Surely a cantilever upward pointing roof would end the girder problem. It would be disappointing if they are still there remember Gorden sparks pillar was to be removed and put in his garden.dunlop":33tgye60 said:Sat in a different seat in the Grandstand tonight watching the youth team the girders are definitely a problem.
Nah, just slice through 'em.IJN":2jfwicle said:The pillars also hold up the Leitch stand from the ground up.
I think if Argyle paid £50m for the refurb I don’t think it would be enough to defy gravity!
Great photo but to my untrained eye I am unsure it would be so easy to just slice them off where the seating starts.GreensOnScreen":fv0dr1gh said:Nah, just slice through 'em.IJN":fv0dr1gh said:The pillars also hold up the Leitch stand from the ground up.
I think if Argyle paid £50m for the refurb I don’t think it would be enough to defy gravity!
No problem!
X Isle":26cetocn said:Does anyone know if a recognisable 'schedule of works' is out?
Nothing precise, just a loose idea at what point certain actions are due. Primarily I'm after a ballpark date for when the Grandstand is last used for paying customers. I'd really like to get down for that game... and shift/leave arrangements need to be made well in advance :sad:
Have they said it will be open and being used throughout this season?
Daz":4f005eu0 said:X Isle":4f005eu0 said:Does anyone know if a recognisable 'schedule of works' is out?
Nothing precise, just a loose idea at what point certain actions are due. Primarily I'm after a ballpark date for when the Grandstand is last used for paying customers. I'd really like to get down for that game... and shift/leave arrangements need to be made well in advance :sad:
Have they said it will be open and being used throughout this season?
On the Argyle twitter account they have posted this today "The end of an era - tonight is the last chance to see #pafc under floodlights with the Mayflower grandstand as we know it".
This, with big brass knobs on.Biggs":1xuge4oj said:There are only four pillars as well, quite spaced out so you're only ever going to be 'affected' by one at a time.
I sit there all the time and it's never been an issue, indeed I sit there BECAUSE of the great view.
The cost (money we don't have) to remove them is completely disproportionate to the benefits, though I'm not sure if the extended roof in Stage 2 allows a solution...?
Daz":ongtodaz said:X Isle":ongtodaz said:Does anyone know if a recognisable 'schedule of works' is out?
Nothing precise, just a loose idea at what point certain actions are due. Primarily I'm after a ballpark date for when the Grandstand is last used for paying customers. I'd really like to get down for that game... and shift/leave arrangements need to be made well in advance :sad:
Have they said it will be open and being used throughout this season?
On the Argyle twitter account they have posted this today "The end of an era - tonight is the last chance to see #pafc under floodlights with the Mayflower grandstand as we know it".
:lol:cheshiregreen":12m70ltc said:Daz":12m70ltc said:X Isle":12m70ltc said:Does anyone know if a recognisable 'schedule of works' is out?
Nothing precise, just a loose idea at what point certain actions are due. Primarily I'm after a ballpark date for when the Grandstand is last used for paying customers. I'd really like to get down for that game... and shift/leave arrangements need to be made well in advance :sad:
Have they said it will be open and being used throughout this season?
On the Argyle twitter account they have posted this today "The end of an era - tonight is the last chance to see #pafc under floodlights with the Mayflower grandstand as we know it".
What about the play off semi? That could be an evening game. Pessimistic about our chances
esmer":3uvy8dmw said:The tender process would take around three months from the date of planning so the start should be early March. The obvious hurdle is whether the tenders come within budget, if not there would be delays in looking for cost savings or obtaining more finance.
X Isle":3e5vqnc3 said:This is the thing though. Logically, despite offices and infrastructure moving out, the club would, you'd have thought, keep the seats available during the season. But have the club ever gone on record at any point to say this?, is there a loose schedule of works available?
It is also however not inconceivable that we were doing so badly earlier in the season that thoughts of high demand at the back end of the season were fanciful to say the least. They COULD have decided at that point to sacrifice a few games at the end of the season to get the works pushed forward before the summer.
There is some logic in both scenarios. My original question was does anyone know. It seems we don't :sad: