Ground Improvements - Well done GTFC

I took my girls on the tour of BP the trust offered earlier in the year, and the tour guide mentioned there were plans to extend the Main Stand in the summer. I don't honestly know his name but I'm 99.9% sure he was a Trust Committee Member and so I took it as having a little more knowledge than your average without taking it as gospel fact.

I'm having a wonder and putting 2+2 together with a variety of answers, one of which being that if they've opted to look at ST sales this summer and see if it wasn't a promotion spike that happened last year before deciding whether to amalgamate necessary works alongside an extension or some other major development of the Main.

If this guy was 'in the know' of an extension that didn't come to fruition then perhaps it's a bit of leakage of conversations that are taking place with recognition of the increasing need, without it being fully rubber stamped.

Could be a million and one explanations to what is actually happening and I suppose we'll know for certain next summer when the work is carried out but I'm hopeful that something exciting will be on it's way next year.

The big thing with a revamped Main stand offering decent views is fans relocating from other stands and a further uptake on Season Ticket sales. The main stand whilst not having the elevated view of the Upper is a closer to the pitch and usually several degrees warmer 😀.
I really hope to see this I think  can only be a positive for the club and another indicator of progress off the field from 1878.Hopefully the steadfast support from the fans over there reign gives them confidence that the greater together message goes both ways and is getting through.UTM

After nigh on 20 years of promise after promise, I’d like to think that no news is good news and that until everything is signed off and 100% guaranteed, it’s only then that we will find anything out.

There’s been way too many arguments and vitriol passed due to the false plans and pie in the sky dreams from Timmy tyre kicker and his chums that if something is going to be done by 1878 then I’d think it’s more than likely going to happen.

An extension to a decrepit fire hazard?! I would doubt it. Full demolition and an extended replacement including tying-in with the pontoon by way of a filled corner is required.

I know money is a huge issue, but these sticking plasters have got to stop. I’d rather they do nothing than do something half baked.

Daft question but .... is it in danger of becoming a listed building which would hamper any improvements or halt demolition?

Quoted from Heisenberg

An extension to a decrepit fire hazard?! I would doubt it. Full demolition and an extended replacement including tying-in with the pontoon by way of a filled corner is required.

I know money is a huge issue, but these sticking plasters have got to stop. I’d rather they do nothing than do something half baked.

For what it’s worth, I was told that the major works should have happened this summer but something bureaucratic got in the way.

We have room within the stadium could we not work round piece by piece? So start by building a completely new stand in the corner of the main/pontoon connecting to the pontoon, then working our way across the main stand closing off sections with the new build offsetting the lost seats while we work, with the end result being a new enclosed stand running around 3 sides of the pitch with an overall net increase in capacity?

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

After nigh on 20 years of promise after promise, I’d like to think that no news is good news and that until everything is signed off and 100% guaranteed, it’s only then that we will find anything out.

There’s been way too many arguments and vitriol passed due to the false plans and pie in the sky dreams from Timmy tyre kicker and his chums that if something is going to be done by 1878 then I’d think it’s more than likely going to happen.

I think it was Chairman Bill Carr that made the first announcement of a new ground.

A good source has told me that moving walkways are to be installed at the front of each stand so that early-leavers don’t linger around blocking everyone’s view.

Quoted from Heisenberg

An extension to a decrepit fire hazard?! I would doubt it. Full demolition and an extended replacement including tying-in with the pontoon by way of a filled corner is required.

I know money is a huge issue, but these sticking plasters have got to stop. I’d rather they do nothing than do something half baked.

I really don't think it's in Andrew & Jason's nature to do Anything 'half baked'!

Didn't Debbie say in her interview that grants were becoming available next year, so it made sense to delay the major works by a year.
It all sounds very interesting if the stuff about an extension is valid. Also the poster who said about them wanting to see if the massive STH sales were a flash in the pan, sounds very 1878!