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by **J*o*n*D*o*e** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:39 am

to you, but believe it or not work has actually started on the new stadium.

looks like its finally going to happen, still strange that they havnt held a press conference yet.

by **Rafa D** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:42 am

I heard a rumour today the Americans want to make it a 75,000 seater!!

I'd love that, but surely all the planning cannot suddenly change

by **Sarge** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:20 am

class! that's all i have got to say

by **The Manhattan Project** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:51 am

The wooden fence is up!!!!

With Wembley, it took them three years to finish varnishing their wooden fence!!!

by **redmikey** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:49 pm

all they have to do is break ground to get the first part of the grant so it could just be a big hole in stanley park till the yanks have confirmed which idea they will go for

by **Kukilon** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:32 pm

75K seater!!! :buttrock

by **Ace Ventura** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:43 pm

Rafa-Dodd wrote:I heard a rumour today the Americans want to make it a 75,000 seater!!

I'd love that, but surely all the planning cannot suddenly change

Where have you heard that mate ?

If thats the case maybe thats why there has not been any press conference yet, as there would be so much extra planning before full confirmation.

by **grayghost** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:32 pm

Well a 75k stadium would make sense since we sell out are stadium every week but still have 57k on the wating list for season tictkets.... I rearly hope this is true i have just aplyed for my season tictket and i still have a long wait to go.

by **bigxchris** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:39 pm

I thought they had ruled out anything above 60,000 as its over the capacity of the area (it would put too much pressure on local transport etc.).

I seem to remember reading something that said that if we wanted to build a bigger capacity stadium we would have had to look elsewhere.

by **grayghost** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:05 pm

yep i heard that to but maybe the usa guys can work arond it hope so we need 75k to keep up with the mancs

by **metalhead** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:02 pm

How many years will it take to be completed?

by **Santa** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:09 pm

bigxchris wrote:I thought they had ruled out anything above 60,000 as its over the capacity of the area (it would put too much pressure on local transport etc.).

I seem to remember reading something that said that if we wanted to build a bigger capacity stadium we would have had to look elsewhere.

why can't they improve the local transport system instead of making it a limiting factor? :Oo:

by **Woollyback** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:12 pm

all planning decisions are very flexible if enough cash is being waved around. if we get it up to 75k then expect the council planning commitee to enjoy very nice holidays in barbados this summer

by **J*o*n*D*o*e** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:14 pm

redmikey wrote:all they have to do is break ground to get the first part of the grant so it could just be a big hole in stanley park till the yanks have confirmed which idea they will go for

your right by the way, so far there drilling bore holes to test the ground and building a compound to hold supplys.

the ground should be atleast 70k, i dont want us to move but i have to accept that its going to happen, therefore we should make it the biggest and best that we can, the guys in charge now know about stadiums so even if it gets delayed another season or two surely thats better than ending up with something to small and regretting it. also before they do start work we need to see the final design and whether or not we get a kop like we have now, of all the concerns ive read this is the one most fans want sorting.

by **Paul C** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:52 pm

For a long time I've been scratching my head over it being a 65,000 seater, we could easily fill 70,000, 65k isn't exactly ground breaking

Looks like it's alll coming together now :cool:

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