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Celtic Park Improvements; What are the board planning
Topic Started: 6 Dec 2016, 02:22 PM (323,120 Views)
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27 Sep 2017, 01:15 PM
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27 Sep 2017, 11:17 AM
I think that redevelopment will be very high on the agenda for the Club.
There is a real opportunity to increase revenue by bringing in more corporate, family, visitor & general fan involvement.
We've made some good progress with the Kerrydale bar, safe standing & the restaurant etc.. The Celtic way looks good.
All of these can be developed way more though, a fan zone should be a no brainer to bring guys in earlier or hang around later - even when there isn't a game on.
Redeveloping the main stand to include much more corporate opportunities would surely pay for itself?

I seen some comment on how much money we pull in from conferences, which Sevco complain about as a missed opportunity from them - we've a big conference room, the hotel will work in with that & bring even more revenue.

The Club are doing well to manage the situation, I think they've held back a fair bit of money to go towards all these plans - rather than spunking t all on the playing squad.
a fan zone should be a no brainer to bring guys in earlier or hang around later - even when there isn't a game on.

While I completely agree with you on that one, do you really see a lot of fans hanging round the stadium before/after games if there is no alcohol to watch the early/ evening KO on a Saturday?
It's a weird one that.
My mate was up from London for the Citeh game & was in a corporate box with his Dad & Pals, said they had free drinks & he was on whiskies, got bladdered.
They have their own box at Fulham & he said the Celtic boxes were totally different from the ones at Fulham, guys bouncing around & handing out the free food to guys in the stands. Reckons you'd never get that at fulham.

It really needs to be looked at, celtic are the ones who will push it, like safe standing.
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27 Sep 2017, 10:59 AM
Regards redeveloping the old stand, did anyone see the Spartak game last night?

Their main stand has a corporate section that looks really good. If we could do something similar it would be great.

How advanced are Celtic's plans to rebuild anyway?

No chance - it looks awful :twitch:


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That's actually exactly how top of the range hospitality looks at many modern stadia now along the main stand side, and the revenue it generates compared to Celtic Park is night and day.

We fail to do this eventually, it is just yet one more revenue stream we will fall very much behind in. In an environment where the TV deal is terrible, I don't think we can afford to stand still on other fronts.

It's actually also how you rebuild the South Stand side of Parkhead to bring it up to the same height, without necessarily filling it with 15-20,000 additional seats that are not needed. It would also have the added bonus of removing restricted view at a stroke from 2000 seats in the East and West corners.

Undoubtedly further down the line than the museum and hotel, but has to be part of a longer term capital investment plan for as long as the club remains in good health on and off the pitch.
I heard that drawings for additional seating and other functions in the south stand had been submitted to the council earlier this year.
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Surely a balance can be brought whereby the main stand doesn't look like it has an office block put on top of a section of seats. We also have premium seats and hospitality dotted around the stadium rather than in one stand. What's the demand like? I know from two seasons ago Celtic were struggling to sell season packages for the prawn sandwich section in the main stand, granted many factors were different. Obviously CL brings the exposure, but will all this additional corporate space be utilised for the less glamorous league games?
As opposed to what exists at present you mean? A quirky Seventies era stand on a completely different rake and height to the rest of the stadium, held up by two massive poles and enormous steelwork roof undercarriage that all impede thousands of existing views, and which looks bolted on to the rest of the modernised stadium?

There is greater demand than the supply that exists within the Celtic Park Main Stand at present. That much should be blindingly obvious. In fact, even facilities for non-hospitality seats in that stand - still pretty premium seats - have pretty poor amenities.

The fact that you can't get into the Kerrydale Bar on a matchday unless you show up before half 1 shows that there is appetite for more leisure facilities.

The hotel and museum will alleviate the need for better facilities to some extent, but its not within the stadium itself, and it is the stadium that is an icon of the club, not something on the periphery.

Clubs with modern stadia are coining it in from genuinely Grade 1 hospitality. As I've already said, its not an income stream we can afford to ignore in light of the terrible TV revenue we receive domestically.
What's wrong with you people,the south stand facade will be demolished over my dead body.
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That's actually exactly how top of the range hospitality looks at many modern stadia now along the main stand side, and the revenue it generates compared to Celtic Park is night and day.

We fail to do this eventually, it is just yet one more revenue stream we will fall very much behind in. In an environment where the TV deal is terrible, I don't think we can afford to stand still on other fronts.

It's actually also how you rebuild the South Stand side of Parkhead to bring it up to the same height, without necessarily filling it with 15-20,000 additional seats that are not needed. It would also have the added bonus of removing restricted view at a stroke from 2000 seats in the East and West corners.

