New Stadium Rumour

Quoted from Civvy at last

I now await a 12 page thread as to why building the new stadium in Seaview St isn't feasible  

It would be interesting when we were kicking 'downhill'  

If we knocked Ross Castle down we could have a stadium stretching out into the river on long stilts. As the Pier is just a fish and chip shop owned by a family from HULL anything could happen.

Please can someone give me the email address to the trust?

Quoted from H19P1

Please can someone give me the email address to the trust?

http://www.marinerstrust.co.uk/contact/

The amount of people that have the internet and know powers on how to do a search on a search engine amazes me.

Quoted from SteffiMariner

http://www.marinerstrust.co.uk/contact/

The amount of people that have the internet and know powers on how to do a search on a search engine amazes me.

Thanks for the pointer and being better than me, sorry

I think the site between Garibaldi Street and Duncombe Street would have to be included, it's almost 50% carpark anyway. The fact that the one perceived stumbling block is 70 council-owned properties,  feels like it should encourage, rather than discourage, unless I'm being distinctly naive (highly possible). No compulsory purchase needed. No one wants to see people moved out of their homes but if suitable, attractive accommodation is built on another site(s) does it have to be the dealbreaker? They've already moved a lot of people to demolish the high rises so the precedent is there.  GTFC, the council, Shoreline, national government need to get around a table and get a serious dialogue going.

GTFC moving to Peaks Parkway, benefits soley GTFC. GTFC moving to the East Marsh potentially benefits the entire community of N.E Lincs and surrounds. When it was mooted, I thought 'excrement, this has to happen' and when the feasibility study came back advising it wasn't the preferred location, I was massively disappointed . I would like the club in collaboration with the council to come out and say once-and-for-all why it isn't possible, if it isn't. The club can't be blind and deaf to the chatter, it isn't just on here. It is almost-universally popular. I see nay-sayers but they mostly seem to be logistical complaints rather than any personal preference for another site. Talks of potential 20+ acre sites gets me a bit giddy if I'm honest. I could genuinely see five figure crowds from the off at a dock tower-backed new BP, versus probably only a marginal increase at PP. It could be iconic, the shot in the arm this area desperately needs; 'The Dong Energy Stadium', new home of Grimsby Town football club, built 2022. Could you flipping imagine?

The new stadium needs to be within footfall of the masses ideally central  with easy links to all directions and guess what ,that's Peaks Parkway. The lack of any form of development in this town for over three decades leads people to panic at the thought of a 4 car traffic jam. Let's have a fresh venue with facilities to be proud of and leave freemo prime for affordable housing.People wouldn't leave their car there to visit the redeveloped cinema and the same effect would be seen in a new stadium.Lets start making landmarks the whole Town can enjoy in an area for the whole family.

Quoted from Grim up north

The new stadium needs to be within footfall of the masses ideally central  with easy links to all directions and guess what ,that's Peaks Parkway. The lack of any form of development in this town for over three decades leads people to panic at the thought of a 4 car traffic jam. Let's have a fresh venue with facilities to be proud of and leave freemo prime for affordable housing.People wouldn't leave their car there to visit the redeveloped cinema and the same effect would be seen in a new stadium.Lets start making landmarks the whole Town can enjoy in an area for the whole family.

No reason why that couldn't be in the East Marsh. Other ports have had redevelopment in the historic centre. Liverpool is thriving on it. People don't think I won't get out of my car to go to the Tate because it's in what was a run down area. With the right vision the Freemo area could be great. New council HQ building, spin off development, cafes, shops, open space.

Has there been anything on twitter about this rumour.... I've had a quick look but not seen anything.... Usually if RH get a whiff they start probing but it's all quite.

Silence is deafening from GTFC.  
17 pages on here and yet nothing from the board whose members we know frequent this site.
Poor way to treat the fans really can we have an answer? is the rumour BS or not simple.

As much as I would love to see the stadium built as part of a regeneration of the Freeman Street area, I believe Peaks Parkway is still very much the preferred (and still) the only site.

Take a look on the Extreme site and the community stadium at Peaks Parkway still sits proudly amongst the projects Extreme are currently working on. Also, I noticed Extreme have added that the site will contain a new Leisure Centre, in addition to the new ice rink. I’m sure this is a new addition from the original proposal?

I believe if Freeman Street was genuinely on the table Extreme would have removed Peaks parkway from their site.

Also, for the last 12 months I believe architects (the same ones that designed Media City) have been working on detailed designs, again for the Peaks Parkway location.

Seriously do we believe all this time, money and effort will be scrapped, after the council themselves have already nominated PP as the preferred site?

In an ideal world Freeman street ticks all the boxes and would have the majority of N.E. Lincs behind it. I believe if any announcement is due, it will be a revealing of the detailed designs. The silence is due to not wanting to wake the PP Nimbys from their slumber.