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The sub-station move/removal and the river being rerouted around where the stadium never factored into the build schedule that they set out though, as that had been completed by the time they started the actual stadium construction in January.

The obvious issue they have run into is not realising the full extent of the sewage works that needed doing and that has resulted in the East Stand and North Stand area not being able to have any work done on it for most of the year.

So considering they've only been able to build 50% of the stadium for over 7 months, you would have expected them to progress further with those West and North stands in the mean time.

For example the West Stand isn't even built fully at 1st Floor level yet. They've go to concrete that all, then build new reinforced concrete pillars up to the second floor level, then concrete that floor, then do the same again for the 3rd floor and the 4th floor and the gantry level too!

Then you've got to do that on all the other stands, plus put a roof and halo on and the fit all the insides out and that's not to mention the public realm works of landscaping and opening up the river further that need to be completed.

Don't get me wrong I'm incredibly happy to see tangible progress being made and a stadium appearing before our eyes after waiting for this for decades, but having followed this build week-to-week I just can't see how they can get this ready for the 2028/29 season at the current pace they are building at.

No you can find him on Twitter under his actual name though

Yeah, agreed on both points

i assume the trust are still waiting for Gary to find the time to tell them exactly what say

No.

They did however build it on water.

As MC said, that's irrelevant now. The baseball stadium has the shell mostly done. Surely we should be at a similar stage given the similar completion times.

Our build may have taken longer overall because of those issues but from the perspective of someone who has no knowledge of building, surely we should be at similar stages now

Well, that doesn't matter really. The club have said it will be open in 2028, knowing all that (plus much of that work you refer to is now done)

Regardless of what Las Vegas have had to contend with, the timeline was set by the club not anybody else

If there is to be a delay, just tell us now. Don't leave it until January 2028. If all is on track for July 2028, it's a good news story, so tell that story