How is 'massive' stadium expansion job going?
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Will Elland Road's West Stand expansion "uncover any artefacts"? That's the question on BBC Radio Leeds' Adam Pope's mind.
Following Leeds United's announcement that work has now begun, external on the first phase of transforming the ground into a Uefa Category 4 stadium, the Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast discussed the developments.
"The Norman Hunter Suite has been smashed apart now," Pope said. "The one thing I would be really interested to see is if they uncover any artefacts as they go along.
"The whole stand actually burned down in the 1950s before being rebuilt, so I reckon they will find all sorts once they get going.
"But if people are expecting them to have completed the demolition process by the time pre-season gets going, it is worth reminding them that it won't be the case. Games will still continue in the normal way, but they are having to go up and over the top [of the existing structure]."
Kaiser Chiefs bassist Simon Rix added: "It is weird because the whole big thing is around the club 'knocking the stand down', but the one thing the club isn't doing is 'knocking the stand down'.
"They have already got to the back wall of John Charles. They are going to build over it which is fine, but when they do get rid of the underneath it is going to be really hard depending on what they do on the outside of the ground.
"It will be a massive job to physically get all of the bits out from underneath the stand. They basically can't build anything on the bottom level because they will need to get that bottom level out at some point [during the redevelopment]."
