RadioactiveWaste Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 23 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said: Anybody will play there if the venue is right. Knebworth, Castle Donnington, and Glastonbury are hardly bustling centers of activity. Location, location, location. And there's a reason most big events happen in the summer. With a roof just imagine the massive pantomimes we could host. He's behind you! The jungle book staring Gary Rowett as Kaa? The Hobbit starting Billy Davies as Golum? Robin hood staring Fawaz as the Sheriff of nottingham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptherams Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 1 hour ago, FindernRam said: Wimbledon No1 court roof (about 1/3 size of Pride Park) is reputed to be costing around £70m and taking 3 years. 3 years when you can largely build uninterrupted for 11 months of the year! PP equivalent would be 10 years or more unless we played somewhere else for the duration-Burton or Forest maybe! Assume cost of £100m you need an increase of revenue per year of 5 million just to service the debt. Nah, won't happen! The stadium can be retrofitted with a lightweight membrane that covers the pitch. We are talking about something that will cost sub £10m. The fact that we are even talking about this highlights that Mel has done his research and had quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Or wwe could come to pp or impact wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, B4ev6is said: Or wwe could come to pp or impact wrestling. Rotherham already came last weekend though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curb Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I hope we're going to design it so we can still expand when required. After all we're going to have to compete with Notts Forest and their shiny new 80,000 capacity shitty ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Just now, curb said: I hope we're going to design it so we can still expand when required. After all we're going to have to compete with Notts Forest and their shiny new 80,000 capacity shitty ground. I reckon the plans for ground will remain the same, just that the roof will be some sort of temporary design that can be put in place and inflated when needed and then deflated and removed when not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePrisoner Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, ossieram said: I reckon the plans for ground will remain the same, just that the roof will be some sort of temporary design that can be put in place and inflated when needed and then deflated and removed when not. Inflatable will give a whole new meaning to bands wanting to blow the roof off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 11 minutes ago, curb said: I hope we're going to design it so we can still expand when required. After all we're going to have to compete with Notts Forest and their shiny new 80,000 capacity shitty ground. That's a lot of pink paint required for the seats. Are Wilkos still doing their '2 for 1' offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curb Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, eddie said: That's a lot of pink paint required for the seats. Are Wilkos still doing their '2 for 1' offer? Pots for a quid ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 On 30/01/2019 at 20:44, Doodle said: Possibly someone within the club has developed a method to enable photosynthesis to occur without sunlight or the story isn’t true. I’ll let you decide which of the 2 is more likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 46 minutes ago, curb said: I hope we're going to design it so we can still expand when required. After all we're going to have to compete with Notts Forest and their shiny new 80,000 capacity shitty ground. Safe standing will boost capacity without much (if any) structural work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindernRam Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Uptherams said: The stadium can be retrofitted with a lightweight membrane that covers the pitch. We are talking about something that will cost sub £10m. The fact that we are even talking about this highlights that Mel has done his research and had quotes. All projects overrun on cost and even at £10m you need increased revenue of £2m per year to justify it. Maintenance, loan service and repay of capital. Say around a £100 quid per punter per year. Should be doable? Not on my season ticket thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, FindernRam said: All projects overrun on cost and even at £10m you need increased revenue of £2m per year to justify it. Maintenance, loan service and repay of capital. Say around a £100 quid per punter per year. Should be doable? Not on my season ticket thank you! Am I being a bit thick here? Surely, if it ever happened, it would be in order to allow other events to take place thus generating income. What justification would there be for an extra burden on season ticket holders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazloW Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I know I’m being thick here, but what events are people expecting to be able to take place with some form of floaty roof? I’m struggling to see the ‘business case’ for this. Please enlighten me, oh enlightened ones. Just seems a bit bonkers (so bonkers it’s true?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindernRam Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 23 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: Am I being a bit thick here? Surely, if it ever happened, it would be in order to allow other events to take place thus generating income. What justification would there be for an extra burden on season ticket holders? Ignore DCFC fans then: So they somehow manage to set up 5 major events over the summer (when we need to let the pitch regenerate), say 50000 punters. That's £20 quid on top of whatever they charge for the event. Derby cannot draw those sort of crowds and make that sort of money. Sorry but that's the facts. We can't fill the theatre, Quad, or Velodrome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 There are things called trains people all over uk can come too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptherams Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 52 minutes ago, FindernRam said: All projects overrun on cost and even at £10m you need increased revenue of £2m per year to justify it. Maintenance, loan service and repay of capital. Say around a £100 quid per punter per year. Should be doable? Not on my season ticket thank you! It's got nothing to do with Derby County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmycock Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 13 minutes ago, B4ev6is said: There are things called trains people all over uk can come too. And planes, East Midlands airport is close, also isn't there a canal near for all those concert-loving bargees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 13 minutes ago, FindernRam said: Ignore DCFC fans then: So they somehow manage to set up 5 major events over the summer (when we need to let the pitch regenerate), say 50000 punters. That's £20 quid on top of whatever they charge for the event. Derby cannot draw those sort of crowds and make that sort of money. Sorry but that's the facts. We can't fill the theatre, Quad, or Velodrome! Yeah, makes you wonder how Glastonbury can get 140,000 folk at £150 per ticket into a field where there's nothing but livestock mooching around for the other 360 days a year. Nuts huh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Mucker1884 said: Add into the equation that the structural steel at PPS was... I understand... built with a possible future (upwards) extension in mind to the non-west side at least, so it may not be as expensive as it would have been without such foresight. (The adding of a complete roof wouldn't be too dissimilar to raising the roof of each of the North, South and East Stands, (as initially envisaged) where the existing ring of structural steel is concerned.) Likely to be like this effort at the Minesota Vikings. No structural steel required. Cheap. Lightweight. Permanent. Translucent. Grass still grows as light gets through all the year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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