Recent content by brightwelleyes

They're putting ~£1m into a community fund towards charitable initiatives of all kinds across the region. That's great, but completely different.

It's not just Oak View and City that he's targeting, it's every operator currently building a new arena in the UK. The reason the Co-Op has been singled out is that they're the only operator who isn't engaging with the idea. And yes, there have been arenas operating in the UK for 35+ years, but...

The literal target of MVT’s campaign is the eight NEW arenas scheduled for opening. That’s the point, OVG, ASM etc are only investing in these projects because of the huge differential in returns compared to the older arenas. Some of that should be used to support the next generation of arena...

Unless you no longer want to compete in the Premier League or UEFA Competitions, the answer to all the above is no.

Back of a fag packet, about 1kWh / day per panel.

As an aside, there’s no finer sight in British media than Nick “The Octopus” Cohen throwing his moral authority around.

The season before the then 40(?)-year old, highest profile referee in the world's biggest league, all of sudden decided to quit and go to Saudi Arabia mid-season.

Not dunking on you here but I think this pretty well illustrates the stadium transport problem: We've built huge numbers of new housing estates with no new schools on in the last 20-odd years, because successive governments have had no interest whatsoever in meaningful infrastructure.

Arf.

I mean yes, but that mock up isn't even St James' Park - it's on the site of the current Utilita Arena. Newcastle's new owners have ruled out moving, so file this one under "new stadium on Asda car park". FWIW I'm sure they will build a new training complex in time but it'll probably be at...

Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer one tier, but if I'm costing it - a single tier is more expensive, takes a season longer before there's any ROI, and all for a completely intangible benefit.

I mean, it's possible. If you look at the black line, you'd create a whole load of limited / no visibility seats at the junctions with East/West. Contrast the end at Spurs where the rake is shallower than the two adjoining stands. I suppose you could alter the corner sections to make it meet up...

From memory Franny certainly used to like to tell people that he'd inherited the plans, and that's why the new Kippax came out hugely expensive but lacking modern facilities eg not as much corporate as he'd have liked.