I heard a rumour last week from someone who apparently knows someone at the club, and also is a part of the Freeman of the city that we (Newcastle United) are looking to build a 90k-100k capacity stadium on Leazes Parks/Castle Leazes.
I very much doubt we would ever get permission for a capacity that high, and I also think there would be a lot of pushback to have an of it built on Leazes Park. So if it’s true, I think it will be part of a plan to come out with a high capacity, and settle for 80k, which would have been their ultimate aim in anyway.