| West stand expansion? on 12:56 - Oct 2 with 2571 views | Devz00 |
The last I heard, it was being put on hold so this looks more positive. |  |
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| West stand expansion? on 20:22 - Oct 2 with 2280 views | Fuggie |
From what I have seen they managed to alter the spectator exits to accommodate the extra press seats. Originally when you left the gold members lounge (either side of the press area) to go into the stands you would go through the doors and then go either left or right up separate steps and then down two walkways.
What they have now done is create one exit straight into the stand on each side of the press area. The seats lost for creating these two tunnels has been more than covered by the additional seating that has been placed over the original exits.
The original plan was shelved when we won the League Cup and therefore meant there was insufficient time between the end of the 2012/13 season and the start of our Europa Qualifiers. Also (I am not an architect) I believe there may have been some issue with wheelchair access for level 3 Platinum Members after looking at the original plans (revised plans for level 3 were submitted on 25 September 2013)
My guess would be that should we have no early start next season (ie Group Stage or Not In Anything) then it will be built. The current fix is only a short term measure for the press and the new gantry will be able to satisfy all the press plus allow more fans (possibly for long term season ticket holders) when built.
Anyone wishing to look at the plans needs to go to
http://wam.swansea.gov.uk/WAM/searchsubmit/performOption.do?action=search&appTyp
and enter the application number 2013/0244. |  | | |
| West stand expansion? on 20:39 - Oct 2 with 2244 views | Neath_Jack |
| West stand expansion? on 20:22 - Oct 2 by Fuggie |
From what I have seen they managed to alter the spectator exits to accommodate the extra press seats. Originally when you left the gold members lounge (either side of the press area) to go into the stands you would go through the doors and then go either left or right up separate steps and then down two walkways.
What they have now done is create one exit straight into the stand on each side of the press area. The seats lost for creating these two tunnels has been more than covered by the additional seating that has been placed over the original exits.
The original plan was shelved when we won the League Cup and therefore meant there was insufficient time between the end of the 2012/13 season and the start of our Europa Qualifiers. Also (I am not an architect) I believe there may have been some issue with wheelchair access for level 3 Platinum Members after looking at the original plans (revised plans for level 3 were submitted on 25 September 2013)
My guess would be that should we have no early start next season (ie Group Stage or Not In Anything) then it will be built. The current fix is only a short term measure for the press and the new gantry will be able to satisfy all the press plus allow more fans (possibly for long term season ticket holders) when built.
Anyone wishing to look at the plans needs to go to
http://wam.swansea.gov.uk/WAM/searchsubmit/performOption.do?action=search&appTyp
and enter the application number 2013/0244. |
It was scrapped because they could not get it designed correctly in time. There was a problem getting the new press area to fit where they wanted, due to it having to squeeze in between the current boxes and the underside of the existing roof. That is the long and short of it. |  |
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| West stand expansion? on 20:39 - Oct 2 with 2242 views | sunshinehead |
They have made room either side of the existing gantry for a couple of extra camera positions and a few extra comms. No real expansion. Most of the broadcasters share the pictures offered up by the host and don't really add anything more than a single camera for their reporter so you could have Sky plus a thousand other broadcasters and it wouldn't make much difference. |  | | |
| West stand expansion? on 10:05 - Oct 3 with 2029 views | Devz00 |
| West stand expansion? on 20:22 - Oct 2 by Fuggie |
From what I have seen they managed to alter the spectator exits to accommodate the extra press seats. Originally when you left the gold members lounge (either side of the press area) to go into the stands you would go through the doors and then go either left or right up separate steps and then down two walkways.
What they have now done is create one exit straight into the stand on each side of the press area. The seats lost for creating these two tunnels has been more than covered by the additional seating that has been placed over the original exits.
The original plan was shelved when we won the League Cup and therefore meant there was insufficient time between the end of the 2012/13 season and the start of our Europa Qualifiers. Also (I am not an architect) I believe there may have been some issue with wheelchair access for level 3 Platinum Members after looking at the original plans (revised plans for level 3 were submitted on 25 September 2013)
My guess would be that should we have no early start next season (ie Group Stage or Not In Anything) then it will be built. The current fix is only a short term measure for the press and the new gantry will be able to satisfy all the press plus allow more fans (possibly for long term season ticket holders) when built.
Anyone wishing to look at the plans needs to go to
http://wam.swansea.gov.uk/WAM/searchsubmit/performOption.do?action=search&appTyp
and enter the application number 2013/0244. |
Cheers for the link. Nice to see the actual plans and images. | |
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