Constructive ideas for Ground Development

[Headley Shot]

It’s been announced today that West Ham are getting 6,500 square metres of Solar panels on the roof of the London stadium.
The work should be completed by next summer and the £4.35 million project is getting support from the Mayor of London’s Green energy fund.
The solar power generated will provide all the energy required for the stadium and events that it holds.
The EBB has a pretty big footprint and it would be great to see some kind of similar initiative included in any plans.
It is quite possible, indeed probable that solar energy generation could provide greater sustainability into the future.
Such a project may also attract investors towards the club.

[ShotOnTarget]

It’s been announced today that West Ham are getting 6,500 square metres of Solar panels on the roof of the London stadium.
The work should be completed by next summer and the £4.35 million project is getting support from the Mayor of London’s Green energy fund.
The solar power generated will provide all the energy required for the stadium and events that it holds.
The EBB has a pretty big footprint and it would be great to see some kind of similar initiative included in any plans.
It is quite possible, indeed probable that solar energy generation could provide greater sustainability into the future.
Such a project may also attract investors towards the club.

I suggested similar years ago. Certain posters laughed and compared it with the 'crackpot' ideas of the FGR chairman. The posters that really don't want anything at all to change and are in reality complicit with the slow decline of football in Aldershot.

[chimpster99]

Forget the project in it's current guise. It clearly was pie in the sky, given the obstacles that have appeared with the passing of time, not to mention a plan that got rid of the one asset that sets ATFC apart from most others. The East Bank. Rebuild the current ground stand by stand over a plan spanning 15-25 years. If people thinks that seems a long time, it would have been finished long since had such a venture commenced in 1992 or soon after.

Agree 100% with this.

If the project does not produce new revenue streams into the Cub, then it serves one real purpose only which is to line the pockets of Wates and the Board. That cannot be allowed to happen, given that the price for doing so is the loss of the East Bank - our one key differentiator. Until or unless someone comes up with a coherent plan that puts the club onto a much more sustainable financial footing in the long term, then we're better to remain as we are and to pursue a piecemeal refurbishment of the ground as and when finances allow it.

[stevieshot]

If the Woking semi final shows us anything. It's that we need a 10,000 capacity stadium. Otherwise we will find ourselves turning away customers again.

[brian bloomfield]

You're right, I do believe we could have had at least 9k there. The home East Bank section was 60% full re manageable crowd.

[CornishShot]

Forget the project in it's current guise. It clearly was pie in the sky, given the obstacles that have appeared with the passing of time, not to mention a plan that got rid of the one asset that sets ATFC apart from most others. The East Bank. Rebuild the current ground stand by stand over a plan spanning 15-25 years. If people thinks that seems a long time, it would have been finished long since had such a venture commenced in 1992 or soon after.

Agree 100% with this.

If the project does not produce new revenue streams into the Cub, then it serves one real purpose only which is to line the pockets of Wates and the Board. That cannot be allowed to happen, given that the price for doing so is the loss of the East Bank - our one key differentiator. Until or unless someone comes up with a coherent plan that puts the club onto a much more sustainable financial footing in the long term, then we're better to remain as we are and to pursue a piecemeal refurbishment of the ground as and when finances allow it.

Spot on.

[Headley Shot]

If there were any doubts about the size of Aldershots potential fan base, they were answered on Sunday. Our club and its support deserve a decent stadium. All the stakeholders must now push forwards at pace to capitalise on this moment in history.
If Wimbledon, Crawley and Bromley can do it, surely this area can too ?
I don’t believe the EBB is the right place for a new stadium but surely Rushmoor Borough Council can redevelop the whole of the EBB site and build somewhere with plenty of car parking, maybe retail/leisure spaces ? Access could be at the High Street for redevelopment of the EBB site then and if a deal could be done with BT, you could build hundreds of new flats too which would easily help pay for a new stadium somewhere else with plenty of land around it.
Surely the MOD negotiators will be a bit more reasonable in their demands if they know their access road doesn’t matter to any redevelopment should the club be able to moved elsewhere too ?
Come on Rushmoor BC.,, help your club move forwards with some realistic options ?

[stevieshot]

We should forget about flats etc. And build a multi-purpose stadium. That can host events other than football, all year round. Forget about the 18,000 at Wembley, more realistic for the Shots is 8 - 10,000 we could have hosted v Woeking. With the right investment we could ride the wave of this euphoria.