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Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:54 pm
by TenaciousDee
We werr told last night that the Glentoran stand will be closed to all at the next fixture and the media will be positioned in section D in the area closed off last night. As for it being knocked down I heard that won't happen until the end of the year at least. Not sure if there is any truth in it.
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:38 pm
by Keyser Soze
Does anyone give a fcuk any more?
I've lost all interest in the stadium redevelopment to be honest.
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:44 pm
by shauna
i heard there are bats nesting in it so they cant knock it down yet
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:15 pm
by martinbradleey
Has been checked for bats and there are none. Shpuld be going within the next few weeks.
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 10:47 am
by brandyball
martinbradleey wrote:Has been checked for bats and there are none. Shpuld be going within the next few weeks.
Even the bats have lost interest!
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:41 pm
by cousin kev
FFS......Bats!!! Sounds like the fort george japanese knotweed excuse for doing nothing all over again.
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:51 pm
by Keyser Soze
Bats? Seriously?
It's like they are coming up with any excuse now to further delay stadium redevelopment.
What next? Find an ancient Indian burial ground under the pitch? Incorrect alignment of the stars?
We are a joke, end of.
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:27 pm
by 02887
Keyser Soze wrote:Bats? Seriously?
It's like they are coming up with any excuse now to further delay stadium redevelopment.
What next? Find an ancient Indian burial ground under the pitch? Incorrect alignment of the stars?
We are a joke, end of.
See the following:
martinbradleey wrote:Has been checked for bats and there are none. Shpuld be going within the next few weeks.
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:22 pm
by Andy Bernard
02887 wrote:Keyser Soze wrote:Bats? Seriously?
It's like they are coming up with any excuse now to further delay stadium redevelopment.
What next? Find an ancient Indian burial ground under the pitch? Incorrect alignment of the stars?
We are a joke, end of.
See the following:
martinbradleey wrote:Has been checked for bats and there are none. Shpuld be going within the next few weeks.
why should we believe anything the club says? We've all heard this one before. We ARE a joke and you lot are the only ones who cant see it Can anyone at the club do the fans a courtesy and let us know does this upcoming development simply mean a stand is getting bulldozed. Is anything getting built soon or will the ground me in an even worse state next season?
the bats have as much vision as our club and if there was any sort of comminication you wouldnt have to give snotty replies
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:47 pm
by cousin kev
Theres more chance of getting an answer out of 02877 than building office space on the river !!
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:58 pm
by barry
Having spoken to a local representative from Council this morning this is where we are at regarding the redevelopment. It has been DELAYED until at least mid August or early September the reason being are as follows:
- the redevelopment still hasn't passed planning yet, they are awaiting a Green certificate, the whole plan had to be scrutinised after the Casement Park fiasco.
- The letter for offer has been delayed to finance the stadium, at present it is with the procurement office of OFDFM and assurances have been given that it WILL BE PASSED
- the tender will be allocated once the first 2 options have been concluded and this will take up to 5 weeks
- The most worrying issue is that there is STILL NO resolution with the doggy men and this is essential to the plans going ahead. Talks are on-going but if no agreement is met they can take legal action which could delay the process by a few years!
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 3:35 pm
by 2014DCFC_1989
barry wrote:Having spoken to a local representative from Council this morning this is where we are at regarding the redevelopment. It has been DELAYED until at least mid August or early September the reason being are as follows:
- the redevelopment still hasn't passed planning yet, they are awaiting a Green certificate, the whole plan had to be scrutinised after the Casement Park fiasco.
- The letter for offer has been delayed to finance the stadium, at present it is with the procurement office of OFDFM and assurances have been given that it WILL BE PASSED
- the tender will be allocated once the first 2 options have been concluded and this will take up to 5 weeks
- The most worrying issue is that there is STILL NO resolution with the doggy men and this is essential to the plans going ahead. Talks are on-going but if no agreement is met they can take legal action which could delay the process by a few years!
Same Old , Same Old
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 3:39 pm
by Andy Bernard
barry wrote:Having spoken to a local representative from Council this morning
Meanwhile the club maintain a deafening silence
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:35 pm
by Keyser Soze
.... And people wonder why the public of the city are losing whatever little interest they had in the football club.
I predicted earlier in the year that nothing would happen at the end of May. I now predict nothing will happen before the end of 2015.
I'm on the verge of giving up caring if we ever start a new stadium.
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:44 pm
by stevebradley
Please, please, please can we move out of the Brandywell and end this misery.
False dawns on refurbishment, visiting buses getting bricked, certain teams not welcome, doggymen calling the shots. Is there a worse place in the city for a stadium....?
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:54 am
by danny hale
A club that doesn't own their own ground is going no where ?
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 9:15 am
by rodgers
When Dublin City Council take over ownership of Dalymount looks like they might put in a plastic pitch too but not certain:
http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/ ... 56860.html
Plastic pitches are probably desirable from local authority point of view as it makes them easier to grant funding for (which is probably why we have to get one too) but wonder just how economically beneficial they are after that.
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 9:49 am
by brendy_éire
rodgers wrote:When Dublin City Council take over ownership of Dalymount looks like they might put in a plastic pitch too but not certain:
http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/ ... 56860.html
Plastic pitches are probably desirable from local authority point of view as it makes them easier to grant funding for (which is probably why we have to get one too) but wonder just how economically beneficial they are after that.
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:59 am
by stevebradley
rodgers wrote:When Dublin City Council take over ownership of Dalymount looks like they might put in a plastic pitch too but not certain:
http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/ ... 56860.html
Plastic pitches are probably desirable from local authority point of view as it makes them easier to grant funding for (which is probably why we have to get one too) but wonder just how economically beneficial they are after that.
Plastic pitches are usually very economically beneficial for whoever gets the revenue from them.
You can hire them out 24/7 all year round if you want, and most towns seem to have a shortage of astro versus demand. You can also have all parts of a club playing on the one pitch as well, which for some may save on pitch rental fees elsewhere.
I assume that under the new Brandywell it's the council who'll get the revenue from astro pitch hire, and not the club ? If so, another reason to get away from the place.
Re: Brandywell Stadium Development
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:05 pm
by rodgers
Would imagine that will be the case alright since Derry would simply be tenants and would pay for the ground for a certain number of matchdays per year.
Have a feeling that the pitches aren't as lucrative as some people (probably the people who want to sell them to clubs) claim them to be:
Simon Barker, assistant chief executive of the PFA, said: "From the players' point of view they just want the best surface available to them.
"Some of the reasons why clubs wanted [plastic pitches] wasn't about the quality, it was about the extra income they could bring into the club by leasing it out.
"Most of the people we were speaking to, the figures being quoted [for extra income] were totally inflated. That was the issue regarding ourselves [as well as] the health and safety issues."
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29919748
Add in the costs of installing and maintaining (which seem to be just as high if not more than grass despite claims that they are actually cheaper to maintain than grass).
Still don't understand why it can't be the Showgrounds that's made plastic.