Afternoon All,

Has anyone heard of any updates on the plans/progress of the 'New' Stoop, last I heard was the plans were due to be on show at the Big Game but were then removed from the program a couple of weeks before the match.

All been a bit quiet unless I've missed the updates of course…...

You can sign-up for updates here but as harlequins posted, nothing so far

https://quinsvision.co.uk/

Has it been stated what year they want it finished by?

Won’t the £25000000 from the premiership deal help with this.

I fear this is a vanity project for David Ellis

it's probably necessary as pointed out, revenues come from stadiums used for more than just rugby, and there is scope to have more spectators at games. whilst not on the same scale, learn lessons from Tottenham, don't overpromise or saddle with too much debt!

I'm probably in the tiny minority but I'm excited to have a stadium with the corners filled in. Always prefer a bowl. Build the stadium and the fans will come - up to a point. And the increase in capacity we're talking about feels spot-on. Big enough to give us serious room for growth, while in the short term not so big that it's an absolute atmos vacuum. Plus the extra revenue from non-matchday shenanigans.

The club has to do this at some point. Sooner rather than later is the obvious course of action to future-proof the club.

I'm probably in the tiny minority but I'm excited to have a stadium with the corners filled in. Always prefer a bowl. Build the stadium and the fans will come - up to a point. And the increase in capacity we're talking about feels spot-on. Big enough to give us serious room for growth, while in the short term not so big that it's an absolute atmos vacuum. Plus the extra revenue from non-matchday shenanigans.

The club has to do this at some point. Sooner rather than later is the obvious course of action to future-proof the club.

I somehow doubt it will be a full bowl, as the stands are supposed to remain "front-loading" from my recollection, with  walkways at the front, and that would put any corner seating at quite a distance away from the pitch.

As for the idea of simply renovating each stand in turn, that's probably more complex than a complete new build, and would take longer, with more chance for locals to complain during the planning permission for each phase, etc. Best to do this as a one off move. I doubt that the teams performances would be adversely affected if they started a new season in significantly better behind the scenes facilities!