Brentford new stadium

ElfsborgAddick said:

killerandflash said:

addick1956 said:

Stefco said:

Off_it said:

charltonbob said:

stoneroses19 said:

charltonbob said:

jimmymelrose said:

se9addick said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Really looks impressive on Sky Sports with them being shown around 

Watched that and had the opposite reaction, think it’s really underwhelming - think it’s small size shows a lack of ambition. 

It shows that they are a small club with a small support, that's all.

They had to fit the ground into a tiny bit of land, don't know if there was an alternative plot available anywhere nearby. Guess they had to sell Griffin Park to fund land purchase & building costs as first thing I thought of was why not demolish Griffin Park & rebuild while sharing with QPR for a season. Not that they need more than 17,500 capacity but they could have made it more aesthetically pleasing. Whats with the sloping roofs everywhere ? Both ends & either side, can understand if building a new stand at an existing stadium & you want to connect stands but why with a new build ?

It was actually a decent sized plot, but the majority of it has been used for new-build luxury flats instead.  

I remember when they showed the site before building commenced hemmed in by railway lines & wondering how they would fit a stadium in, I knew they had built some high rise blocks of flats there but not the majority of the site surely ? The flats are owned by the football club aren't they ? I'm sure I read they would provide steady regular income for the club so they must be rentals.

Edit: just seen offits post that some flats are the other side of the railway lines, didn't realise that they had that land as well.

If I remember rightly it was all being treated as one development, but the land the other side of the track was going straight to a developer to build flats and as part of the deal they were building the ground and some other buildings (some flats and a hotel?) for the club.  

At least, that's where they were about 6/7 years ago, but everything was being held up because someone who owned a strip of land in the middle - a breakers yard, or something like that - wasn't budging and was holding out for more dough.

I think that Spurs had the issue with the yard, pre-new build. I'm sure JohnboyUK wrote something about that on here. That sort of thing no doubt happens a lot though, wth new developments.

The Brentford stadium hasn't really grown on me, but it has a little bit more character than some of the new build stadiums.

It is another ultra uniform match box built from mechanno with Lego seats...what character is that?

It's not a bit uniform, when compared to other bowl stadiums or the New Den

Milllllllll did not fill the corners in to form a wrap around on the advice of safety officers.

When the seats were being used as missiles it was thought that if the muppets were not a good shot they'd end up out of the ground and not on somebody's head.

Stefco said:

Off_it said:

charltonbob said:

stoneroses19 said:

charltonbob said:

jimmymelrose said:

se9addick said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Really looks impressive on Sky Sports with them being shown around 

Watched that and had the opposite reaction, think it’s really underwhelming - think it’s small size shows a lack of ambition. 

It shows that they are a small club with a small support, that's all.

They had to fit the ground into a tiny bit of land, don't know if there was an alternative plot available anywhere nearby. Guess they had to sell Griffin Park to fund land purchase & building costs as first thing I thought of was why not demolish Griffin Park & rebuild while sharing with QPR for a season. Not that they need more than 17,500 capacity but they could have made it more aesthetically pleasing. Whats with the sloping roofs everywhere ? Both ends & either side, can understand if building a new stand at an existing stadium & you want to connect stands but why with a new build ?

It was actually a decent sized plot, but the majority of it has been used for new-build luxury flats instead.  

I remember when they showed the site before building commenced hemmed in by railway lines & wondering how they would fit a stadium in, I knew they had built some high rise blocks of flats there but not the majority of the site surely ? The flats are owned by the football club aren't they ? I'm sure I read they would provide steady regular income for the club so they must be rentals.

Edit: just seen offits post that some flats are the other side of the railway lines, didn't realise that they had that land as well.

If I remember rightly it was all being treated as one development, but the land the other side of the track was going straight to a developer to build flats and as part of the deal they were building the ground and some other buildings (some flats and a hotel?) for the club.  

At least, that's where they were about 6/7 years ago, but everything was being held up because someone who owned a strip of land in the middle - a breakers yard, or something like that - wasn't budging and was holding out for more dough.

I think that Spurs had the issue with the yard, pre-new build. I'm sure JohnboyUK wrote something about that on here. That sort of thing no doubt happens a lot though, wth new developments.

The Brentford stadium hasn't really grown on me, but it has a little bit more character than some of the new build stadiums.