Falmer stadium moves step closer (From The Argus)
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Falmer stadium moves step closer
9:20pm Tuesday 26th August 2008 in News By Simon Barrett
Brighton and Hove Albion bosses have chosen two contractors to compete for the right to build the £50 million Falmer stadium.
Three major contractors were invited to submit detailed “design and build” tender documents to the club.
Albion chief executive Martin Perry, who is leading the 30-strong stadium project team, said those contractors had now been narrowed down to two.
A final decision on which contractor will be hired is expected to be made by the end of September.
The Argus can reveal that one of the contractors competing for the project is the Buckingham Group, which built the impressive 22,000-seat MK Dons stadium in Milton Keynes and an extension at Manchester United’s Old Trafford ground.
Meanwhile the club’s proposals to widen the Stanmer Park access road have been approved by Brighton and Hove City Council.
The plans are a vital part of the Seeda-funded infrastructure work, which is scheduled to start in April next year.
Construction workers are expected to begin work on the project at Village Way North in December. The club hopes to kick off the 2010/11 season in the 22,500-seat arena.
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears finally approved plans for the stadium in July last year.
She was the third minister to oversee the planning application, which became the longest ever endured by a British football club.
Comments(15)
Lawson-land
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9:26pm Tue 26 Aug 08
Sorry, just getting some practice in!
william of orange
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9:54pm Tue 26 Aug 08
...will somebody pleeeeeaaase tell me which bank is lending the money for this????
debba
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10:43pm Tue 26 Aug 08
william of orange
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11:18pm Tue 26 Aug 08
...Grass Bank! lol...because that's about all they can afford for a "stadium" without somebody lending them vast sums of money or without them dipping into the taxpayers pocket!
caeos
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12:17am Wed 27 Aug 08
Brian62
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8:51am Wed 27 Aug 08
quedula
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9:13am Wed 27 Aug 08
No harm in hoping I suppose. I'm hoping I win the lottery on saturday. (I must try to remember to do it.)
alfred w jessop
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10:44am Wed 27 Aug 08
I bet 'John Catt' (see 83 yr old pensioner story) is rubbing his hands with glee as the Albion 'problem' is shifted elsewhere
Guerrero
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11:32am Wed 27 Aug 08
getreal
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3:39pm Wed 27 Aug 08
Voice of the silent Majority
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4:34pm Wed 27 Aug 08
Guerrero wrote:Because Adenstar or some other name like it paid the club a donation of £500,000.00 so i think they will be on the list by default
Why is only one contractors name revealed?Who's the other one?
gdf666
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5:51pm Wed 27 Aug 08
The others tendering are The Bowen Group and Barr construction
And Adenstar or no other name like it gave any money for this reason!!!
gdf666
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5:53pm Wed 27 Aug 08
quedula wrote:Nevermind
"The club hopes to kick off the 2010/11 season in the 22,500-seat arena." No harm in hoping I suppose. I'm hoping I win the lottery on saturday. (I must try to remember to do it.)
More odds of the stadium being ready in time (evens)than there is of you winning the lottery (14,000,000-1)
william of orange
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11:23pm Sat 30 Aug 08
So the infrastructure work is to be SEEDA funded ...is that before or after the well known "Chairman" James ("catch him in his taxpayer funded taxi") Braithwaite has deducted his.."expenses" ???
william of orange
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11:31pm Sat 30 Aug 08
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