Well all i can say that Bath rugby and Bath town are incredibly lucky to have a man as generous as Bruce Craig who is willing to lose money to keep this Rec dream alive.
I'm not quite as in on the details as some are, but I don't believe the council are the problem - it's a small group (you could count them with both hands) of NIMBY's who have a disproportionate effect on the situation due to some of the technicalities that arise from Rec's charitable status.
Photo updates of the Olympic stadium's reconfiguration for those interested - compare the new position of the floodlights with the original setup - they now form a "halo" around the lip of the roof, rather than standing above the stadium.
The last cluster of lights went up a few days ago, and the roof will duly be finished soon too, I reckon. Sorry for the enormous photos :lol:. EDIT: They were actually much larger before the auto downsize!
I've heard 16-18k expected for the chiefs game, but we'll see. Tigers game is on track for a sellout I believe, already passed 28k and therefore likely the record.
Bristol's Ashton Gate stadium is currently being redeveloped into a 27,000 all seat stadium
This is what we can expect to see when its finished.
It was a sad day when we had to leave our beloved Memorial Stadium, she served us well god bless her but the Future is bright.
I Suspect our nearest and dearest (Bath and Glouc) will help to fill a few seats should Bristol ever manage to navagate their way through the Pray offs (as known locally )
Last I remember seeing is were appealing thr Charity Tribunal's decision but that was May last year. http://www.bathrugby.com/recredevelopment/
It's an annoying theres overwhelming support for it in all interested parties just a bunch of do gooders plus the law on the rec charitable status stopping it from happening.
No word on the actually dimensions yet. Although we are still taking away the old stand so might hear more on it in the future.
Apparently it would have been sooner if they hadn't missed the window of booking it. (Only 2 desso machines in the UK).
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Redevelopment: The big screen metalwork is now down and the Clubhouse rooms have been gutted <a href="http://t.co/0VdoAH2aLL">pic.twitter.com/0VdoAH2aLL</a></p>— Leicester Tigers (@LeicesterTigers) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeicesterTigers/status/603499704874307584">May 27, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Simon Cohen: "A new desso pitch will be installed next summer. This season it'll be lengthened and widened."</p>— BBC Leicester (@BBCLeicester) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCLeicester/status/603618671878139904">May 27, 2015</a></blockquote>
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