New Stadium at Blundell Park ?

I was just wondering what people's opinions are on what i am about to write.
I clearly would love the new Stadium to be built asap, i would have preferred the A180 site at Great Coates, but alas that seems to be dead, or even the Europarc site, however Peaks Parkway would be fine with me.

Now lets just say that site fails for whatever reason, what is your view/opinion on rebuilding Blundell Park & making that into the new Stadium ?
I have been reading other football clubs fans forums & we seem to have gone through a time barrier whereby many new football Stadiums have been built but the existing Blundell Park seems to be coming back into fashion/vogue as one of the very few old fashioned style football ground left & it seems that away fans are starting to like Blundell Park.
I want to be clear that i would like a new Stadium, but this is a just in case scenario question !

I think the problems with BP being the new stadium is that there's good chance you'd lose the character that people like if it was redeveloped. Assuming you could get round the problem of where we'd play whilst it was being redeveloped.

It's probably not viable either. The structures under the Main Stand would need to be replaced to bring them up to modern standards - and there probably isn't enough space (though moving the boardroom and bars to somewhere else would help - but you'd want some refreshment facilities on that side, but where would they go?

The other option would be if we could turn the ground 90 degrees and make the Findus one end (though even that has some sightline issues in the Upper). Obviously there'd be the cost of buying and demolishing the houses behind the Main Stand, there still might not be enough room with the railway, and you'd lose the wooden parts of the ground that is art of the charm anyway. You'd lose the wood from the Osmond too.

No parking.

No land receipts to contribute to the new ground (admittedly not that much).

Wonder whether there's much scope in filling in the 3 open corners? Could they accommodate the through traffic to the Ponny? It could help with the atmosphere in the Pontoon by closing in the open sides.

Who knew? 20+ years since the new stadium idea was first mooted and the solution is right there on our doorstep  

It'll never happen. Not enough room for a start and no obvious enabling project. As i said in another thread, building from new is way easier and cheaper than altering something that's already there.

The romantic in many of us would love to see Town playing at a remodelled, 11-12,000 capacity BP with safe standing and better bars and lavatories.

It's physically possible on the site, and would if done properly, retain the charm that fans love in a football experience.

That, however, is about all it has going for it, and once you run into the realities of real estate and football-nomics, is a complete non-starter.

The options have been examined, and, eschewing the 90s fad for out-of-town stadia (imported from the US who tried them in the 70s and are now demolishing them all), the only viable option is a brand new stadium at the heart of the town with an enabling development to help pay for it.  That means PP, and it means investment in the town and a whole host of other benefits for the area and the club too.  The project is moving along and I think has a great chance of happening.  I hope that all fans, no matter what their misgivings, will in the end recognise the reality biting, and get behind the plan.

Are we going to play at King George whilst it's being done?

Just bulldoze the main and whack a cheap terrace up in its place job done . Plenty of room underneath for bars , bogs , chippies and whatever else is required.

Quoted from ginnywings

It'll never happen. Not enough room for a start and no obvious enabling project. As i said in another thread, building from new is way easier and cheaper than altering something that's already there.

We could do a Spurs and rebuild the Park,

While this is going on we could play our home games at Wembley  

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I think the problems with BP being the new stadium is that there's good chance you'd lose the character that people like if it was redeveloped. Assuming you could get round the problem of where we'd play whilst it was being redeveloped.

It's probably not viable either. The structures under the Main Stand would need to be replaced to bring them up to modern standards - and there probably isn't enough space (though moving the boardroom and bars to somewhere else would help - but you'd want some refreshment facilities on that side, but where would they go?

The other option would be if we could turn the ground 90 degrees and make the Findus one end (though even that has some sightline issues in the Upper). Obviously there'd be the cost of buying and demolishing the houses behind the Main Stand, there still might not be enough room with the railway, and you'd lose the wooden parts of the ground that is art of the charm anyway. You'd lose the wood from the Osmond too.

No parking.

No land receipts to contribute to the new ground (admittedly not that much).

Wonder whether there's much scope in filling in the 3 open corners? Could they accommodate the through traffic to the Ponny? It could help with the atmosphere in the Pontoon by closing in the open sides.

I might be wrong but I'm sure Notts County are as locked in as us with no room for expansion.
I seem to remember they turned their excrement tip of a ground into something like and doing a very large part of the work during the close season leaving the home fans actually quite gob smacked .
It shows what can be done with a bit of thought.

Quoted from grimsby pete

We could do a Spurs and rebuild the Park,

While this is going on we could play our home games at Wembley  

It feels like a 2nd home doesn`t it Pete?