| D@VID 01.12.2006 15:43 |
I am working on Wembley Stadium at the moment and all the food outlets have a year reference.The 1986 bar has the inscription 1986 QUEENS FINAL TOUR. Just thought you might be interested. |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 01.12.2006 18:13 |
how about getting back to work and finish the bloody thing so i dont have to keep travelling to bloody manchester or birmingham to see an england football game or a decent gig? seriously,its nice to know what the 900milion quid thats so far been wasted over the last 6 years on wembley is being spent on.jesus! as you may gather im a bit pissed off over the whole fiasco of wembley stadium. |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 01.12.2006 18:25 |
900m and rising by the day.its nearly 2 years late due to shoddy workmanship and mis management.they might as well have another bar up with the message 2010 wembley nearly completed but the urinals dont flush so delayed for another year! |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 01.12.2006 18:46 |
the original cost was roughly 400m i give you another example of how badly wembley is going,the millenium stadium,which is being used for football play offs and finals seats 70.000 cost 250m and took 2 years to build and has a roof that can be closed for bad weather.wembley admitidly will have 20,000 more seats but will not have a roof and will cost 3x more and its been 6 years and its still not complete. the english fa cup final which is the equivalent of the u.s. superbowl is being staged in another country because wembley is not complete.can you imagine how well that would go down in the states if the superbowl was having to be staged in mexico becuase their main stadium is still unfinished? |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 01.12.2006 18:59 |
perhaps when wembley eventually opens the superbowl can be held there? we could have the dallas cowboys v the wembley cowboys. |
| wembley86 02.12.2006 01:29 |
as most english men would say it football to them and not soccer. and they would feel outrage if someone played american football on english soil. i think i know my boyfriend would. he would say GO LIVERPOOL!! |
| Sweetie 02.12.2006 01:41 |
I've been in the same room as Freddie, unfortunately it was 20 years after he had been in there. |
| D@VID 02.12.2006 04:26 |
To compare the new Wembley to the Millenium Stadium is like comparing a Ford Focus to a Ferrari.I worked on the Millenium and also have been at Wembley for the past year and there is no comparing the two.The sound system atWembley is truly amazing.When bands play there in the future all they will have to do is plug into Wembleys sound system and hey presto.So there should be no need for delay towers in the middle of the pitch.Also the restuarants and corporate facilities are immense,and there is a higher spec finish everywhere. It really has been run appallingly and a lot of the bodged work has been done by the foreign labour employed there on lower wages.But all that is an argument for another day. |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 02.12.2006 07:42 |
but when will it be finished? |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 02.12.2006 07:45 |
wembley86 wrote: as most english men would say it football to them and not soccer. and they would feel outrage if someone played american football on english soil. i think i know my boyfriend would. he would say GO LIVERPOOL!!they used to play american football at the old wembley in the early 90s.the team were called the london monarchs. |
| D@VID 02.12.2006 08:13 |
They are hoping to play this years FA Cup there but I predict a late summer opening. |
| Penetration_Guru 02.12.2006 08:40 |
joxerthemighty wrote: how about getting back to work and finish the bloody thing so i dont have to keep travelling to bloody manchester or birmingham to see an england football game or a decent gig? seriously,its nice to know what the 900milion quid thats so far been wasted over the last 6 years on wembley is being spent on.jesus! as you may gather im a bit pissed off over the whole fiasco of wembley stadium.What's wrong with Manchester & Birmingham you soft southern twat? I'm a bit pissed off about it too - it didn't need to be there, it could have been geographically central. |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 02.12.2006 10:00 |
whats wrong with birmingham and manchester? lets just say that when they were bombed in ww2 it caused millions pounds worth of improvement :-] |
| deleted user 02.12.2006 12:53 |
I wish people would stop moaning about Wembley Stadium! Ive seen the new wembley when i went to a gig at wembley arena and it is massive! Its not hard to see why its gone so overbudget! I stood in awe of the stadium because i thought it was really amazing! |
| thomasquinn 32989 02.12.2006 14:53 |
