Tranmere Rovers: Plan for 15k to 25,000 Stadium

Do we know anyone looking at running a Stadium/housing project who is rumoured to be in the Liverpool area at the moment ?  

Let’s hope Tranmere aren’t hoping to be playing at the ‘Alex May  Fentydome’  any time soon 😳

Quoted from ska face

From what I can remember, a number of different feasibility studies were undertaken, including one by the Council, though these didn’t serve up the answers that Fenty wanted. The feasibility study undertaken by the club’s preferred consultants (was it SLC or something like that?) seemed quite cleared skewed towards concluding that the only feasible site was the one Fenty had in mind. Could be wrong, but that was my impression at the time.

I was also referring to the Great Coates planning permission fiasco where it took ten years to grant permission

I don’t think we can point to Fenty’s time on the council as anything relevant given the embarrassing way he had to leave.

I’m not sure he was ever likely to lobby anyone to support his self serving suggestions. Feasibility studies were completed but as pointed out, we’re either skewed towards that development best for him rather than the club, there wasn’t the funding from our side let alone the council.

It’s not in our immediate agenda so just becomes another talking point and nothing more…

Problem is that starting now, it will take 5 -10 years to build. It looks increasingly likely that we need to either move or increase capacity at Blundell Park. Waiting looks as if it is no longer an option IMHO.

Quoted from mimma

Problem is that starting now, it will take 5 -10 years to build. It looks increasingly likely that we need to either move or increase capacity at Blundell Park. Waiting looks as if it is no longer an option IMHO.

I don’t necessarily subscribe to this. Absolutely, trying to relocate a football club CAN be a never ending tribulation as we well know, but clubs have moved within relatively quick timeframes.

Rotherham moved out of Millmoor in 2008 over a dispute with the landlord, broke ground on their New York Stadium (built on a brownfield site next to the Town Centre) in 2011 and moved in in time for the start of the 2012/13 season.

They even entered administration in the intervening period, and whatever your views on that it goes to show that a lot can be achieved in a short space of time even when not on the front foot. A cracking stadium it is, too.

But that is in Rotherham Poojah, they had massive help from the council, and also a site ready to go. We have niether.

Quoted from mimma

But that is in Rotherham Poojah, they had massive help from the council, and also a site ready to go. We have niether.

We don’t know that for sure though, it’s an assumption. Perhaps with the right ownership and a clear plan, like an actual plan with some genuine readability studies and a wedge of cash, perhaps the council would be more likely to support the plan…

Quoted from Poojah

I don’t necessarily subscribe to this. Absolutely, trying to relocate a football club CAN be a never ending tribulation as we well know, but clubs have moved within relatively quick timeframes.

They moved out of Millmoor in 2008 over a dispute with the landlord, broke ground on their New York Stadium (built on a brownfield site next to the Town Centre) in 2011 and moved in in time for the start of the 2012/13 season.

They even entered administration in the intervening period, and whatever your views on that it goes to show that a lot can be achieved in a short space of time even when not on the front foot. A cracking stadium it is, too.

What you say is quite correct, but they must have had their local council on board somewhere along the line. Contrast that to ours.

The badly kept secret that Town wants a new training ground at Barretts, land owned by the council. We are now several months into this project with no hard news from the council

The fiasco of the Great Coates site when out-of-town developments were the in thing and the fact the council want to plough £25 million into Fresney Place to buy it, where the current owners cannot attract big name stores. £25 million would develop the Freeman Street area, council-owned land, with a new stadium, sports facilities and auxiliary shops etc.

Our council have not had the appetite to fully support the football club, even though it takes advantage of the name Grimsby Town which now will be on the TV more now that it is a League 2 club. The more the council invests in the club the more benefits  Grimsby will get.

I wouldn't hold my breath Aldi on that one.

One thing we do have now is a co-chairman with an incredibly successful career in property development...