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Petition: New Stadium - Grimsby Town


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Hi there Saints fans :)

 

Any chance I can get some extra signatures for my club to acquire a new stadium? Only takes a few minutes, we would really appreciate your help.

 

We have been trying for the last 20 years, but setbacks due to location, nimby's, and funding have set us back.

 

This is an official petition made by Grimsby Town Football Club over the last few months, which will be handed into our local council for planning permission.

 

Circa 500 permanent jobs, and 500 temporary construction jobs. For the long term survivability of the club, not only will it help the club, it will help with community projects in Education and Health.

 

Click Link >> http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/north-east-lincolnshire-council-support-for-a-community-stadium-and-leisure-complex-at-peaks-parkway

 

Thank you.

 

Community Stadium and Leisure Complex at Peaks Parkway

 

Together we can make this happen for the Community of North East Lincolnshire

 

Community Leisure Complex comprising

 

• 14000 seat stadium and home of GTFC

 

• all weather multi-use pitches

 

• health and wellbeing centre

 

• education and training centre

 

• multi-sport potential for rugby, netball, cricket

 

• car parking (street sports)

 

• Grimsby Town Sports & Education Trust centre - 2000sqm

 

- Football in the Community sports participation

 

- Futsal programme

 

- NEET provision

 

- Inclusion & disability projects

 

- Health & Education

 

- 163,000 annual aggregate engagement hours

 

Commercial enabling development comprising

 

• hotel and restaurants

 

• petrol filling station

 

• retail

 

Economic benefits

 

• safeguarding GTFC for future generations - 150 jobs

 

• construction employment - 500 jobs

 

• new permanent employment circa 500 jobs

 

• inward investment of £80m

 

• business centre - 3500sqm

 

• new business opportunities

 

• 2000 space car park plus coach spaces (potential Park & Ride)

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Why did they rip out the terracing from the corners at Blundell Park?

 

All the best for the new stadium, but all these moves to soulless out of town locations are killing the character of the English game. At least our identikit modern bowl is walking distance in the city centre.

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All the best for the new stadium, but all these moves to soulless out of town locations are killing the character of the English game.

 

I don't know where they're planning to build this new stadium but isn't Blundell Park 'out of town'...well, officially outside Grimsby and in neighbouring Cleethorpes?

 

I agree tho, better in Cleethorpes than 'out by the motorway'. Thank fook for St Mary's.

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I have been to Grimsby's ground and found it rather pleasant. And its only about 15 minutes walk from the train station. They would be better off redeveloping where they are than ending up with a white elephant. Coventry have found out the hard way that a new ground isn't always the best answer. I know this seems a bit strange when we have moved ourselves. But there were two important differences - we knew that there was a need for extra capacity and we actually moved closer to the city centre rather than away from it.

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Not signing it, old grounds like yours are what makes football. Why would you want to buy a flatpack stadium and build it in the middle of nowhere?

 

I agree with the sentiment, but there are a lot of reasons why, the chief of which is maintenance costs, the old wooden stands at places like Blundell Park are horribly expensive to keep, hence why many are just left to go derelict. (Mansfield's old Bishop Street Stand for instance.)

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