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Coventry
City's proposed new stadium
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| Coventry City's
new £150m stadium will feature a full
sliding roof, and a retractable pitch.
The pitch slides out under the stand, and
will occupy a space to the south of the
stadium, to receive maximum sunlight.
Work on preparing the construction site
has already started (Jan 2000) |
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Work on the
clearing the former gas works site has
now (April 2000) been completed.
Decontamination work has started.
Construction of the stadium is expected
to start in July.
Architect RHWL are overseeing the project |
Geoff Mann of
RHWL said
"It will be a special building and
will look tremendous. It certainly
won’t be run of the mill.
"Firstly we don’t want metal
all over the place like every other
stadium and we will be using a façade
system that Daimler Benz have on their
headquarters in Berlin. It is a system
that allows for great flexibility and
means that the elevations can change if
necessary. It will be a terracotta colour
with four glass corners.
"There is no doubt that Manchester
United and Newcastle have got it right in
terms of their design. When you are in
their grounds, then all you can see if
football.
"At Blackburn you can look up and
see Auntie Gladys hanging out her washing
in her back garden. It is the same at
Sheffield Wednesday, there are gaps
everywhere.
"When you are in Old Trafford and St
James’ Park you really start to
believe it all and that generates a large
energy which hopefully helps the
team." |
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