East stand

M_Block_Ultra said:
A week before the season ticket announcement 😂
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The East Stand?

Fans should make their own stand.

A petition from season ticket holders who refuse to renew unless Critchley goes.

Without fan power the club faces no pressure to change for promotion.
 
I understand there will be significant developments at some point during this summer.

I also wouldn't be surprised (and haven't been told or read anything) if the club decide to close the current East Stand next season.
 
Don’t see the point of expanding the East anyway as we rarely give the opposing teams much allocation.
The last thing we want is 6k+ away fans making more noise than our contingent and our home form suffering. 😂
 
The extra revenue over the season might buy us that decent striker we need though.
Tbh I've never got the issue with giving the whole east if away fans wanted it to generate extra revenue. If professional footballers are too wet to perform because the opposition have more than 1000 fans in the ground then we are in more trouble with our players than even I thought.
A lot of games in the championship first season, aways had the full east, it made the atmosphere miles better, we still out sang them and first season won a lot anyway cos our team was decent.
It's only last season when our players/fans started having a problem with it cos our team wasn't performing.
 
Too late to start building it once we’ve been promoted 😁 so might as well get on with it sooner rather than later, and doubt the cost of it is going down if we leave it another 12 months.
 
I walked down Henry Street last week and noticed most were boarded up (west terrace) with circa 6 still occupied. What does that mean to the timescale?
 
That's why I was asking. The last update in February said that the Council had still to acquire a few properties and that the club was commissioning different designs and capacities. Acquisition, final design, planning application, demolition and construction will all take time
 
aquaduck said:
I understand there will be significant developments at some point during this summer.

I also wouldn't be surprised (and haven't been told or read anything) if the club decide to close the current East Stand next season.
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Well that's going to be gospel in the next 24 hours 🤣
 
Interesting looking at Reading, how you can make a two tier stand integrate with a single tier around the rest of the stadium.
The East will happen, the current stand is beyond it's originally planned lifespan and not fit for purpose, and the new stand will be a joint venture with the council and support local regeneration.
These things do take time though. It's not necessarily all in the club's hands. Although I'm sure they'd rather be going through a rebuilding project in league 1 with smaller gates and less away fans than in the championship....
 
paulco said:
The East Stand?

Fans should make their own stand.

A petition from season ticket holders who refuse to renew unless Critchley goes.

Without fan power the club faces no pressure to change for promotion.
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But the club does have fan power though. Look what we achieved when we United against you know who. At the moment our situation is not the same. So there’s no need for a boycott en masse.
 
ForeverTangerine said:
Don’t see the point of expanding the East anyway as we rarely give the opposing teams much allocation.
The last thing we want is 6k+ away fans making more noise than our contingent and our home form suffering. 😂
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That’s the way 😁 Really hope they give us that stand as well and give the away fans the South.
 
Thought the clue in the CPO was the compulsory bit.

Like when the Council compulsory purchased my Grandad’s land up at Marton Moss to build a tip!
 
I’d of thought away fans will be housed in the South so if you can purchase a ST for any section in the South then the building of the East isn’t exactly imminent.
 
I seem to remember there being a time limit to the funding that will pay for the initial clearance work? 2025 iirc. It looks like the Town Deal funding was for a period of a few years, ending in the financial year 2025/26.

Although we were told in March 2022 that compulsory purchase orders would be complete by April 2024, the East would be demolished in August 2024 and the new east open in September 2025.

That seems highly optimistic now, unless the purchase orders are close to completion. Could we see the east come down before the end of the year? Probably not.

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Timeframe for Blackpool FC new stand set out in council documents

The new 4,600 East Stand could be in place by 2025
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Critchknows said:
The extra revenue over the season might buy us that decent striker we need though.
Tbh I've never got the issue with giving the whole east if away fans wanted it to generate extra revenue. If professional footballers are too wet to perform because the opposition have more than 1000 fans in the ground then we are in more trouble with our players than even I thought.
A lot of games in the championship first season, aways had the full east, it made the atmosphere miles better, we still out sang them and first season won a lot anyway cos our team was decent.
It's only last season when our players/fans started having a problem with it cos our team wasn't performing.
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Well said, miles better atmosphere too.
 
The club can’t exactly give updates all the time. Be unprofessional to come out and say ‘Mrs Jones and number 32 is playing hardball’.

Until they acquire all the houses. Do whatever needs doing after that, they can’t say much. Hopefully all that can be sorted soon but if not at worst by end of next season.

2 years minimum till it’s built but more likely 3?
 
Brett&Murphs. said:
The club can’t exactly give updates all the time. Be unprofessional to come out and say ‘Mrs Jones and number 32 is playing hardball’.

Until they acquire all the houses. Do whatever needs doing after that, they can’t say much. Hopefully all that can be sorted soon but if not at worst by end of next season.

2 years minimum till it’s built but more likely 3?
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Mrs Jones has always been awkward.. and as for number 32.. they popped my ball …..
 
how many weeks did it take to build the temp stand? From memory the seats took longer to put in than the metal structures and foundations. If season ticket numbers are down next year and crowds lower it probably would be a good time to close and remove it. If there is a serious intent to replace.
 
clappers said:
how many weeks did it take to build the temp stand? From memory the seats took longer to put in than the metal structures and foundations. If season ticket numbers are down next year and crowds lower it probably would be a good time to close and remove it. If there is a serious intent to replace.
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You have to hand it to KO. To get the temp stand sorted from mid May and opened end of August was decent going.

