Stadium Updates (All Clubs)

[nr637]

Good news for Shels with the 250 year lease. Have the club any long term plans for developing Tolka?

Going by the terrace improvements recently on the Riverside Stand side & the Ballybough end, is the best you could hope for in the short term. Maybe the stand at the Drumcondra end could be reviewed for safety standards again with the prospect of being reopened again. The main stand on the Richmond road side could do with a revamp, maybe a new cantilever type stand.

What are Shels fans thoughts!

[EatYerGreens]

Good news for Shels with the 250 year lease.

Is that how long the development is expected to take?

[John83]

Is that how long the development is expected to take?

It's the LoI. They'll sell the last 200 years of the lease to a developer and their fans will have a "Save Tolka Park" campaign in 2070.

[Nesta99]

Any details on the terms of the lease beyond timeframe. Some of it looked pretty difficult to to attain during negotiations without risking the lease being revoked and any time.

[nr637]

Good news for Shels with the 250 year lease. Have the club any long term plans for developing Tolka?

At least it will give Shels the chance to improve the current state of the Tolka Park facilities to a reasonable level. Just by improving the basic areas around the ground will be important. I think most fans would be happy in the short term seeing this type of initial work being done as a sign of improvement. The plans for more extensive projects that will need planning approval can then be considered, then.

[brendy_éire]

Brandywell update:
Sewerage issues delaying the work on the new terrace nearly sorted with the council/NI Water. The terrace itself is being built off-site.
Stormont funding for the finishing the Mark Farren stand is due to come next April, pending a successful application. Would be surprised if there isn't money for the Brandywell in there.
There are also plans for a south stand, that would be at the Showgrounds end. Surprised at that one, as it's quite tight for space, but must be possible.
No word on what the council have decided on the pitch, but the club are requesting grass or hybrid.

https://www.derryjournal.com/news/wa...-crane-4640553

[2 Year Contract]

Brandywell update:
Sewerage issues delaying the work on the new terrace nearly sorted with the council/NI Water. The terrace itself is being built off-site.
Stormont funding for the finishing the Mark Farren stand is due to come next April, pending a successful application. Would be surprised if there isn't money for the Brandywell in there.
There are also plans for a south stand, that would be at the Showgrounds end. Surprised at that one, as it's quite tight for space, but must be possible.
No word on what the council have decided on the pitch, but the club are requesting grass or hybrid.

https://www.derryjournal.com/news/wa...-crane-4640553

Good to hear, it’d be class if it became a four sided ground. Given the space there I’d imagine it could be a small enough terrace, similar to what’s going to be behind at least one of the goals in Dalymount when it’s done up. Even if that is to be the case, optics wise it’s still better than leaving it open the way it is now and it’d add on a few hundred to the capacity at least

[nigel-harps1954]

Brandywell update:
Sewerage issues delaying the work on the new terrace nearly sorted with the council/NI Water. The terrace itself is being built off-site.
Stormont funding for the finishing the Mark Farren stand is due to come next April, pending a successful application. Would be surprised if there isn't money for the Brandywell in there.
There are also plans for a south stand, that would be at the Showgrounds end. Surprised at that one, as it's quite tight for space, but must be possible.
No word on what the council have decided on the pitch, but the club are requesting grass or hybrid.

https://www.derryjournal.com/news/wa...-crane-4640553

Suppose the stand at the Showgrounds side could always be something similar to the Drumcondra end of Tolka Park.

[brendy_éire]

Good to hear, it’d be class if it became a four sided ground. Given the space there I’d imagine it could be a small enough terrace, similar to what’s going to be behind at least one of the goals in Dalymount when it’s done up. Even if that is to be the case, optics wise it’s still better than leaving it open the way it is now and it’d add on a few hundred to the capacity at least

That's the main advantage, IMO. Four sides look so much better on TV. Much better to have smaller stands on all sides, than a couple of large ones and nothing either end.