23-03-2022, 08:00 PM
(23-03-2022, 07:52 PM)mikey393 Wrote: I can't help keep thinking that we should have moved to a new purpose built stadium fit for the 21st Century. All we appear to be doing is trying to rebuild a decaying old stadium. The land is worth a lot for residential property redevelopment. Maybe we could have got a grant from the football league & also a sponsor for the new stadium. What does everyone else think?
I think the majority of fans made their feelings quite clear that they wanted to stay at Fratton if it was at all possible and that is what we should do. There is absolutely no reason that a rebuilt stadium in the same footprint cannot be equally fit for purpose in the 21st century, and it's cheaper to achieve.
The best example in the country for doing this is probably the Hawthorns, and there are numerous soulless flatpack stadiums that come nowhere near the trditional grounds they replced.
And since when have the FL handed out grants for new grounds ???