This is the thing the club might have decided but depending on permissions it might have its mind made up for it.
i'm actually against building on Leazes, i hate seeing greenbelt destroyed, even more so if it' in a city centre. If the club can confirm SJP would be turned into a park after the new stadium has been built, that would sway my opinion. The council has had so much of their central funding cut over the last decade or so, they're skint, and as we've seen with the Gateshead flyover, aging infrastructure can go quickly, this stadium cut lead to a nice "cash injection"
I'm desperate for news leazes park will be used because Tyneside Life got particularly arsy and laughed at anyone that suggested it might be the case. Another know it all about to get Munsoned.
Lots of talk about the pivot into the Leaze. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
At the end of the day its 80,000 match day fans and associated revenue vs a few tree huggers and newts mate. Money talks and with the jobs it creates the project will get waved through.
Plus on the current site they will build stuff and also make some more green space too to offset I think
Perhaps to help the environment PIF can plant a large ring of trees all the way around Consett, to both help wildlife and so the public doesn't have to see Consett as they drive by.
figures within the club doubt majority owner PIF will invest the required funds, despite the hierarchy’s insistence it will
