Freemo/New Stadium

I walked past the site of the old flats yesterday and having not been that way in a while looked to see if I thought the ground would fit given the comments saying not possible. As you come past Strand St school towards Oxford St you have site 1 then opposite the now boarded up Mariners Rest site 2. Site 2 looked to me from ground level easily big enough to accomodate the current Blundell Park for example leaving site 1 for carparks etc. This is a fairly huge vacant area and if the stadium doesn`t go there you would have to wonder what else could that would help to regenerate that area? It`s just so rundown around there boarded up/ defunct pubs Albion,Humber,Mariner`s virtually no shops left but still quite a lot of residents many of whom traditionally have been the core support of the football club. A new build in that area will reinvigorate the pubs,shops ,public transport and to a degree the residents who would see improvements to bring the area upto scratch.

Is the Freeman St/Flats site the ONLY chance for GTFC to see a new stadium actually delivered with Council support ?
Is it completely wrong and unsuitable and if so why?
Is the whole thing just a pipe dream that will never happen?

Unfortunately I don't think it'll happen mate 🤔

Quoted from gytone

Unfortunately I don't think it'll happen mate 🤔

Do you think it would fit though?

Yeah I think it'd fit , given a bit of manoeuvring, and i think it'd be a great idea and would possibly regenerate a run down area, but it doesn't seem to be in our leaders plans, although it could be understandable in some ways, if our council are involved in it.

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Do you think it would fit though?

I must admit I hadn't looked at it as two separate sites. I had an idea in my head that it was all one big area but looking at it the difficulty for me would be the little rows of maisonettes that seem to be all over that area which there is no intention to remove (not that I'm suggesting there should be).
I've come round to the idea that Freemo should be the site but it would be good to see some actual artists impression of the fit.

Quoted from 1mickylyons

I walked past the site of the old flats yesterday and having not been that way in a while looked to see if I thought the ground would fit given the comments saying not possible. As you come past Strand St school towards Oxford St you have site 1 then opposite the now boarded up Mariners Rest site 2. Site 2 looked to me from ground level easily big enough to accomodate the current Blundell Park for example leaving site 1 for carparks etc. This is a fairly huge vacant area and if the stadium doesn`t go there you would have to wonder what else could that would help to regenerate that area? It`s just so rundown around there boarded up/ defunct pubs Albion,Humber,Mariner`s virtually no shops left but still quite a lot of residents many of whom traditionally have been the core support of the football club. A new build in that area will reinvigorate the pubs,shops ,public transport and to a degree the residents who would see improvements to bring the area upto scratch.

Is the Freeman St/Flats site the ONLY chance for GTFC to see a new stadium actually delivered with Council support ?
Is it completely wrong and unsuitable and if so why?
Is the whole thing just a pipe dream that will never happen?

There is already existing car parking off Freeman Street that wouldn't be affected by the development. You also have a car park on Orwell Street which is only a five minute walk from where the ground would go. There are certainly a lot more facilities for parking there within a five minute walk than anywhere near BP.

I work in the office opposite and there's loads of work taking place at the minute.
The flat sites have been flattened and one part of it has already been converted into a car park.
The old white knight, house of holland block of shops and freeman house is about to be knocked down over the next 12 weeks so that will free up further space.

Be interesting to see how it all develops over the next 6-12 months.

Quoted from rancido

There is already existing car parking off Freeman Street that wouldn't be affected by the development. You also have a car park on Orwell Street which is only a five minute walk from where the ground would go. There are certainly a lot more facilities for parking there within a five minute walk than anywhere near BP.

I think this is a good point. I would also imagine some of the businesses opening up their yards to match day parking. Libera's on Railway St open up for workers parking anyway during the week.

Quoted from barralad

I think this is a good point. I would also imagine some of the businesses opening up their yards to match day parking. Libera's on Railway St open up for workers parking anyway during the week.

The car parks I mentioned are also council owned, so a bit of a boost in car parking income for the council. Also the rates are cheaper than most club ground parking at other places.

I would love it to go where the old flats where . but i dont think our so called board want it there,, IMO, the club would win out but the board would not gain financially by it so its a dead duck untill they are removed