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I always think Rotherham’s stadium is a really good example of what to go for. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=blAa8nbSyXM
From Google maps it seems to be in a good location with car parks nearby and central to the town, something 1878 want. On a sad note, it's not far from Millmoor where they use to play. £17 million is given as the cost and 2 years to build from 2010 - 2012. It's also worth mentioning that they did spend 4 years at the Don Valley stadium while they had to find a new home, at least we don't have that problem.
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I wander how much FGR’s proposed stadium costs relative to its size. Is something a bit different to the usual breeze block that much more expensive? When you think how long the stadium is there is it a lot of money? Genuine question.
Anyone with any background in this field?
Dale Vince isn’t an idiot. He’s got a small football stadium sized plot of land in a prime residential development area which could accommodate around 200 units and he’s going to sell that off and build a stadium next to the M5 J13 where land is cheap. He might be a vegan but he has a good business brain. Building with treated would can’t be that cost inhibited as Tesco went through a phase of part building with wood before they stopped their expansion drive around 10 years ago.
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Good to see several people hitting the nail on the head…
BP puts potential fans off. It’s a dump. The casual fan can’t buy a decent ticket with a good view.
There’s no reason we couldn’t get regular 10k plus crowds if we had a nice new stadium with good views from every seat. Especially if we move through the divisions.
Jason & Andrew know this but they aren’t going to go down the Fenty route of promising the world and delivering nothing. When (not if) a new stadium is announced it will be when all pre-planning permission boxes have been ticked (location, funding & contractor).
I think we should be looking at a 13-14,000 seat stadium built with possible future expansion in mind. And built so that away allocations can easily be altered to accommodate more home fans easily.
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Would the cladding have the patched holes that used to be used for carrier pigeon transmission of the score for the Saturday late papers? (or am I being misled as to what the current patches were for?)
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Good to see several people hitting the nail on the head…
BP puts potential fans off. It’s a dump. The casual fan can’t buy a decent ticket with a good view.
There’s no reason we couldn’t get regular 10 figure crowds if we had a nice new stadium with good views from every seat. Especially if we move through the divisions.
Jason & Andrew know this but they aren’t going to go down the Fenty route of promising the world and delivering nothing. When (not if) a new stadium is announced it will be when all pre-planning permission boxes have been ticked (location, funding & contractor).
I think we should be looking at a 13-14,000 seat stadium built with possible future expansion in mind. And built so that away allocations can easily be altered to accommodate more home fans easily.
10 figure crowds. Wow! We really are going places!!
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10 figure crowds. Wow! We really are going places!!
Indeed. A stadium that holds a billion fans would be quite something.
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When it comes to watching GTFC away from home, the shittier the better as far as I'm concerned!
A much better time going to games at Welling and Boreham Wood than Donny and not just because of the results!
I've seen us play at plenty of big, fancy stadiums with nothing to differentiate themselves from most of the others so smaller ones with a bit of quirk are more interesting to me. That said, I've not had the chance to go to an away game for quite a few years now. Hopefully, I'll have the opportunity to visit a couple next year.
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Too much pop or men in white coats?
One thing leads to the other 😃
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