ATHLETIC PARK

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 40, 16 August 1921, Page 8

ATHLETIC PARK

PLANS OF IMPROVEMENTS ■.; . V CLAY BANK TO BECOME STAND. Plans for the improvement of accommodation for the public at Athletic Park, prepared by Messrs. Sladden, Pavitt, and Dyett for the Wellington Rugby Union, are now complete and provide for a seating accommodation for 7000 spectators. Hitherto the union's proposals have been held up for lack of finance and the state of the labour market, but it is hoped to commence the work this summer, if the financial position will permit. The work will bo spread over several seasons, as it is of considerable magnitude. There are nineteen terraces of 470 feet each, stretching practically the full length of the ground. The first tier of terraces is approximately five feet above the present asphalted steps on the western bank, thus giving an uninterrupted view to even the person sitting on the lowest seat. Three double • entrances and two single entrances, consisting of broad nights of stairs, will "feed" the terraces. The present clay bank will entirely disappear, as the work will be, in reinforced concrete and the seats will be of timber. This work is entirely different to the present terraces, which are only a temporary measure. Those patrons who have had a glimpse of the terraces, as at present constructed, when filled with, spectators, can imagine what a sight the new .work will be when completed and thronged with its. thou-; sands.