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Investment in the stadium


Would anyone have the beams read and white instead of just white or would that be too much? They could definitely make concourses more homely like
 
AgnewsHorseshoe said:
Would anyone have the beams read and white instead of just white or would that be too much? They could definitely make concourses more homely like
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There are loads of little touches that could be added to make it less identikit and more Sunderland. For example, the concrete (below the boxes separating the west lower with premier concourse) could be draped in banners, similar to what Man United have, celebrating our illustrious past and former heroes. Little bits of Roker Park could be incorporated in there somewhere. The old clockstand clock or a replica, the Welcome to Sunderland sign, some of the genuine Leitch criss cross. Some proper stand names. We really aren’t good at celebrating what makes our grand old club great.
 
Sea to Shining Sea said:
There are loads of little touches that could be added to make it less identikit and more Sunderland. For example, the concrete (below the boxes separating the west lower with premier concourse) could be draped in banners, similar to what Man United have, celebrating our illustrious past and former heroes. Little bits of Roker Park could be incorporated in there somewhere. The old clockstand clock or a replica, the Welcome to Sunderland sign, some of the genuine Leitch criss cross. Some proper stand names. We really aren’t good at celebrating what makes our grand old club great.
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They started putting branch signs round then stopped! Even continuing that on would be good! They could probably even charge branches a bit have a spot
 
Just jam said:
Most grounds have a bit of wear and tear after years of use. Been to the likes of Nou Camp even that has issues in the concourse. Most grounds are the same and worse than ours
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People forget this. Finally putting some pics up, after being in this house for a year, one of them is a portrait shot of the main stand at Roker, I loved the place and didn't realise at the time, but God, the old lass looked tired and old
 
My seat’s been knackered for a couple of season now and finally gave up completely at the last home game. Not entirely convinced they’ll have remembered to fix it by Saturday :lol:
 
Mowgli said:
Hardly falling apart like.
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Mild Steel is coated for a reason. If the coating starts failing, the metal will oxidise and the design life will dramatically reduce. If there are any welds, which there will be I’d assume, they will begin to crack. You don’t want failed welds on structural steel.
 
Boris Bear said:
It will be fine
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I will let kingspan technical know that they don't need to coat their liner panels then as it will be "fine"
SR7 said:
Mild Steel is coated for a reason. If the coating starts failing, the metal will oxidise and the design life will dramatically reduce. If there are any welds, which there will be I’d assume, they will begin to crack. You don’t want failed welds on structural steel.
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Thank you for confirming
 
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chunksafc said:
All good then, will save construction a fortune not needing to coat steels and cladding / roofing panels
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I didn’t say that but the stadium is around 2km from the sea which makes it borderline low/medium corrosivity…in other words it would take a number of years to significantly impact the structural integrity, which has likely been overspecced in the first place.
 
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