New Den Upgrade

killerandflash

http://footballgroundguide.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=24750

No more seats, but covering the outside and filling in the corners with offices. Or as a West Ham fan said

You can't polish a turd...................... but you can roll it in glitter.............

J BLOCK

You can put a pig in a suit but you can't stop it grunting.

DaveMehmet

You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead.

EastStand

Offices?! Why?

ShootersHillGuru

Will they paint over the rust ?

Sparrows Lane Lion

EastStand said:

Offices?! Why?

Er, commerical income.

Over 2,500 homes, retail units, 2 minutes to London Bridge (which if you'd noticed will soon become the premier place to be), easy connections to docklands, future ELL to Shoreditch, North London & Clapham.

If it comes off it's going to be make money. Not for Millwall though, we'll just come along once every other week and cause hassle.

Mendonca In Asdas

They need to do something , the ground looks a bit of an eyesore on the train journey up to London Bridge.

TelMc32

Mendonca In Asdas said:

They need to do something , the ground looks a bit of an eyesore on the train journey up to London Bridge.

Unfortunately, by the looks of that mock-up, the ground will still be there!!


;-)

Goonerhater

the trees are only there so they can tie their kids up to.

EastStand

Sparrows Lane Lion said:

EastStand said:

Offices?! Why?

Er, commerical income.

Over 2,500 homes, retail units, 2 minutes to London Bridge (which if you'd noticed will soon become the premier place to be), easy connections to docklands, future ELL to Shoreditch, North London & Clapham.

If it comes off it's going to be make money. Not for Millwall though, we'll just come along once every other week and cause hassle.

I have noticed SLL, I've lived
down the road in Bricklayers Arms for almost 25 years. I just mean its a strange place for a company to want their offices based. I'm not having a go, it just struck me as an odd choice. But if its works out, great.

soapy_jones

Looks good. Don't look like it will hide the shit hole from the railway side though.

Sparrows Lane Lion

I'm guessing it's going to be local companies, those who want to be near London Bridge but can't afford the rates around there, or those companies who are getting business off the back of the regen, like sporting management firms or something. It's an up & coming area with more & more middle class luvvies moving in, you know what's it like round there now in some places! (& in roads nearby, poverty, desperation, drugs, crime & destruction)

EastStand

I do mate. Finding a decent pub that won't charge you £4 a pint is becoming impossible.

soapy_jones

How they gonna get all their old tyres and engine parts up the stairs of them offices when the lifts break down ?

Absurdistan

LOL. I'm sure people are queuing up to live/work next to the new den and the recycling plant.

You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish.

Taxi_Lad

Erm.... filling in the corner with something other than seats????? Bit like Orient I guess. Small club mentality

ShootersHillGuru

Tbh I doubt the capacity at The Den will ever need to be more than it currently is so I think what is proposed is a good bit of business. Stadium also needed a good tidy up so what's not to like from a Millwall perspective.

thewolfboy

To be fair the plan looks lovely but not very intimidating and about as far away from the Millwall image as you could imagine.
Sparrer...they will need plenty of bins for all the beer cans and some portable loos otherwise the trees won't last very long.

Off_it

Do people seriously think that looks good? Jeez, it's not even a half decent model - looks like someone has just used a few white shoe boxes.

Out of interest, who actually owns the land/is looking to fund this development?

Woodsywood

Off_it said:

Do people seriously think that looks good? Jeez, it's not even a half decent model - looks like someone has just used a few white shoe boxes.

Out of interest, who actually owns the land/is looking to fund this development?

Mate it's a model! It is all about the finished article, I think it would be good business for Millwall. It wouldn't be worth there while putting in more seating as the den hardly ever sells out.

Off_it

Woodsywood said:

Off_it said:

Do people seriously think that looks good? Jeez, it's not even a half decent model - looks like someone has just used a few white shoe boxes.

Out of interest, who actually owns the land/is looking to fund this development?

Mate it's a model! It is all about the finished article, I think it would be good business for Millwall. It wouldn't be worth there while putting in more seating as the den hardly ever sells out.

Exactly - it's a cheap model. I think it looks awful.

Addickted

Can you imagine the amount of materials going walkies from those building sites?

DA9

Sparrows Lane Lion said:

EastStand said:

Offices?! Why?

Er, commerical income.

Over 2,500 homes, retail units, 2 minutes to London Bridge (which if you'd noticed will soon become the premier place to be), easy connections to docklands, future ELL to Shoreditch, North London & Clapham.

If it comes off it's going to be make money. Not for Millwall though, we'll just come along once every other week and cause hassle.

:-)

JorgeCosta

Do Millwall own their ground or do they still rent it from Lewisham Council. Unless they own the land around the ground, this redevelopment probably won't help them. All that will happen is the light industrial businesses will be swapped for office based businesses. Won't necessarily increase the attendances.

maybe_baby

Very smart move to write the club name across the pitch (very helpful to know youve managed to navigate your way to your own ground) Thats if you can read of course.