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[Albion] How much would it cost to rebuild the Goldstone Ground?



Giraffe

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Buy the site.

Build it all as before including the limited facilities.

How much?

Asking for a friend.
 

Gazz15

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yeah sounds a good idea, and make sure it has a minimum 45K capacity to enable us to be rich enough to live in the PL!
 




Giraffe

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Buy the site.

Build it all as beforeincluding the limited facilities.

How much?

Asking for a friend.

Some seem to be missing this bit! EXACTLY the same, no add ons.
 

Wrong-Direction

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Really scrapping the bottom of the barrel

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Eeyore

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Will it be POTG ?
 

GT49er

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Will it be POTG ?

Yeh, and five bob for the terraces, 7/6 for a seat in the stand.

If - and only if - in a fantasy world we were to return to the Goldstone, we'd have to start by buying up the houses in Goldstone lane, and the road itself, so that the east stand could also be massive, covered and two tiered. Would have been could if we could have done that back in the day, but hey, it's just dreams.........

......and yes, Smith would have scored - and our rise could be traced from that wonderful run in the Cup Winners Cup in 83-84 that had the football world sitting up and taking notice............
 

scousefan

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And the point is what exactly? I suppose in its original state it could be an Albion museum - to become popular when we have won the premier league next year and then become champions of Europe!
 


Brovion

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Some seem to be missing this bit! EXACTLY the same, no add ons.
Well, ok, I'll play along, but you understand it won't be a football ground? At least not for the Albion. If we're rebuilding it exactly the way it was most of it will be terracing which we can't use.

So to build your friends Albion museum/1980s football theme park experience:

Buy up the existing site: 100m
Clear the existing site: 30m
Legal fees to get the planning permission, fight the enquiries etc: 20m
Rebuild the Goldstone as it was: 50m
Initial total: 200m.
Add on 20% as it will obviously run over budget: 20m
Grand total: 220m

So there you are, it will cost 220m to rebuild the Goldstone as it was.

DISCLAIMER: I work in IT, not construction, law or planning so my guess may turn out to be a few quid out.
 

GT49er

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Well, ok, I'll play along, but you understand it won't be a football ground? At least not for the Albion. If we're rebuilding it exactly the way it was most of it will be terracing which we can't use.

So to build your friends Albion museum/1980s football theme park experience:

Buy up the existing site: 100m
Clear the existing site: 30m
Legal fees to get the planning permission, fight the enquiries etc: 20m
Rebuild the Goldstone as it was: 50m
Initial total: 200m.
Add on 20% as it will obviously run over budget: 20m
Grand total: 220m

So there you are, it will cost 220m to rebuild the Goldstone as it was.

DISCLAIMER: I work in IT, not construction, law or planning so my guess may turn out to be a few quid out.
Probably closer to the right amount than a Carillion quote..............
 

LowKarate

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Jan 6, 2004
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Well, ok, I'll play along, but you understand it won't be a football ground? At least not for the Albion. If we're rebuilding it exactly the way it was most of it will be terracing which we can't use.

So to build your friends Albion museum/1980s football theme park experience:

Buy up the existing site: 100m
Clear the existing site: 30m
Legal fees to get the planning permission, fight the enquiries etc: 20m
Rebuild the Goldstone as it was: 50m
Initial total: 200m.
Add on 20% as it will obviously run over budget: 20m
Grand total: 220m

So there you are, it will cost 220m to rebuild the Goldstone as it was.

DISCLAIMER: I work in IT, not construction, law or planning so my guess may turn out to be a few quid out.

All of the right cost components, but there are a few savings to be made.

Your friend would have to buy the site at the current investment value to the owners of the income from current retail tenants, plus a small amount for transaction fees. The site was worth £23m when sold as a developed retail park in the late 90s, so accounting for appreciation since then, Brexit impact, etc... the investment value today is probably £80m+

Re-building the site as was would probably cost less than £50 as the construction was simple concrete over base and the main stands were relatively simple steel frames, so £30m ought to do it.

Clear the site ought to be no more than £8m.

That should be around £75m off the bill once the 20% contingency reduction applies, so around £145m all in.

Remember to factor in my fees for consultancy.
 


Bladders

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Jun 22, 2012
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The Troubadour
Can you still buy old timey turnstiles, or would they have to be one off bespoke made .




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