DCM wrote: ^ Jox in America brand new football stadiums are built for less then half that cost.An American comedian living in Amsterdam had his uncle from Mississippi, a true patriot, over for a weeklong visit. The first day, the two went off for a tour of the town, with the comedian showing his uncle the scene. They took a taxi, and went off through town. Passing by the Stock Exchange, the uncle tapped the Dutch driver on his shoulder. "Son, what's that buildin' over there?" he asked. "That's the Beurs van Berlage, sir", the driver replied. The uncle nodded. "And when did they put that up?" he came again. "From 1898 to 1903, sir". The driver replied. "In America, it'd be built in two years, and it'd come in under budget!" the uncle triumphantly exclaimed. On through town, and they arrived at the Olympic Stadium. The same routine unfolded. "Son, what's that buildin' over there?" -"The Olympic Stadium, sir" "When did they build that?" -"From 1926 'till 1928 sir" "In America, they'd get it done in six months, and it'd come in under budget!" The comedian was starting to feel a bit embarassed in the driverside backseat. Next, they came to the Tuchinski Theatre, and the same thing happened yet again. Finally, they came to the Head Office of the ING Bank. "Son what's that there building?" -"That would be the ING Head Office, sir." "So when'd they build it?" -"I don't know sir, it wasn't there yesterday" |
| user name 02.12.2006 16:12 |
I don't get the joke. It's probably just me being stupid, but I'll be honest and admit it. |
| thomasquinn 32989 02.12.2006 16:25 |
<b><font color=666600>Music Man wrote: I don't get the joke. It's probably just me being stupid, but I'll be honest and admit it.Probably you need to know A'Dam a little bit to see. All the buildings mentioned took an awful long time to build, because they were awfully big and complex. The bragging Southerner is finally confronted with a building that took six years to build, but the taxi driver outbrags him by claiming it wasn't there yesterday, so it must've been built during the night or something. |
| user name 02.12.2006 17:39 |
As I suspected. I did get the gist of the joke, but it must be certain intricacies that just didn't get across to me. Despite this, I actually did enjoy it. The Uncle "gets served." Hard. |
| john bodega 03.12.2006 06:15 |
<font color=Mercury>Larry Lurex's Girl wrote: I've been in the same room as Freddie, unfortunately it was 20 years after he had been in there.Am I the only one more excited at the prospect of being where *dinosaurs* used to roam? Oh well! |
| thomasquinn 32989 03.12.2006 09:59 |
Zebonka12 wrote:I didn't know you were in the Cretaceous Era lately?<font color=Mercury>Larry Lurex's Girl wrote: I've been in the same room as Freddie, unfortunately it was 20 years after he had been in there.Am I the only one more excited at the prospect of being where *dinosaurs* used to roam? Oh well! |
| Drowse1 03.12.2006 10:14 |
Who cares what the hell it costs as long as it's open next year. It'll still be the best sports and live gig venue in Britain when it's finished. I hope!!! |
| Penetration_Guru 03.12.2006 13:06 |
joxerthemighty wrote: whats wrong with birmingham and manchester? lets just say that when they were bombed in ww2 it caused millions pounds worth of improvement :-]Whereas London was bombed more than the two combined and nobody noticed the difference... |
| Donna13 03.12.2006 14:49 |
<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote:I believe, based on fossil comparisons, there are some species in Australia said to be almost unchanged since that era. However, I would be more likely to believe that Zebonka is somehow a creature of the future. Possibly he has even (in the past in the future) roamed the beautiful grounds of the new Wembley. Ahhh....Zebonka12 wrote:I didn't know you were in the Cretaceous Era lately?<font color=Mercury>Larry Lurex's Girl wrote: I've been in the same room as Freddie, unfortunately it was 20 years after he had been in there.Am I the only one more excited at the prospect of being where *dinosaurs* used to roam? Oh well! |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 03.12.2006 19:07 |
ive just got this feeling that its gonna end up like a concrete britney spears..its gonna look nice after a massive makeover but you know its gonna be skanky as hell once you get inside |
| Mr.Jingles 04.12.2006 18:09 |
Today it was announced that Muse will play at the new Wembley stadium in 2007. At this moment, it seems like they will be the first band to do so. |
| Drowse1 05.12.2006 07:34 |
There's nothing wrong with either Manchester or Birmingham for gigs. But there is something special about Wembley and I hope the arena keeps up that tradition. Where I live I'm smack in the middle between Manchester & Liverpool. Birmingham is only 2 hours away so gigs in those places are easy to get to. But Wembley does it for me every time. |