[Sadfish]

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:35 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

On the Tesco part of it, and I'm not being negative. In the current economic climate would Tesco really be be bothered about any major delays.

They already have a town Centre store which IMO is in a better location than the one they are moving to.
Even if the new store is bigger, how long will it take thm to get their money back on that investment?

I'll take a guess there will be an announcement before the date Saints play Wire so don't worry you little grey hairs mate

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:21 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

On the Tesco part of it, and I'm not being negative. In the current economic climate would Tesco really be be bothered about any major delays.

They already have a town Centre store which IMO is in a better location than the one they are moving to.
Even if the new store is bigger, how long will it take thm to get their money back on that investment?

Tesco live in a different economic world, they will open their bigger shop to get customers out of morrisons/ASDA, return on investment will take months, not years.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:43 pm  

Paul Youane wrote:

Not quite that clearly apparently, as the bond is only put in place when they want to open the Tesco store before the stadium is complete. The bond is for the value of the outstanding value of the stadium works and in effect is a "guarantee" for the council that Langtree will finish off the stadium works even though the money generating part of the development is up and running ie if Langtree don't finish the stadium the Council call the bond in and use that money to finish the stadium.

Oh no! That's really "pwnage" of myself (and to be fair a lot more concise and accurate version of what the bond is than Chair Maker's description).

[Sadfish]

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:25 pm  

Paul Youane wrote:

Oh no! That's really "pwnage" of myself (and to be fair a lot more concise and accurate version of what the bond is than Chair Maker's description).

haha you had to bite didnt you

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:35 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

On the Tesco part of it, and I'm not being negative. In the current economic climate would Tesco really be be bothered about any major delays.

They already have a town Centre store which IMO is in a better location than the one they are moving to.
Even if the new store is bigger, how long will it take thm to get their money back on that investment?

Tesco have just opened 4(i think its 4) new tesco stores in and around the north.

They also will be building a new tesco in widnes with construction starting in april. Sainsburys and morrisons have also building new stores around the country.

For whatever reason supermarkets are still being built even in the current economic climate, so i wouldn't worry to much about tesco not being bothered.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:49 pm  

St pete wrote:

Tesco have just opened 4(i think its 4) new tesco stores in and around the north.

They also will be building a new tesco in widnes with construction starting in april. Sainsburys and morrisons have also building new stores around the country.

For whatever reason supermarkets are still being built even in the current economic climate, so i wouldn't to much about tesco not being bothered.

The rules governing Supermarkets are being tightened up shortly, Tesco have about 30 in the pipeline.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:48 pm  

The Doghead wrote: The rules governing Supermarkets are being tightened up shortly, Tesco have about 30 in the pipeline. Tesco seem to be slowly taking over the world!! They can be stopped as soon as our project is completed and the stadium open I'd like to see some site clearance started, its just been a huge pile of bricks and out buildings for so long now its getting boring, no wonder there are rumours abound of delays and problems. It was exactly 2 months yesterday since the club last posted an update on the website and while i don't expect miracles, just a press release from Saints on who has won the building contract would be a start, its hard to understand any secrecy on matters like this it leaves it wide open to unwanted speculation. As things stand if we manage to get the ball rolling in the next 6 weeks which seems highly optimistic given the lack of news, allowing only 3 months for contingency (not a lot on a major development) we'll be lucky to be in between May-July 2011! Wonder if Turner will be doing coaches to Widnes/Leigh... http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwes ... ction=4148 Only a snippet which may have been posted before but the article says: "And in May, it intends to start work on St Helens Rugby League Football Club's new £50m 18,000-capacity stadium." Which looks closer to July/August 2011

The Doghead wrote: The rules governing Supermarkets are being tightened up shortly, Tesco have about 30 in the pipeline. Tesco seem to be slowly taking over the world!! They can be stopped as soon as our project is completed and the stadium open I'd like to see some site clearance started, its just been a huge pile of bricks and out buildings for so long now its getting boring, no wonder there are rumours abound of delays and problems. It was exactly 2 months yesterday since the club last posted an update on the website and while i don't expect miracles, just a press release from Saints on who has won the building contract would be a start, its hard to understand any secrecy on matters like this it leaves it wide open to unwanted speculation. As things stand if we manage to get the ball rolling in the next 6 weeks which seems highly optimistic given the lack of news, allowing only 3 months for contingency (not a lot on a major development) we'll be lucky to be in between May-July 2011! Wonder if Turner will be doing coaches to Widnes/Leigh... http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwes ... ction=4148 Only a snippet which may have been posted before but the article says: "And in May, it intends to start work on St Helens Rugby League Football Club's new £50m 18,000-capacity stadium." Which looks closer to July/August 2011

[Sadfish]

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:04 pm  

Chris Saint wrote: Tesco seem to be slowly taking over the world!! They can be stopped as soon as our project is completed and the stadium open I'd like to see some site clearance started, its just been a huge pile of bricks and out buildings for so long now its getting boring, no wonder there are rumours abound of delays and problems. It was exactly 2 months yesterday since the club last posted an update on the website and while i don't expect miracles, just a press release from Saints on who has won the building contract would be a start, its hard to understand any secrecy on matters like this it leaves it wide open to unwanted speculation. As things stand if we manage to get the ball rolling in the next 6 weeks which seems highly optimistic given the lack of news, allowing only 3 months for contingency (not a lot on a major development) we'll be lucky to be in between May-July 2011! Wonder if Turner will be doing coaches to Widnes/Leigh... http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwes ... ction=4148 Only a snippet which may have been posted before but the article says: "And in May, it intends to start work on St Helens Rugby League Football Club's new £50m 18,000-capacity stadium." Which looks closer to July/August 2011 The rumour (strong one) going round (has come to me from different sources) is a 15th March announcemnt and almost imimediate start on a 60 week build. Also that the club are not in the driving seat with regards the tender process and therefore can't get involved without other parties announcing first.

Chris Saint wrote: Tesco seem to be slowly taking over the world!! They can be stopped as soon as our project is completed and the stadium open I'd like to see some site clearance started, its just been a huge pile of bricks and out buildings for so long now its getting boring, no wonder there are rumours abound of delays and problems. It was exactly 2 months yesterday since the club last posted an update on the website and while i don't expect miracles, just a press release from Saints on who has won the building contract would be a start, its hard to understand any secrecy on matters like this it leaves it wide open to unwanted speculation. As things stand if we manage to get the ball rolling in the next 6 weeks which seems highly optimistic given the lack of news, allowing only 3 months for contingency (not a lot on a major development) we'll be lucky to be in between May-July 2011! Wonder if Turner will be doing coaches to Widnes/Leigh... http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwes ... ction=4148 Only a snippet which may have been posted before but the article says: "And in May, it intends to start work on St Helens Rugby League Football Club's new £50m 18,000-capacity stadium." Which looks closer to July/August 2011 The rumour (strong one) going round (has come to me from different sources) is a 15th March announcemnt and almost imimediate start on a 60 week build. Also that the club are not in the driving seat with regards the tender process and therefore can't get involved without other parties announcing first.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:12 pm  

considering we will be losing revenue the longer we are not in our own stadium there will be financial penalities to the builder for any delays, so i expect it to finish within the quoted 60 week build time

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:32 pm  

Sadfish wrote:

The rumour (strong one) going round (has come to me from different sources) is a 15th March announcemnt and almost imimediate start on a 60 week build.

Also that the club are not in the driving seat with regards the tender process and therefore can't get involved without other parties announcing first.

Well i don't really care where an announcement comes from anymore, anyone involved will do lol...

Starting late March /April for 60 weeks is still June barring any delays, still i hope the rumour is true!