New roof

Quoted from grimsby pete

Bournemouth did ok in the prem. on gates of 12,500 .

We could get ,12,500 in at the park with a little planning.

So no need to move .

With the new training ground and a bit of thought on what we could do at the park on non match days.

We will be fine.

Quoted from diehardmariner

We just need a Russian billionaire to bankroll us/get us up to our eyeballs in debt then.

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

My Nan lived on Harrington Street and passed away a couple of years ago, she was always in regular contact with the club as she was always sending balls back round. She always kept one for me at Christmas however  

The club sent a nice boquet of flowers to the funeral and a nice card from the club, however her house was sold for around 80 thousand, if you estimate around 20 houses behind all at roughly the same price that's 1.6 million before any work has even been started. It's a non starter.

Quoted from diehardmariner

A thread for each seat that is no longer fit for purpose at BP.  By my reckoning, we've only got another 7899 threads to be hi-jacked.  The Word Association Thread must be shitting bricks.

On a serious note though, whilst it's somewhat tiresome to see everything coming back to to the same points, it does feel to me that this shows how much of an issue our ground is - certainly to the fans anyway.  It's probably more the public facing perception than anything else, but I don't get the feeling that 1878 share that same level of concern.

Quoted from Bigdog

In time, virtually every club will have better facilities than Blundell Park. So any attempt to paper over the cracks can only be termed as managed decline. There are peolple I know who don't like the "Blundell Park" experience, they don't think it's quaint or a "proper football ground". Realistically it will need £15m to change that perspective. At the same time, spending that money will limit our ambitions to home support of around 8.5k plus away supporters. Stay at Blundell Park with much better facilities and two or three stand rebuilds and extensions? Probably not worth it. Although I know fans who rarely step inside BP because of the facilities and matchday experience, I've yet to find a diehard who would never set foot in a new stadium because they love the BP experience so much. The huge stumbling block is the cost of relocation for a meaningful step forward in ambitions. Unfortunately we're in a Catch 22 situation, and it's why discussions like this are pretty much relentless. I try not to think about it too much and just enjoy the football.. while qiuetly hoping 1878 pull a rabbit out of the hat sometime in the future..  

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

I've no doubt about those two statements, don't agree it would take £15 million to change it though.

Quoted from Bigdog

In time, virtually every club will have better facilities than Blundell Park. So any attempt to paper over the cracks can only be termed as managed decline. There are peolple I know who don't like the "Blundell Park" experience, they don't think it's quaint or a "proper football ground". Realistically it will need £15m to change that perspective. At the same time, spending that money will limit our ambitions to home support of around 8.5k plus away supporters. Stay at Blundell Park with much better facilities and two or three stand rebuilds and extensions? Probably not worth it. Although I know fans who rarely step inside BP because of the facilities and matchday experience, I've yet to find a diehard who would never set foot in a new stadium because they love the BP experience so much. The huge stumbling block is the cost of relocation for a meaningful step forward in ambitions. Unfortunately we're in a Catch 22 situation, and it's why discussions like this are pretty much relentless. I try not to think about it too much and just enjoy the football.. while qiuetly hoping 1878 pull a rabbit out of the hat sometime in the future once the training ground is completed..  

Quoted from Marinerdeano

Jason Stockwood loves 'the art of the possibile' and I've no doubt he's got some good incremental changes in mind for Blundell Park. This season reroof Ponny (I like the sound of something that lets more light in). 1 year remove some posts from Main Stand and stabilise. 2 years a new structure that either begins the construction of a same height main stand or extends the Ponny around that corner towards the main. 3 years reconstruction of existing main stand to be in keeping with new structure (possible temporary seating either side of Findus. 4 years begin plans that see extension(s) to the Findus.