SaintStinger Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Hi. I have been meaning to post these old pics for a while, and the flight sim thread reminded me. Apologies for the poor quality. I took these pics sometime in the last week of June 2001. My brother in law worked there towards the end of construction so managed to get me in for a peak inside the ground, which I was very excited about! Seems crazy it cost £32m considering how much stadiums cost to build now. Bonus shot of The Dell on the same day. Only a week or so before it was demolished. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 That's what I often think of before completion too. The last result against Sheffield Wednesday got me pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, SaintStinger said: Seems crazy it cost £32m considering how much stadiums cost to build now. Bonus shot of The Dell on the same day. Only a week or so before it was demolished. £32m. Thats about 1.5x Sulemana. Or Carrillo cost us nearly two-thirds of the stadium. That’s some inflation rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I have fond memories of going to the visitor centre seeing it under construction with my son who was about 5, and an elderly relative (sadly no longer with us) seeing the stadium under construction. Structural steels protruding skywards, and cranes loading pre-cast concrete sections into place. Lasting memory my son pointing out a dumper truck moving along one length of the ground. Couldn’t help but comment that it was a lot quicker than we were used to seeing Benali go down that side of the pitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 On 27/01/2024 at 15:29, Badger said: I have fond memories of going to the visitor centre seeing it under construction with my son who was about 5, and an elderly relative (sadly no longer with us) seeing the stadium under construction. Structural steels protruding skywards, and cranes loading pre-cast concrete sections into place. Lasting memory my son pointing out a dumper truck moving along one length of the ground. Couldn’t help but comment that it was a lot quicker than we were used to seeing Benali go down that side of the pitch. It was only 20 odd years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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