STADIUMS
DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE
Raising the stadium will prevent flooding OPENING TBC
Gloucester stadium Gloucester, UK
Once completed, the three new stands will boost Ravenhill’s capacity to 18,000 OPENING 2014
Ravenhill rugby grounds Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ulster Rugby has secured £14.7m (18m, US$23.7m) for the redevelopment of Raven- hill rugby grounds, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure will provide the funding and it’s expected that the redevelopment work will be complete by Summer 2014. Three new stands will be built at the new rugby ground that will see the capacity rise from 11,400 to 18,000. Northern Ireland contractor Gilbert Ash will carry out the construction, with the fi rst phase expected to be complete by June 2013. This phase features two new stands at the Memorial and Aquinas ends of the grounds. The new Memorial End stand will provide covered seating for approximately 2,400 people with terracing for a further 1,350 fans. It will house a ticket offi ce, a
www.sportsmanagementhandbook.com
shop, catering facilities and a new educa- tional facility. The educational facility will promote the benefi ts of nutrition, a healthy lifestyle and the values of sport. The Aquinas stand will be the new family
area of the ground, providing covered seat- ing for 2,100 people, with terracing for a further 1,300 fans. It will house new team changing facilities, treatment rooms and an indoor training surface, as well as match- day media facilities. It will also become the Ulster senior squad’s new training base with a gym, meeting rooms and facilities. The second phase of the construc-
tion project will see the demolition of the existing main stand and the building of a replacement grandstand to accommodate a further 3,450 seated spectators, with the new promenade providing standing for approximately 3,400 fans. With the increased number of spectators, the rugby ground will be large enough to host Heineken Cup quarter fi nal games.
●
www.ulsterrugby.com SPORTS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK 2013 11
Gloucester City Football Club has unveiled its proposals for the develop- ment of a new £5m (6.1m, US$8m) stadium in the city.
The venue would be built on the site of the club’s former Meadow Park stadium, which was destroyed by the great Gloucestershire fl oods in 2007. An image showing the submerged stadium, with only the crossbars of the goals visible, became synonymous with the fl oods.
Since 2007 Gloucester City has been forced to play its home games at the grounds of Forest Green Rov- ers, Cirencester Town and, most recently, at Cheltenham Town. As part of plans for the modern stadium, the club aims to raise the entire ground site by three metres (10 feet) while also raising 120 metres (394 feet) of existing fl ood defences along the River Severn.
●
www.gloucestercityafc.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156