Wigan posts pitch renovation timelapse

Wigan Athletic used a short time-lapse video on Thursday to show the first visible stage of summer pitch work at the Brick Community Stadium, giving supporters an early look at the close-season renovation program. The post appeared on the club’s official X account, @LaticsOfficial, on May 21 and showed machinery beginning groundworks on the playing surface. The social briefing for the post said the clip had 24 likes. The club linked the update through its usual fan communications channels. ### What did Wigan actually post on Thursday? Wigan Athletic’s official X account posted footage on May 21 showing the start of pitch renovations at the Brick Community Stadium. The video was presented as a time-lapse and focused on the first phase of work on the surface. The social briefing tied the post to the club’s wider summer stadium work and said it was timestamped on Thursday in a thread for supporters. The clip showed initial groundworks rather than a finished phase of the project. ### What is happening to the pitch? The footage showed early renovation activity on the field at Wigan’s home stadium. The material available for this story identifies the work as the start of pitch renovations and describes the images as groundworks on the surface. No separate club statement setting out the full scope of the latest pitch program was visible in the sourced material reviewed for this piece. The post itself served as the clearest public signal that close-season work had begun on the playing surface. ### Which stadium is involved? The work is taking place at the Brick Community Stadium, Wigan Athletic’s home ground in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The venue is also used by Wigan Warriors. The stadium took the Brick Community Stadium name in May 2024 under a partnership announced by Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors with local charity The Brick. That announcement said the naming arrangement would remain in place until the end of 2025, while both clubs continued to work together on a long-term commercial stadium partner for 2026 and beyond. ### Why is the work happening now? May is the start of the football close season for Wigan Athletic, making it the standard window for heavy maintenance on the playing surface. The social briefing described the renovation as part of a summer upgrade project at the stadium. The timing also fits the venue’s dual-use demands. The Brick Community Stadium hosts both football and rugby league, which increases wear on the pitch across the season and makes off-season restoration a recurring part of stadium operations. (thebrick.org.uk) ### What did fans get from the update? The May 21 post gave supporters a visual progress marker rather than a technical briefing. The time-lapse format showed movement on the ground immediately and turned a maintenance job into a shareable club update. The social briefing said the post had 24 likes at the time it was captured. Wigan did not attach a public timetable for completion in the material reviewed here, and no cost figure was provided. ### What comes next at the stadium? The next public updates are likely to come through Wigan Athletic’s club channels as the summer work continues. The stadium remains the Brick Community Stadium under the naming arrangement announced in 2024, which said the name would stay in place through the end of 2025 while Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors pursue a longer-term commercial partner for 2026 and beyond. (thebrick.org.uk)