The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

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The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:06 am

https://x.com/joepompliano/status/16991 ... 24821?s=46

Can’t help but be impressed with this
I’m not sure about the roof but I understand why they’ve done it
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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by Tribesmen » Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:37 am

Wow just wow

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by Tricky Trevor » Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:49 am

Fantastic engineering. Looks very expensive but simpler than the Spurs system.

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by claret2018 » Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:01 pm

An amazing feat of engineering. Hope no one presses the button whilst they’re playing!
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Post by Fretters » Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:14 pm

Fantastic. We could have done with something like this when Deff Leppard played on the Turf!

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by BleedingClaret » Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:59 pm

claret2018 wrote:
Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:01 pm
An amazing feat of engineering. Hope no one presses the button whilst they’re playing!
Made me giggle that

I wish we’d had a button to press against Spurs!

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by NewClaret » Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:14 pm

BleedingClaret wrote:
Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:59 pm
Made me giggle that

I wish we’d had a button to press against Spurs!
We’d have needed the sections to disappear horizontally, starting with our net and box to avoid conceding any more.

Pretty sure Spurs could’ve continued to score at will otherwise :D
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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by beddie » Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:18 pm

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by NottsClaret » Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:20 pm

Impressive. Not as tricky as filling in the corner bits at the Turf a few years ago, but still very clever.

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by gandhisflipflop » Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:15 pm

Wonder where they’ve magically conjured up the money from for this?

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:16 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:
Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:15 pm
Wonder where they’ve magically conjured up the money from for this?
They took out a loan when the interest rates were very low and then cracked on and did it all

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by Pickles » Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:54 pm

Wonder if they have soap in the bogs.

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by Hipper » Wed Sep 06, 2023 3:32 pm

https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest ... 4-04-2019/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... h_stadiums

The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff introduced a palletised system of grass pitch removal (as well as a roof) but it didn't really work well and was replaced with a Desso system (grass with support from plastic fibres sown in) like I think we and most top pitches have.

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by Hipper » Wed Sep 06, 2023 3:33 pm

What's wrong with a bread basket?

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by JR1882 » Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:24 pm

Fantastic piece of engineering that.

I went to the Nou Camp last week, scale of the project going on there is enormous too.

Have to say it’s good to see redevelopment from both clubs and remaining where they are in the heart of their respective city’s instead of building new edge of town stadia.

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:25 pm

JR1882 wrote:
Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:24 pm
Fantastic piece of engineering that.

I went to the Nou Camp last week, scale of the project going on there is enormous too.

Have to say it’s good to see redevelopment from both clubs and remaining where they are in the heart of their respective city’s instead of building new edge of town stadia.
I’m going to swing by the Nou Camp in October, looking forward to seeing it tbh

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by Chuckypad » Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:07 pm

When did they do the pitch? I can't imagine the work that went into the pitch alone

Weren't they playing at the Bernbeu last season?

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Re: The Bernabau pitch/stadium upgrades

Post by Enola Gay » Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:05 pm

They played at the training ground for a while, might have done it then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_D ... no_Stadium

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