Southend Stadium.........news?

[Shrimpurh]

So in the past few days board have been put up around the whole area where the proposed site will go. Today Southend United has been splatted all over these boards. The plans for the site are enormous now with about 240 residential properties, a cinema, restaurants and shops it really will be huge but we have British Land on board with us and they are a massive firm.

I don't see why we would have put these boards up if there wasn't news imminent and we'd surely have to agree something with the council to even be allowed to put them up. I imagine something will be released to the fans by the Chairman on the last day of the season. Recently a councillor said the stadium was the closest it's ever been sooooooo good news on the horizon I hope......

 

[Kim Mitten]

We've had hoardings up before, although not personalised! The current plans haven't even been put before the council, let alone agreed yet. If/when they are, they are going to be called in by government due to the sheer scale this madness has grown into. So this pipe dream still has a long way to becoming any sort of reality.

My main concern remains the money we owe to all sorts of people, latest accounts show £15.8M debt and we are now servicing the 'loan' from Sainsbury's who basically propped this club up for neigh on two years and have rightly asked Uncle Ron for their money back.
If we ever make it to a new stadium we'll still not have a pot to piss in as we'll be paying everyone back for years even if we can somehow get 18k crowds through the door.
All that debt, losing at least £100k a month but we're somehow paying Nile Ranger's and Simon Cox's rumoured £5k a week wages, that's certainly not Ron's money so someone else will be taking a nice cut from any kind of money we make, if we ever get to this glorious promised land of Fossetts Farm.

 

[07.05.16]

We've had good news on the horizon re our new ground for the past 6 years.

 

[DippyDon]

One thing I've never understood is what's the long part of the stadium for? The plans make the proposed stadium look like sperm...

 

[Shrimpurh]

One thing I've never understood is what's the long part of the stadium for? The plans make the proposed stadium look like sperm...

That design is well old. Looks nothing like that now

 

[Shrimpurh]

We've had hoardings up before, although not personalised! The current plans haven't even been put before the council, let alone agreed yet. If/when they are, they are going to be called in by government due to the sheer scale this madness has grown into. So this pipe dream still has a long way to becoming any sort of reality.

My main concern remains the money we owe to all sorts of people, latest accounts show £15.8M debt and we are now servicing the 'loan' from Sainsbury's who basically propped this club up for neigh on two years and have rightly asked Uncle Ron for their money back.
If we ever make it to a new stadium we'll still not have a pot to piss in as we'll be paying everyone back for years even if we can somehow get 18k crowds through the door.
All that debt, losing at least £100k a month but we're somehow paying Nile Ranger's and Simon Cox's rumoured £5k a week wages, that's certainly not Ron's money so someone else will be taking a nice cut from any kind of money we make, if we ever get to this glorious promised land of Fossetts Farm.

When did we have boards up before. I don't remember that

 

[Wombletom]

Plans for Southend's new stadium are older than Stonehenge.

 

[Shrimper92]

We have an AGM I think on the 27th? Probably find out then

 

[Kim Mitten]

When did we have boards up before. I don't remember that

Must have been about 2010-2011, they weren't up long maybe two weeks or so. I seem to remember someone saw a digger behind them at one point and all sorts of speculation started!!

 

[South Bristol Gas]

I was excited about our new ground when I was in primary school I'm 32 now... tell you what we hold the record for the most "artist impression" stadiums...

 

[Shrimpurh]

http://publicedrms.southend.gov.uk/...bj.pdf?DocNo=7800943&PDF=true&content=obj.pdf

Plans now available to view.

 

[GodsGift]

Usual boring design.

 

[Freethinker]

So in the past few days board have been put up around the whole area where the proposed site will go. Today Southend United has been splatted all over these boards. The plans for the site are enormous now with about 240 residential properties, a cinema, restaurants and shops it really will be huge but we have British Land on board with us and they are a massive firm......

Only 240? Have you missed a zero off?

 

[Hedonist Puncture]

SUFC? New stadium? Now, where have I heard of that before?

 

[SMH]

Looks like a replica Cardiff City Stadium/Mad Stad.

 

[Ciderup]

We've had good news on the horizon re UWE's new ground for the past 6 years.

Edited for accuracy saggie.
Out of interest, do you still think it will happen?

 

[07.05.16]

Edited for accuracy saggie.
Out of interest, do you still think it will happen?

Not a clue.

 

[Shrimpurh]

https://www.southendunited.co.uk/news/2017/november/now-is-the-time-for-your-support/

More noise from the club regarding the stadium. Planning permission should be found out before new year I think (hope)

Says we are in a position to start digging 18 weeks after planning is approved but seeing really is believing with this