St James' Park

[Stifler]

8 hours ago, Infinitely Content said:

I like that about it, it feels elevated and sanctified, up-on-high, where one must climb to reach it. Much prefer that feeling than some walk in from street level shopping-centre-esque shite.

We need street level interaction in our new stadium. Be it for bars/restaurants, club museum, fanzone, club shop/box office etc. Anything else and it’s a barrier for non match-day income, and it begins to feel like something only football fans can visit.

 

 

Edited September 6, 2025 by Stifler

[Wallsendmag]

1 hour ago, LFEE said:

 

If you can be competitive on flight prices you’ll be surprised the effort people will make to fly from that airport.

 

That's where they let themselves down imo. Flights from Edinburgh tend to be far cheaper, and parking there is much more reasonable than Newcastle. As I result we use Edinburgh Airport as much as we do Newcastle, if not more, even for destinations that we can reach from Newcastle.

 

Helps that Edinburgh are far better served by Ryanair and Easyjet as well mind!

[TheBrownBottle]

3 hours ago, Dr Feelgood said:

But it is the gateway to Northumberland, the Lake District, North Yorkshire and Scotland.

 

We're surrounded by beautiful countryside and nature.  

Yep, it absolutely is - which will attract a trickle of tourists.  

[SAK]

3 hours ago, Infinitely Content said:

I like that about it, it feels elevated and sanctified, up-on-high, where one must climb to reach it. Much prefer that feeling than some walk in from street level shopping-centre-esque shite.

Shopping centre like shite is where the money’s at. The bottom line will dictate the design.

[LFEE]

7 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

That's where they let themselves down imo. Flights from Edinburgh tend to be far cheaper, and parking there is much more reasonable than Newcastle. As I result we use Edinburgh Airport as much as we do Newcastle, if not more, even for destinations that we can reach from Newcastle.

 

Helps that Edinburgh are far better served by Ryanair and Easyjet as well mind!

Yep. Simple economics can drive tourism etc. Thankfully EasyJet are returning back to Newcastle so that should hopefully help a little.

[aussiemag]

9 hours ago, bobbydazzla said:

Leazers Terrace fucks that plan 

I meant on Leazes park. So we don’t lose the charm of the current stadium. 

[et tu brute]

Any new stadium will be named after whoever sponsors it. That's just common sense to entice a high level sponsor and get higher revenue 

[bobbydazzla]

6 hours ago, aussiemag said:

I meant on Leazes park. So we don’t lose the charm of the current stadium. 

Be like dumping your lass and getting together with her younger sister 

 

They dress the same, sound the same and look very similar but the younger sister lives next door to your lass and has bigger boobs 

 

Doesn’t appeal to me, but each to their own 

 

 

 

Edited September 7, 2025 by bobbydazzla

[Loki679]

2 hours ago, bobbydazzla said:

Be like dumping your lass and getting together with her younger sister 

 

They dress the same, sound the same and look very similar but the younger sister lives next door to your lass and has bigger boobs 

 

Doesn’t appeal to me, but each to their own 

 

 

 

 

 

Younger with bigger boobs sounds alright to me, like.

[Stifler]

2 hours ago, bobbydazzla said:

Be like dumping your lass and getting together with her younger sister.

 

They dress the same, sound the same and look very similar but the younger sister lives next door to your lass and has bigger boobs.

 

Doesn’t appeal to me, but each to their own.

My ex is an identical twin. Her sister is a nice enough lass, but is a massive hypochondriac.

[bobbydazzla]

13 minutes ago, loki679 said:

 

Younger with bigger boobs sounds alright to me, like.

[madras]

6 hours ago, et tu brute said:

Any new stadium will be named after whoever sponsors it. That's just common sense to entice a high level sponsor and get higher revenue 

Possibly yes and no. It could contain two components like when Boro had the Cellnet riverside stadium which just reverted to the Riverside when the naming rights ended. 

[cubaricho]

15 minutes ago, Stifler said:

My ex is an identical twin. Her sister is a nice enough lass, but is a massive hypochondriac.

Just absolute peak post here.  

[Benwell Lad]

19 hours ago, aussiemag said:

What if they rebuilt St. James Park to the same design as it is currently, but with Level 7 all the way around the gallowgate and east stand and upgrade the corporate facilities around both sides of the pitch. 

 

The final decision will not be based on location or capacity, but on maximising revenues through corporate income, though of course they will be considerations.

We're just so far behind the clubs with new and bigger stadiums right now.

[El Prontonise]

1 hour ago, madras said:

Possibly yes and no. It could contain two components like when Boro had the Cellnet riverside stadium which just reverted to the Riverside when the naming rights ended. 

 

Smellnet riverside wasn't it?

 

 

Edited September 7, 2025 by El Prontonise

[Stifler]

1 hour ago, cubaricho said:

Just absolute peak post here.  

Just saying, pissed me off that we had to drop everything to go and wait in A&E with her after I had just done a 12 hour shift, couldn’t be fucked with the obligation to have to do it all the time if I was stuffing her.

[Benwell Lad]

21 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Newcastle is in the middle of nowhere in UK geographical terms - it isn’t a ‘hub’ or a potential centre of the economy of the north.  As much as I love the place, anyone thinking this is indulging in wishful thinking. 

 

Probably true, but the 1 million plus population of the metropolitan area does give it the feel of a regional metropolis.

Though maybe on a smaller scale it lacks nothing in terms of facilities, transport, lifestyle or cultural identity and diversity, that other bigger cities have. In fact it probably surpasses some of them. Added to that it's proximity to an amazing coastline and the wilderness hills makes it a very attractive place to live.

At very least it's the hub of everything between Leeds and Edinburgh  

[TheBrownBottle]

17 minutes ago, Benwell Lad said:

 

Probably true, but the 1 million plus population of the metropolitan area does give it the feel of a regional metropolis.

Though maybe on a smaller scale it lacks nothing in terms of facilities, transport, lifestyle or cultural identity and diversity, that other bigger cities have. In fact it probably surpasses some of them. Added to that it's proximity to an amazing coastline and the wilderness hills makes it a very attractive place to live.

At very least it's the hub of everything between Leeds and Edinburgh  

No arguments from me that there are worse places to live   - and it has a fair amount going for it - but there just aren’t enough people (and enough wealth) in that catchment area to make it an economic hub.  

[jemo96]

1 hour ago, cubaricho said:

Just absolute peak post here.  

Was just about to say. First class digression from the lad, good stuff. 🙃

[madras]

56 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

 

Smellnet riverside wasn't it?

 

 

 

When it was first built the Boro fans called it "The Cellnet". Thick fucks, call it by the sponsors name instead of the ground name.

[et tu brute]

2 hours ago, madras said:

Possibly yes and no. It could contain two components like when Boro had the Cellnet riverside stadium which just reverted to the Riverside when the naming rights ended. 

Can't see that happening with any new stadium we have sponsored. You very probably would have for St James', I just think if any sponsorship for a new stadium ended, then a new one would replace it almost immediately 

[Stifler]

We will end up with a spine ship, but I hope for a long term one. I’d hate for it to be like those clubs who keep changing their stadium name. Give me 20 years of calling it 1 name over like the Reebok which has been named 16 different names since.

[NWMag]

 

Article here 

[JT24]

5 minutes ago, NWMag said:

 

Article here 

Would holding that new arena on the Quayside by something PIF would be interested in?

 

I know it’s not the premise of the garbage Chronicle website link but I have wondered if they’d jump in after it stalled. 

[NWMag]

It’s interesting. city have the Etihad and the Co-op arena next door, the quayside space certainly seems big enough to house both, if that is something PIF wanted to do.