Better facilities for the away supporters would mean more of them would actually come. When we get to the likes of playoff games and derbies then that extra capacity is massive. It's also the corporate boxes that will be housed in the facility that generate extra revenue. North stand is a must if the club want to move forward imo.

I agree. Hudds will still bring both fans, but its the boxes that will bring in the cash.

I agree, but there's no way we need to build a 3K facility at the South end of the ground.

Best for who? Maybe best for FC as it would put a stop to humbling derby defeats for a while.

Have to say i disagree with you on this one.... once both North and east stand are finished... it would do the ground good to get a proper stand at the south end... try and make the ground a little more closed in,rather than so open as it is now..

lol you keep dreaming sunshine now run along home!

Yes it would be nice but it doesn't need to be massive, seating for 1K would be more than enough. I'm not saying we should just leave it, but there'd be no point on spending several million quid on something that's not required.



The thread is about ground developments, the only off subject post is yours.

Edit: Actually it's not, sorry about that!

Something similar to the current North stand at the south with a roof on. Can make it into a family stand. Would close in the ground and make it look half decent.

The reason the away support is so low is because of the facilities. We would bring a lot more than 1k if you had a good away end.

It is not just for away fans either, it is also an overflow for the home fans. Like at warrington, their south stand sells out every game (same as your home stand) so fans always end up in the away end.

So it would get used.

It's prob best u go play with a bus or sumet

Old saying If you build it they will come it could be our field of dreams

apart from perhaps a lick of poundstretcher's finest paint,i can't honestly see Craven park changing at all in the next couple of years?

Is that a statement or a question?

The much talked about big screen will be installed during the off-season as well as electronic advertising boardings. Progress may seem slow on face value but it is being made.

I'd forgotten about that. Is it still the one from the back of the councils shed or have we acquired a more recently "procured" one? There's quite a few massive telly's going cheap on ebay, or so I'm led to believe...

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Delay to North stand down to the developers getting their numbers wrong, according to the YP.

Nothing that a £1 million loan from Allam wouldn't help solve

Will be interesting to see what happens next. The previous cost of £6.5m was going to be borne as follows:

ERDF Funding 2.3m
Enterprise Hub etc 2.3m*
Hull KR (Stand cost) 1.9m*
Total 6.5m
* Via central government loan, interest rate and term tbc.

I think they're now saying that the cost is actually around £7.3m, so it remains to be seen how much of the overruns are attributable to understimating the stand cost, which Rovers will pay for, and how much the Enterprise Hub pays for. On a pro rata basis would be another £200k ish for Rovers to borrow, or maybe a simple draw-down from the soft loan from Mr Allam.

Doubt it, contract prices are plummeting recently. One of my clients has had to shave 20% off a contract to keep the next phase. Labour rates are less than half of 3 years ago, with some joiners on £7.50 per hour as apposed to £15 + per hour a while back (some over £20 p/h). Unless our board have no savvy at all (which is doubtful seeing as most are millionaire businessmen) the build cost should be coming down.

Please tell me the stand isn't made of wood!

If that's so, why do you need a loan from the council and erdf to get it built?

Why do you think, daft lad

Aye, theyve had to upgrade from the plans of making it out of straw