New Stadium Rumour

Quoted from promotion plaice

Rumour has it that the workmen knocking down the flats have found it surprisingly easy    

I could tell you a few stories while I was working on that site PP,

The 6 months I spent doing the snagging jobs after the people had moved in was very interesting.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I could tell you a few stories while I was working on that site PP,

The 6 months I spent doing the snagging jobs after the people had moved in was very interesting.

Sorry Pete. Misread it first time but then I saw you said ‘snagging’ jobs.

Thought for a minute I wanted a job like you used to have 😉

Quoted from FrazerGTFC

Does anyone know how much the stadium capitcy is

If you mean the new stadium capacity.... it's supposed to be 14,000 if it ever happens.

Quoted from moosey_club

The ladies who work in Railway St would also see an increase in potential customers..

At least someone will be scoring on match days.

Anyone with basic business sense, basic knowledge of 21st century football and the interests of GTFC at heart knows we need a new stadium. To be in the top ten for match-day revenue as a % of total revenue is good if you are Brighton with a new stadium with 30k capacity but not good if you have a 1920s stadium with a capacity of 8.5k with several hundred seats with a restricted view. At some point 50% of BP will get closed off and we'll be Conference or worse...

Out of town retail is going out of fashion - the future is less car use and vibrant town and city centres. For professional team sport it is the overall match-day experience for the fans that will be important to increase attendances. Peaks Parkway would be better than staying at BP but Freeman Street, if done right, could be great for the club and for the town. A new 14k stadium with a fan zone outside the stadium, apres-match live music in the stadium bar afterwards, 7 days a week use, food and beverage spend in the town and more away fans would be a boom for the club and Gy. Think Burnley, Preston, Blackburn, Blackpool - all clubs in poor area in the north that we have competed well with in the past, all redeveloped in the town centres. Set aside the Blackpool ownership issue, they've doubled their crowds from the bad hooligan days of the early 80s. Newcastle have done the same - which is a better fan experience St James Park or the Ricoh / Majedski / Reebok / Pride Park and numerous other out of town identikit stadia.

It's not just GTFC who have no money to spend but the fans themselves. Half the town is skint so no scheme can rely on the support from this town. If you had fur lined seats you wouldn't get a bigger crowd no matter where the location. A Freeman Street site would cost twice as much with underlying problems than Peaks Parkway. All those who think Freeman Street is viable -get real.

If you look on Google maps the land that will be reclaimed from the flats being knocked down is not enough to fit a ground on as there are a few 100 houses behind the last tower and Freemo that are staying which makes the reclaimed land L shaped

Quoted from golfer

It's not just GTFC who have no money to spend but the fans themselves. Half the town is skint so no scheme can rely on the support from this town. If you had fur lined seats you wouldn't get a bigger crowd no matter where the location. A Freeman Street site would cost twice as much with underlying problems than Peaks Parkway. All those who think Freeman Street is viable -get real.

But more likely to get central gov money...

Money will be chucked around post brexit - there will be a big Keynesian boost in brexit land (otherwise there will be carnage). But it needs leadership and vision, something Gy council has never had, to bid for the money with a coherent deliverable plan.

It's been a Rumour rattling around in Fentys head from day one.
Said it then will say it again it won't happen in any form while Fenty is in charge.

It's been a Rumour rattling around in Fentys head from day one.
Said it then will say it again it won't happen in any form while Fenty is in charge.