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2 hours ago, Wandy said:

 

No chance. It will all happen in one development I think, albeit maybe in stages. Jamie Reuben already stated in that recent podcast that stadium expansion was an important part of growing the club.

Reckon the fan zone will count in their eyes as ' stadium ' expansion 

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1 minute ago, Orphanage said:

Reckon the fan zone will count in their eyes as ' stadium ' expansion 

Will they get 6,000 to 8,000 people in to watch a match (that currently can't be shown) and paying for a season ticket for it and also ramping up the value of the club ? If not I don't  think they'll see that as kind of expansion.

 

The fan zone planned for the St James metro site will probably be a temp thing until the redevelopment get going.

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Man United in 94/95 and Boro 89/90 (to the ground) and mackems away 96/97 (arena) were shown live.

Platinum club beambacks too showed live away matches. This sounds like an extension of that.

The place was drunk dry for a match at Bolton. That plus the price of tickets, probably made a fair wedge for them.

Wonder if something has changed with the rights.

 

*just sifted through my ticket stubs - Sheffield Wednesday in March 94 was £10 a ticket

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Wolfcastle said:

Man United in 94/95 and Boro 89/90 (to the ground) and mackems away 96/97 (arena) were shown live.

Platinum club beambacks too showed live away matches. This sounds like an extension of that.

The place was drunk dry for a match at Bolton. That plus the price of tickets, probably made a fair wedge for them.

Wonder if something has changed with the rights.

 

*just sifted through my ticket stubs - Sheffield Wednesday in March 94 was £10 a ticket

 

 

 

 

One of my first memories of following Newcastle was going there with me dad to watch a cup game versus Blackburn, Saha scored iirc. 

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12 minutes ago, Anderson said:

 

One of my first memories of following Newcastle was going there with me dad to watch a cup game versus Blackburn, Saha scored iirc. 

 

Hamann worldie assist?

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Just now, SteV said:

Fanzones are all well and good in half decent weather. Bit less attractive in February when it’s -2 and pissing down.

Depends if it’s covered.

However I have for a little while now, probably since the 2018 World Cup, advocated for changing the season to the summer and having fan parks dotted around the country.

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3 minutes ago, Stifler said:

Depends if it’s covered.

However I have for a little while now, probably since the 2018 World Cup, advocated for changing the season to the summer and having fan parks dotted around the country.

March till Sept ?

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4 hours ago, Orphanage said:

Heres a prediction , the fan zone will be instead of enlarging St James Park 

I think expansion will happen, just not in the time frame most people are expecting. 

Unfortunately, even though I really want it to happen, I don't think it's on the priority list.  such a huge financial outlay wouldn't be practical right now. There's still a grey area whether FFP affects stadiums, some will say no, others will argue it does now. 

 

My hope is that a fanzone can be integrated into an expansion, that maybe you have access to part of the stadium underneath the new gallowgate rather than something that gets in the way of a rebuild.

 

St James will be a venue in euro 2028, there's no way they are going to start expansion in 2027 or even 2026 for that reason. 

I predict that they see expansion after then and the fanzone is more of a short term solution. 

Personally Im not generally excited by a fanzone, but if it makes more sense of the club to grow right now then I can't argue 

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18 minutes ago, SteV said:

Fanzones are all well and good in half decent weather. Bit less attractive in February when it’s -2 and pissing down.

I won't see the appeal if it's fucking freezing and charging 7.50 for Madri and waiting ages in a queue. And the only view is the metro entrance. 

Rather go to a regular bar 

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7 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

They are a sports marketing company IIRC. 

“sporting event, hospitality and real estate company”

 

The guy that was on the promo vid when they were announced was saying something about the fanzone, although I forget exactly what now

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1 hour ago, cubaricho said:


It’ll eventually be part of where SJP is now, when they move the stadium up the hill. 

Don't think they'll get that. If they do move up there, where SJP is now will need to be turned into "park land" so there is a trade off. However, wasn't there a story a little while back of the Rueben's buying the Barker and Stonehouse site ?

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