Stadium Development

[nopigfansintown]

Probably they plan a full Kop rebuild at some point, in which case why chuck any more money on remedial work to the one we've got.

Who knows. Would there be an additional cost or would that be the first piece of the Jigsaw in the Kop development?! Essentially a part payment. Bettis said it'd cost 10-15 million and that it'd take one pre season to complete. At the time the club still had the Kop redevelopment plans in place.

I guess Bettis has announced the intention to have a part redevelopment today, although I acknowledge the financial pressures that inform the rationale for doing so.

 

[Lower Drop Blade]

Possible 3,000 safe standing spaces on Kop discussed as per recent FAB meeting

https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.sheffieldunited.co.uk/9bb704c0-3fa2-11f0-a138-2b13ea2cd1b2.pdf

Did they ask about training ground and where we are at present with the process? Seems quite a obvious question to me

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Possible 3,000 safe standing spaces on Kop discussed as per recent FAB meeting

https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.sheffieldunited.co.uk/9bb704c0-3fa2-11f0-a138-2b13ea2cd1b2.pdf

Weird how the FAB asked about stadium development & business plans and received an irrelevant answer re: season ticket cards.

In general, it seems to have been a bit of a wasted opportunity. Nothing on the stadium, training ground, academy or general direction the club is heading in.

 

[robbiez666]

Absolutely nothing done to it in over a year - since we acquired it. There is not even any planning permission gone in - for a new building that the first team would need. They do seem to have cut the grass but there is no signage/no work done or anything.

Seems an odd one - to buy a site and then essentually not touch it for over a year. They will need to completely redo all the pitches - aswell as the buildings they need to put in (gym/pool/indoor training etc - also would surely need to be put in up here if we are actually making it different to Shirecliffe?)

I am not sure we will be moving there for a good few years sadly.

I can only imagine that:

1. There's something terribly wrong with it - Sheffield FC apply for planning permission for a new stadium every other month! It seems odd that you'd not do that straight away because it needs to be done.
2. We've heard Wednesday are being taken over by Donald Trump and we've got an agreement to sell them that patch of land for $10 million to build the Trump Wednesday stadium out of gold..
3. There's no money. We have to cut bits off Tom Cannon every time we want to pay a bill.

 

[247Blade]

Was thinking more Blade56, a step ladder and a tube of No More Nails mesen.

Don't forget hacksaw

 

[BigBed]

It’s a fair project if you build a proper cantilever structure but I remember Bettis in his interview last year saying it was quite a simple job that could be completed during the Summer.

I’m sure he said technology has improved since those posts were put in and the plan was to put a goal post structure which would be strong enough to hold up the roof. He said Norwich City have something similar.

It sounded like a temporary much needed improvement until the club decides what they are going to do regards the entire stand.

It isn't a massive job at all, it's just time and money.

 

[YES Blade]

Why the hell would we remove the posts on the Kop? It’s just a complete waste of money!

Either do a proper rebuild or just leave it in its current state. I wouldn’t have even painted it black, the new paint job doesn’t hide the fact that it’s a complete dump of a stand. It was just another waste of money.

 

[FATTYFOULKE]

Can't take them out over a summer though can you, you're looking at months of reduced capacity, relocating ST holders and arguably losing the advantage that we get from shooting towards a packed Kop second half. It's a longer term plan

Think it was stated it could be done over a summer. I seem to remember them removing the posts on the BL upper tier quite quickly. The framework to hold the roof was done during the season and the posts removed close season.

 

[FATTYFOULKE]

play off final £ paying for new pitch
stadium redevelopement not happing anytime soon
we can't even sell 35k tickets for a final
and first time for a while new season tickets went on general sale
think attendance will go down slightly next season
Utd prices are exceptional value BUT times are getting hard for lots folk

So you don’t think our atrocious play-off history or our atrocious big game history (cups) had any bearing on us struggling to sell tickets. You just think we don’t have the fans?

 

[JOEYDEE]

A quick Google suggests that the PurePT is a fully synthetic (aka 4G) pitch. It's therefore not cleared for use above tier 5.

Bit of forward thinking by them then !

 

[Greystones Blade]

Absolutely nothing done to it in over a year - since we acquired it. There is not even any planning permission gone in - for a new building that the first team would need. They do seem to have cut the grass but there is no signage/no work done or anything.

Seems an odd one - to buy a site and then essentually not touch it for over a year. They will need to completely redo all the pitches - aswell as the buildings they need to put in (gym/pool/indoor training etc - also would surely need to be put in up here if we are actually making it different to Shirecliffe?)

I am not sure we will be moving there for a good few years sadly.

I thought I read somewhere that there was a problem because there is a cricket team that has long established playing rights at the Dore complex. Presumably a satisfactory replacement pitch has to be found or money has to change hands before their rights are given up and planning permission can be applied for. Might be BS - I don’t know,

 

[Hobgoblin]

So you don’t think our atrocious play-off history or our atrocious big game history (cups) had any bearing on us struggling to sell tickets. You just think we don’t have the fans?

I think we have 2 problems here.

1 a fit for purpose stand, which the cop isn't anymore

2 how many fans can we realistically get in the ground

If my memory is correct (and please correct me if incorrect) in our most successful year in the prem ever we had around 45k fans enquiring after tickets. Now in real life not all will want to go every game. So this would tell me that 'IF' we do get success we need a bigger ground. what size I have no idea, someone will have an algorithm to to work that one out.

So the answer to problem 1 is we need a fit for purpose ground, meaning the cop needs developing

The second problem is not black and white though is it. I have seen comments on, add the south stand for roi, anyone have an idea on how corporate is going, I do, it aint full at the moment, never mind adding another 20 boxes and lets say another 1000 leather padded seats. this will only be needed if we have success at the level of our most successful year in the prem so far.

The second problem all depends on how much success folk think we can generate. the figures suggest that adding to the kop and south stand would be viable if we got a successful team on the pitch. How we do any of this I have absolutely no idea at all

 

[Tickhill Blade]

I hear this so often when we have some of the most expensive season tickets in the Championship. Think we are 5th most expensive.

Stoke City haven’t had an increase in season tickets for 18 (eighteen) consecutive seasons.

Out ST price only seems good because our match day prices are so high, think we’re the 4th highest match price in the EFL. When you think it was £42+£1 booking fee in most areas for matches against Stoke and Hull this season. Was £36+ £1 booking fee on the Kop.

Funded by the misery that their owners cause to thousands of people across the country.

 

[Whiston Blade]

Don't forget hacksaw

Hooooo!!!

 

[247Blade]

Hooooo!!!

Ha good Jim Duggan

 

[MobileBlade]

I thought I read somewhere that there was a problem because there is a cricket team that has long established playing rights at the Dore complex. Presumably a satisfactory replacement pitch has to be found or money has to change hands before their rights are given up and planning permission can be applied for. Might be BS - I don’t know,

It's correct. There's a legally binding agreement between the Council and the ECB (via the local YCB) that every pitch that is lost to development of some kind must be replaced before planning can be approved. It's the same for football. It's why the Meadowhead plan had a (very small) cricket ground on it although they are now looking to put that part of the development into Greenhill Park.

 

[UTB Blade]

Ah, fond memories of the last timelapse, took our minds off the Swindon playoff semi final. We may have been stuck in league 1, but we got Desso and Nigel Adkins was on his way to save us...

I still watch it back if I’m struggling to sleep.

Seems a bit odd, choosing to watch a video of a totally silent stadium, where virtually nothing happens for hours, days and weeks on end. No entertainment, no excitement, nothing.

If I were you, I'd have watched the pitch video, instead!