Move or redevelop

Quoted from Simon

Only downside to that at 100k each thats 2 million before you even think about pulling them down

And then thats only if each owner agreed to sell for that price, which i very much doubt. Many would hold out for the highest price possible

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

The nth thread on this but here goes - No way would it take 18 months to built 1 stand. Leicester Tigers built the biggest single tier stand in the UK (at that date) in the rugby union close season plus a couple of end of  season games relocated to Leicester City. 10,500 capacity 1,000 place conferencing. Some of the fit-out might not have been fully finished for the first home league game in September but by November it was all done - they beat the Springboks in official opening (absolutely cracking game).

Kit build could be done in even less time. We ain’t got £40 million so a new stadium is not going to happen. My current view would be the best outcome would be, Labour get in - expand consents for safe standing, phased rebuild of the Main and Osmond plus corners filled to about circa 12/13k with a couple of thousand terrace places linking Main to Pontoon.

Who’s going to fight the safe standing battle though ?
All the big clubs have their stadiums built now , they won’t give a toss about lower leagues

Same footprint, same hight, building from one end of "Findus" all the way round including corners to other end of "Findus" I am sure we could get a 12,000 (poss 15,000) capacity with modern building methods.

But then where will suporters park ? I don't think a Park and Ride would work either. Pehaps a Brighton style shuttle train and a new station next to the new Salmon Farm.  

Quoted from grimps

Who’s going to fight the safe standing battle though ?
All the big clubs have their stadiums built now , they won’t give a toss about lower leagues

Limited numbers of new rail seats are already permitted in existing all seaters, lower league grounds never used at championship level can still have terracing including new build (eg Fleetword and Morcambe). It just needs the anomaly lifting of grounds that had to go to all seater because of numbers of year in the second tier (like BP) being stopped from going back to having terracing. Perhaps a Fair Game campaign with a more sympathetic legislature in place, especially if it means more cheaper tickets can be available.

Ffs how many times are we going to go over this and how many times does Jason and Andrew need to tell us us there is no appetite to do either a move or redevelopment so please stop

Merry Xmas but if anyone of our beautiful town fans think you can
Build a 15000 seat stadium for less than 40 million in this climate 🤣
It would cost 50 odd million behind the market on freemo if god would let it happen ❤️

Quoted from Croxton

Every Fans Forum , interview, Guardian article and podcast has been used as a tool for managing fans' expectations. Unless external investment, Council support and Govt. grants can supply either capital or financial guarantees then the prospects are zero.

If we fail to smell the coffee and continue to dream then that's all we are, dreamers. When the facts change so will the narrative. Right now, let's give the owners and new manager some space so that our league status remains the primary aim.

This.

What happens to Shuts or what’s his name?

Recon owners turning their backs on Freeman Street was a bad move. Land Gov money political will was there. Levelling up Fund or something was it called.

2 threads on 1 page on the same subject. I'm very much an optimist, as many know, but if JS & AP say NO WAY
then that's the end of the topic.

Quoted from mimma

Can't redevelop Blundell Park. Too close to houses all the way round, not enough space and that's if we could get planning permission

Those if us old enough to remember will recall when the scenario for a new ground was first raised in the modern era  The club approached the Council to find out how amenable they were for the club to redevelop BP. The Councils response that they would rather the club move and that they would do all they could to facilitate this. All of this is on record and can be found in the GET editions of the time ( old copies are stored at the Library in digital/microfilm format). Obviously a lot has changed since and Councils of different political callings have blown hot and cold over any move. I know very little about planning matters but apart from some " window dressing" I doubt very much wether the Council would grant planning permission for any major developments at BP. Any changes to the ground to increase capacity and therefore attract more fans but create an ever greater bottle neck in traffic movements on match days. The objections from local residents would be enormous, especially if it was orchestrated by any local councillors wanting to " curry favour" with the voting local residents.

Nearly all stadia new or old face this "congestion and bottlenecks " don't they? Thousands of people congregating and getting to and from the ground every couple of weeks isn't the end of the world is it?