Hearts' New Stand Thread (Merged)

[Billy Whizz]

An other thing I was surprised about the other night. The seating in the new shiny stand is less spacious than our stand
Really tight

[greenginger]

I see there has been one update on the Council website of the ongoing Building Warrant shambles at the Budge folly.

A Building Warrant has been granted to allow the reduction of the profile of the police control box.

This was passed yesterday 17th Oct and the website updated this morning.

Its not the website that isn't up to date as has been suggested, its simply the whole new stand is be occupied without Building Warrants or occupation certificates.

[greenginger]

Further update, I see a temporary occupation certificate has been issued for the new nursery , so it will be opening on Tuesday .

No building warrant yet, but a completion certificate ? that's a new one for me ??

At least Budge will now have to hand over the cash to the Council for the land the Yam erection was built on.

[Col2]

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Further update, I see a temporary occupation certificate has been issued for the new nursery , so it will be opening on Tuesday .

No building warrant yet, but a completion certificate ? that's a new one for me ??

At least Budge will now have to hand over the cash to the Council for the land the Yam erection was built on.

Kyle Lafferty funds I imagine..

[Chic Murray]

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Kyle Lafferty funds I imagine..

And their Champions League appearance money from next year, plus the 30m from Barca for Cochranaldo.

[haagsehibby]

The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has just received a building licence 136 years after work was started!!

[GlesgaeHibby]

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Kyle Lafferty funds I imagine..

That plus the prize money for winning the league.

[greenginger]

The council is selling the land for £ 260,000.

8 years ago it was £ 1.2 million Vlad was asked to pay.

[Kato]

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The council is selling the land for £ 260,000.

8 years ago it was £ 1.2 million Vlad was asked to pay.

Good to see the council maximising income for the City's budget without fear or favour.

[Hibs4185]

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The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has just received a building licence 136 years after work was started!!

I thought that record was in danger over in gorgie!

[tamig]

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An other thing I was surprised about the other night. The seating in the new shiny stand is less spacious than our stand
Really tight

Why did that surprise you? There is very little space about that place and they try and cram as much out of any area that they can. The tight/small seats and associated lack of legroom have been mentioned many times on this thread.

[Jack Hackett]

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Why did that surprise you? There is very little space about that place and they try and cram as much out of any area that they can. The tight/small seats and associated lack of legroom have been mentioned many times on this thread.

The yam lurkers occasionally need reminding as their own forum ignores the subject.

[tamig]

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The yam lurkers occasionally need reminding as their own forum ignores the subject.

Fair point bud 👍

[Www1875hfc]

I see from today’s Evening news that the cost has risen to £18 million !!! States that the new main stand holds 7,290 seats. What does the Roseburn/gorgie/ wheatfield take the attendance figure up to now. When was the last time they had 20k watching a match ?


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[Barney McGrew]

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.c...-18m-1-4827850

[Leith's finest]

It has got a playground outside mainstand/roseburn stand lol must have cost them about a fiver, at least I think it a playground

[GlesgaeHibby]

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I see from today’s Evening news that the cost has risen to £18 million !!! States that the new main stand holds 7,290 seats. What does the Roseburn/gorgie/ wheatfield take the attendance figure up to now. When was the last time they had 20k watching a match ?


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Budge talks some amount of Tam Kite. Claims that once they got the stand open they slowed down as they realised the scale of the project and opportunity available. My arse, they slowed down because they were skint - late and way over budget.

£18m and it's still smaller than ER and will take another 12-18 months to finish

[green day]

£18m, sure the kickback idiots will think its all cash well spent

Having said that, not all of that is the stand, £1m for the new pitch (which is a good investment imo), but its pretty clear that the cockup of the original build has cost them a lot.

I am quite amazed at how long its taking to complete, esp if they have the cash available - they officially opened it a year ago, and it will be at least another year until it is "finished".

I wonder what Aberdeen will spend on their new stadium? Was out with a (Raith fan) that lives in Aberdeen and he said their wealthy backers were putting in a fair chunk of cash.

Based on Hearts stadium build, Aberdeens could be £50 / £60m - which really puts into perspective what we spent on Easter Road.

[Famous Fiver]

Mouthpiece AllisBarry desperately trying to put a spin on what was a disastrously planned project from day one.

Four hundred pages on here demonstrates exactly what has been going wrong.

£18 Million? Aye, and the rest. They have got it wrong up to now so experience tells us it will hit at least £20 million.

We got value for money in a well planned, financially viable project of which we can all be proud.

Hen's march to the midden doesn't even begin to describe their efforts.

And the gullible keep giving.

[greenginger]

Hardly worth repeating, but they still don't have a certificate of temporary occupation for the new stand, or even been issued with a building warrant for the supporters bar, the club shop, the TV studio etc.

