New Stadium designs..

[Harry's Game]

Let’s hope it doesn't come to it but after the statement today from the club and Kevin McCabes intention to build on the land behind the Kop forces us out of the Lane what do you want from a new stadium.?

What I don’t want is a generic soulless bowl as per Leicester, Reading, Southampton or an horrific multi sports abomination like West Ham..

I would prefer a smaller scale version along the lines of what Liverpool were once planning at Stanley Park... see below.. they were planning 60k but we would not need that, a 35-40k version should do us, I would want a Kop end bassicaly.

 

[zablade]

We’d get what we could afford.

There is a reason Leicester and Reading built those identical stadium... they are relatively cheap and easy to build.

 

[Harry's Game]

We’d get what we could afford.

There is a reason Leicester and Reading built those identical stadium... they are relatively cheap and easy to build.

sadly you are probably correct.

 

[Ricky]

Proper Kop. Steep stands. Close to the pitch. Suitable capacity.

If we went down the identikit route like Leicester/Southampton that would be me done.

 

[Deadbat]

Just spin the Lane round...plenty of space on the Car Park...

It won't come to any of that McCabe just wants more money. Arbitration will sort it. If Kev is so steadfast on keeping that bit behind the Kop and Boundary corner just to spite HRH then he, his sons and grandsons may aswell give up on supporting United or ever coming to Sheffield again as they would be absolute hate figures.

Not sure it will come to that...a few poxy student flats (no one of any wealth/affluence is going to want to live next to a footy ground with the traffic/house etc) that will generate money but not a huge amount and would be tatty and worthless in 5-10 years surely is not worth it for McCabe.

He has always been motivated by money and always will. He'll get more money and sod off but what a sad way to be remembered...a bitter, old man clinging onto the end.

If it's a business thing fine but why say you are going to build stuff in the corners ofvthe ground when you know that is going to just obstruct the football club you love. No bigger Blade my arse.

I am sure it will get sorted. Not even down to McCabe or HRH if it goes to Arbitration as even the Scarborough website details. The only misty bit is these pieces of land. Surely HRH would have done did diligence to make sure they are part of any acquisition? Judging by McCabe and cos shambles in court last time I am quite confident that our current owner will have all bases covered.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

All new stadiums are shit regardless of design.

 

[Harry's Game]

Just spin the Lane round...plenty of space on the Car Park...

Unfortunately that would take about two years and unlike spurs we don’t have Wembley up the road to help us out in the meantime.

We would need to finish a sesson in the May and move in somewhere else in September.

 

[Deadbat]

Unfortunately that would take about two years and unlike spurs we don’t have Wembley up the road to help us out in the meantime.

We would need to finish a sesson in the May and move in somewhere else in September.

Well we may have 18 months off now if they get a move on now!

 

[Blade58]

I think the latest statement suggests the club are looking at removing the supports holding the kop roof up

That's about it for now is my guess,

 

[imp998]

Norton aerodrome plenty of space

 

[Blade58]

Norton aerodrome plenty of space

Anyone got a few hundred million to build a new stadium?

HRH hasn't

 

[Harry's Game]

Well we may have 18 months off now if they get a move on now!

 

[Inter_blade83]

Main aim at the moment would be to reduce the amount of restricted view tickets by gettin rid of pillars and that.

 

[bornablade]

Well we need an alternative ground and need it fast.

Does anyone know someone in Sheffield who owns a football ground that's probably under utilised and who's willing to sell it pretty quickly and make a quick buck.

 

[mattbianco1]

Unfortunately that would take about two years and unlike spurs we don’t have Wembley up the road to help us out in the meantime.

We would need to finish a sesson in the May and move in somewhere else in September.

The Wembley of the North is just a few miles away

 

[Stevo71]

All new stadiums are shit regardless of design.

I don't think MK Dons ground is shite! If it did come to us having to build a new stadium i'd go for something like that on a bigger scale with a kop end an overall capacity of 40/45k

 

[Bruce Wayne]

All new stadiums are shit regardless of design.

Bramall Lane was a new stadium once.

 

[metalblade]

Anyone got a few hundred million to build a new stadium?

HRH hasn't

His family might have or there is always the Ban Ladens

 

[Harry's Game]

His family might have or there is always the Ban Ladens

The Osama Arena... got a nice ring to it...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

"The Chris Wilder Arena" has a nice tone to it.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Hang on, can someone summarise what McCabe's saying about wanting to build on/near the ground?

 

[bladesmanluke]

I don't think MK Dons ground is shite! If it did come to us having to build a new stadium i'd go for something like that on a bigger scale with a kop end an overall capacity of 40/45k

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Bramall Lane was a new stadium once.

I don't think there's any point in history that you could have described Bramall Lane as a "new stadium". For most of its early life, I think "stadium" would be stretching it.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I don't think there's any point in history that you could have described Bramall Lane as a "new stadium". For most of its early life, I think "stadium" would be stretching it.

Maybe but everything has a birthday

 

[Harry's Game]

Hang on, can someone summarise what McCabe's saying about wanting to build on/near the ground?

The flats, that already have planning permission, are to be built on the corner of Shoreham Street and John Street, currently where the majority of fans exit and enter the kop, in the initial plans this was to be done after the Kop extension and new main exit and entrance steps errected on to Shoreham street see picture below.

If the flats are built with the current Kop design that would effectively close the Kop as the main exit and entrance area would no longer be there, plus the land on which the Kop extension and new exit was to be built is currently owned by Kevin McCabe and has been withdrawn from sale, it appears this land was not part of the current stadium agreement reached after the court case and McCabe is insisting he has no obligation to sell this land to HRH.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

The flats, that already have planning permission, are to be built on the corner of Shoreham Street and John Street, currently where the majority of fans exit and enter the kop, in the initial plans this was to be done after the Kop extension and new main exit and entrance steps errected on to Shoreham street see picture below.

If the flats are built with the current Kop design that would effectively close the Kop as the main exit and entrance area would no longer be there, plus the land on which the Kop extension and new exit was to be built is currently owned by Kevin McCabe and has been withdrawn from sale, it appears this land was not part of the current stadium agreement reached after the court case and McCabe is insisting he has no obligation to sell this land to HRH.

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Thanks for the explanation HG.
I'm just wondering WTF is going through his mind with all these shenanigans. Sour grapes or what.

 

[metalblade]

McCabe has got the kop fenced in and is now saying the grey areas are not part of the high court judgement as the are owed by subsidiary companies. Well that is the way I see it anyway. We could be losing most of the turnstiles and exits for the kop if the sale doesn't go through which would result in kop capacity cut by half at least. Our options then would be to pay way over the odds for these bits of land which would impact on any stadium development or to walk away and start from scratch at a new site.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

it appears this land was not part of the current stadium agreement reached after the court case and McCabe is insisting he has no obligation to sell this land to HRH.

I admit I only had a quick look, but I couldn’t find any reference to the stadium’s land being defined anywhere in the published court judgment (though there is reference is made to the hotel and other assets). Boundary Corner for example isn’t mentioned anywhere.

 

[Canterbury Blade]

Please please can we stop talking about leaving Bramall Lane. The world is turning upside down right now and I don’t want to think about us ever ever leaving the Lane. Come what may United are the Lane and the Lane is United..

 

[Sean Thornton]

His family might have or there is always the Ban Ladens

The sunglasses firm?