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SOL expansion


spitfire said:
A number of us have already had bricks moved. It’s a minor issue in my opinion. There will be thousands of brick owners who have passed away over the years. The ground can’t become some sort of wailing wall at the expense of progress.
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I didn’t say that the club must move forward I get that but was more on the line of communication & process from the club regarding brick removal and replacement
 
DrewC said:
I didn’t say that the club must move forward I get that but was more on the line of communication & process from the club regarding brick removal and replacement
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Bricks with names on would not stop any expansion, nor should it IMO , I’m sure they can be moved (or re-done ), but if it wasn’t possible then unfortunately so be it
 
DrewC said:
I didn’t say that the club must move forward I get that but was more on the line of communication & process from the club regarding brick removal and replacement
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I have one in panel 8 which got moved for the ticket office. The club did communicate what was happening but it could have been a bit better at times.
 
Zimba said:
Never said we were?

Just building extensions when we could easily get relegated, is just stupid, as if we don't get back up straight away all the good stuff we've done with finances are well out the window. That should be top priority, not hypothetical extensions for a crowd that might not exist.

The way some are going on here you'd think we were already safe.
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Need to move away from thinking the SOL is only used as a football ground.

It’s not. It’s a community stadium now used for sport and music concerts.

Extend in the right way and the internals could be univeristy lecture theatres etc through the week or office space for digital nomads/remote workers etc.

Also increasing corporate boxes to the east stand would be cheap and effective.
 
Watching the game the other night had me thinking could put a hospitality level above the south

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I assume that's what it is at the Parken

Plus another tier on the east. Would be the envy of the world
 
DrewC said:
They have all the locations of the bricks it should be part of there planning
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I’m guessing you have a brick there with an emotional attachment for you so I do get that but they are not going to do a multimillion pound based around where some bricks are set. They have proved this when they moved some just to do the new ticket office or founders, I can’t remember what one
 
Brian Griffin said:
Need to move away from thinking the SOL is only used as a football ground.

It’s not. It’s a community stadium now used for sport and music concerts.

Extend in the right way and the internals could be univeristy lecture theatres etc through the week or office space for digital nomads/remote workers etc.

Also increasing corporate boxes to the east stand would be cheap and effective.
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Concerts are max 4 times a year and a North stand extension wouldn't increase capacity anyway.

For the other stuff is the current space actually used before talk of more? I can't see there being much demand for business conference space in Sunderland. There's barely any businesses around, unlike the likes of Manchester, Birmingham and London.
 
Zimba said:
Concerts are max 4 times a year and a North stand extension wouldn't increase capacity anyway.

For the other stuff is the current space actually used before talk of more? I can't see there being much demand for business conference space in Sunderland. There's barely any businesses around, unlike the likes of Manchester, Birmingham and London.
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I doubt we have any space used currently.

And I agree with you about no conferences etc - that’s where the Mags are going wrong.

I’m suggesting we build the space with a tenant in mind who would pay to be there. - the university would be a great shout. As would a Regis or somebody like that.
 
DrewC said:
The bricks need to be communicated to everyone where & when this transition will happen and try to keep the same location and height to new locations
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They moved bricks when the ticket office relocated to the NE corner
 
Brian Griffin said:
I doubt we have any space used currently.

And I agree with you about no conferences etc - that’s where the Mags are going wrong.

I’m suggesting we build the space with a tenant in mind who would pay to be there. - the university would be a great shout. As would a Regis or somebody like that.
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Aye that's fair, to be honest, I've always thought if we're going down this route to maybe look at some form of leisure stuff instead.

You've already got the Beacon, Sheepfolds stables, possible e-gaming arena and the swimming pool nearby and with the Sheepfolds development, at the same time, it's not a bad spot in the future.

The stadium is quite unique in it being central unlike the likes of Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton etc.

Personally I'd look at getting shot of all the car parks aswell and build stuff on there aswell, it's just a complete waste of space right now. I'm sure they could throw a multi storey up somewhere if it's needed.

If you have loads of people living around it, it opens up all sorts of opportunities really.
 
Zimba said:
Concerts are max 4 times a year and a North stand extension wouldn't increase capacity anyway.

For the other stuff is the current space actually used before talk of more? I can't see there being much demand for business conference space in Sunderland. There's barely any businesses around, unlike the likes of Manchester, Birmingham and London.
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The money that can be made from concerts is massive. Could match our season ticket sales with 4 big gigs. Wouldn’t be about the increase in seats, would be the increase in hospitality and just flip the end the stage is at
 
Fletch said:
Bricks with names on would not stop any expansion, nor should it IMO , I’m sure they can be moved (or re-done ), but if it wasn’t possible then unfortunately so be it
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I 100% agree with expansion it’s the process of making sure all bricks relocated properly and notifying if possible all those involved or an email to ask where the bricks are being moved too…
 
Just been reading comments from mags regarding their supposed new ground. Quite a few saying that if they ‘only’ build a 75k stadium, they need to make sure that it’ll be easily extendable in the future. Meanwhile we have people questioning whether we should increase the south stand with an extra 5k seats. I know mags are seriously deluded, but it does show just how over cautious some of our fans are.
 
Mr B said:
Just been reading comments from mags regarding their supposed new ground. Quite a few saying that if they ‘only’ build a 75k stadium, they need to make sure that it’ll be easily extendable in the future. Meanwhile we have people questioning whether we should increase the south stand with an extra 5k seats. I know mags are seriously deluded, but it does show just how over cautious some of our fans are.
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Suppose when you put it like that.....end of day I'd still say give it 3 seasons then see where we are.
 
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