Would be a much better way for fans to get to games, but if we are looking to improve things then ideally there should be a dedicated bus concourse for that, with passengers accessing the buses away from existing traffic.
Yep. In the 1960s the city fathers had so much ambition but little vision or refinement. It seems that since the metro and Eldon Square were developed, subsequent civic figures have had neither ambition nor vision. The city has felt emasculated and enfeebled. Time to change!
You,ve already got train/ metro/ bus routes to use and then within walking distance to ground and did I mention PUBS!!!! Not sure about the out of town suggestions at all That view as you get anywhere near Newcastle, unbeatable
You'll still get some miserable bastards complaining about the walk up the hill from the bus stops though. It's them I was trying to think of!!
It's a drastic soulution, but if the money was there I would tear down and rebuild certain parts of the city one area at a time. Find an undeveloped area (the never rebuilt Scotswood or Lower Benwell areas for example) and build enough good quality homes to rehouse the people living in the first area then empty it, tear it down, rebuild better with not just houses but amenities and then move onto the next one. Blakelaw, Cowgate, Rye Hill, Arthurs Hill, etc. There are other run down areas such as Benwell and Fenham that actually have good houses that are neglected by private landlords to maximise profits. Get rid of the bad landlords and revitalise those areas too.
The arena area probably does make more sense all things considered and is way big enough for a stadium as well as perhaps a big fanzone area. The rail links (albeit disused) are already there and could be utilised I would imagine. The road links are there, straight on to bridges either side. The training facilities/academy etc can stay where they are, no real need to uproot those, they don't have to be in the same area. Spurs' isn't nor is Leicester's new training facility etc. There is also land on the other side of the Redheugh Bridge behind Pottery Lane which could also be used for something. If there's a desire to move away from SJP because it's simply not viable to develop/extend etc but the desire is equally as strong to maintain the City Centre location then this really is the only alternative that I can see. It'll be readily available within a few years and we could be playing there within 5 I reckon quite easily. Be a right eye catcher coming into toon on the train that's for sure....lit up like a christmas tree in the night sky like the Allianz Arena !!
The Calders sites have had many residential schemes proposed over the years but none have been built, not sure if it is about cost or demand. My feeling is that people just dont see it as an attaractive part of the city to live in and there are other parts of the city which are much more desirable. A sports complex on the scale of a new stadium and other facilities would change this and make it a much more desirable area. It is a kind of chicken and egg situation. Just look at how the Ethiad complex has regenerated a part of Manchester, this could halp redevelop all the land to the East and West and there is quite a lot of space along railway Street and up to Scotswood Road which could be further redevloped.
The unassailable location of St.James's, as well as the sentiments and history linked to the ground, would make it a huge wrench to move home. However, from an urban renewal point of view, and for sheer ambition and scope, a new stadium on the Calder site could have an enormously positive impact on city and football club.
That looks pretty ****ing good like. But will there be enough room for 1,342,987 fans that gave up season tickets and thought the NUST would get them their seats back?????
we could use St.James' Park for the reserves the quality we will have would be good enough for a 52,000 seater or is that just wishful thinking
