Lansdowne road - uh oh!

darkman2

emm anyone else see anything "wrong" with this picture?:o

1mcampo1

is slanting downwards??

Helix

"these seats may have a restricted view"

lol

darkman2

Nope.

Imagine you are sitting 6 or 7 rows up from that and you might see the problem!

Mossy Monk

I think they will ok. As long as you can see the pitch they will sell the tickets.

CHD

Got to be fúcking joking.Will things ever be done right and to a good standard.

Kirby

Im guessing some of those bars are temporary support struts that will get taken down? If not, then whoever designed it should get fired. With real fire.

Eire-Dearg

They look temporary.

Karmafaerie

Ahm, do ye really think that's the final position of the roof?!

darkman2

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

They look temporary.

They are permanent. That is the final position of the roof.

Dr Galen

but wouldn't you actually be sitting in the roof if you were much higher than the level of that photo.

Neil3030

Don't think those bars are temporary, look at this mockup of the stadium when it's finished:



My hunch is that the roof will be in a higher location, or the obstruction from view is nowhere near as bad as is being made out by the angle of the OP photo.

Bandit12

Neil3030 wrote: »

Don't think those bars are temporary, look at this mockup of the stadium when it's finished:



My hunch is that the roof will be in a higher location, or the obstruction from view is nowhere near as bad as is being made out by the angle of the OP photo.

Jeeees the terraced end behind the goal looks tiny. :eek:

CHD

Shouldn't restrict to much of the view of the pitch but will be headwrecking.

sdanseo

Bandit12 wrote: »

Jeeees the terraced end behind the goal looks tiny. :eek:

It is.

grames_bond

Bandit12 wrote: »

Jeeees the terraced end behind the goal looks tiny. :eek:

and it wont be terraced either, fully permanently seated!

dsmythy

Make sure you don't buy the cheap seats!

Quint

Relax people. This isn't the just FAI, it's a joint venture between them and the IRFU. If it was just the FAI i'd be worried.

Seaneh

the views wont be restricted, you will be able to see the whole pitch from wvery seat, that angle is just very deceptive.

Y2J_MUFC

The Football Association of Ireland put the FAI in FAIL :pac:

dogpile

Bandit12 wrote: »

Jeeees the terraced end behind the goal looks tiny. :eek:

Reckon it won't be much smaller than Hill16..should work out well


wouldn't worry about the design, I'm sure it's all in hand...if a few bods on the net have spotted a glaring obvious it's probably because they don't know what they're lokking at

Eire-Dearg

I think Neil is on the button there above.

Those bars are just waiting to be hoisted higher and further out into position.

ShamoBuc

I would like to think so. Surely it will be finished to a very high spec, not where a seat will have a restricted view, those days should be well and truly over.

ronbyrne2005

When roof is finished it will be raised up.

Dub13

dsmythy wrote: »

Make sure you don't buy the cheap seats!

Its the FAI,they don't do cheap seats.

mink_man

the white bars will be removed!

fullstop

mink_man wrote: »

the white bars will be removed!

No....they won't. If you look at the artist's impression this is quite obvious.

iregk

If you actually look at the first photo and at the very end of the roof section. The support pillar for that roof would be on the pitch in its current position. Thats resting there during the construction phase. That will be hoisted up and moved back and its final position will be vastly different to that photo.

A little bit of sensationalism there on the OP part.

veXual

In fairness lads theres no way a modern day stadium will be built with restricted views.

Having a heart attack and sayin "Oh noes the FAI is involved" is a bit sensationalist. I'm sure all will be weell when its finished.

Redzer7

Neil3030 wrote: »

Don't think those bars are temporary, look at this mockup of the stadium when it's finished:



My hunch is that the roof will be in a higher location, or the obstruction from view is nowhere near as bad as is being made out by the angle of the OP photo.

Artist obviously got it wrong because we quite clearly have a blue sky?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

This may be me being behind the times a bit, but... please tell me they're not callin it the Aviva Stadium...?