Applications for the building warrants were made back in April/May but so far nothing has been issued, but they've gone ahead and built and opened the facilities.

The new nursery is even stranger. No building warrant, but a certificate of temporary occupation was issued .

Don't suppose AllisBarry raises any of that.

[green day]

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Hardly worth repeating, but they still don't have a certificate of temporary occupation for the new stand, or even been issued with a building warrant for the supporters bar, the club shop, the TV studio etc.

Applications for the building warrants were made back in April/May but so far nothing has been issued, but they've gone ahead and built and opened the facilities.

The new nursery is even stranger. No building warrant, but a certificate of temporary occupation was issued .

Don't suppose AllisBarry raises any of that.

Is any of that relevant?

Presumably they have a safety certificate which is all that must be required for them to play football.

[greenginger]

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Is any of that relevant?

Presumably they have a safety certificate which is all that must be required for them to play football.

Its relevant to all building projects.

Its also relevant to their insurance company. No certificate of legal occupation, no cover.

[K.Marx]

So who’s bankrolling these extra costs? Budge personally or her chronies? Or will more FOH dosh be used?

[Winston Ingram]

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So who’s bankrolling these extra costs? Budge personally or her chronies? Or will more FOH dosh be used?

Their mysterious benefactors are undoubtedly stumping up here. They've already put £4.5m which doesn't even cover the over spend.

They were then somehow able to sign 17 players in the summer on top of this. There's no way they could fund it otherwise.

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Barry at his best

The £18m total incorporates the cost of the stadium’s plush new main stand, a new piping and heating system, a fans’ bar, dressing rooms, corporate suites and restaurants, the Foundation Plaza, a new £1m hybrid pitch, redevelopment beneath the Wheatfield Stand, plus other smaller improvements in the surrounding area.

Read more at: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.c...-18m-1-4827850

Imagine, dressing rooms in a new main stand. What a concept

[Alan62]

Allisbarry's latest piece is the biggest pile of succulent lamb journalism since Jabba was in his pomp.

What an absolute pile of sycophantic nonsense. Everything is given a positive spin. Somehow a huge overspend is made to look like an opportunity to do something even better. Bad planning has become serendipity. Does he even know what the word 'plush' means? Has he seen the photos of the 'major hospitality and conference destination'?

In these Trumpian times when fake is the news, apparently the bigger the lies you tell, the more people believe you.

All is, indeed, barry while you're squashed into a tiny little seat, rain lashing your laptop, knees wrapped round the ears of the guy in front of you, surrounded by hostile punters because there's no designated access route to the 'press box'. £18M and rising. Bargain.

[Oscar T Grouch]

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Barry at his best

The £18m total incorporates the cost of the stadium’s plush new main stand, a new piping and heating system, a fans’ bar, dressing rooms, corporate suites and restaurants, the Foundation Plaza, a new £1m hybrid pitch, redevelopment beneath the Wheatfield Stand, plus other smaller improvements in the surrounding area.

Read more at: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.c...-18m-1-4827850

Imagine, dressing rooms in a new main stand. What a concept

Dressing rooms they don’t even use, over a year since the stand was opened 🤨

[Alan62]

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Dressing rooms they don’t even use, over a year since the stand was opened 🤨

They don't use them because they aren't there yet.

Plush.

[Hibs4185]

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Barry at his best

The £18m total incorporates the cost of the stadium’s plush new main stand, a new piping and heating system, a fans’ bar, dressing rooms, corporate suites and restaurants, the Foundation Plaza, a new £1m hybrid pitch, redevelopment beneath the Wheatfield Stand, plus other smaller improvements in the surrounding area.

Read more at: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.c...-18m-1-4827850

Imagine, dressing rooms in a new main stand. What a concept

The best one though is ‘restaurants’, is that the sky lounge with the views of tynecastle high? Where’s the other restaurant to make it plural or do our mighty pink chums now take their grandeur to a new level and call pie stands restaurants?? 😂😂

[G B Young]

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I see from today’s Evening news that the cost has risen to £18 million !!! States that the new main stand holds 7,290 seats. What does the Roseburn/gorgie/ wheatfield take the attendance figure up to now. When was the last time they had 20k watching a match ?


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"Ann Budge has commissioned extra cash..." What does that mean?!

As others have said, the a**e-licking attitude of the EN towards the yams is pathetic. This story can't be described as journalism/reporting. It could have been lifted straight from the Hearts website or programme. Nothing wrong with Allisbarry carrying the quotes from Budge, but come on...this is a project which is now running £6m over its initial £12m budget and "won't be completed until well into the 2019/20 season". How about raising some questions about that?? The costs seem to be rising by around £3m every six months so by 2020 who's to say the whole thing won't be costing them double the original figure?