St James' Park

[Stifler]

26 minutes ago, WilliamPS said:

They are not going to announce a new stadium with a design and a new location in one go. The first question is whether to build a new one or rebuild SJP, that’s all that will be decided initially.

 

A new stadium would cost at least £500m, more than the club cost, it’s not going to be a quick decision. It will go all the way up the chain at PIF.The longer it takes the more serious its being taken so if you want a new stadium the delay is a good sign.

 

If the decision is a new build I doubt they’ll only have one location, more likely a shortlist with a preferred option. The club don’t own Leazes park so be crazy to announce a new stadium on land owned by someone else. It would become the Guehi of land purchases 

Industry insiders have already said that whatever happens, the cost would be in the multi-billions.

A Gallowgate extension alone would likely cost about £500m. This is one of the many reasons why I believe whatever happens, we are getting a new stadium, be it on the current site but a larger footprint, or at Castle Leazes. Whatever happens, how SJP looks now, will not be how it looks like when it’s finished.

[FloydianMag]

23 minutes ago, Jackie Broon said:

 

Planning, I'm possibly the only person on here who has actually dealt with a planning application for a football stadium (albeit sub 10,000).

Interesting…..member of my family is a town planner worked for the North of Tyne Authority before moving into consultancy.

[RS]

For info. They’re still not planning on building a new stadium. 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2024 by RS

[FloydianMag]

5 minutes ago, RS said:

For info. They’re still not planning on building a new stadium. 

 

 

 

How do you know that?

[RS]

4 minutes ago, FloydianMag said:

How do you know that?

Wor kid asked the boss

[FloydianMag]

1 minute ago, RS said:

Wor kid asked the boss

How would his wife know?

[RS]

8 minutes ago, FloydianMag said:

How would his wife know?

Same beards to be fair

[Guest]

moving Leazes Terrace brick by brick to beamish is back then

[RS]

12 minutes ago, Jack27 said:

moving Leazes Terrace brick by brick to beamish is back then

More likely converting Gallowgate to reflect the west/leazes stand design, connecting it to the west stand and add more safe seating.

I’m all for a hover stadium or a sliding East stand though. 

[Guest]

Just now, RS said:

More likely converting Gallowgate to reflect the west/leazes stand design, connecting it to the west stand and add more safe seating.

I’m all for a hover stadium or a sliding East stand though. 

Safe choice

 

PIF OUT

[Minhosa]

Talking of waiting lists.......I was told last week that to get on the waiting list for a box (more than a hundred companies already on there....) you had to pay a £5 or 6k fee (I can't remember exactly which one he said) which would get you a place on the waiting list and also priority access to corporate tickets etc etc.

 

Nice work if you can get it...

[Stifler]

9 minutes ago, Minhosa said:

Talking of waiting lists.......I was told last week that to get on the waiting list for a box (more than a hundred companies already on there....) you had to pay a £5 or 6k fee (I can't remember exactly which one he said) which would get you a place on the waiting list and also priority access to corporate tickets etc etc.

 

Nice work if you can get it...

So there is over 100 companies wanting to get a corporate box who can’t, and some people on here still think at most we’ll get level 7 on the Gallowgate end?

[JLC]

12 minutes ago, Minhosa said:

Talking of waiting lists.......I was told last week that to get on the waiting list for a box (more than a hundred companies already on there....) you had to pay a £5 or 6k fee (I can't remember exactly which one he said) which would get you a place on the waiting list and also priority access to corporate tickets etc etc.

 

Nice work if you can get it...

If true, the club would be mad not to maximise that at a new build.

[Kilcline]

20 minutes ago, Minhosa said:

Talking of waiting lists.......I was told last week that to get on the waiting list for a box (more than a hundred companies already on there....) you had to pay a £5 or 6k fee (I can't remember exactly which one he said) which would get you a place on the waiting list and also priority access to corporate tickets etc etc.

 

Nice work if you can get it...

Aye, that'll be the Business Club, £6k a year (£5k + VAT) and if you're not already a seasonal hospitality client you can go on the waiting list and got dibs on match-by-match hospitality tickets before they went on sale.

[Minhosa]

5 minutes ago, Kilcline said:

Aye, that'll be the Business Club, £6k a year (£5k + VAT) and if you're not already a seasonal hospitality client you can go on the waiting list and got dibs on match-by-match hospitality tickets before they went on sale.

Aye - that sounds exactly what he was describing.

[Minhosa]

19 minutes ago, Stifler said:

So there is over 100 companies wanting to get a corporate box who can’t, and some people on here still think at most we’ll get level 7 on the Gallowgate end?

I can’t say with 100% certainty now, mainly because my memory is shite, but I’m sure we were told over 300 companies on the list when we did a tour of the stadium last summer but this guy, on the list, last week said over 100.

 

I do know for sure that they have said to people on the list that they will prioritise those who spend the most with them, in corporate hospitality, whilst they’re waiting.

 

 

Edited September 18, 2024 by Minhosa

[Minhosa]

17 minutes ago, JLC said:

If true, the club would be mad not to maximise that at a new build.

It’s why i think they’ll go for a full new build. Huge revenues that they are currently missing out on.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Minhosa said:

It’s why i think they’ll go for a full new build. Huge revenues that they are currently missing out on.

I want to think so but not sure where the space in the city is 

 

We’ll see (eventually) though

[Minhosa]

Just now, Jack27 said:

I want to think so but not sure where the space in the city is 

 

We’ll see (eventually) though

Money solves most problems.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Jack27 said:

moving Leazes Terrace brick by brick to beamish is back then

Imminently imminent 

[Whitley mag]

3 hours ago, RS said:

More likely converting Gallowgate to reflect the west/leazes stand design, connecting it to the west stand and add more safe seating.

I’m all for a hover stadium or a sliding East stand though. 

The most disappointing option and would fuck the atmosphere at St James forever.

[Shearergol]

Forgive my ignorance, is safe seating actually safe standing with seats?

[cubaricho]

10 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

Forgive my ignorance, is safe seating actually safe standing with seats?

 

This is what it's like in Orlando:

 

 

No seats, but there is only one spot for one person. They don't pack them in or anything, it just brings the energy up.

 

Not sure what the laws are like over there though.

[Sima]

53 minutes ago, cubaricho said:

 

This is what it's like in Orlando:

 

 

No seats, but there is only one spot for one person. They don't pack them in or anything, it just brings the energy up.

 

Not sure what the laws are like over there though.

Convert the entire East Stand to this imo.

[Stifler]

54 minutes ago, cubaricho said:

 

This is what it's like in Orlando:

 

 

No seats, but there is only one spot for one person. They don't pack them in or anything, it just brings the energy up.

 

Not sure what the laws are like over there though.

It’s very much like that, except that we have to have a seat that goes with it. Some clubs have it so the seat is locked on match days when you can have standing, others have it so you can just flip the seat down and seat if you wish.

The latter is what SJP park, minus the cup holders.