plymouth's ground

[lebowski]

in the steve adams article in today's adver it says how he won back to back promotions with plymouth, which i know to be wrong but wanted to check so looked on wikipedia and came across the following interesting article:


"The original ground of the professional club at Home Park, was destroyed by German bombers during The Blitz on Plymouth in World War II. Having been rebuilt after the war, Home Park was largely demolished as part of an extensive process of renovation, and the first phase of a new stadium built by Barrs plc was completed in May 2002. The new Devonport End was opened for the 2001 Boxing Day fixture with Torquay United. The other end, the Barn Park End opened on the same day. The Lyndhurst stand reopened on 26 January 2002 for the game against Oxford United. Plans are currently under discussion regarding the completion of the refurbishment of the ground with the replacement of the Mayflower stand. The club is situated in Central Park, very near to the residential area of Peverell. Towards the end of the 05/06 English Coca-Cola Championship season the club decided to buy the stadium for £2.7 million off Plymouth City Council, releasing the ground from a 125 year lease. This purchase was concluded in December 2006.

In the summer of 2007, Argyle's failure to persuade the UK authorities [3] of the case for retaining a standing terrace decided to add 3,500 temporary seats to the Mayflower enclosure [4]. This is likely to drop the capacity to just under 20,000 from the previous 20,922 (an exact figure is not yet available) for the 2007/08 season."


so they bought the ground for £2.7million. anyone got any idea how the county ground site and stands would compare in value?

one thing i would hope for from a new stadium would be a safe standing area. if the consortium take over and need someone to go and have a look round those wonderful german stadiums with standing zones then please keep me in mind.

[SwindonTartanArmy]

in the steve adams article in today's adver it says how he won back to back promotions with plymouth, which i know to be wrong but wanted to check so looked on wikipedia and came across the following interesting article:


"The original ground of the professional club at Home Park, was destroyed by German bombers during The Blitz on Plymouth in World War II. Having been rebuilt after the war, Home Park was largely demolished as part of an extensive process of renovation, and the first phase of a new stadium built by Barrs plc was completed in May 2002. The new Devonport End was opened for the 2001 Boxing Day fixture with Torquay United. The other end, the Barn Park End opened on the same day. The Lyndhurst stand reopened on 26 January 2002 for the game against Oxford United. Plans are currently under discussion regarding the completion of the refurbishment of the ground with the replacement of the Mayflower stand. The club is situated in Central Park, very near to the residential area of Peverell. Towards the end of the 05/06 English Coca-Cola Championship season the club decided to buy the stadium for £2.7 million off Plymouth City Council, releasing the ground from a 125 year lease. This purchase was concluded in December 2006.

In the summer of 2007, Argyle's failure to persuade the UK authorities [3] of the case for retaining a standing terrace decided to add 3,500 temporary seats to the Mayflower enclosure [4]. This is likely to drop the capacity to just under 20,000 from the previous 20,922 (an exact figure is not yet available) for the 2007/08 season."


so they bought the ground for £2.7million. anyone got any idea how the county ground site and stands would compare in value?

one thing i would hope for from a new stadium would be a safe standing area. if the consortium take over and need someone to go and have a look round those wonderful german stadiums with standing zones then please keep me in mind.

Im all for safe standing areas, but under current Legislation there is no chance of being able to use them here, no matter how well planned, and safe they are

[RobertT]

The total site is just over 30 acres, the current price of land in central Swindon would be above £1m per acre.

I'm guessing Plymouth's ground is on much less valuable land and they probably purchased the footprint of the ground only.

Rikki Hunt made a cursory offer of about £1.5m about 10 years ago didn't he?  I remember him at the very least mentioning something about it but I'm sure it was rejected out of hand.

[Bushey Boy]

Robs right, the general price in swindon is a million however that location would be worth about 1.5 per acre id say.  Thats a huge amount!

[Matchworn Shirts]

I think the terrace at home park has to be closed this season as the three-years grace has run out