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[zoesdevil]

I have been lucky enough to have had a tour of the Devils new home this morning thanks to Chris Hartry. Wow, if you haven't been fortunate to have not been inside...your in for a shock!!!!

It is enormous, but at the same time the ice does not seem far away as the steepish rake to the seating. It will be smaller than Nottingham, however it WILL be the envy of the league!

I have created a facebook page to share with you my photos and vids. Hope you like them.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cardiff- ... 118?__nodl

Paul

How do I go about this please, can anyone go on a tour? Also how would I contact Chris to organise this? Cheers

PM Chris Hartey on here,I'm inpressed with the ammount of work done since I was last there. :Banana

Ok cheers pal, thanks for that, I'll try & get hold of him to sort it out!!

 

[Finny]

I have been lucky enough to have had a tour of the Devils new home this morning thanks to Chris Hartry. Wow, if you haven't been fortunate to have not been inside...your in for a shock!!!!

It is enormous, but at the same time the ice does not seem far away as the steepish rake to the seating. It will be smaller than Nottingham, however it WILL be the envy of the league!

I have created a facebook page to share with you my photos and vids. Hope you like them.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cardiff- ... 118?__nodl

Paul

Some fab photos in there. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Devil May Care]

I have been lucky enough to have had a tour of the Devils new home this morning thanks to Chris Hartry. Wow, if you haven't been fortunate to have not been inside...your in for a shock!!!!

It is enormous, but at the same time the ice does not seem far away as the steepish rake to the seating. It will be smaller than Nottingham, however it WILL be the envy of the league!

I have created a facebook page to share with you my photos and vids. Hope you like them.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cardiff- ... 118?__nodl

Paul

How do I go about this please, can anyone go on a tour? Also how would I contact Chris to organise this? Cheers

Think it could be the last as Chris has just finished puting together a drone video of a spectacular fly over of the BBT and the new arena and fly throughs of the arena itself. Will be ready next week to view.

 

[Devil May Care]

There was tons of work going on there, really impressive progress. Was told the site will be ready next week for the concreting of the ice pad to begin.

 

[Devil May Care]

I have been lucky enough to have had a tour of the Devils new home this morning thanks to Chris Hartry. Wow, if you haven't been fortunate to have not been inside...your in for a shock!!!!

It is enormous, but at the same time the ice does not seem far away as the steepish rake to the seating. It will be smaller than Nottingham, however it WILL be the envy of the league!

I have created a facebook page to share with you my photos and vids. Hope you like them.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cardiff- ... 118?__nodl

Paul

Some fab photos in there. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks and you are all very welcome!!

 

[pjj365]

Thanks - can't wait

 

[KaneDevils]

Cheers Paul, fantastic work! Appreciated by all I'm sure!

 

[Devil May Care]

Hey, were all Devils and not everybody has the chance to take a look inside, so its good to give as many pics and vids to wet peoples Appetite's!

I can't wait to get in there and enjoy our new home together. We are going to kick ass this season!!!

 

[Wannabe2]

It's going to be a lovely venue for everyone, and it won't be long now, thank goodness.
Happy Hockey Days

 

[kingmo19.2]

Looks amazing - can't wait for it to open.

My only question to those that have been inside - from the photo's, the metal beams that run over the main rink look quite low (maybe because we're used to the 'wooden arches' in the BBT). Is this the impression you get when inside? Maybe it's because a lot of the photo's are taken at a high level?

 

[Koop11]

They do appear low from the images (I’ve not been fortunate to look inside the new rink during its development) but I think this is a good thing as it will help generate atmosphere.

 

[Wannabe2]

The roof beams are fairly low I suppose, they are similar I would say to Hull, but Chris says they will be fine even including the central video clock, and he should know.

 

[Finny]

It's been a while since I was in there, but I do vaguely remember thinking that there wouldn't be much space between the ceiling and the media ganty.
But then I thought - why would that matter?

 

[Devil May Care]

Yes, like everyones said, they are lower than the BBT, but higher than the photos make out. The scale of the arena just does not come over in a photograph. I asure you, everyone will be extremely happy when they they finally enter it for the first time. :Banana

 

[Ocko]

I had a visit a few weeks ago and it was quite hard to gain a perspective of the height. But if you say they are indeed lower than the BBT then that is a concern as the BBT is on the verge of being too low!

 

[Finny]

I wouldn't say it was lower than the BBT?
IAW is massive compared to the BBT.

 

[James]

surely all that means is you get ever so slightly more whistles blown when a puck goes out of play into the beams? It doesn't happen often anyway and players are aware of the height (unless a pesky banner gets in the way )

 

[Finny]

surely all that means is you get ever so slightly more whistles blown when a puck goes out of play into the beams? It doesn't happen often anyway and players are aware of the height (unless a pesky banner gets in the way )

Yeh. Well actually the clock is more likely to get in the way depending on how big it is.
But this is hockey. Not rugby. Unless Lordo has some great up-and-under tactic planned?

As other have said a low roof should mean a better atmosphere.

 

[Ocko]

And to be honest you won't get much lower than the clock in the WNIR.

 

[Wannabe2]

Ah the famous clock that is now in Fife I believe, Bob sold that a bit rapid.