Main stand

I thought something was supposed to happen last year, but we missed out on the steel work or something like that, don't know really, I could've dreamt it.

there's work going on to the main stand this summer to do with the back of the stand, pretty sure Jason quoted it at something like 750 thousand because it needs a special sort of paint?

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

there's work going on to the main stand this summer to do with the back of the stand, pretty sure Jason quoted it at something like 750 thousand because it needs a special sort of paint?

I thought that was work on the Findus stand roof that was costing 750k ? Thought a lot of that price was to do with scaffolding,? Not sure though .

Quoted from gytone

I thought that was work on the Findus stand roof that was costing 750k ? Thought a lot of that price was to do with scaffolding,? Not sure though .

It could well be, I remember that price point being branded around. I thought it was the main stand as that work was due to be done last summer but was put off till this as we was eligible for some sort of funding that makes it cheaper?

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

It could well be, I remember that price point being branded around. I thought it was the main stand as that work was due to be done last summer but was put off till this as we was eligible for some sort of funding that makes it cheaper?

The work in the main stand as i understand is to take structural posts out and replace with a metal frame to give the roof better support cost about350k should have been done last year but applied for an extra time due to some money being paid from some funding
The 750k work is on the findus to sort out the metal and needs tons of scaffold erecting apparently

It now seems that a new stadium is an economic impossibility, so improving BP is the only realistic option.

If we get an improvement on the pitch next season and are challenging for promotion it’s very possible that we could see regular sell outs for the bigger games.

I think some serious exploration of utilising the open corners should be undertaken. I would imagine each of the three of them might be capable of accommodating thousand seats or so? Could get us to a 12,000 capacity.

It just seems a massive waste of time and money on something that will surely have to be pulled down and replaced soon.
I think it's time to knock it down and build something newer , bigger and better

Yeah, ideally I think we all (including the club) would want that.

Harsh reality is though that we can't afford to do that as a one-off payment nor would we likely be able to get the required permission to do so.

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

there's work going on to the main stand this summer to do with the back of the stand, pretty sure Jason quoted it at something like 750 thousand because it needs a special sort of paint?

The main stand one is to replace the posts, reducing the number of posts from 8 to 4 in part of the stand as the posts are 'past their usable life' in the words of Pettit - I think it's the half side closer to the Pontoon . The Findus work I have no clue about apart from Stockwood /Pettit saying it's 'some pretty significant work '--  at the fans forum and the quoted pricing on here if that's accurate or not . The 'special paint' is referring to The Findus work I think and possibly other parts of the ground , because parts are erroding badly - again from Pettit either at the forum or 1 of those DN35 interviews

Quoted from crusty ole pie

The work in the main stand as i understand is to take structural posts out and replace with a metal frame to give the roof better support cost about350k should have been done last year but applied for an extra time due to some money being paid from some funding
The 750k work is on the findus to sort out the metal and needs tons of scaffold erecting apparently

Ah gotcha mate, do you remember what the paint thing was? I vividly remember it being covered at the fans forum