New Stadium

[jamthesun]

There has been lots of discussion on here about a potential new stadium. Lot’s of people feel that new stadiums are soulless and characterless. 

 

I’ve seen some footage of the new Spurs ground and I have to say I think it looks fantastic. 

 

Thoughts?

[helmut_rooster]

Game was played at Wembley, what you on about? 

[Colinwestzicoest]

Noooo, not now, not ever. Hillsborough till we die . End of thread. 

[Dronfield Blue]

Watching the game now.

 

The stadium is very impressive.

 

I think a refurb for us as per the World Cup plans would do just fine.

[Dronfield Blue]

Just now, helmut_rooster said:

Game was played at Wembley, what you on about? 

 

No it wasn't.

[MrTacoSWFC]

Thoughts.....

[Dronfield Blue]

You photo shopped that didn't you?

[Mr. Tom]

I’d love us to stay where we are. I also know the ground and the half-mile surrounding it would need a 70% rebuild at probably equal or greater cost than a new ground if we hope to increase attendances significantly in the next 10 years, which presumably could only really happen as a result of going up and staying up.

[handworth52]

anybody got a spare billion? 

[PortlandOwl]

Those pint pourers are impressive.

[Costello 77]

Lick of paint...smokers/cokers covered area and Tottenham should be good to go.

[Birley Owl 1867]

Yeah for the money we'd be able to spend it would be soulless.

 

We don't have billions to spend to make it not.

[bigdan2003]

It looks pretty spectacular, but fairly similar to other modern stadiums. Which is not something that appeals to me. 

 

At least with old stadiums you have some character, a mish mash of stand sizes, seats that are slightly different shades. Bits added over time that look a little bit out of place, but who cares it adds to the character. 

 

Dont get me wrong, I can understand the economical merits for a club like wednesday building a new stadium. But I’d rather they modernised Hillsborough, if at all possible.

 

I guess moden football fans, and football tourists in the PL aren’t interested in tradition. 

 

I also think it smacks of something when a club who’s won nowt for years gets to spend 1bn in a brand new stadium. 

Edited April 3, 2019 by bigdan2003

[Tank_owl]

It's  a bit of a trek down to London and would they want to ground share?

[dewsburyowl58]

Our facilities are poor , the stadium needs sorting and bringing up to date in lots of areas . Don’t want to move to a new stadium but I wish we could update.

[shandypants]

Tottenham’s new stadium is a middle-class twerp’s wet dream. Fvvck that! Football should be tribal not comfortable! Double Fvvck that! Give me Hillsborough any day. 

[scilly owl]

1 hour ago, jamthesun said:

There has been lots of discussion on here about a potential new stadium. Lot’s of people feel that new stadiums are soulless and characterless. 

 

I’ve seen some footage of the new Spurs ground and I have to say I think it looks fantastic. 

 

Thoughts?

Those new stadiums, they really lack the traditional gravitas of concrete cancer, corrugated iron, barbed wire and the scattering of thistle and dandelion.

[Guest Jack the Hat]

1 hour ago, PortlandOwl said:

Those pint pourers are impressive.

A billion pound spent but most people remember the beer dispensers above all. So let's get a few of those bad boys in, sell falafel scotch eggs and we have achieved the same at a fraction of the cost . Simples.

[flo]

We should only move if we go all out and build the biggest stadium in the world. What's the point otherwise?

[Emerson Thome]

Will be very expensive and largely pointless to move stadiums when we can't currently fill our current one (plus would straddle the club with even more debt). The jury remains out on the Tottenham one, but others like West Ham, Arsenal's lack atmosphere and new stadiums also tend to lack the character and history of the old one. And the more we cut costs the more likely it will resemble a tinpot Reebok Stadium cut-out than something truly designed for fans.

 

If it is affordable we should look at renovating parts of the Leppings Lane end and those nearby sides of the North and South stands, to properly segregate the away fans, allow full capacity in the North and South stands and fix that bottleneck outside the ground. Particularly if we get promoted could see these issues leading to lots of 'Hillsborough' headlines. But probably not feasible at present, so better investing in players and coaching in the hope of getting Premier League which would open up more money for future renovations.