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.
I always though the corners were open at the toolbox, because of cost, and Lewisham council didn't want to pay it at the time?
Just cannot like that Brentford ground. Yes it's different but not in a good way. The lounges also look more like something you'd find at a college. The guy in the video is also easily impressed by views it would appear!
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.
I think the Spurs "issue" was solved, when the business refusing to sell accidentally caught fire....if I remember correctly!
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.
I think the Spurs "issue" was solved, when the business refusing to sell accidentally caught fire....if I remember correctly!
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