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1 minute ago, SteV said:

There’s a comic convention on there

Dropped girl 2 off on Strawberry Place earlier and there was a load going, most were big standard Lara Crofts and Tolkein characters but there was a very good Adams family.

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bollox as usual. not sure where the chron's going with that.

he's a finance guy.

stadium expansion isnt going to be limited by money.

we're gonna need top architects and construction whizzes, not accountants.

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The headline is weird and my phone almost blew up reading it, but the main point is he has experience with big infrastructure projects. He also has experience working with foreign based leadership, FFP issues with Leicester, and balancing the books for Championship clubs.

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On 10/05/2023 at 17:06, TBG said:

Sooooo, I've been onto the Land Registry website this afternoon and decided to have another look. 

 

Yesterday, a Solicitor acting for 'Newcastle United Football Club Projects Limited' submitted their priority search (basically means you have priority over any other applications that might be subsequently submitted), which you usually submit just before you're about to submit your application to update the title etc. 

 

Nothing ground breaking, but those searches were submitted against the land in green, so looks like that's what the club has indeed bought back 

 

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The applications for the top two bits of land have completed at the Land Registry. 

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https://archive.is/WfkIR

 

"But The Times has learnt that the possibility of increasing the capacity of the East Stand is now under serious discussion. Newcastle built the stand in 1972 and it is now dwarfed by the more recent extensions of the Milburn Stand and the Leazes End because of restrictions involving the listed Georgian buildings behind it on Leazes Terrace.

 

Those buildings are grade II-listed and a limit was put on the size of the stand when it was built because of issues regarding light. However, advancements in engineering and architecture mean there is the possibility of a redesign that would use more glasswork and allow extra light to go through the stand, potentially leading to a significant capacity increase.
 

The club is looking at every possibility to extend the stadium, but that side of the ground has emerged as a better option instead of building at the Gallowgate End, which has a road behind it and a Metro station underneath.

 

Newcastle want to increase the capacity of the stadium to reflect their growing status, having qualified for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years. They expect to have the results of the feasibility study by this time next year. In the meantime, Newcastle are developing hospitality options inside the stadium during the summer."

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2 minutes ago, NSG said:

Great news if they can do the east stand, because eventually the Gallowgate will get done.

 

This mightn't be far off in the end then. 

 

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Maybe there is an incentivising people in Leazes Terrace to accept a loss of light.

Remembering clubs have bought streets to demolish them for new stands before, admittedly the street next to Ewood Park that Jack Walker bought and flattened was hardly Leazes Terrace standard.

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17 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

This mightn't be far off in the end then. 

 

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Yep, this seems looks very much how SJP will end up looking I reckon. They will do the Gallowgate when the club's profile & never ending demand for tickets justifies the costs.

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12 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Not what most expected when it came to extending SJP. Be interesting to see the next move if it’s a non starter.

 

Also agree with this though. The feasibility study could be the catalyst for a new stadium behind Leazes Park.

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Very interesting - if that is actually possible and then a future Gallowgate expansion could happen if demand warranted it it would mean there's a path to having the second biggest club stadium in the country, right?

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