Whilst the pitch was rightly receiving primary attention, there was a lot of concern as to whether the pitch flaps [Ooooh err, Missus] were working/designed propely as there seemed to be a gap between tray and flap, whereas they should meet with no gap. Again, one of the posters on SSC contacted the manufacturers and Hey Presto - an answer... Hi Sam, Thanks for posting your question. When we were developing the multipurpose pitch solution, this was one of the biggest challenges we faced......so what did we do! The pitch surround flaps are attached to a large steel structure, which also goes up & down. The operating height being approximately the same height to that of the retractable pitch. This way, we then ensure the angle that the players have to get on & off the pitch, is consistent whether it’s for football, or for NFL mode. We use a similar principle for the tunnels as well. As a result of this design, we ensure the angle that the players will have to negotiate, will be no greater than for any other premiership football ground. Hope that helps clarify any future discussions on the subject. You have an amazing football club, with visionary leaders & you’ll soon be experiencing the best football stadium anywhere in the world; we’re very proud to be part of it. Thanks again Sam for taking the trouble to contact us. Regards & good luck for the new season. Nice answer. A little bit more from the club would be nice, if anyone's reading this?
This from Nick Cooper BSC, GIMechE, FREng, Head of Moving Structures to answer the usual naysayers: “The weekend represented the first time we’ve moved the pitch trays out. To do that, we had to fix up the generators, the electrics, SCX brought down their design and mechanical engineers just in case anything happened and what I can report is that it worked first time exactly how we wanted it to work, which is great news. “The hydraulic sides are enormous, a 120-metre truss that runs the full length of the pitch and it all moves up and raises together. In one side, there are eight moving bridges all operating concurrently. That is a tremendous achievement by the electrical engineers. The sides weigh 480 tonnes, so we’re lifting 480 tonnes up in a matter of minutes – and it all works beautifully." I know that we're Spurs supporters but I don't get all the doubters on the build. We've employed the best stadium designers in the world and told them to create something world leading. The club has hand picked all of the sub-contractors. None of this is being done to a budget but to be faithful to a design and philosophy. Why wouldn't it work?
The doubts have been on whether the whole stadium will be physically constructed + all electronic systems therein will be proven operational, before the start of the PL season. Nobody has thought that after completion new WHL will imitate a 70s disaster movie or an episode of Thunderbirds.
Not on Skyscraper City. Every new part of the build is greeted with a response that would be expected if West Ham or Boorish Johnson was running it.
All good news it seems and hopefully we will have avoided the Old Trafford factor, where the pitch seems to be about 3ft above the surrounds and quite frankly should be a heAlth and safety issue!!
Surely that’s just a case of personal agendas and rivalry? Appreciate there are a few nay-sayers among Spurs fans, but most are well on-side with the development.
You'd think but 95% of posters on there are Spurs fans. Many are also regular attenders or ST holders. The vast majority seem to think everything that could go wrong has or will go wrong. There are a few wise sages who speak a great deal of informed sense and whose posts are well worth reading. Many post as if their testicles are on fire and it's Mace and DL's doing.
Think I’ll steer clear then, just in case. I’m somewhat attached to my gonads in their current condition!
But the great majority of them are not engineers. And by that I mean degree qualified in domains such as civil/mech/elec eng or with years of industry experience. Therefore that things are going so smoothly is neither a big surprise nor unexpected for people in above trades (it is what they do) . I am expecting the biggies to come with the computer systems (to my industry shame) , and am glad there are likely to be a couple of trial events before the first PL game there.
There's great content in there but occasionally things go off at a tangent. The price of season tickets was understandable. Page after page decrying Heineken as beer supplier was a lot less so. There was 5 seconds of cheer when the pitch trays came out followed by page after page of worrying and panic about stuff that was not going to be addressed in the first testing of the system. Then it's.........."My milkman's cat goes to the same vet as DL's barber's iguana and they told him that it's 3 years behind schedule..."
Totally agree. If you pick the right people and work with them, success is far more likely than failure. The suggestion [from a usually very reliable source] is that the handover will take place in the first week of August and that there will be 2 trial events in August. One of 20,000 and the other of 40,000 with the first game after the international break. I don't know but that sounds very sensible and feasible.
speak for yourself you happy clappy mo fo ... I'm expecting Steve McQueen to have turn up and rescue us. and to all of you lot saying "surely not" I say "yes...and stop calling me Shirley...it's not my name"
You can thank Levy for enabling that by insisting on the "sky bridge" being designed into new WHL. < you're welcome >
It's probably going to be portrayed as 'The Wooden Horse' with HK, Dele, Christian Eriksen, Toby, etc, etc, etc. all digging a tunnel under the pitch trays. Look out for freshly dug earth coming out of the bottom of their tracksuit trousers.
