Wasps unveil plan to build retractable garden roof for Ricoh
By Olaf Prilo
April 1 2015
Wasps have announced plans to build a retractable garden roof for the Ricoh Arena.
Building work on the new roof is set to start on May 11, two days after the club’s final home game against Leicester Tigers.
The ambitious project will be completed in time for Wasps' first league game in the Aviva Premiership 2015/16 season in mid-October.
The new garden roof, or Goof as it will be known, will be open on Wasps match days providing a flourishing garden to visitors to the Coventry stadium.
It will comprise of a large grass area with wild flowers, plants and small trees unique to Coventry’s natural habitat. A line of ash trees will also be planted on the West and East stands.
A reinforced 12m-squared window in the centre of the Goof will allow Wasps to offer a first of its kind sports hospitality experience where fans will be able to watch matches from 100ft directly above.
The Goof, which will measure 110 metres long, covering the entire bowl of the 32,600-seat stadium, will be split into two, super-reinforced 500ft retractable sections, supported by four newly erected 93-metre tall pylons.
Click here for more on this article.
If you do not already have an account Click here to Register.