@owlstalk Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 For those who don't know, Arsenal moved to their new stadium from Highbury, and they turned Highbury into apartments where the stands used to be, with a huge square where the pitch once was! Even the back of the stand is there as the entrance to the new apartments. Is that how you'd like to see Hillsborough refurbished/redeveloped if/when we move? And if so would you want to live there where the old South/North stands were, looking onto the old pitch? The ultimate Wednesday apartment maybe? Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulsar Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I don't think the South stand is a listed building like Arsenal's was but apart from that yeah. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pazowl55 Posted April 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2020 Will have to make sure I purchase a decent dinghy at the same time. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pablo Bonvin Posted April 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2020 I wouldn’t want one of the flats on the North Stand. I presume because of SAG, there’d only be a door leading out onto Penistone Road. If I fancied a fish supper from the chippy on Leppings Lane, it’d be clock cold by the time I’d got it back home. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch McLovin Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I don’t want a new ground I want it redeveloped so no I’d hate this idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myHero Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 And on signing away their souls to move to their new ground, just like West Ham, they were provided with honor after title year after year by the Devil himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Ozymandias Owl said: And on signing away their souls to move to their new ground, just like West Ham, they were provided with honor after title year after year by the Devil himself. Why is moving grounds signing away their souls.....it’s not like they moved up the M1 like MK Dons, they moved across the road. are you so against teams that moved grounds?......you know, like we’ve done a couple of times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Nah, keep the ol lady. Just need to turn the exec boxes into massage parlour rooms so you can get hogtied off the pitch whilst the team get screwed on it. No high class escorts though, only dirty wrong'uns so the happy ending is you escaping with your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierboyblue Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Ian said: Why is moving grounds signing away their souls.....it’s not like they moved up the M1 like MK Dons, they moved across the road. are you so against teams that moved grounds?......you know, like we’ve done a couple of times I take it your 121 years old then and know what it’s like to move grounds? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakewell Owl Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Pulsar said: I don't think the South stand is a listed building like Arsenal's was but apart from that yeah. The south could be turned into a retirement home for the old folk - oh wait the current lot could stay where they are 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobness Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 41 minutes ago, Bakewell Owl said: The south could be turned into a retirement home for the old folk I bagsie the Werthers vending machine in the atrium! Gonna make a killing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geedee Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Ozymandias Owl said: And on signing away their souls to move to their new ground, just like West Ham, they were provided with honor after title year after year by the Devil himself. Most Arsenal fans I know like the new ground. Imo it's the best club ground i have been too ( I have not been to the new West Ham or Spurs Grounds yet ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulsar Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Ian said: Why is moving grounds signing away their souls.....it’s not like they moved up the M1 like MK Dons, they moved across the road. are you so against teams that moved grounds?......you know, like we’ve done a couple of times You can't compare now with then at all, we have been at our sacred ground for the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, only a handful of clubs can boast that. If Hillsborough can be upgraded sufficiently and the location accepted and made to work from a non-matchday POV financially, then i think it's favourable to me to maintain that heritage as other than our fanbase it's the only thing we have right now. Our time will come again but what i think Ozymandias was hinting at is that moving grounds doesn't guarantee this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapSmurf Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Apartments built on a former football ground, boasting the heritage of that football club (I am refering to the Arsenal entrance) would simply be a no-no for most people. They would have limited sales appeal to only fans of that club. Do you think that there are any Spurs fans, of adult (mortgage/rent) age, living in those apartments? I very much doubt it. Could you imagine living in an apartment built at Bramall Lane - forgetting our own history there - with BLADVES painted on the outside? It's like buying a pink car and sticking eyelashes on it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 18 minutes ago, ChapSmurf said: Apartments built on a former football ground, boasting the heritage of that football club (I am refering to the Arsenal entrance) would simply be a no-no for most people. They would have limited sales appeal to only fans of that club. Do you think that there are any Spurs fans, of adult (mortgage/rent) age, living in those apartments? I very much doubt it. Could you imagine living in an apartment built at Bramall Lane - forgetting our own history there - with BLADVES painted on the outside? It's like buying a pink car and sticking eyelashes on it! You mean the old place where we used to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapSmurf Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, gurujuan said: You mean the old place where we used to play? I did say "forgetting our own history there" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 7 hours ago, soldierboyblue said: I take it your 121 years old then and know what it’s like to move grounds? Just because I wasn’t there doesn’t mean I don’t know it’s been done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi1867 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 As you build a new stadium you can also build in new revenue streams to pay for the running costs and, maybe, towards building the club. I cannot see where any substantial revenue can be earned at the old ground?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsdreamer Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 12 hours ago, Pulsar said: I don't think the South stand is a listed building like Arsenal's was but apart from that yeah. with all our luck, they would probably call it Chansiri meadows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoop Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I’m all for moving grounds. Hillsborough looks glorious from the stands but it looks a shambles inside and out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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