Undoubtedly further down the line than the museum and hotel, but has to be part of a longer term capital investment plan for as long as the club remains in good health on and off the pitch.
I heard that drawings for additional seating and other functions in the south stand had been submitted to the council earlier this year.
There has been loads of chat on here recently re the Main stand getting done up. Does anyone know if it's actually true?
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As opposed to what exists at present you mean? A quirky Seventies era stand on a completely different rake and height to the rest of the stadium, held up by two massive poles and enormous steelwork roof undercarriage that all impede thousands of existing views, and which looks bolted on to the rest of the modernised stadium?

There is greater demand than the supply that exists within the Celtic Park Main Stand at present. That much should be blindingly obvious. In fact, even facilities for non-hospitality seats in that stand - still pretty premium seats - have pretty poor amenities.

The fact that you can't get into the Kerrydale Bar on a matchday unless you show up before half 1 shows that there is appetite for more leisure facilities.

The hotel and museum will alleviate the need for better facilities to some extent, but its not within the stadium itself, and it is the stadium that is an icon of the club, not something on the periphery.

Clubs with modern stadia are coining it in from genuinely Grade 1 hospitality. As I've already said, its not an income stream we can afford to ignore in light of the terrible TV revenue we receive domestically.
What's wrong with you people,the south stand facade will be demolished over my dead body.
Last will and testament?
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Why the hell are we not developing The Lisbon Lion's Stand in the same way as The Jock Stein Stand, but with boxes instead of the restaurant and a lounge like the Kerrydale.
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I heard that drawings for additional seating and other functions in the south stand had been submitted to the council earlier this year.
There has been loads of chat on here recently re the Main stand getting done up. Does anyone know if it's actually true?
No one does. It's just the kind of excited speculation that comes with supporting a club which is ambitious, wealthy and so utterly fabulous that it's set to rule the league for generations! Brilliant team, brilliant manager, brilliant football; hunners of money, a legendary stadium with a stunning approach but with but with a disproportionately smaller main stand and ropey facade. Folk are bound to speculate! :chuffed:
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Planning permission approved.
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For what?

The hotel?
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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/celtic-given-green-light-build-11251739

Celtic have been given the green light to build a multi-million pound hotel and museum next to their stadium.

The club's plans to regenerate the area around Celtic Park, which were unveiled earlier this year, have been approved by council officials.

The club released images of the proposed £18million development which will also include a new ticket office and retail store.


The development is part of Celtic's long-standing masterplan to help regenerate the East End of Glasgow
The hotel will be based on London Road, outside the main stand of Celtic Park and across from the Emirates Arena.

Richard Brown, executive director for development and regeneration services at Glasgow City Council, has now written to Celtic informing them planning consent has been granted.

No objections were lodged to the plans and the decision notice states that building work must be commenced within three years.


The area outside the stadium will be transformed by the new development

In a statement to the council in support of their application Celtic said the development would create up to 120 jobs, provide and economic boost to the area and reduce congestion around the stadium.

It said: "The history of the football club and its worldwide support mean that Celtic Park regularly attracts visitors outwith match days with stadium tours, the club shop and ticket office.

"Provision of a club museum and improved shop/ticketing facilities as proposed will greatly enhance the visitor experience and will help to sustain jobs and economic activity throughout the year.

"The provision of a hotel along with the club facilities will increase the attractiveness of the location as a tourist destination with spin off benefits to the entire area.

"The proposed development will result in the creation of much-needed new employment opportunities associated with the hotel and museum.

"The current lack of hotel accommodation in the vicinity means that everyone attending events at the football stadium or the

arena requires to travel on the day of the event adding to traffic volumes in the surrounding area.

"By locating the proposed hotel immediately beside the stadium and arena pressure on the local transport network will be reduced, particularly at times of peak movement.


"Experience elsewhere also demonstrates that hotel restaurant and cafe/bar facilities adjoining a football stadium can help to spread the timing of trips over a greater time period avoiding peak periods."

Plans for the hotel building states it will be up to five storeys in height and will include a restaurant, cafe and bar.

Details of the project's approval emerged a week after the Premiership champions, who defeated Anderlecht 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday - revealed pre-tax-profits had rocketed to £6.9m.

The plans follow on from regeneration of the east end of Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games in 2014, and the separate development of the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and Emirates Arena nearby.
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Hotel gets green light.....
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28 Sep 2017, 11:09 AM
Planning permission approved.
New Aldi Mega store getting built at ibrox, first in the UK.

Hotel and museum at celtic park, £18 million.
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effing Peter Liewell controls everything :tirade:
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Cheers, GCC :clap:
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Opus Dei have given GC the green light
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Can't cope with all this positivity around our club at the moment :lol:
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Brilliant for the future :thumbsup:
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Some week this has been :clap:
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Opus Dei have given GC the green light
C’mon my man..ask any Der Hun then Opus Dei is not even half of it for a “thank you”...

SPFL, UEFA, Vatican, SNP, Glasgow City Council themselves, Scottish Catholic Church, PIRA (army council), INLA, Emirates Airlines...

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