Any word yet Ray on when the roof is going on?
It will look excellent when that appears:D
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Any word yet Ray on when the roof is going on?
It will look excellent when that appears:D
Don't have a date or anything, but it is supposed to be pretty soon.
Lads would i be right on saying, going on ur plans for your new stadium that the roof does not cover all the seated areas of that stand?
You would be right gael. However the front of the stand is east facing, so the amount of rain that you would get from there would be pretty minimal. Most of it will come in at a slant from the back.
Thank u afconline, i wasnt slangging your stand or anything in fact i think it will be one of the better ones in the country. So many stands have been built in the last few years which belong in the lesser leagues of england in the 1970's. Its like the GAA spending millions on bringing their stadiums from the 20's into the early 80's (see limericks gaelic grounds, paric ui coimh, galway etc) and seeing it as progression. Any stand built with good eleveation (for viewing comfort) no visual obstructions such as floodlights or upright beams (jackman park has 20 :confused: floodlight poles at time of typing) and coverd seating (st annes end turners X anyone?) get those few things right and you've got a good stand. I can mame bad ones and why they are bad if anyone has an opinion on one or all. But well done athlone
there was a bit on yv3 sport at 6.30 just a while ago it might be no later on sports tonight
Was on the atfc website and there's a couple of news articles on the stadium that say click on tumbnails below, but there are no pictures below, thought i'd let you know!
Are you sure you let the page load fully? There are 16 thumbnail pics below the text.
Yare stadium looks unreal. How much did it cost and what will its capacity be when its finished????
That stand that you see being built will hold 2000. When the rest of the ground is finished in 2009 it will be a 6000 capacity all seater.
Plus there will be an admin block as well in the stadium grounds
Just had a look at the pics on Athlones website. Very impressive indeed and fair play to the club and all involved.
Yeah I'm sure. Can see all the other images on the page, no tumbnails what so ever! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by atfconline
Strange, I've checked it in Firefox and IE and it appears fine in both. Don't know what to tell you!
What are the image URL's?Quote:
Originally Posted by atfconline
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newstadium
All the pics are here
I can only see the artist impression pics ie: http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newstadium/aeriel.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
What is the url for the photos?
Took some new ones yesterday but I haven't sorted through them yet.
Filed: 24/02/06
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4723.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4724.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4725.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4727.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4728.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4729.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4733.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4756.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4740.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4739.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4738.png
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4741.png
Filed: 16/02/06
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4530.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4531.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4532.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4545.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4527.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4547.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4548.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4551.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4557.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4555.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4556.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/~eganwd/atfc/newst...6/IMG_4559.jpg
Just put a panorama up here.
It's about half a meg big, so bear that in mind if you're on dial up.
Cheers, looks great.Quote:
Originally Posted by atfconline
When's the roof going on? Just hope you didn't order it from that company in Finland that the scum were getting their roof from :p
The roof is going on I believe sometime this month
This month is the plan alright.
Thing is though, we're not stalled waiting for it. Most of the blockwork is complete underneath the stand, and a huge amount of the brickwork is done too. Pretty much most of the left hand side of the stand is done.
The foundations were just dug for an ESB sub station and the turnstyle plaza as well.
What is the full plans for the stadium in Athlone ? Is it just the one stand or do they intend to complete it all the way around ?
1 2,000 seater stand along the wing for Phase 1.
Eventually, another 2,000 on the other wing and
1,000 seater behind each goal
That's a deadly stand - I wouldn't mind an away tie against Athlone in the cup this year!Quote:
Originally Posted by atfconline
It will be an excellent stadium once completed ! When do they intend to complete it ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Due to be finished by 2009 all being well
Over in Athlone for a short spell this morning - had a quick look at new stand on way home. Lotta work done underneath it - walls 'n' all. Some large trucks going in and out too. Can't wait to see the roof on and seats installed.:)
Went down for a look and it looks impressive. Roof is going on in a week or so. Cant wait to see that and the seats installed. Stadium committee had a sponsors dinner and they said all is going to plan for late summer opening.
Yipee - great news Battery Rover - and I've sponsored a few of those seats too - abouts 50 euros worth so my ass is looked after.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
Was in Athlone this morning and took a quick gander at the new ground. The walls underneath the stand are all plastered and there appears to be a new edifice being built just inside the wall, to the right of the pitch and to the left of the stand?? They were putting up girders like you'd see on a roof.
That'll be the turnstyles and ticket office plaza as far as I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by sirhamish
Feck it , should have thought of that.:oQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
So long as the bar is up and running we'll all be Ok :p
tis far from Ticket Office Plazas ye were reared:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Good to see progress being made on the Stadium.
BTW - The Golden Island sponsorship didn't last long. Waht was the story with that.
It was only a one year deal. Even when the sponsorship meant the renaming of the ground it was still called St Mels park by any Athlone Town supporter
anyone with a camera able to pop down and get a few pics, so that us in the res tof the country can see how yere doing, the ones on the website are nearly a month old
There is not a whole lot more done that you can see. Block and brick work is finished, and the block work up top has been plastered.
Couple of new pics on the web site of the stand ,turnstyles and ticket office plaza
any news on it i have not heard anything in months?
According to the stadium committee its still on track for a September opening :)