Possible new stadium - some interesting information

Maly Wilson said:
Goater666 said:
We aren't going to build a new stadium, its daft that people keep suggesting otherwise,
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What makes you so sure we aren't? And why is it daft to suggest otherwise?
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It just doesn't make business sense at the current time and it wouldn't take 2 years to adapt the north stand in the current stadium, 6 months max.

I just find the whole talk of building a new ground completely ridiculous at the minute.
 
All three options confirm ADUG's committment to the club's long-term future.

The future is bright (and blue)!
 
The on-going discussions, even simply regarding the catering, have caused a lot of in-fighting. Hardly surprising with the potential prizes at stake. However, it would not be healthy for this to go on indefinitely and a deadline needs to be set. I am also aware that the corporate facilities are limited by the stadium's size and specification, remembering it was originally an athletics track. I also understand that, for example, the 'builders' have not even finished the snagging in the Chairman's Lounge after almost a decade. And there is no more room, hence the UEFA final requiring tents outside the ground. Hence, it is a widely held view from within that COMS is not fit for purpose. ADUG expect a lot more and they are willing to pay for it. Hence, a stadium may not be the implausible outcome that someof you imagine.
 
i would hate to see us build a new stadium

it would be a massive waste of materials and energy

while we may have the money doing something like this would make us even more hated by other clubs/media etc for building a new stadium a few years after moving to coms
 
Goater666 said:
Maly Wilson said:
What makes you so sure we aren't? And why is it daft to suggest otherwise?
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It just doesn't make business sense at the current time and it wouldn't take 2 years to adapt the north stand in the current stadium, 6 months max.

I just find the whole talk of building a new ground completely ridiculous at the minute.
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It might not make business sense to you or me mate, but depending on what plans our owners have for us, it may make perfect business sense to them.

Don't forget that we now have 200 acres of land to develop on.

If you read through the City owners to turn Eastlands into Vagas thread, you'll read plenty of interesting stuff which will back this up.
 
coleridge said:
The on-going discussions, even simply regarding the catering, have caused a lot of in-fighting.
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If the club do decide to build a new stadium I hope they sort out the catering. The current setup must be costing them a fortune. At the Everton game there was a bloke filming the bar staff on a video camera. I got talking to him and he turned out to be Neil Worchester the catering manager.

I mentioned all the simple solutions like having a proper queuing system, pint pullers, bottle sellers or even having beer tents outside the ground like they have during gigs at COMS.

Basically he said all the current problems were the councils fault and the plan is to move onto cashless tills similar to the ones in Germany. He also said they are trying to get the bottle sellers back and introduce some sort of queuing system. However it will be the summer after next before anything changes because they only have 13 weeks during the close season to change things.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Goater666 said:
It just doesn't make business sense at the current time
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You're right in one sense (although there are no figures yet and any that do come out will be indicative only, plus we don't know the plan) but in 5 years time we could be a very different proposition.
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i agree pb build it befor we need it and its too late but i think no matter how successful city are in the next 5/10 years we'll never have the fan base of 100k+
 
What about building a new stadium, say 80K but playing smaller games with lower anticipated crowds at COMS? Not sure I like that idea but might stop us looking ridiculous.
 
Can actually see the sense in building a new ground as we can still use COMs as it is and not lose any seats as if we were to extend the ground.

remember we are after encouraging people to support the club and we can't do that if our current attendance is cut due to building work.

This all depends though on planning permission and meeting guidelins (which I am sure our owners would have sorted).
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Goater666 said:
It just doesn't make business sense at the current time
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You're right in one sense (although there are no figures yet and any that do come out will be indicative only, plus we don't know the plan) but in 5 years time we could be a very different proposition.
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How long would the "best" stadium in europe take to build? 3/4 years? if so i would of thought any decision would be made sooner rather than later!
 
We have a 250 year lease with the council that I presume we can't just break? Does this mean then that they would get some of our profits from match day? Or perhaps they'll rip up the agreement due to our redevelopment investment with the new east etc? Quite canny, our owners say we want out the deal as were going to build our own stadium, council say why would we agree to that, we say well help rebuild and bring investment into east Manchester!

Thoughts?
 
Plan B (67-72K) seems most plausible looking at it logically but these guys really do think out of the box so we shouldn´t be surprised when we´re eventually blown away
 
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