Lansdowne Road to be renamed ‘Aviva Stadium’
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It’s been a while since I posted but anyway………..on an Irish football website that I’m a member of, somebody posted that there is a problem with the seating at the new stadium. Apparently, there is a significant percentage of the seats in the last few rows of the upper tier that because of the waved roof design, have restricted views of the pitch.
This person has heard this from several sources both on/off site. He goes on to say that the architects involved in the original design have agreed to take out ten year leases on the worst affected seats. According to this poster the problem runs in to several hundreds.
I must say that this must obviously be put down as a rumour but has anyone here heard about this?
I would be very very surprised if this were the case. The level of analysis that goes into designing stadiums and venues, such as the O2, these days is midbendingly detailed…. but you just never know.
Yeah…………the seats are rumoured not to be able to ‘see the far side of the pitch,’ though if that is Kilbane’s flank maybe that’s not a bad thing. 😉
i havent heard it but when i saw pictures of the roof construction i thought the roof seemed to really come down at a tight angle on the seats.id imagine most os the seats affected are at the end where theres only a small section of lower tier seats.the roof really comes down to meet the supports.if its true it really is a shocking design flaw.so some seats wont be able to see the players, even more wont see the ball when it goes up in the air then id imagine??
yeh but you’d wanna see Duffer and McGeady
@alonso wrote:
yeh but you’d wanna see Duffer and McGeady
Yeah I know, he’s developing into some player is our young Aideninho 🙂
@df1711 wrote:
i havent heard it but when i saw pictures of the roof construction i thought the roof seemed to really come down at a tight angle on the seats.id imagine most os the seats affected are at the end where theres only a small section of lower tier seats.the roof really comes down to meet the supports.if its true it really is a shocking design flaw.so some seats wont be able to see the players, even more wont see the ball when it goes up in the air then id imagine??
If true, imagine what it would be like for rugby!
Indeed.
Anyway I see this monolith every day and yes the roof structure seems, for want of better words, bloody enormous…. It’s time for more photos on the original thread methinks
Can this thread not now be merged with the main thread devoted to the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road?
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