Quintrell_Green":835gycy4 said:Herts_Green":835gycy4 said:Even though the Grandstand is in a sorry state at this point in time, it's nice to see some of the original Leitch features on the front of the stand now that the advertising hoardings (including the old Pasoti one) have been removed. It would look so much better if, once work is complete on that faƧade (or whatever the correct term for it is) it is spruced up a bit and left advertisement free. I would much rather that the name of the Grandstand was sponsored than put more hoardings there.
I made the same point about the positioning of advertising hoarding about 5 months ago. The mix in presentation of each different advertising, will quickly remove the slickness of the aesthetic appeal of the new stand, I would rather they were kept at fence level or used as part of those moving digital signs that were last brought in for the Liverpool Cup replay at Home Park.
Biggs":2uasgjbp said:Perhaps we can install video screens/advertising? That seems to be the standard now, even below the Premier League.
Jon will probably correct me, but I would assume all new build stadiums and stands now have electronic advertising boards as standard.
Why bring āup the lineā into the discussion?Bermudian Green":2b0a1km3 said:Biggs":2b0a1km3 said:Perhaps we can install video screens/advertising? That seems to be the standard now, even below the Premier League.
Jon will probably correct me, but I would assume all new build stadiums and stands now have electronic advertising boards as standard.
What do we want they bleddy contraptions fer? They may be alright up the line, but we don't need nuthin like that down ere. Spend it on players, thats the only way to jenerate income
demportdave":8qtw8mxa said:Whilst I am very grateful to the Hallets, I have to say that I am disappointed with way the Grandstand development is being carried out and how it will look when complete.
Firstly, itās very disappointing that with the structure being gutted right back to the basic framework, why are we not taking the opportunity to actually complete the original structure as it was envisaged back in 1952.
Stands that donāt quite go from end to end or corner to corner always look a bit half-assed, as is the case at Exeter. How much more would it have cost to add the extra steelwork and seats to cover the small area above the open stairway at the Barn Park end, as was done at the Devonport End many years ago? As well as improving the appearance of the Grandstand, it would have added another 200-300 seats to the capacity.
As well as looking unfinished for evermore, it will not permit floodlighting to be fixed all down that side of the ground and we will have to keep the hideous gantry on the Barn Park roof.
Secondly, it appears to be accepted that the front of the Grandstand will be covered with advertising; I really hope this wrong.
If the frontage is to be covered it begs the question, what was the point in keeping this supposed gem of footballing architecture if we are then going to bury it behind an eclectic mix of gaudy colours and graphics which constitutes advertising today. Iād rather we got Barr back to build a new stand to match the horseshoe.
In answer to someone who questioned why the pillars were being retained, Ian Newell stated that the stand would lose its āLeitch-nessā if they were removed. He was right, but that is even more so the case if you clad the iconic steel frontage with adverts instead of painting it in the Clubās colours, as per Goodison Park and Ibrox. We should showcase its history and tradition, not hide it away.
Everton and Rangers would never do this so why would Argyle do it, it is absolute sacrilege.
With Everton looking to relocate, we could have the distinction of being the only club in the Football League with an Archibald Leitch designed Grandstand and what are we planning to do, hide it away so that visiting fans will glance at it and think itās just an old stand with a new roof.
Your views about the Grandstand are as deluded as your views on Derek Adams.Biggs":qfgh72hy said:Lots of that is just incorrect, though.
The stand is being built so that itās very easy to ācompleteā it with extra funds and have a full length rodof and corners. So itās not āevermoreā. If this building work prevented that extra development youād have a point, but it does the opposite.
If you look at Stage 2 as the actual plan, and Stage 1 as everything we can afford within that final plan right now, then it makes way more sense.
The advertising stuff is pure and utter conjecture from what youāve read on here. There has been no communication from the club about advertising yet.
I think itās a real shame that the Grandstand will not finally be completed after all these years by adding the missing section at the Barn Park End over the open steps. I appreciate that it would have added cost to the overall project but with the structure reduced to a very basic skeleton, this was surely the time to do it if it ever was going to happen.Willis88":255ft8pp said:Perfect opportunity if we had the funds. We don't, so we can't.
Can you show me any modern stadium in the world that has a big screen 3 parts of the way down one side (thus further restricting the view from the Grandstand) and as for you suggestion of an āattractive muralā, this is Home Park not Hilda Ogdenās front room.Biggs":21ft5dby said:I donāt really get the concern. The finished plan shows a small āblankā area at the Barn Park end of the grandstand. Itās unsymmetrical yes, but itās barely anything and strikes me as the perfect space for a big screen or attractive mural.
And the point isnāt whether Stage 2 happens soon or not, itās that the work in Stage 1 enables it all to be finished off in Stage 2. So itās pointless to complain about things not being done in Stage 1, because the only reason for that is that we donāt have the cash yet.
Iāve said it a few times, if you just look at Stage 2 as the final plan (and I donāt see how anyone can say that doesnāt look an incredibly smart enclosed stadium) and Stage 1 as what we can afford of that final plan right now... it makes a lot more sense.