Murray '' I nearly sold in summer ''

[fraser54 0]

What i am fearing with the new stadium (if it goes ahaead) is that the fans will be miles away from the pitch, unlike Ibrox is now the fans are on top of the players which gives an itimidating atmosphere on the big nights.

 

What else do you expect Murray to do, football clubs should be trying to live on what they earn , not what the Chairmen earns, yes you have got exceptions like Chelsea, but look at Hearts for example.

Murray has got Rangers in his heart, gave us many years of success, new stadium , even a moe upgraded stadium now and will sell it to the right person to take the CLUB FORWARD

[calscot 0]

I think the idea of a Sapporo Dome type stadium is that when you roll the pitch out you should still have a hard, relatively undamageable surface, and an indoor, weather proof arena in which to hold many types of large event.

 

It would be the top Scottish venue for rock concerts and many athletics events as well as the likes of boxing, Gridiron, cycling etc.

 

Not to mention things like dirt biking, bmx racing and other sports of that ilk as well as events like car shows etc, where a football pitch sized indoor area could be readily utilised.

 

It seems to me that the Struth and Govan stands would not have to be demolished as only the roofs need to be removed. One or both of the Copeland or Broomloan stands would have to make way for a new one which allows the pitch to slide under it. Replacing these as well as the roof would allow them to be bigger and also the corners to be filled in bringing capacity up to an achievable 70k.

 

I still think it's a bit pie in the sky, although I do believe the capacity of the stadium WILL be increased - but not to 70k. 56k or so seems more finacially feasible.

 

Like I said, the all enclosed option is an interesting one as it opens up possibilities for many other events which require large indoor areas with loads of seating. With the retractable pitch it will leave the grass undamaged.

 

However, the funding for this type of development will depend on if there is really a market for these events to bring in a steady and reliable stream of cash. That's what part of the feasibility study will be checking out.

 

I think an enclosed stadium would be a great asset in Scotland, where the weather is so intrusive. It would mean that Rangers home games would rarely be postponed and the fans wouldn't be freezing their nuts off so much.

 

In my opinion, if they build it, they should have another pitch which slides in from the other side - a field turf one which would allow the teams to train indoors in the middle of winter as much as they like on a full size pitch without damaging the grass. Reserve games could be played on this too, saving money on hiring Broadwood.

 

We could also allow the Claymores to play and train at Ibrox, bringing in more cash - and then hire out the Field Turf the on any spare evenings, like Dunfermline used to do.

 

However, like I say, I think it's still an unlikely scenario, although a very interesting one. It would basically provide a unique venue in the UK and that's why it could really work.

[Gribz 743]

What i am fearing with the new stadium (if it goes ahaead) is that the fans will be miles away from the pitch, unlike Ibrox is now the fans are on top of the players which gives an itimidating atmosphere on the big nights.

 

Agreed, i like a stadium which has deep close up stands. Dortmunds stadium is a good example.

 

Also agree with most of Calscots post but I do think 60k+ is needed. The struth stand could probably stay but the rest would come down IMO.

[calscot 0]

I think Rangers would try to find ways of saving money and keeping the Govan stand if pratical architecturally, could do that. We wouldn't need the pitch to rotate like in the Sapporo Dome.

 

Other ways of saving would be to keep the seats we have and I'm sure there is other stuff we could recycle to save money.

 

The Sapporo Dome cost 210M to build and there seems no way we can raise that kind of money. I think we'd probably max out at about 80M. That could take 20 years to pay back at about say 6.5M per annum.

 

So if we increased our income by say 10M per annum that could give us about an extra 3.5M before costs towards the team. At the same time we could increase our average attendance by say 10k which could provide an amazing atmosphere in an enclosed stadium.

[pete 2,499]

There are many ways you could use a new stadium including,hotel casino,shopping centre. What you have to watch out for as many of the companies that originally start such a venture go Bankrupt due to massive spiralling over budget costs. Donald Trump's Taj Mahal casino and the Scottish parliament, to give two examples.

 

Murray would have to think of ways of protecting RFC from going bankrupt if he is to throw us in the deep.

[fraser54 0]

There are many ways you could use a new stadium including,hotel casino,shopping centre. What you have to watch out for as many of the companies that originally start such a venture go Bankrupt due to massive spiralling over budget costs. Donald Trump's Taj Mahal casino and the Scottish parliament, to give two examples.

 

Murray would have to think of ways of protecting RFC from going bankrupt if he is to throw us in the deep.

 

 

I am sure he is aware of all this stuff