Fruit Market OFF - Club redeveloping Mem instead.

I'm desperate for us to move away from the tip that is the Memorial Ground. It's lack of atmosphere and facilities, not to mention the more important point that it cannot take us forward make it something that needs consigning to our history. The quicker it's knocked down and turned into a more fitting memorial, the better.

However, am I alone in thinking that this is a terrible location for a football stadium?

Yes, it's near the train station, but not many people will pay the costs of rail travel to go to a football match. The bus servive is poor, largely because Bristol is massively clogged up with traffic. If the club think people will use public transport, I think they are in cloud cuckoo land.

That leaves the car. Most people clearly use the car at present, but if we think parking is bad in Horfield, it's nothing compared to the St Phillips area. There would need to be a massive re-think of the area before parking would be a practical solution.

As I say, I'm desperate to leave the Mem, but surely in this day and age it has to be to an out of town site? I look forward to hearing more about our plans, but fear that if the transport issue isn't resolved, it could end up being a lovely shiny stadium that is only 20% full.

But like most people, I'm no expert on stadia or transport planning. What am I missing?

Supporters come from all over the place so location will benefit some but not others. Public transport - whether we like it or not - will be the way forward.
Having a stadium very close to a major transport hub in Bristol Temple Meads might keep the nimbys/environmentalists happy.
In an ideal world you'd get to 'the fruit bowl' via train from your local station.
With weekly/monthly/annual tickets for trains already available someone must liaise with the train operators for a 23 return journey ticket. Or discounted travel on production of match ticket.
Sorry, thinking ahead there

Do they can you name them? Pretty sure Wael indicted yesterday that the development included those on the fruit market site. No real season they can't do a Bolton/Reading & Blackpool(?) and build them into the stands. 

I think we're all overlooking the most important point. Where can we get a beer?

Inappropriate because the traffic is one issue, the Link Road, on a Saturday is very busy and can only get worse if the ground is built. I mentioned on my original post that pollution would be an issue as its in or very near the city centre, Horfield is on the outskirts. Despite all that's been said about park and rides, train stations all these are excellent but both GWR and First bus are owned by the First group who are not exactly renowned for reliability, punctuality and value for money. Both those schemes rely on people selecting those services as their first choice. Problem with both bus and train is that, yes its great for getting to the ground as supporters arrive at different times but at the end of the game, all the supporters want to get on the transport at the same time. There is also problem with segregation of supporters in the park and ride and stations.

Build it in Severnside and you have the M49 to get supporters away from the ground with ease. Severnside site would not be land locked like the Fruit Market, should BRFC ever make the Premiership, after all a new ground is supposed to take the club forward, 20,000 gates would probably not be enough to sustain it.

Great effort Gassy 👍🏻 How do you propose to deal with the issue of the East to West rotation of the Sun? Great for the groundsman not so great for the keeper at the East end. Ooooh just realised we will have an East end lol.