What did the riverside stadium cost to build?

A great investment.

If the stadium was a built again, a roof and to make suitable for year round concerts and a train station next to the stadium and offices and shops inside the stadium would have made it even better.

Sunderland has been a concert stadium for about 20 years.
 
Druss_The_Legend said:
Does anybody know what the expected lifespan is of stadiums such as The Riverside?
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Ive mentioned this before, not sure if anyone else remembers, but at the time some fella (probably an engineer or something I guess) definitely came out and said it would have a pretty short lifespan compared to other stadiums. I’m sure it was because of the boggy ground it is built on or something.
 
Redlips said:
A great investment.

If the stadium was a built again, a roof and to make suitable for year round concerts and a train station next to the stadium and offices and shops inside the stadium would have made it even better.

Sunderland has been a concert stadium for about 20 years.
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It’s proven that it can be used for concerts now so I’m not sure that it was ever the stadium that was holding that back. I have always thought it was slight bizarre not having a train station given how close the line is.

What I would say is that even in the corners that are slightly newer, there’s now quite a lot of visable rust and I’m surprised the club has never actively done anything to address this.
 
TheBlueButterfly said:
Ive mentioned this before, not sure if anyone else remembers, but at the time some fella (probably an engineer or something I guess) definitely came out and said it would have a pretty short lifespan compared to other stadiums. I’m sure it was because of the boggy ground it is built on or something.
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Whatever you build on, the building has to stand up so doesn't really matter what's at the surface. Just means the piles/sub-structure design costs an awful lot more.

The location near the coast will be the worse factor, steel degradation etc. Need to keep on top of the paintwork 👍
 
h_m_boro said:
Whatever you build on, the building has to stand up so doesn't really matter what's at the surface. Just means the piles/sub-structure design costs an awful lot more.

The location near the coast will be the worse factor, steel degradation etc. Need to keep on top of the paintwork 👍
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I’m sure Gibson said it was designed to be our stadium for 50 years, probably about right I would say without a major refurb.

As an engineer myself I had to laugh at that comment above about the boggy ground. Agree about the aggressive environment for the paintwork but I’m fairly sure it gets repainted every few years.
 
HolgateCorner said:
I’m sure Gibson said it was designed to be our stadium for 50 years, probably about right I would say without a major refurb.

As an engineer myself I had to laugh at that comment above about the boggy ground. Agree about the aggressive environment for the paintwork but I’m fairly sure it gets repainted every few years.
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Sure they definitely said it would start to sink! :ROFLMAO:
 
It’s the little things that I think we lack like not having our badge on the bins or not having the seats done so it looks old and faded it’s superficial and inexpensive but it would make a difference. We done seem to care about those little touches that other clubs do.
 
Think they should have carpets and chairs in the concourses. Oh, and heaters. It’s gets cold when the doors are open for the smokers at half time. (y)
 
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