Stadium Redevelopment Photos 2012-2014

[Joe Schmo]

All that remains is for the eyes of the faithful to be spared the sight of the Quinn family's bedroom gymnastics and for thon bint from the Newtownards Road who bought a house beside a rugby ground to have her Windies stove in by the sonic boom of the assembled gulderers guldering.

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe it's time I arose from my shakedown for brecky,thank you for reading my ranting.

Mind you Baggy, can you name one building in Northern Ireland that is not a hideous feckin' abomination? Apart from Baggy Towers obviously! I would imagine this has been designed and built to a tight budget.

[BR]

All that remains is for the eyes of the faithful to be spared the sight of the Quinn family's bedroom gymnastics and for thon bint from the Newtownards Road who bought a house beside a rugby ground to have her Windies stove in by the sonic boom of the assembled gulderers guldering.

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe it's time I arose from my shakedown for brecky,thank you for reading my ranting.

Mind you Baggy, can you name one building in Northern Ireland that is not a hideous feckin' abomination? Apart from Baggy Towers obviously! I would imagine this has been designed and built to a tight budget.

I think there ar enumber of individual buildings (both old and new) which are pleaseing in their own right, it is the stuff all around them that is the problem.

Caught the end of a programme on contemporary English architecture last night on BBC4. Had to laugh thinking of how little would pass planning in NI.

[promsandwich]

It sure is one ugly muthafacka of a stand. Frankly I'd have the architect flogged at half-time in every match next season.

I'm quite sure there will be some reason that ties the bits and pieces nature of the ghastly appearance together and doubtless, in future years when American tourists are taking the "Stadium Tour" of the greatest team in world rugby, the thought processes of the "creator" will be explained.

It's almost as aesthetically lamentable as the frankly grotesque Premium Stand which nobody has ever accused of splendour.

All that as may be, the most important thing is the capacity to meet the demands of increased numbers support, the ability to meet their drinking requirements within some tolerable timeframe and above all the necessity that the design holds and amplifies the guldering of the faithful. As such one hopes that the architect may have had some grasp of acoustics for a raucous din would be lovely in April.

All that remains is for the eyes of the faithful to be spared the sight of the Quinn family's bedroom gymnastics and for thon bint from the Newtownards Road who bought a house beside a rugby ground to have her Windies stove in by the sonic boom of the assembled gulderers guldering.

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe it's time I arose from my shakedown for brecky,thank you for reading my ranting.

It's certainly not pretty Baggy but I aspect much like the old new stand it will look much better when the Prom is full of guldering fans and the grey expanse of the Prom is covered up.

[Big Smoke Culchie]

It sure is one ugly muthafacka of a stand. Frankly I'd have the architect flogged at half-time in every match next season.

I'm quite sure there will be some reason that ties the bits and pieces nature of the ghastly appearance together and doubtless, in future years when American tourists are taking the "Stadium Tour" of the greatest team in world rugby, the thought processes of the "creator" will be explained.

It's almost as aesthetically lamentable as the frankly grotesque Premium Stand which nobody has ever accused of splendour.

All that as may be, the most important thing is the capacity to meet the demands of increased numbers support, the ability to meet their drinking requirements within some tolerable timeframe and above all the necessity that the design holds and amplifies the guldering of the faithful. As such one hopes that the architect may have had some grasp of acoustics for a raucous din would be lovely in April.

All that remains is for the eyes of the faithful to be spared the sight of the Quinn family's bedroom gymnastics and for thon bint from the Newtownards Road who bought a house beside a rugby ground to have her Windies stove in by the sonic boom of the assembled gulderers guldering.

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe it's time I arose from my shakedown for brecky,thank you for reading my ranting.

I agree. It's aesthetically gash. On the other hand, name me a rugby ground in this country that is an architectural splendour. Quins is worthy but dull (and prefab). Bath is positively stone age. Even Twickenham looks like something the soviets would have built.

[Cornerfleg]

The RDS ... looks like a scafolding convention!

People guldering make stands empty seats dont.

[rocky]

Rubbish, Baggy, it is a thing of beauty - actually, there are still a few seats to go in, which will help. The facilities for ST holders will make the Scoop a distant, unloved memory and even the great unwashed on the prom will be well catered for. Still a way to go before it's ready for human habitation, let alone Ulsterman usage but it will be ready for April 5 no problem, barring something unforeseen.

