Mr. X Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Really starting to come down now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Something you haven't seen in a while, no doubt. Plumbed one in on friday actually so there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifespud Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 The East stand will look very different with a huge hotel bolted onto the back of it. ETA the 4 corners filled in is still the long term plan but it's took us 8 years to add a needed 4th stand and not 1 pod built in 13 years so seems ambitious the now I think the Falkirk Stadium is one of the coolest - obviously needing the 4th stand. It has a quality about the build that is not found at a lot of the other 'new' grounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 No much left now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Love watching the progress on what will be a magnificent stand. Also interested in what Gav has revealed about TFS. Really looking forward to that happening - Falkirk are doing well crowd wise and could have sold thousands more seats for many games in recent seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booker-T Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 at 21,000 - is that Tynecastle at max expansion, or is there room for further building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcor Roar Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just now, Booker-T said: at 21,000 - is that Tynecastle at max expansion, or is there room for further building? You'd expect so. I would guess the next option would be to add a tier to the Wheatfield stand opposite the new main stand but the cost involved vs the likelihood of selling the seats regularly wouldn't stack up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booker-T Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, Falcor Roar said: You'd expect so. I would guess the next option would be to add a tier to the Wheatfield stand opposite the new main stand but the cost involved vs the likelihood of selling the seats regularly wouldn't stack up. is a tricky one, i know a few Jambos in Glasgow (including an uncle & cousin) who go to 2 or 3 games a season, but don't feel suitably encouraged to go more than that (apart from the promo season and 2005 to 2007). I'd imagine there are Hearts fans like this all over the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Fifespud said: I think the Falkirk Stadium is one of the coolest - obviously needing the 4th stand. It has a quality about the build that is not found at a lot of the other 'new' grounds. Thanks for your kind words. Their was an update today on this. Things seem to be moving forward. Slowly but forward. http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/business/gateway-plan-moves-ahead-1-4480601?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&iid=f3dd2da9e0e94a24b81967cde022336c&uid=27085909&nid=244+276893704 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcor Roar Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 35 minutes ago, Booker-T said: is a tricky one, i know a few Jambos in Glasgow (including an uncle & cousin) who go to 2 or 3 games a season, but don't feel suitably encouraged to go more than that (apart from the promo season and 2005 to 2007). I'd imagine there are Hearts fans like this all over the country That's like any support though. I would imagine 75% of fans from any premiership side only go a couple of times a year - if that - while maybe 10% rarely miss a home game. We've had a decent bump in crowds over the last 4 years or so but we've also been awful on the pitch for the last 18 months at least so if anything right now fans will start leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityDave Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I hope someone is taking a picture everyday day from the same spot for a youtube video later once the new stand has been completed. This stadium is going to be the finest in Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Steady on. EDIT: Also these calls to fill in the corners. How will that work with the roofs? Tynecastle doesn't have cantilever roofs... they're suspended and propped-up by the big frames running along the fronts, which are themselves supported by the big towers in each corner. If you fill the corners in, will the views of those seats not be hugely obscured by the towers? If you get rid of the towers, what holds up the roofs? Even when Mad Vlad wanted 25k, they proposed doing it by constructing a massive Main Stand and leaving the rest alone, IIRC. (Of course this replacement Main Stand is structurally just a copy of the others in its size/design, AFAICS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Think it's accepted that the corners can't be filled in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 The corners can't be filled in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just now, JamieThomas said: The corners can't be filled in. However if it kicks off, you can be filled in at the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Can the corners be filled in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. X Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 15 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: Can the corners be filled in? Yes, if Hearts were to change the existing 'goal post' roof supports to cantilever. The cost involved would far outweigh any gain from the small additional capacity. Don't hold your breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 12 hours ago, CityDave said: I hope someone is taking a picture everyday day from the same spot for a youtube video later once the new stand has been completed. This stadium is going to be the finest in Scotland. It already is the finest IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkneil Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Best ground gets even better. Looking forward to going down when it's finished, it'll look spectacular. As today's folk say, i'm well jel of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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