GeordieT

The Design & Access statement is worth flicking through, the scale of the change is larger than the initial refurbishment. Very little of the existing facilities remain untouched.

https://idoxpublicaccess.northtyneside.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=SUCQKKBHH3I00&activeTab=summary

East Stand, oddly given its far from an a architectural masterpiece even amongst those who admire brutalism features on the C20 at Risk List “10 outstanding twentieth and twenty-first century buildings across the UK threatened with demolition, dereliction, or neglect”. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/apr/09/its-unjust-charity-fights-to-save-uks-at-risk-modern-buildings

Frustratingly can’t be there today, images already look epochal. I know of a couple of potential sponsors that are being courted today (Rooftops, VIP area at Moor and then Vermont for the after party), hopefully the scenes on show affirm that they want to be involved in the club. Have a brilliant day boys and girls.

Hate everything about it. Feels like a homage to commercialism as opposed to catering to the average match going fan.

£29m of income from related party transactions (PIF stable sponsors).

Guessing it’ll be: Season Ticket Holders Cup Scheme +2 Away Cup Fixtures Season Ticket Holders Cup Scheme +1 Away Cup Fixture Season Ticket Holders Cup Scheme Season Ticket Holders Mags+ Unless there is a loyalty points tier (25+) again at the onset. I’d have thought very few season ticket holders are not in the cup scheme, but that’s purely empirically based on people who sit around me.

Update on this - on offer for as little as £5m per year, which feels surprisingly low, but appreciative it’s often rolled into a broader sponsorship of the training ground. Looking at some benchmarks where it’s merely the kit: Spurs (Bet MGM £10m); City (Asahi £20m); Man United (Tezos £20m); Chelsea (BingX £12m).

Absolutely abhorrent. That week has the potential to be a transport nightmare.

https://x.com/skysports_keith/status/1882726873798439140?s=46&t=x_gwvtxKMs0B7zGA7uNbvA Just get it done.

Would be a PSR dream. Pure profit? Won’t happen.