taken the posts from Knowsley Road. They left the roof problems behind.

Actually, if the cladding wasn't perforated then the wind resistence could bring the whole structure down, not just blow the roof off.

It looks great and the name is good too.

Lovely stadium. Another "Rugby League" stadium.

Lovely looking stadium... Nice name.... Well Played to everyone involved.

It looks superb

When you guys left Wilderspool didn't your average go up.

When we was playing at KR our average was around 11K,I would imagine it will go higher,don't you.

Re the name isn't Langtree a suburb of Wigan?

There is a difference between the two.
When we were at Wilderspool we were poop and nearly got relegated one season and in another season there was talk of the Wire disappearing altogether becuase of bad debt and merging with Widnes.

Whereas when you were at KR you were winning trophies year on year which would have pulled the maximum crowds each week.

I do think your attendances will improve but not by the marked numbers that ours did.
You do have a fantastic looking stadium now, which is a credit to your club and RL.

Langtree is the name of the principle developer of the stadium & I guess this is what its refering to. Though there is an erea of Wigan that shares the name