MANCHESTER - Old Trafford (75,765)

[CharlieP]

Originally Posted by JimB

And in terms of the Premiership, I'd say that there isn't even a shred of doubt that the best home fans are Portsmouth.

And you don't get much further south in England than that!

...apart from Exeter City, Torquay United, Plymouth Albion and possibly Brighton

[mikeyraw]

Plymouth Argyle more like.

[WeasteDevil]

Two new renders. Shame they are so small.

[eddyk]

[manicants2004]

Hiya Devil


Great pics. I haven't seen those before.

One thing though. All the glass just like at the new Wembley- it's so passe.
Just reminds me of the exterior of the main stand at White Hart Lane and that was built nearly 25 years ago. The new Allianz Arena demonstrates the way of the future. I love that stadium and a photo of it is on my wall.

[eddyk]

Another attempt

[ManchesterISwonderful]

Good work Ed.

From what I can tell the third tier won't swoop down. But the seats will go as high as the North. But I'm sure that will restrict the view on the extension near the third tier.

[dgnr8]

Yes, that'll obscure views. I reckon that inside render was done on the cheap, wait until we get a proper one so we can garner the truth.

[ManchesterISwonderful]

Suspect you're right, guv.

Shame they've only released crappy pics.

[WeasteDevil]

Originally Posted by manicants2004

Hiya Devil

Great pics. I haven't seen those before.

Hello

They only turned up yesterday.

[Turbosnail]

Those renders are shite. Will be wicked when finished though.

[Gherkin]

Yeah i hope all the stands join up to each other as smoothly as the new Emirates stadium. Don't want it lookin shite now do we? If the new corner seats go as high as the North stand, surely the East and West stands would need to be extended so the stadium is balanced?
Need more renders!

[raswok15]

Any one have any recent pics of how far work has progressed on the two corners. thanks

[Edson-CMA]

Does anyone have some new pics of the works in OT?

[andysimo123]

You wana ask anything about this down in the Uk sub forum and then Manchester threads.

[dingyunyang179]

I am a chinese MU's supporter.

[Isaac Newell]

I think the second tier seats behind the goals in the Stretford and Scoreboard ends are raked at the same angle as the third tier seats in the North Stand so that when the second tier seats behind the goals curve round to meet the second tier in the North stand they end up being higher than those seats the further up the stand you go and they actually meet the seats at the bottom of the third tier.

Hence that concrete wall you can see each side of the North Stand. Only the front row of seating in the curve meets the second tier of the North Stand.

Doe any of that make sense ?

[MoreOrLess]

With reguards to any future devolpment of the south stand one alternative if they can't get around the rail line problem I'v not seen mentioned would be to push the seating back slightly and fill in the other two corners adding a few thousad more seats. Then behind that you could either have a wall of directors boxs or a number of shallow rows of prenium seats stacked ontop of each other. That kind of redevolpment would need far less space behind the stand and would I'd guess still bring in alot of extra revenue.

[Gavin]

I have seen a technical drawing of the new stand. Doesnt look like I expected. ITs 3D and wirefrane so its hard to tell whats going on but basically were talking three tiers on the extension. Its a small second tier and a bigger third tier with exec boxes in the middle. Look at the small pic we have. What looks like concrete is exec boxes.
It doesnt meet the stands behind the goal exactly either. Looks like its a few metres out but not as bad as at the millenium, I hate that mismatch, just looks bad.
Anyway, there we are. When we get the UK thread back i'll post more or try and post the pic.

[ManchesterISwonderful]

Originally Posted by Gavin

I have seen a technical drawing of the new stand. Doesnt look like I expected. ITs 3D and wirefrane so its hard to tell whats going on but basically were talking three tiers on the extension. Its a small second tier and a bigger third tier with exec boxes in the middle. Look at the small pic we have. What looks like concrete is exec boxes.
It doesnt meet the stands behind the goal exactly either. Looks like its a few metres out but not as bad as at the millenium, I hate that mismatch, just looks bad.
Anyway, there we are. When we get the UK thread back i'll post more or try and post the pic.

Three tiers? I was thinking a slight extension to the third tier of the North. Not sure I like the idea of it not joining up smoothly. But I guess it's better than a simple second tier plomped onto the corners.