We can give the away fans the open end, a nice homage to the Cuckoo Lane terrace.It's been mentioned here that Populous are likely to be the architects and design may similar to that of Minnesota United's 19,800 capacity stadium that opened in April 2019. So I've spent all of ten minutes googling it!
Firstly, the stadium shape and roof is similar to the masterplan we saw on Monday, see Google earth below.
Secondly, another reason why it's design, materials and construction techniques may be copied with tweaks for Stratfield Brake is that it took only 20 months to build!
Of course, sourcing materials, contractors and building regs may be different in England but it appears to be possible.
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Why is there a need for an open end? Loses atmosphere and as for the British climate…….
That’s the Mr Fish and Chip Shop to you Sonny Jim!
Absolutely agree that the architects should design in some iconic view or approach. The lack of that at Grenoble road was a massive fail. Each time I’ve made it back for a game from the other side of the world I’ve taken a photo of my son in front of the stadium and all of them look crap. There’s no tingle, and feeling of “here we go” as you approach. There are stadia which I have no allegiance to where I get that feeling, so it must be a matter of design.
Totally agree, never got the same buzz you would get first seeing the lit floodlights at the Manor as you got nearer walking up Windmill Road, building further as you walked up the little lane to the London Road turnstiles.
I would hope nearly everything on site would have a yellow and blue theme so that visitors have no doubts where they are, unlike the mundane desolation that is The Kassam.Probably something they requested in the blueprints as they seem highly on board with the project, from what I can gather local councillors at OCC are 100% behind the move, this meeting on the 18th is just a tick box exercise from my point of view.
Biztur councils approve waterparks, maybe we could get the stadium built in BicesterHopefully, the Kiddy councils will take a leaf out of the Biztur ones and ignore local nimby opinion, and it will go through on the nod. Shouldn’t stand in the way of ‘progress’ after all….
OCC obviously support it, the meeting on the 18th is just a tick box exercise in my view, other sports clubs have all voiced support and this was probably known unofficially for months. It will then go to CDC & that is when they will have to go into more detailed planning from what I can gather. CDC will be the ones to work with more so than OCC as they already support it from everything I’ve seen and they along with ourselves have obviously been talking to other stakeholders on the site for longer than we realise, this doesn’t just happen overnight.
Well tbh I knew about it Friday night & it didn’t make the Lincoln performance any better for me
although after Tuesday night it doesn’t look as bad a result as it once did.The EB Charging stadium has a good ring to it lolVery likely. No idea which company but I think you can put money on it being an Indonesian company. Just hope we can pronounce it
Wouldn’t surprise me if the university are somehow involved with the funding and get use of certain facilities, it will bring millions of pounds into the county and city as a whole, plus one of either kassam/OCC will be making millions from the development of the kassam once it’s bulldozed. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s an agreement softly in place for that land already
That looks class, wouldn’t be adverse to something similar with a massive sponsor on the outside paying for a chunk of the build. Sure many companies would love to be associated positively with a new stadium in and around Oxford, especially if we are in the championship
