ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Looks shite imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 (edited) I honestly don't think we will have any choice but to build a new stadium in the future. I think the costs of extending St James for a relatively small increase in capacity, just won't make it cost effective. The opportunity for significant increased revenue streams through sponsorship with a new stadium is very hard to ignore either. Most importantly though is the fact that there are going to be a large number of supporters currently and future (youth), who will be unable to attend on a regular basis due to capacity limits. This is all subject to the owners future plans, which I honestly think is to be one of the biggest, best and most successful clubs in the world. Edited May 29, 2022 by et tu brute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 if we build a new stadium, hopefully it'll just be next door in leazes park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 35 minutes ago, et tu brute said: I honestly don't think we will have any choice but to build a new stadium in the future. I think the costs of extending St James for a relatively small increase in capacity, just won't make it cost effective. The opportunity for significant increased revenue streams through sponsorship with a new stadium is very hard to ignore either. Most importantly though is the fact that there are going to be a large number of supporters currently and future (youth), who will be unable to attend on a regular basis due to capacity limits. This is all subject to the owners future plans, which I honestly think is to be one of the biggest, best and most successful clubs in the world. I have to agree. It’s clear that the game is about to enter yet another level, where there are a handful of super-elite clubs with mega-stadiums. If our owners really do want to be the number 1 club in the game then SJP just won’t cut it. Either we find a way to bulldoze some of the stuff around SJP and completely rebuild it, or I can see us moving. All depending exactly how ambitious the Saudis are, of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Whilst it's only right that they explore alternatives if as mentioned above, they want to be the very best club going forward. I just really love St James' park tbh. I love the way it has been moulded around its surroundings over the years. I love the fact it is fairly central and it really makes the city more vibrant on match days, It's unrivalled in that regard. I know it's unlikely, but imagine a stadium absolute missions away with fuck all around it, absolutely soul-less. I reckon they will tart st James up whilst planning a move elsewhere in near future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Just now, NE27 said: Whilst it's only right that they explore alternatives if as mentioned above, they want to be the very best club going forward. I just really love St James' park tbh. I love the way it has been moulded around its surroundings over the years. I love the fact it is fairly central and it really makes the city more vibrant on match days, It's unrivalled in that regard. I know it's unlikely, but imagine a stadium absolute missions away with fuck all around it, absolutely soul-less. I reckon they will tart st James up whilst planning a move elsewhere in near future. The location is both a blessing and a curse. I really don’t want us to move but begrudgingly would for something that will take us to the next level and is beyond what SJP can ever be (75k+). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 We need a stadium which allows us to meet the demand of genuine NUFC fans. I’d hate for us to move to a new stadium to meet the needs of the plastics and day trippers we will no doubt acquire along the way. If SJP can be expanded to 65k then that would be sufficient for the foreseeable future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie1892 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) its location for me, love the fact you can walk to SJP in 10 mins from anywhere in the city id be happy however with moving the ground slightly into leazes park and im sure that complaining wifey must be deed now. there has to be a caveat though like making the land at gallowgate once the stadium has moved north and slightly left 500 metres (as thats all) it needs looking at the map into a huge fan park like box park at wembley or the stack etc Stadium footprint would obviously be much smaller than that and possibly similar to what it is now but in a different config. I would also suggest they would do what most other clubs have done (mackems as well) and build down when building a new stadium so that when you enter the lower bowl of the stand you enter actually halfway up Edited May 30, 2022 by Cookie1892 Added pic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 1 hour ago, bowlingcrofty said: We need a stadium which allows us to meet the demand of genuine NUFC fans. I’d hate for us to move to a new stadium to meet the needs of the plastics and day trippers we will no doubt acquire along the way. If SJP can be expanded to 65k then that would be sufficient for the foreseeable future. This is it, like. There's a sweet spot between being the stadium big enough to ensure most, if not all, our fans who want to attend can and being so big that the atmosphere takes a hit. It's absolutely rocking at the moment. I'll never understand the clamour from some to build a futuristic spaceship elsewhere just because it'd be bigger and more shiny than SJP. Let's improve what we've already got and see how it goes, because let's be honest, we're by no means maximising the current spaces within SJP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 But unless you can divide the fans, you need to accommodate both right? Otherwise the tourists will keep out the real fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papavasiliou Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I know Leezes Terrace is listed and all that but is there any mechanism to get that undone? Obviously it's a horrific president to set but the reality is that money talks and we now have basically unlimited money now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Papavasiliou said: I know Leezes Terrace is listed and all that but is there any mechanism to get that undone? Obviously it's a horrific president to set but the reality is that money talks and we now have basically unlimited money now. 0% chance itll be knocked down. Rightly so too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrovianmag Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Aren't there rumours that it is Saudi owned - suppose nothing to stop being taken down brick by brick and put somewhere else? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 My God. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comegetasample Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Whoever took out "ft. Leazes terrace" needs shot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 19 minutes ago, Papavasiliou said: I know Leezes Terrace is listed and all that but is there any mechanism to get that undone? Obviously it's a horrific president to set but the reality is that money talks and we now have basically unlimited money now. Don't see what it's got to do with Trump like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Sick of the same fucking discussion every couple of weeks. We’re not moving - Mehrdad said it recently, so why do people think we’re going to? Fuck me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, TheGuv said: Sick of the same fucking discussion every couple of weeks. We’re not moving - Mehrdad said it recently, so why do people think we’re going to? Fuck me Nice conversation to have though, it was only last year the removal of the Gallowgate pigeon was hot news, now we are discussing the possibility or not of a multi million pound stadium that could be the envy of the world on the banks of the Tyne or staying and improving St James. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ben said: Nice conversation to have though, it was only last year the removal of the Gallowgate pigeon was hot news, now we are discussing the possibility or not of a multi million pound stadium that could be the envy of the world on the banks of the Tyne or staying and improving St James. That pigeon deserved grade 1 listed status tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpersForGoalposts Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I know we're a million miles away from them, but remember how much the m*ckems loved the SoS when it was first built. And think about how terribly it has aged and how shit the location is. They pine for Roker Park now. SJP is in prime location and has a soul about it that no new stadium could have. We must never lose that. Extend, wharever it takes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 6 minutes ago, JumpersForGoalposts said: I know we're a million miles away from them, but remember how much the m*ckems loved the SoS when it was first built. And think about how terribly it has aged and how shit the location is. They pine for Roker Park now. SJP is in prime location and has a soul about it that no new stadium could have. We must never lose that. Extend, wharever it takes. In all fairness the SOL location isn’t that bad, it’s as close to Sunderland retail core as much as SJP is to Northumberland Street. The difference is the river separates them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) 31 minutes ago, TheGuv said: Sick of the same fucking discussion every couple of weeks. We’re not moving - Mehrdad said it recently, so why do people think we’re going to? Fuck me yeah but what about this angle. Instead of moving Leazes Terrace...............we move the whole of St James to a new site, then we knock down the east stand and can then build a new stand. Reckon we could get the stadium moved in the off season........just need a lot of flat bed trucks and a few pneumatic drills. Edited May 30, 2022 by Awaymag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 6 hours ago, Stifler said: In all fairness the SOL location isn’t that bad, it’s as close to Sunderland retail core as much as SJP is to Northumberland Street. The difference is the river separates them. For the price it cost to build its a brilliant stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 20 hours ago, ponsaelius said: Looks shite imo This, absolutely zero character to it unlike the previous bernebeu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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