The peculiarity of this building is that along with sports functions - stands and boxes, a media center, changing rooms and utility rooms - there are also classrooms and administrative premises of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Business of the City University of Leeds, and it was the university that acted as the main customer of the construction, and The Yorkshire Cricket Club was his partner.
The pavilion has two equivalent facades: the street one, facing the Victorian buildings of the Headingley suburb, and the inner one, which opens into the space of the stadium. The first, as well as the end sides, are sheathed with triangular panels of perforated metal in different shades of green, which should be in harmony with the vegetation around. One of the ends is also covered with a cedar wood trellis, which in the future will be covered with climbing plants. The internal facade is completely glazed with matt and transparent panels. At its center is the protruding volume of the main auditorium, which functions both as a lecture hall and as a tribune for journalists. Open stands are located in front of and under the building on the side of the arena.
The combination of various solutions for the external walls of the building creates an intricate collage, not entirely complete and, moreover, clear. At the same time, the "collage" of functions works much better in the interior. Considering that most matches take place in the summer season, that is, during student holidays, it was possible to make almost all university premises (except for the offices of the administration and the kitchen) dual-use spaces, such as, for example, the already mentioned main auditorium, or meeting rooms for teachers and students which are also used as radio studios.
