Stadium Expansion

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Blacker-than-Knight said:
The redevelopment of Strawberry Place is going ahead and there is no hope of the club buying back the land that Ashley scalped off for £9 million, the Arena site is actually a good idea as there is considerable additional land alongside the arena on a brownfield site, given the finance this could produce one of the best stadiums in the country if not Europe, it is the only viable site within the city. I don't know if people realise it but the freehold of the ground doesn't belong to NUFC, it is actually held by Newcastle City Council, the stadium is effectively worthless in property terms to the club, owning the arena site and additional land for a new stadium would make better overall economic sense in the long term.
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Where we all supposed to go for a pre match pint? Powerhouse?
 
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JakartaToon said:
The new owners will know exactly what to do. Anyone who can add 1.7million extra capacity to an arena in the middle of Mecca will be able to add a few thousand onto St James Park.
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I think around 10 thousand will be added..I believe the free 10 thousand was ashley showing them theres at least that out there.
 
The more I think about it....if the new owners really want to invest in the city, a move to the Arena site would be ideal in every way apart from heritage.
There's a vast expanse of land with nothing but the Arena in situ - west of Redheugh, Skinnerburn to the south and Railway Street to the north (possibly to Scotswood Rd).
The topography at the southern end is tricky, but just imagine a massive glass-fronted multi-tiered foyer and stand set back from Skinnerburn and overlooking the Tyne. A 70,000 seater stadium on the edge of the city centre, next to the river, with parking galore and the station a few minutes away.
There'd be no need to move or reduce capacity while building takes place and the club could develop in the interim. Finally, Leazes Park could be extended and the west wing of Leazes Terrace could blink into the sunlight once again.
 
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AgentofAlnwick said:
The more I think about it....if the new owners really want to invest in the city, a move to the Arena site would be ideal in every way apart from heritage.
There's a vast expanse of land with nothing but the Arena in situ - west of Redheugh, Skinnerburn to the south and Railway Street to the north (possibly to Scotswood Rd).
The topography at the southern end is tricky, but just imagine a massive glass-fronted multi-tiered foyer and stand set back from Skinnerburn and overlooking the Tyne. A 70,000 seater stadium on the edge of the city centre, next to the river, with parking galore and the station a few minutes away.
There'd be no need to move or reduce capacity while building takes place and the club could develop in the interim. Finally, Leazes Park could be extended and the west wing of Leazes Terrace could blink into the sunlight once again.
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Isn't this land already earmarked for the Quayside West development?
 
I believe it's being promoted as a development opportunity by N.C.C, known as Forth Yards/Calders.
I have no inside track on this at all, but I cannot think of a better development opportunity for the city than an expanding Newcastle United.
 
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AgentofAlnwick said:
I believe it's being promoted as a development opportunity by N.C.C, known as Forth Yards/Calders.
I have no inside track on this at all, but I cannot think of a better development opportunity for the city than an expanding Newcastle United.
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I'm torn (also an answer that I can't put on a different thread cos I've already done one answer). I'd love to see us have a bigger and better stadium, though I'd much prefer that to be on the current site if possible. However, I also think that for the city as a whole we need a good development like quayside west for the city, providing new quality housing for the west of the city centre. I grew up in the west end and it has been allowed to decline ever since they built the metro and didn't incorporate the west end.
 
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