St James' Park

[duo]

4 hours ago, gbandit said:

Can anyone explain in simple terms the business reasoning for looking for external investment for the stadium? In the context of being owned by the wealthiest owners in the world and the fact that there are no financial regulatory restrictions on infrastructure spending by owners. Not a trick question, would just like to know if I’m missing something as I can’t immediately see the value. I could see the value if we were owned by owners who can’t cope with financial risk 

PIF clearly don't want to foot the bill and want someone else to pay for it - I assume with equity in return.

 

 

Edited Friday at 20:26 by duo

[Stifler]

17 hours ago, gbandit said:

Can anyone explain in simple terms the business reasoning for looking for external investment for the stadium? In the context of being owned by the wealthiest owners in the world and the fact that there are no financial regulatory restrictions on infrastructure spending by owners. Not a trick question, would just like to know if I’m missing something as I can’t immediately see the value. I could see the value if we were owned by owners who can’t cope with financial risk.

Even the richest people in the world don’t use their own money for things, they just leverage it.

[bobbydazzla]

On 19/06/2026 at 16:54, gbandit said:

Can anyone explain in simple terms the business reasoning for looking for external investment for the stadium? In the context of being owned by the wealthiest owners in the world and the fact that there are no financial regulatory restrictions on infrastructure spending by owners. Not a trick question, would just like to know if I’m missing something as I can’t immediately see the value. I could see the value if we were owned by owners who can’t cope with financial risk 

 

Financial risk is actually having a fuckload of your liquid assets tied up in building a stadium.

 

So to minimise the negative impact of that happening; you put some money in, you get others to put some money in, cogito ergo sum, less of your money is tied up and can be invested in other things that will generate a faster and higher value return than building the Sven Adult Books Magpie Megadome.

 

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by bobbydazzla

[Wallsendmag]

Pretty much doubles our current capacity.

[Stifler]

46 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

Pretty much doubles our current capacity.

We need to be going for 80k, I would be disappointed with anything less than a 70k capacity.

[Miggys First Goal]

PIF can’t even decide whether to build a new stadium or not, let alone decide on what the capacity should be. 
 

Fucking amateurs. 

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Miggys First Goal

[LFEE]

49 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

PIF can’t even decide whether to build a new stadium or not, let alone decide on what the capacity should be. 
 

Fucking amateurs. 

 

 

 

I think it’s fair to say they’ve decided but revealing that would only make it more difficult in negotiations. 

 

Patience.

[Ben]

TBF they have done loads to get it started, maybe some journalists with half a brain need to dig deeper into what preparations are in place and what else needs to be done.

[Stifler]

13 minutes ago, LFEE said:

I think it’s fair to say they’ve decided but revealing that would only make it more difficult in negotiations. 

 

Patience.

Me and you have had this conversation a few times, and I think we both agree that anything less than 70k and it’s a mistake/missed opportunity.

Hopefully the club have came to this realisation as well.

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Stifler

[Kimbo]

Hopefully some of us will be alive to see the conclusion of these negotiations.

[500bhp]

2 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

Pretty much doubles our current capacity.

 

Fucking hell. Imagine the level of debt they'll be carrying once that's completed. £3bn? The fairness of PSR and all that shite. 

[Drewboy74]

37 minutes ago, LFEE said:

I think it’s fair to say they’ve decided but revealing that would only make it more difficult in negotiations. 

 

Patience.

Patience. Always brings back the horrible memories of the takeover saga #cans

[NE27]

21 minutes ago, Kimbo said:

Hopefully some of us will be alive to see the conclusion of these negotiations.

 

[duo]

 

 

This hasn't aged well

[Whitley mag]

1 hour ago, Drewboy74 said:

Patience. Always brings back the horrible memories of the takeover saga #cans

That saga ended well and this will to.

[Drewboy74]

4 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

That saga ended well and this will to.

Well hopefully. I believed it would end well then, so.....

[Stifler]

2 hours ago, 500bhp said:

Fucking hell. Imagine the level of debt they'll be carrying once that's completed. £3bn? The fairness of PSR and all that shite. 

They’ll easily gain £1bn per year in commercial revenue once it has been built in my opinion.