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Received the email and replied. Lots of focus in the questions regarding getting people into the ground earlier if offering better bars/beer/food etc. Similarly what percentage extra would you be willing to pay for your season ticket in a renovated SJP. 
My only concern is we don’t get flooded with hospitality type areas as the atmosphere will be shit and people can’t afford silly money for their season tickets up here. 

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32 minutes ago, Wandy said:

We aren't going to be moving from the city centre, it's simply not happening. It's becoming very clear though that a complete rebuild on the existing site is looking the most viable solution.

Wont happen . Its either a new stadium on part of Leazes park - which solves the where would we play in the meantime question - or its as you are cos its hard to see how they can extend any other part of the ground . 

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Received the email, will reply later on. I’ll be advocating for staying at St. James’ personally. The food and drink stuff doesn’t really affect me, as I hate queueing and hate missing a second of the match

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2 minutes ago, Orphanage said:

Wont happen . Its either a new stadium on part of Leazes park - which solves the where would we play in the meantime question - or its as you are cos its hard to see how they can extend any other part of the ground . 

 

They are trying to get the terrace moved, I'm convinced of it.

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New stadium in the City Centre every day, St James has seen it’s day unfortunately.

 

Concourses are cramped and dated, acoustics shite, facilities years behind the best stadiums and level 7 is fucking terrible.

 

Most importantly we can go bigger and get future generations in, and at the same time massively increase revenue streams.

 

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Just now, Whitley mag said:

New stadium in the City Centre every day, St James has seen it’s day unfortunately.

 

Concourses are cramped and dated, acoustics shite, facilities years behind the best stadiums and level 7 is fucking terrible.

 

Most importantly we can go bigger and get future generations in, and at the same time massively increase revenue streams.

 

Most of the concourses are ticking solidly up to 30 years old since the post promotion build up. Even the extension is nearly a quarter of a century. Last thing you want is a relic of a ground like Goodison or Filbert Street. Atmospheric is fine but not when it’s outdated.

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1 minute ago, Nucasol said:

Most of the concourses are ticking solidly up to 30 years old since the post promotion build up. Even the extension is nearly a quarter of a century. Last thing you want is a relic of a ground like Goodison or Filbert Street. Atmospheric is fine but not when it’s outdated.

Atmosphere is fine if you’re at the Gallowgate End of stadium, unfortunately half the ground hears fuck all due to uneven build of ground.

 

Even the corporate areas apart from that new one built in the summer look more suited to Beamish.

 

History’s great but the future is more important and this would be an unprecedented opportunity to build something for the ages in the City Centre.

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If it has to be a rebuild it has to be on Castle Leazes.

 

I just can't see us being in exile for what would be a couple of seasons of football in order to build on the existing site. 

 

 

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30 minutes ago, Bellis80 said:

Where have you been where the atmosphere is better than the old one?

Stadium of Light > Roker Park … Bolton‘s Reebok better than their old one. So there’s two off the top of my head.

 

 

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1 minute ago, ponsaelius said:

If it has to be a rebuild it has to be on Castle Leazes.

 

I just can't see us being in exile for what would b couple of seasons of football in order to build on the existing site. 

 

In this scenario surely they'd manage it so that we're away for maximum one season.

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Just now, LFEE said:

Stadium of Light > Roker Park … Bolton‘s Reebok better than their old one. So there’s two off the top of my head.

 

 

I’d add the Tottenham Hotspur stadium that new end behind the goal creates a much bigger noise than anything they produced at WHL.

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For me it has to be a new stadium in Leazes park with the current stadium site landscaped as a land swap. The caveat being the highest priority with the re-build is acoustics & atmosphere - give us 20k safe standing behind a goal and let’s see if we really are the best fans in the world. 

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Did my best to say no to all those whacky American seats that take up like 5 reguarly sized seats. Some absolutely hideous ideas in that questionaire thing. 

 

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They made it sound like they have ideas of having these monsters 

 

 

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1 minute ago, LFEE said:

Stadium of Light > Roker Park … Bolton‘s Reebok better than their old one. So there’s two off the top of my head.

 

 

 

Burnden was literally wooden and 102 years old upon closure, however the site of the Reebok is awful. It's literally on a retail world type thing. Obviously we wouldn't do that but we may have to "write off" a season in terms of ST holders being able to attend every home game.

 

Removing the 3pm blackout would help.... ;)

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Just now, Whitley mag said:

I’d add the Tottenham Hotspur stadium that new end behind the goal creates a much bigger noise than anything they produced at WHL.

I’d agree actually. The sound reverberates much better around the stadium.

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2 minutes ago, frankpingel said:

SOL atmosphere is nowhere near Roker Park for me.

 

As has been said earlier in the thread - those "identikit" stadiums are fucking woefully soulless. We wouldn't have one of those, we'd have one of the greatest stadiums in the world. Why anyone doesn't fancy the sound of that is beyond me.

 

 

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Just now, Dr.Spaceman said:

 

Burnden was literally wooden and 102 years old upon closure, however the site of the Reebok is awful. It's literally on a retail world type thing. Obviously we wouldn't do that but we may have to "write off" a season in terms of ST holders being able to attend every home game.

 

Removing the 3pm blackout would help.... ;)

Don’t disagree with the location but that’s not what the question was in my defence.

 

 

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