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SUFC: The Future The regeneration of Roots Hall

Our hopes and visions for the rebirth of Southend United, plus any plans published by the consortium for discussion
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Sunnyshrimper said:
Understandably there is a lot of focus on the current stands, how we renovate to restore safety and capacity in short term. I am interested by the plot as a whole and what we may be able to do moving forward. As I understand it, (and I may be wrong, happy to be corrected for those who know more) Roots Hall site comprises of this. As it stands we have almost no ability to do much with South stand or West due to space constraint with residential buildings directly behind, a little with North and plenty with East. Given we have access on 3 sides, I would imagine we must be considering knocking down that old block of flats and the parade of shops in the corner, assuming we have the ability to do this, open up the entrance, rotate the pitch, levelling the sloping areas etc in the longer term. The space is there if it is done right..View attachment 33039
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Drove past the cathedral earlier today and wondered about the parade of shops (marked with a pizza slice on the photo above). Who owns them? Is it Roots Hall Limited and will be moved over to POSU FC Limited when Roots Hall is transferred or are they owned by another one of the Rat Group?
 
Westcliff Shrimper said:
Drove past the cathedral earlier today and wondered about the parade of shops (marked with a pizza slice on the photo above). Who owns them? Is it Roots Hall Limited and will be moved over to POSU FC Limited when Roots Hall is transferred or are they owned by another one of the Rat Group?
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The last i heard Sainsbury's still had a say in them. (Remember the 5 mill) Might be out of date now though.
 
Hmm, yes not an urgent priority but it would be good to clarify the ownership status on and around the plot, if we can freely bulldoze or must maintain specific buildings and if there are any ransom strips of land owned by a 3rd party. Let’s hope not!
 
Sunnyshrimper said:
Understandably there is a lot of focus on the current stands, how we renovate to restore safety and capacity in short term. I am interested by the plot as a whole and what we may be able to do moving forward. As I understand it, (and I may be wrong, happy to be corrected for those who know more) Roots Hall site comprises of this. As it stands we have almost no ability to do much with South stand or West due to space constraint with residential buildings directly behind, a little with North and plenty with East. Given we have access on 3 sides, I would imagine we must be considering knocking down that old block of flats and the parade of shops in the corner, assuming we have the ability to do this, open up the entrance, rotate the pitch, levelling the sloping areas etc in the longer term. The space is there if it is done right..View attachment 33039
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Could do a whole thread on this!
 
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From the widest point going west to east, the current Roots Hall structure is around 122m.

From the narrowest point going north to south, the car park area is 116m. By rotating the pitch we lose 6m, meaning the stands running the length of the touchline would have to be narrower, or multiple storey. Rotating isn't a viable option I don't think

Correct site boundaries at the link below
 
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Rotating is unnecessary and for the cost and the upheaval probably prohibitive.

Massive new east grandstand, joining the corners and revamping north and west would be more than enough for a big capacity increase I reckon.

Unless you include LMA manager and similar (which I do) I don't have any experience in these sorts of matters, but building behind the current east stand and then moving the pitch over so it is centered, along with joining the north and south east corners to the new grandstand would look incredible!

I think @Sherif H talked about re doing the west in a way that doesn't do anything structurally but improves sight lines etc, there is a little room behind the west for new and improved catering facilities.

The south is the south though i think, I dont have any images in my head on how that strange (but beautiful in its own way) stand could be improved
 
Sunnyshrimper said:
Understandably there is a lot of focus on the current stands, how we renovate to restore safety and capacity in short term. I am interested by the plot as a whole and what we may be able to do moving forward. As I understand it, (and I may be wrong, happy to be corrected for those who know more) Roots Hall site comprises of this. As it stands we have almost no ability to do much with South stand or West due to space constraint with residential buildings directly behind, a little with North and plenty with East. Given we have access on 3 sides, I would imagine we must be considering knocking down that old block of flats and the parade of shops in the corner, assuming we have the ability to do this, open up the entrance, rotate the pitch, levelling the sloping areas etc in the longer term. The space is there if it is done right..View attachment 33039
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To do that they would need to rebuild the entire stadium and do everything at once so we would then need to do a ground share too.
 
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