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Post by heartofgas on Jan 5, 2023 9:04:55 GMT
FOC? I don't think owners work like that. Isn't Lansdown asking for investment at the moment? He is looking either for a very wealthy and large investor or, IF deemed good enough then he will sell. The interview was on points west I missed this interview. That doesn't sound too good to me. If that is his stance then I can't see any plans or development any time soon. Who would want to invest money knowing you are probably not going to see any return on it. Let's hope I win the euro millions. |
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Post by kruger on Jan 5, 2023 9:05:33 GMT
Knock both stands down they are horrible and make those sides like the Thatchers end, reuse the executive boxes where the tent is......sorted can also reuse all the seats somewhere else aswell. Think a load of us can turn up and knock them down in 1 day
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Post by heartofgas on Jan 5, 2023 9:06:47 GMT
Im sure things may be possible. Would have to remove and relay the drainage system for the pitch obviously. Sewage and other utilities need moving as well...which is where hold ups can occur.Dont forget to move the floodlights as well. Really good point re floodlights as guess most would have forgotten that issue Put the flood lights into the roof of any new stand. |
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Post by heartofgas on Jan 5, 2023 9:09:01 GMT
Knock both stands down they are horrible and make those sides like the Thatchers end, reuse the executive boxes where the tent is......sorted can also reuse all the seats somewhere else aswell. Think a load of us can turn up and knock them down in 1 day It would be a kind of group therapy. Let out our pent up frustration. 😂 |
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Post by kruger on Jan 5, 2023 9:20:06 GMT
Knock both stands down they are horrible and make those sides like the Thatchers end, reuse the executive boxes where the tent is......sorted can also reuse all the seats somewhere else aswell. Think a load of us can turn up and knock them down in 1 day It would be a kind of group therapy. Let out our pent up frustration. 😂 exactly |
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Post by Quarters on Jan 5, 2023 9:37:35 GMT
He is looking either for a very wealthy and large investor or, IF deemed good enough then he will sell. The interview was on points west I missed this interview. That doesn't sound too good to me. If that is his stance then I can't see any plans or development any time soon. Who would want to invest money knowing you are probably not going to see any return on it. Let's hope I win the euro millions. He is taking about the other team and Steve Landsdown..... |
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Post by yattongas on Jan 5, 2023 9:48:15 GMT
I missed this interview. That doesn't sound too good to me. If that is his stance then I can't see any plans or development any time soon. Who would want to invest money knowing you are probably not going to see any return on it. Let's hope I win the euro millions. He is taking about the other team and Steve Landsdown..... What other team ? There’s only one team in Bristol 🙄 |
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Post by gashead1981 on Jan 5, 2023 10:01:06 GMT
He is looking either for a very wealthy and large investor or, IF deemed good enough then he will sell. The interview was on points west I missed this interview. That doesn't sound too good to me. If that is his stance then I can't see any plans or development any time soon. Who would want to invest money knowing you are probably not going to see any return on it. Let's hope I win the euro millions. It's quite normal for larger projects to have investors in exchange for a return on profits over a period of time. For example, the Emirates Stadium is far more than naming rights, it was a commercial investment enterprise. So to the "Walkers Stadium" which I believe had a 10 year contract in exchange for investment before the Srivaddhanaprabha family took control and renamed it the King Power. I would imagine that is the sort of investor Wael is looking for, if he is looking at all. On another angle, if you are worth £500m say (assumption that Wael is, I dont know this for sure) and you wanted to build it yourself but not with your money, providing there was ample ROI from additional income streams then a hedge fund or private investment group would happily lend the money in exchange for a portion of the ROI, for security that would mean taking a portion of the shareholding with an understanding that they would take full control to protect their investment should Wael go south. I have to say, some of the stuff that is said on here shows a general lack of understanding in business and finance and how projects are actually funded. Maybe because they look across at Ashton Gate and see that Lansdown spent the money himself. However AG was just a piece of a much bigger project which could also be built fairly easily around stands that were much bigger than ours currently and as it stands, its mostly set on industrial surrounding land with a road network much able to take 20k odd people than Gloucester Road. It's just far more conducive to an obvious redevelopment than the Mem is. |
