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The one with Sammy the snake?

Quoted from arryarryarry

Which phoenix club?

Signing Peter Kay are we, at least he'll go the extra mile for us or is it 500 and then 500 more.

I think this has to be seen as a positive step. While I'm still not sure I'll quite believe anything about a new stadium until and unless we're actually playing in it, the fact that we now have the leaders of the two largest council groups expressing public support is encouraging. However, I am worried by the possibility that more potential sites could be brought into play and confusing the issues around the project.

Personally, I don't see the 'cease to operate within three years' line as being any more than a very worst case scenario to lay out, in as stark a way as possible, just how important this is. Politics has got in our way too often. It can't happen again.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

The comments from the nimbys always raises a chuckle to me!

'Why do they need a new ground for 14000 when they only get 4000'.....I'd love fenty etc to turn round and ask why they need a 4 bedroom house when it's only then and their old Doris!

You have family round....we have big clubs every now and again!

Priceless!

I know it's propaganda by the club but this business about running at a loss, as if it is inevitable and unavoidable, is nonsense. The club doesn't have to run at a loss currently and moving to a new stadium doesn't guarantee against not making a loss, it just guarantees greater year-round income.

What I don't understand is how Hull & Scunthorpe can plan & build their stadium in a few years, with the full help from the council. while we are playing politics & pussyfooting around still arguing about whether the site is right or not.

Why does it take years to make a single decision in N. E. Lincs? Just plan, approve & build, every other town can manage to do it. (Scunny twice!)

Noticed that Hull have announced a new venue for music. It WILL be open by 2018.

Yeah they obviously want to help build one but they don't like the PP site. Unless they are just showing the nimbys that they are trying all possibilities.

Quoted from mimma

What I don't understand is how Hull & Scunthorpe can plan & build their stadium in a few years, with the full help from the council. while we are playing politics & pussyfooting around still arguing about whether the site is right or not.

Why does it take years to make a single decision in N. E. Lincs? Just plan, approve & build, every other town can manage to do it. (Scunny twice!)

Noticed that Hull have announced a new venue for music. It WILL be open by 2018.

Hull's ground was built with some of the funds from the sale of Kingston Communications I believe and Glanford Park with the help of funding from the sale of the Old Show Ground to is it Sainsbury's.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Hull's ground was built with some of the funds from the sale of Kingston Communications I believe and Glanford Park with the help of funding from the sale of the Old Show Ground to is it Sainsbury's.

This.

We are in a position where we need outside finance and that brings it's own complications. It's not just a case of getting planning for a new ground and building it. There are many different things that have to fall into place and the site has to contain housing and/or pubs and shops to be viable. That takes a lot of planning and the Council have to make sure it meets other criteria other than just football, that will benefit the wider community. Then there is all the infrastructure to consider.

Ideally a new stadium built near Freemo say on the old ice house site opposite would aesthetically look superb with the Doc Tower and old dock offices as back drops (imagine the view on the fly over.) Would not be that difficult to provide a exit road off the Ai80 and a rail link already exists. It would be a great gateway and a jewel in Grimsby's crown. Plus would still keep fans away from the main shopping area and town centre. Just one major stumbling block ABP would probably never give us the land or grant planning. Would not be any nimbys to contend with over there and it would certainly look better than that derelict old ice house which needs pulling down it's a bloody right eye sore.