bigfella Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) 5 hours ago, ennyoueffsea said: Just seen this in the latest edition of Groundtastic. Nee mention of the terrace with St James Street though. What a load of cobblers. IF moving Leazes Terrace brick by brick WAS feasible (and I'm inclined to agree with @TheBrownBottle that it isn't and wouldn't be allowed anyway), then the potential increase would be way over 13,000 additional seats. More like potentially a 75,000 capacity. Edited January 10 by bigfella Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 14 hours ago, bigfella said: What a load of cobblers. IF moving Leazes Terrace brick by brick WAS feasible (and I'm inclined to agree with @TheBrownBottle that it isn't and wouldn't be allowed anyway), then the potential increase would be way over 13,000 additional seats. More like potentially a 75,000 capacity. That's what I was thinking, if the stand mirrored the Millburn with no dugout, press box and heavy corporate, you'd be talking a monumental increase in capacity This brick by brick shite is bollocks, the only option would be demolition and that's not going to happen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) I've just got onto a bus at Haymarket for the first time in about 30 years. Hearing Local Hero and the roar at the end of it is enough to make me think they really can't move more than 250 metres or so arena site is city centre the same way Sunderland's stadium is. Can hear the crowd through noise cancelling headphones from here. Edited January 13 by OpenC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Interesting video on Buffalo’s new stadium and what’s gone into it. Think Populous who the club are using are involved and they’ve taken quite a bit from Spuds new stadium when designing it. Also being built right next to their current stadium, it’s all about the fan experience and sight lines in new stadium. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYJxJdICI1I Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 9 hours ago, Whitley mag said: Interesting video on Buffalo’s new stadium and what’s gone into it. Think Populous who the club are using are involved and they’ve taken quite a bit from Spuds new stadium when designing it. Also being built right next to their current stadium, it’s all about the fan experience and sight lines in new stadium. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYJxJdICI1I Rather enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing. Makes me want a mega new build on the Leazes even more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Maybe this is a silly question, but would it be possible to lower the pitch, like digging it further down, and add more seats downwards? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 12 minutes ago, Conjo said: Maybe this is a silly question, but would it be possible to lower the pitch, like digging it further down, and add more seats downwards? Like the Nou Camp? No, there wouldn’t be enough space to make it worthwhile - the Nou Camp had a running track originally Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, Conjo said: Maybe this is a silly question, but would it be possible to lower the pitch, like digging it further down, and add more seats downwards? Because there's very limited space between the pitch and the first row of seats, the answer is unfortunately no. I can't see an obvious solution to the problem without a whole stadium redesign which i'd guess is not practical. I also think the horseshoe design is not something that is favoured as it still leaves the problem of the dilapidated east stand, which is maybe why they targeted the east stand first. I just hope they can compromise with this 'right to light' shit, maybe take down a couple of house on st James terrace and extend the east footprint across the road to at least get the east stand up an extra tier One thing I would add is that with the restrictions of FFP on players, that the club might push forward on developing the stadium as apparently FFP doesn't apply unless someone can say otherwise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 There's an architect who did a speculative design with the pitch being lowered and moved more towards the L7 corner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, Pancrate1892 said: Because there's very limited space between the pitch and the first row of seats, the answer is unfortunately no. I can't see an obvious solution to the problem without a whole stadium redesign which i'd guess is not practical. I also think the horseshoe design is not something that is favoured as it still leaves the problem of the dilapidated east stand, which is maybe why they targeted the east stand first. I just hope they can compromise with this 'right to light' shit, maybe take down a couple of house on st James terrace and extend the east footprint across the road to at least get the east stand up an extra tier One thing I would add is that with the restrictions of FFP on players, that the club might push forward on developing the stadium as apparently FFP doesn't apply unless someone can say otherwise Stadium costs are FFP neutral (though interest on borrowings aren’t - though I’m assuming that the owners would cough up the sums themselves) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 20/01/2024 at 19:59, Kid Icarus said: There's an architect who did a speculative design with the pitch being lowered and moved more towards the L7 corner. I'm pretty sure that concept was actually raising the pitch and taking out level 1 of the milburn and leazes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 https://x.com/ne5westend/status/1749886160933978260?s=46&t=DDNXUN2PoOBhgKmoF77zNw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 21 minutes ago, LFEE said: https://x.com/ne5westend/status/1749886160933978260?s=46&t=DDNXUN2PoOBhgKmoF77zNw magic that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Having that Sports Direct tat finally taken down was such a moment to savour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 41 minutes ago, LFEE said: https://x.com/ne5westend/status/1749886160933978260?s=46&t=DDNXUN2PoOBhgKmoF77zNw was a perfect stadium in 96/97 but just not big enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 20 hours ago, huss9 said: was a perfect stadium in 96/97 but just not big enough. Loved it, proper memories of being a little little lad. Got an aerial shot hung up in my house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie1892 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) We need a new stadium like EDIT: On leazes park though, nowhere else Edited January 24 by Cookie1892 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie1892 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 just off the top of my head these are all the teams i can think of that have had new or major major upgrades in the last 25 year UK Southampton Smoggies Mackems Man Citeh Leicester Arsenal Derby Bolton West Ham Spurs* Brighton Everton** Coventry Luton** Swansea Cardiff * built over old stadium ** coming soon Theres many more in europe built for world cups and euros which as we are host city we can surely leverage Bayern Munich? Schalke Marseille PSG? Milan are getting a new one Juve Atletico Madrid Barca Real Madrid Think we need to wake up and realise we cant stay glued to SJP and its limitations if we want to move forward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 13 hours ago, Cookie1892 said: just off the top of my head these are all the teams i can think of that have had new or major major upgrades in the last 25 year UK Southampton Smoggies Mackems Man Citeh Leicester Arsenal Derby Bolton West Ham Spurs* Brighton Everton** Coventry Luton** Swansea Cardiff * built over old stadium ** coming soon Theres many more in europe built for world cups and euros which as we are host city we can surely leverage Bayern Munich? Schalke Marseille PSG? Milan are getting a new one Juve Atletico Madrid Barca Real Madrid Think we need to wake up and realise we cant stay glued to SJP and its limitations if we want to move forward The state of the majority of those clubs old grounds were a quite a step down from SJP though tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Word is going about lately that Beamish are interested in Leazes terrace. ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 16 minutes ago, pedro111 said: Word is going about lately that Beamish are interested in Leazes terrace. ? B-by-b? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 17 minutes ago, pedro111 said: Word is going about lately that Beamish are interested in Leazes terrace. ? They'll have to get a move on if they want it done before the transfer window slams shut. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 45 minutes ago, pedro111 said: Word is going about lately that Beamish are interested in Leazes terrace. ? Move beamish to leazes park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Absolute state of the shipping containers being used at the fan zone. Has the club and or Ashworth commented on this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 8 minutes ago, TBG said: Absolute state of the shipping containers being used at the fan zone. Has the club and or Ashworth commented on this? why are they not black and white? PIF OUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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