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Post by gashead1981 on Jan 5, 2023 10:01:58 GMT
Knock both stands down they are horrible and make those sides like the Thatchers end, reuse the executive boxes where the tent is......sorted can also reuse all the seats somewhere else aswell. Think a load of us can turn up and knock them down in 1 day It would be a kind of group therapy. Let out our pent up frustration. 😂 Or Tent up frustration... Ill get my coat..  |
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Post by playtowin on Jan 5, 2023 10:08:35 GMT
I wish someone would tell me the FM ain’t happening. I’ve stock piled 100 kgs of potatoes. Thanks for chipping in. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2023 10:09:49 GMT
I wish someone would tell me the FM ain’t happening. I’ve stock piled 100 kgs of potatoes. Thanks for chipping in. I didn't find the post very apeeling. |
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Post by playtowin on Jan 5, 2023 10:10:37 GMT
Really good point re floodlights as guess most would have forgotten that issue Put the flood lights into the roof of any new stand. So the build would need to be done before the first midweek game...which is usually a league cup game in August. |
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Post by whoblue on Jan 5, 2023 10:13:39 GMT
Not sure H&S would sign off on the use of half a stand. Liverpool are doing it with their stand redevelopment Wow, I didn’t know that. Then I guess anything is technically possible. |
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Post by thegasman on Jan 5, 2023 12:57:13 GMT
Liverpool are doing it with their stand redevelopment Wow, I didn’t know that. Then I guess anything is technically possible. Could even build a stadium out of shipping containers. |
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Post by gasandelectricity on Jan 5, 2023 13:10:21 GMT
Liverpool are doing it with their stand redevelopment Wow, I didn’t know that. Then I guess anything is technically possible. When you're one of England's biggest and wealthiest football clubs certainly. |
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Post by baggins on Jan 5, 2023 13:18:31 GMT
Wow, I didn’t know that. Then I guess anything is technically possible. When you're one of England's biggest and wealthiest football clubs certainly. And we're not that? |
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Post by heartofgas on Jan 5, 2023 16:31:50 GMT
I didn't find the post very apeeling. Technically a potato isn't a fruit. |
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Post by heartofgas on Jan 5, 2023 16:33:36 GMT
Put the flood lights into the roof of any new stand. So the build would need to be done before the first midweek game...which is usually a league cup game in August. We always seem to go out in the first round of the league cup so playing without floodlights might give us an advantage. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2023 16:34:56 GMT
I didn't find the post very apeeling. Technically a potato isn't a fruit. A 100% true fact on a football forum, there's a first.  |
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Post by aghast on Jan 5, 2023 17:37:40 GMT
Redevelopment of the Mem is certainly possible: 1 cut back the front of the Thatchers by 4/5m - slightly reduced capacity, but not by as much as people think, as the front terrace is then above pitch level, and no need for yellow hatched area, so can use all of terrace. 2 Move the pitch 10+m towards Thatchers - this will allow a decent temporary stand on the South - full width, increases capacity a fair bit and a new temporary stand on the North of the East stand. Both the above can be done during a summer. 3 Prefabricate a Steel based new stand to replace East, so next summer, East can be pulled down and new stand erected, with the extra 10m and full length of pitch - increases capacity. 4 At same time prefabricate new West stand. Following year (during season) West can be dismantled and erection of new West stand can begin. Hoardings can keep everyone safe. 5 Then finally, a bigger and better Thatchers, that rises from pitch level to above the bars, giving much bigger capacity. 6 Finally a new increased South stand can be completed. This would take 3 closed seasons and 2 football seasons. Of course this involves a fair chunk of change, but not as much as purchasing land and building a brand new stadium somewhere. It would be even better, if during tearing down of East stand, the pitch is then moved 10m to the east, allowing for a much bigger West stand, but would reduce the carpark by a fair bit, but with the new Ashley Down train station, and maybe some judicious use of park and rides, would help alleviate parking woes, and allow more and new fans to access the redeveloped Mem. The cost of that would be somewhere in the region of £50m + loss of revenue. What is your projected seat capacity? What else are you putting into the stadium in terms of additional revenue to recoup those costs and losses? No it wouldn't cost £50m. Please. Don't make stuff up just to support the party line. |
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