[Cap'n Grumpy]

The RDS ... looks like a scafolding convention!

People guldering make stands empty seats dont.

Do we, or wo we not gulder "Lilly the Pink", then!

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Still a way to go before it's ready for human habitation, let alone Ulsterman usage but it will be ready for April 5 no problem, barring something unforeseen.

Do you foresee any unforeseens?

[promenader]

When it is filled with singing, drinking, bouncing, fleg-waving Ulstermen and weemin, it will be a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

[BaggyTrousers]

All that remains is for the eyes of the faithful to be spared the sight of the Quinn family's bedroom gymnastics and for thon bint from the Newtownards Road who bought a house beside a rugby ground to have her Windies stove in by the sonic boom of the assembled gulderers guldering.

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe it's time I arose from my shakedown for brecky,thank you for reading my ranting.

Mind you Baggy, can you name one building in Northern Ireland that is not a hideous feckin' abomination? Apart from Baggy Towers obviously! I would imagine this has been designed and built to a tight budget.

Cobbled together with bits of driftwood & rusty corrugated iron, bound up with balls of hairy twine Joe, but it's serviceable and as I like to call it "home".

I do take your point, I struggle to think of anything much built after 1954 that is remotely pleasing to the eye. Much like the Ulster Hospital, we seem to have gone for the unblemished concrete & breeze-blocks completely unadorned. Classic communist functionality obviously was the watchword. The bars some day might get a skim of plaster & an appropriate Muriel painted on them, then again, probably not. Stalin would love it.

Anyway, lest the "Ulster are brill & everything Ulster do is faboodabadoozie" brigade get rattled, the only important thing is it will soon be finished, it will have excellent facilities & for the people who matter, the players, state of t'bloody art & at the end of the day & the going down of the sun, nobody will give a good goddamn what it looks like when its full of guldering nordies.

Asking for it to have a touch of the Taj Mahal or marble staircases for chubes to fall down, handcarved walnut seating with plump cushioned arseholders, personal servants to meet the exacting standards of our drinking men & weemen when it is more or less all publicly funded is expecting a miracle that may even be beyond Fit C.

Fact is, its a hell of an improvement on the dear old wreck of blessed memory & to get it built with more or less no debt save a wee bit from the Premium Stand is well worthy of a hats off for Fit & Company.

Doubtless I shall grow to love it .................. if I live that long.

[BaggyTrousers]

Rubbish, Baggy, it is a thing of beauty - actually, there are still a few seats to go in, which will help. The facilities for ST holders will make the Scoop a distant, unloved memory and even the great unwashed on the prom will be well catered for. Still a way to go before it's ready for human habitation, let alone Ulsterman usage but it will be ready for April 5 no problem, barring something unforeseen.

You see that is just simply offensive Rocky, I oughtta come over there and rip you a .............. oh never mind. The thing is you simply object to the fact that I am a man of taste & austere functionality in design doesn't please my eye.

My dear friend, I contend that in your private moments you do not regard it as a thing of beauty. That said, I suggest that you read my more recent post & I'm sure you will be at least somewhat mollified from your current grumpy outrage at my harsh but fair assessment of the feckin' state of thon edifice

[promsandwich]

Rubbish, Baggy, it is a thing of beauty - actually, there are still a few seats to go in, which will help. The facilities for ST holders will make the Scoop a distant, unloved memory and even the great unwashed on the prom will be well catered for. Still a way to go before it's ready for human habitation, let alone Ulsterman usage but it will be ready for April 5 no problem, barring something unforeseen.

Now now Rocky, we got well washed against the Ospreys

[Snipe Watson]

Who cares what it looks like? If you're sitting in the stand you'll not care and if you're not in the stand why would you care?
It's a functional thing, the vomitoriums do look rather large, but If it doesn't harm the functionality .....

[rocky]

Still a way to go before it's ready for human habitation, let alone Ulsterman usage but it will be ready for April 5 no problem, barring something unforeseen.

Do you foresee any unforeseens?

None at all Grumps! That's why they're unseen

[Snipe Watson]

What about known unknowns?