Obviously I'm taking this in isolation and not talking about what should have happened before.
 
When it does come down and we build the new stand hopefully they could do it in stages to minimise impact on lost seats.

So you'd try arrange something like...

Play your last game away and start early on the stand, also have your first game away on yhe next season.

Knock just over half of the east down on the north side and begin building that side, not sure it would all be complete by the new season but should be able to have a lot of the structure in place.

Complete that and then start the other side, either straight away or again at season end.

That's if it's possible to keep part of that current east open and up with only half or less still there.

If they could do something like that it would minimise the loss of seats.
 
JJpool said:
When it does come down and we build the new stand hopefully they could do it in stages to minimise impact on lost seats.

So you'd try arrange something like...

Play your last game away and start early on the stand, also have your first game away on yhe next season.

Knock just over half of the east down on the north side and begin building that side, not sure it would all be complete by the new season but should be able to have a lot of the structure in place.

Complete that and then start the other side, either straight away or again at season end.

That's if it's possible to keep part of that current east open and up with only half or less still there.

If they could do something like that it would minimise the loss of seats.
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Won't work that way as it will increase costs by quite a bit.
 
fcblackpool said:
You have to hand it to KO. To get the temp stand sorted from mid May and opened end of August was decent going.

Obviously I'm taking this in isolation and not talking about what should have happened before.
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Remember that scoreboard in the corner they had initially that covered about 500 seats 😂
 
Matesrates said:
I think that SS probably didn’t want us promoted this season because the east stand project might well start next season. He wouldn’t want to be in the championship with reduced capacity.
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So he thought we'll take it right to the wire, get Barnsley to draw, Lincoln to lose and then throw it after a great start...
 
fcblackpool said:
Won't work that way as it will increase costs by quite a bit.
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Well I guess it depends if whether limiting capacity has an impact or would harm the fanbase long term by missing out.

You only have to give away fans 10% so given the reduced capacity, they could just give the SE corner and block X which would be aprox a bit over 1k,which would then be about right.

That would still leave a bit under 10k after segregation for home fans in the 3 sides, excluding hospitality. I suppose if demand... demanded it, you could house additional people in some hospitality areas or even any free hotel seats in the South if we really wanted.
 
bfcpete said:
Any further update on the purchase of Henry Street properties by the Council and the design of the stand and planning application by the Club?
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This might be an indication, as this process happened after the purchasing of Henry street I think.

So if they're starting some CPO's there then they should be even further ahead with Henry street, if they even need CPO's there at all.

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paulco said:
The East Stand?

Fans should make their own stand.

A petition from season ticket holders who refuse to renew unless Critchley goes.

Without fan power the club faces no pressure to change for promotion.
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Oh dear I see that constipated turd is back on here….two words and the last one is “ off”
 
JJpool said:
Well I guess it depends if whether limiting capacity has an impact or would harm the fanbase long term by missing out.

You only have to give away fans 10% so given the reduced capacity, they could just give the SE corner and block X which would be aprox a bit over 1k,which would then be about right.

That would still leave a bit under 10k after segregation for home fans in the 3 sides, excluding hospitality. I suppose if demand... demanded it, you could house additional people in some hospitality areas or even any free hotel seats in the South if we really wanted.
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The driver will be costs. SS said as much when talking about the TG and the BR developments and how costs had increased, so I can't see him sanctioning additional costs by splitting construction up.

The capacity issue is an occupational hazard that can't be avoided I think.
 
Would better moving the north to south for better bar facillitys and access to the Armfeild away fans access to coaches.
 
paulco said:
The East Stand?

Fans should make their own stand.

A petition from season ticket holders who refuse to renew unless Critchley goes.

Without fan power the club faces no pressure to change for promotion.
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You Don’t Have the first idea about “Fan Power” you “F£cking P£pick !!!!
 
Torycorner said:
You Don’t Have the first idea about “Fan Power” you “F£cking P£pick !!!!
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I ranked among the first who proposed boycotts against Oyscum asset strippers.

In stark contrast, your hypocrisy below.

"Sorry Neil,unless you work a "six game miracle" and reach the play offs (and even that may not be enough) you must "fall on your sword" and do the honourable thing and resign!!!

"If you don't and we have to sack you ?getting a pay off) then it will show m what sort of man you really are, and the fans (like me!) who respect you for what you achieved 2020/2022 will remove that respect immediately.

"One thing is for certain....."I'll
be buying my ST as soon as they are released......if your not loyal enough to financially support the club,what right do you have to expect the club to succeed??!!"

So when your favourite restaurant serves rubbish food, you keep funding dross?
 
Matesrates said:
I think that SS probably didn’t want us promoted this season because the east stand project might well start next season. He wouldn’t want to be in the championship with reduced capacity.
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I’m sure he did want us promoted with all the extra millions he would of got from TV revenue alone!
 
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