Duff

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

This may be me being behind the times a bit, but... please tell me they're not callin it the Aviva Stadium...?

Thats the official new name for it but it'll always be called Lansdowne Rd.

Zebra3

darkman2 wrote: »

emm anyone else see anything "wrong" with this picture?:o

The seats are gonne be facing the pitch?

Pro. F

Neil3030 wrote: »

Tbh i'm not that impressed with what it looks like from that, which presumably is accurate. It looks like if you were sitting in the highest seats at the halfway line your view would be effected by those white bars. Looks a bit sh!t to me.

thorbarry

Redzer7 wrote: »

Artist obviously got it wrong because we quite clearly have a blue sky?

Much Better

gucci

darkman2 wrote: »

emm anyone else see anything "wrong" with this picture?:o

There are no goal posts.

PCros

Is it just me or does the seating look quite far from the pitch? Like everyone moans about Croke Park for the internationals but this just seems to be the same?

Even the sideline is miles away from where the dugouts will be.

stevoslice

PCros wrote: »

Is it just me or does the seating look quite far from the pitch? Like everyone moans about Croke Park for the internationals but this just seems to be the same?

Even the sideline is miles away from where the dugouts will be.

the dugouts will be located between the orange 'track' and the sideline, plenty of room there, and ample room for players warming up, technical area etc.

syngindub

3 things wrong with the artists impression

1. no corner flags
2. no linesmen
3. no dugout

syngindub

no floodlights

Carroller16

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

This may be me being behind the times a bit, but... please tell me they're not callin it the Aviva Stadium...?

you can come from under that rock you've been living under for the last year

adamski8

thorbarry wrote: »

Much Better

yeah the opposition look like they are on the attack, so looks pretty accurate to me!

syngindub

that pic would make a really nice transparent background for soccer forum

damienmcd

darkman2 wrote: »

emm anyone else see anything "wrong" with this picture?:o

The roof will be raised somewhat. However, the views may be restricted. "All areas of the pitch will be visible from every seat". I was in Old Trafford near the top of the Stretford End and you can't see most of the stadium but can see the full pitch.

dogpile

Seems the OP's concerns were correct, the architects have admitted there will be restricted views in some seats...the answer? concession seats :rolleyes:

Pal

Bandit12 wrote: »

Jeeees the terraced end behind the goal looks tiny. :eek:

Its Croke Park envy.

When the GAA built a stadium with three sides, the FAI followed.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Carroller16 wrote: »

you can come from under that rock you've been living under for the last year

Ah, the irony: someone in Ireland referring to Berlin as "a rock"...!
:pac::pac::pac:

monkey9

I think i'll wait til i'm sitting in there watching a match to make a judgement on it and not while it's still a construction site

Daysha

It really is disgusting how many premium level seats there are in the new Lansdowne Road compared to other stadiums. To have 11,300 premium and box level seats out of a 50,000 capacity stadium is absolutely horrific. Look at how it compares to other relatively new stadiums...

Wembley - 15,000 premium seats out of 90,000
Croke Park - c 9/10,000 out of 82,000
Emirates - 7,139 premium seats out of 60,000

I'm surprised there hasn't been more criticism levelled at the FAI/IRFU about this, because I know Arsenal fans were kicking up a shít storm about premium seats taking up 11% of the total capacity in the Emirates. Well, in the Lansdowne the percentage is almost double that, at 22.8%.

I'm usually not one to jump on the FAI-hating bandwagon, but I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw these figures. There will be less than 39,000 "normal" seats available to purchase for the average football, which is even less than that of the old Lansdowne Road when the terraces were open. You can even see it in the design of the stadium how utterly depressing it is that the premium and box seats take over so much of the site, and even more depressing when you consider they're not even going to be completely sold out when the stadium opens.

mayordenis

I agree in principle Daysha but they had to sell these tickets to pay for the ground - it's ****e but it's the way it is.

CHD

Not being able to see the match may be a good thing at times tbh