gbandit Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Middle East Stand has a lovely ring to it, £50m sponsorship please per year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 8 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: The Metros do actually need to turn around there, you know The Metro station was always the issue and is why expansion is likely impossible. The piling you’d need to extend the Gallowgate back would be monstrous, and would go straight through the station. Aye, went through there recently and you realise that it's bordering on fantasy. It's probably 60-70 metres from street level to the metro platform. I know one of the reasons the mackems ground was so cheap is that they didn't have to do that, I think they actually dug down for the pitch? As much as I want it to happend the cost for an extra 8000 seats is off the charts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomYam Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1. New stadium on Castle Leazes 2. Extend Leazes Park on to land vacated by old stadium 3. Build a couple of 30 storey commercial buildings on Gallowgate (in front of metro station) Result: the club can take a giant leap forward and 20,000 more can attend, the city can finally get a worthy park in a great setting...and St. James's metro station would have much greater weekly use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arknor Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) 5 hours ago, ShootShoot said: Divert the St James Metro tunnel under the Sela fan park demolish the original station build the Gallowgate massif technically that station isn't even important to the city anyway. I live in Arthurs Hill, 10 mins from St james but I'd rather walk through the park to the Haymarket or the Monument anyway. does it really get much use on a match day? everyone seems to walk up from town anyway. It's probably a station that loses money even. This is how it runs now Since it doesn't go to the west end they probably wish they never built it, and all the new uni buildings must prevent it ever going into the west end Edited March 27 by Arknor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Such an opportunity lost with the brewery site, not so much to build directly on the site, but to actually move the ground away from leazes terrace and the conservation area. A slight adjustment of barrack road further west towards the site would have worked well. Even if the council had plans you'd think the clubs relationship with the brewery would have given them some options. Theory-wise we are looking a horseshoe arrangement at an astronomical cost of redeveloping the gallowgate with a new east stand that will be modern but no additional benefit of increased capacity. There's also the cantilever option over the metro option (shepherds casino project) for a very large gallowgate but undesired look to the stadium and make the east stand look even smaller. A third option is an Aviva type bowl that sweeps around the four stands which would give us a bit more in the corners but would need major work on the leazes and milburn as well to fit the overall design. All 3 options are now looking inferior to moving into the leazes conservation plot or even castle leazes...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Tbf if they extend the Gallogate and put that see through screen above the East Stand it would still look great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) Demolish the metro station and smash leazes terrace to bits. Extend the east stand back to the Rvi - Adding an extra 40,000 seats Dig the pitch down 30 metres. Add level 8 and 9 to the Leazes end and Milburn. Blow up Beamish Add 70 corporate boxes to the gallowgate to boost that sweet commercial income Improve the WiFi , so we can cheat during the pre match quiz Bring back zorbs at half time Have Harry palmer read out the quiz questions on the pitch before the game (no cheating - despite WiFi) Cheaters will be forced to spend a day at flamingo land selling large candy dummies. Sell Longstaff Make Bruno a director. Move manors metro station brick by brick to the arena site Edited March 27 by JonBez comesock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 26 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: Demolish the metro station and smash leazes terrace to bits. Extend the east stand back to the Rvi - Adding an extra 40,000 seats Dig the pitch down 30 metres. Add level 8 and 9 to the Leazes end and Milburn. Blow up Beamish Add 70 corporate boxes to the gallowgate to boost that sweet commercial income Improve the WiFi , so we can cheat during the pre match quiz Bring back zorbs at half time Have Harry palmer read out the quiz questions on the pitch before the game (no cheating - despite WiFi) Cheaters will be forced to spend a day at flamingo land selling large candy dummies. Sell Longstaff Make Bruno a director. Move manors metro station brick by brick to the arena site All excellent points. The WIF still won't work which is a good thing, we don't want cunts looking at their phones during the game like that wife watching the only way is Chelsea during the PSG game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Move the stadium and training facilities to London. Attracting better players and a more passionate fanbase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 56 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: Demolish the metro station and smash leazes terrace to bits. Extend the east stand back to the Rvi - Adding an extra 40,000 seats Dig the pitch down 30 metres. Add level 8 and 9 to the Leazes end and Milburn. Blow up Beamish Add 70 corporate boxes to the gallowgate to boost that sweet commercial income Improve the WiFi , so we can cheat during the pre match quiz Bring back zorbs at half time Have Harry palmer read out the quiz questions on the pitch before the game (no cheating - despite WiFi) Cheaters will be forced to spend a day at flamingo land selling large candy dummies. Sell Longstaff Make Bruno a director. Move manors metro station brick by brick to the arena site Nee way, if you blow up Beamish I'll have now where to walk my dog and its got some cracking bars/restaurants. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 6 minutes ago, Ben said: Nee way, if you blow up Beamish I'll have now where to walk my dog and its got some cracking bars/restaurants. Durham mags have no say in stadium decisions. This is only for those that are born within the sound of the bow bells Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepharite Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 4 hours ago, RS said: Move the stadium and training facilities to London. Attracting better players and a more passionate fanbase. Intelligent © Alan Pardew 28/03/2014 Fixed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arknor Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Do a simple stadium swap with Sunderland, they have loads of space for expansion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I reckon we could do without Shieldfield With apologies to anyone who lives in Shieldfield but you'd end up in a lovely little two up two down looking onto beautiful and iconic Leazes Terrace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Arena site makes even more sense now… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 A council helping a club to expand / get better. What a novel idea: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czvz9141wpzo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Would that be the same council that has effectively declared themselves bankrupt? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 3 minutes ago, TBG said: Would that be the same council that has effectively declared themselves bankrupt? Yup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 17 minutes ago, Nucasol said: A council helping a club to expand / get better. What a novel idea: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czvz9141wpzo I get it, so we jump in and buy the land in Birmingham? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 From my experience Sunderland Council is better than Newcastle for been helpful and supportive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 7 hours ago, RS said: Move the stadium and training facilities to London. Attracting better players and a more passionate fanbase. Move London brick by brick to Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manorpark Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I quite like this new aerial photo of the SELA Fanzone after the first of the containers had arrived . . . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Speaking of Sela… hadn’t heard of this before: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 19 minutes ago, manorpark said: I quite like this new aerial photo of the SELA Fanzone after the first of the containers had arrived . . . Even though obvious, I demand the club comes out and says this isn't the final look. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 31 minutes ago, TBG said: Even though obvious, I demand the club comes out and says this isn't the final look. Tinpot! Just like everything else with this club! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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