LEICESTER - Welford Road Stadium (17,000 -> 30,000)

[berkshire royal]

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How it did look

http://www.leicestertigers.com/images/news/welford-road-from-gantry(1)_rdax_601x343.jpg

And how it will look

http://www.leicestertigers.com/images/galleries/Gall-Redev-01.jpg

http://www.leicestertigers.com/images/galleries/Gall-Redev-02.jpg

http://www.leicestertigers.com/images/galleries/Gall-Redev-03.jpg

http://www.leicestertigers.com/images/galleries/Gall-Redev-06.jpg

http://www.afl-uk.com/files/projects/large/1880000421_C11a.jpg

http://www.afl-uk.com/files/projects/large/153054626_C8c.jpg

There is a lot more information (webcams, more renders, videos, latest photos etc.) at the clubs official web page. http://www.leicestertigers.com/redevelopment/index.php

[Livno80101]

this is only for rugby or leicester fc will use it too????

looks good

[metros11]

this is only for rugby or leicester fc will use it too????

looks good

I'm assuming that Leicester FC will continue to use Walker's Stadium.

Very nice design by the way, different from what everyone else is doing.

[NeilF]

Absolutely perfect stadium for rugby, by the looks of it. Love the terraced promenade at the bottom on three sides. Between new Welford Road and Thomond Park, the bar has been set for the redevelopment of rugby stadia around the UK.

By the way, does anyone know the seating and standing capacities, once the stadium has been fully developed? Looks like a much higher seating to standing ratio than Thomond Park.

[haggiesm]

very nice concept.

[Livno80101]

I'm assuming that Leicester FC will continue to use Walker's Stadium.

Very nice design by the way, different from what everyone else is doing.

oh, I forgot on Walkers and that it is built 5-6 years ago

[CharlieP]

I'm assuming that Leicester FC will continue to use Walker's Stadium.

No, Leicester FC play at Welford Road.

Leicester City FC play at the Walkers Stadium.

[CharlieP]

How it looks now

http://www.leicestertigers.com/images/news/welford-road-from-gantry(1)_rdax_601x343.jpg

That's actually how it looked about eight months ago. This is how it looks now:

http://www.lan-cam.co.uk/view.php?CUSTOMER=tigers&CAMERA=cam1

[radioheader]

Really nice!

[CharlieP]

I went to Leicester for the Premiership semi-final a few weekends ago and had a wander round Welford Road - here are my photos:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3364/3518642677_0fd5a700f2_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3518652173_81b10474ee_b.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3518660377_37d1316384_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3518662777_6131b0aea8_b.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3519488444_3194bcc3c8_b.jpg

[Chimaera]

Looks good, that new stand. But what is that small leftover of the old one including seats still doing there in front of it? What an awkward and funny sight.

[Bobsi]

Looks good, that new stand. But what is that small leftover of the old one including seats still doing there in front of it? What an awkward and funny sight.

Its a billboard with a picture of the old seats :lol:

[Chimaera]

Its a billboard with a picture of the old seats :lol:I don't think so:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3518652173_81b10474ee_b.jpg

By the way, very nice design (I just had a look at the first post). It vaguely reminds me of that Ljudski (?) VRT stadium in Slovenia. Glad to see the comeback of terracing.

[CharlieP]

Looks good, that new stand. But what is that small leftover of the old one including seats still doing there in front of it? What an awkward and funny sight.

They found a live mains cable when they were knocking down the old stand, so couldn't remove that last bit until the electricity company came to safely disconnect it on 4 May.

[berkshire royal]

That's actually how it looked about eight months ago. This is how it looks now:

http://www.lan-cam.co.uk/view.php?CUSTOMER=tigers&CAMERA=cam1

Fixed.

Absolutely perfect stadium for rugby, by the looks of it. Love the terraced promenade at the bottom on three sides. Between new Welford Road and Thomond Park, the bar has been set for the redevelopment of rugby stadia around the UK.

I think that the rugby stadiums in UK and Ireland are miles ahead of the equivalent football stadiums. It's funny that the football teams say that they build these boring off the shelf stadiums because they are much cheaper yet a number of rugby teams that I am sure are making less money then the football teams are building miles better stadiums. I really am impressed Parc Y Scarlets it is the best sub 15,000 stadium I have seen and then you have this and Thomond Park and they really blow some of shoddy stadiums being built by the counterparts in the football league out of the water.

[berkshire royal]

Latest pics

http://www.leicestertigers.com/images/galleries/week43-7.jpg

http://www.leicestertigers.com/images/galleries/week43-6.jpg

http://www.lan-cam.co.uk/view.php?CUSTOMER=tigers&CAMERA=cam2

http://www.lan-cam.co.uk/view.php?CUSTOMER=tigers&CAMERA=cam1

I will also update my original post with some more artist impressions.

[berkshire royal]

They have finished stage 1 now bringing the Welford Road capacity to 24,000. And this is how the completed product looks.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/3916125501_4e1cea8af4_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2501/3935402856_1c2441a502_b.jpg

[lpioe]

Nice stand. Glad they changed the color pattern of the seats, looks better now than on the renders.
What's the capacity of the new stand?

[RMB2007]

^^10,000

[kazetuner]

Very nice indeed.