Let's not mention Rotherham's, which seems to be £6M cheaper than ours.

are they expecting air raids?

£6m pound cheaper? Have they had(/having) the foundations laid for phases 2 and 3 also?

Also, also, that is a rather naff looking version of Salford's original plans.

It might be a naff version of our original plans but its 10 times better than our current plans. Saints ground looks absolutely magnificent too. Seems they've gone down the Skilled Stadium route and fair play to them for that, that's exactly what I wanted us to do.

is that drainage or under soil heating going down on the pitch ? ours just looks like a sand pit

Not even in the place yet , already we have ' New Stadium Envy ' .. Christ ! therapy needed.
Saints stadium does look great , but so will ours.
Saints stadium is jambed behind a Tesco's on a roundabout.
The Barton stadium is in view of one M60 motorway clockwise, tons of non RL people who know of my affliction have said ' is that your new stadium being built, it looks impressive ' .
They don't say ' I was driving round a roundabout east of St Helens and there's is better ' . Location , location
I'll settle for our ' run of the mill ' stadium & an impressive team !

I feel this is the bit that may mean you having to just settle for a run of the mill stadium

I like the way it wraps entirely around the pitch, but wouldn't say it looks 'ten times better'. Although, until I return I'm not really in a position to say what it looks like. With the exception of the pictures I've seen on here. For our stadium to look its best we need the other four sides finishing.

Like Middleman says, "Location, location".

Well if Sale Sharks do come on board perhaps your dream will come true as they will need the extra capacity.

So one positive of SS coming onboard will be the acceleration of phases 2 and 3. Although we'll still only have crowds of 4-7 thousand in it

What for?

They're only getting home crowds of around 7k and phase 1 is meant to hold 12k?!