The Infrastructure Projects

[Strawberry Avenger]

As much as we were all sceptical about Marinakis' commitment, I've always felt the decision to build would be purely a business decision. You don' build a premier league facility if it's more likely you're going to be playing in league 1 and you don't plough millions upon millions into an infrastructure project if there's absolutely no income coming into the business and as such it's a black hole money wise. Now suddenly, the team have a difficult but not unrealistic chance of a top 6 finish (and so promotion), the stadium is full, the money's flowing in again and surprise surprise planning negotiations are on again.

Yeah.

They've already spent millions on it.  So, clearly they're serious about it.

I thought planning would be through by the 'Summer'...however, this is a 'tricky' area.  Dual carriage ways.  Congestion.  Residential area etc.  A gold metal to 'team Forest' if they pull it off.  But there's no doubt the iconic City Ground needs to be updated with at least one of the four stand sides becoming 'state of the art.'  It was decent back in 1994.  That's now a very sizeable chunk of time ago.

I can see how it's become a bit slow and thorny to get through.

It's bad enough walking to the City Ground from the end of the tram line.  (It will take a crack team of genius planners to get the 'ok' for this from every interested party.

The days of volunteers marking out a square piece of grass, with some planks of wood for fans to sit on with corrugated roofs are long gone.

SA.