Looks very good.

I presume it has got guttering. Wouldn't want the 'great unwashed'



getting wet when it sheets down off the roof and blows back under the stand.

Anyone got 4 very big flags .

It does look good and all I can say is that it's a bloody shame that we couldn't have stayed at Belle Vue. Just shows you how a little stand like that has transformed that area. No doubt the north stand will be an even more dramatic transformation!
Before anybody shoots me I know there are other issues against it, the main one being of course, we don't own Belle Vue and then there are parking issues etc. Pity because it is a true RL ground with it's own unique atmosphere.

Wonder how much extra would it cost to clad the back? Its great to have some cover, but would be even better if the back was covered as well.

Groovy! Turn it into a sauna!!!

be a lot better with back then it would look even better, but suppose we carnt complain atleat things are changing and looking up
p.s id love it if the stand were right to the bar

It doesn't have lighting in there. Cover up the back, block half the light and crack open the tea lights?!

I would have thought it will need lights in there in any event. Once it is full of people that will block out alot of light and what about night matches?

Lol its hardly the black hole of calcutta! It'll be fine with floodlights on etc

Surely Glover can find some spare conservatory materials for the back.

i hope you get your new stadium sharpish

We dont need one now we've got some covered terracing

I hope you drown in your rock pool.

Why sharpish crapcrab?

I assume he's having a laugh at our ground improvements, Sarcasm lowest form n all that.

Would it be a different kind of structure filled in at the back and thus require more consents? Now, it is a roof that the wind can blow through freely. Would it be a more permanent structure with the back filled in, and need to be stronger, as it would block the wind?

You won't get a much stronger structure than rsjs slugger

Will be interested to see the final result.

I have gone back to the original sketches produced at Cedar Court and the proposals prior to franchise and wondering how many will come to fruition.

As far as I can tell, we said:
1 covered stand on west terrace. The sketch makes it look like it goes right up to the touchline bar, but it doesn't.
2. north Stand covered, to cover 4,000 spectators. The sketch shows the roof going right to the fence, although I remember that the formal plans showed the roof just covering to the walkway
3. East stand. Looks just like a new roof (unless the blue bit was just meant to highlight that it is covered, and it is already covered).
4. Hospitality stand - fully covered new seating area allowing for 1400 to front
5. Cats and International Bar covered

To be fair, I think the plans were intended to highlight amount of attendance that would be covered, as per requirements, rather than what would be new. Will be interesting to see how it matches plans. Will be great to see some roof-generated atmosphere. Another part of me says that it will be a real hotch-potch, with some cover here and cover there.

It's already been made clear that the plans have changed since that meeting, for several reasons; a change in building reg's, Sky's requirement for a) certain viewing angles and b) a gantry and the new investor.

Personally, I'll be happy if we deliver something that satisfies the RFL's requirements, hotch-potch or no - with a bit of luck they'll only be temporary anyway, so I'd rather that we only spent what we have to and save a few bob to get Gareth Ellis signed up.

If Newmarket fails, it will be interesting to see what plans AG has, and I think he's shrewd enough to plan for it.

Agreed; I'm sure that a contingency already exists.

I hear the RFL have set aside a seven figure sum to protect an iconic RL ground from the many predators who no doubt will be circling should NM fall though.

I get the feeling that what is taking place now is plan B, with the addition of looking to buy the ground back if NM is rejected. Sadly despite what AG might say in the press i highly doubt this will satisfy the RFL again. It really is Newmarket or bust, so to speak.

Ignore the east Hull crustation, he's filling his sock because Rovers finally got some cash to start a build at Craven Park, only 3 years late mind.

Looking forward to seeing the changes at a historic venue!