I wonder who the mystery investor is?

Quoted from Rik e B

Nandos please!


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As mentioned by myself before, it will take a LONG time for nandos to open in Grimsby

Nandos is just fancy chicken.

A proper chippy would be great, preferably run by the club.

I've only been to a Nandos once. It was possibly some of the worst-cooked chicken I've ever eaten. Bloody awful place.

On the other hand, the Italian chains such as Pizza Express and Prezzo aren't bad generally. Surprised we don't have one of those in the area already, truth be told. Proper pizza available from those places unlike fast food Pizza Hut.

Prezzo and Pizza express are average pizzas made to look posh. Agree with ginny that a club run chip shop similar to Harry Ramsdens (but a lot better) would go down really well.

As I posted in November on one of the previous threads the current sites being considered were evaluated against the council's criteria including size for stadium, minimum number of parking spaces, transport links, access to stadium, community requirements (additional sports and educational facilities) etc.

Of all the sites considered freeman street was rated poor on a number of them hence the reason it came out so low on the list. For a start the area available is not big enough for the stadium and sufficient car parking so ranked very low but the council see potential income from regeneration schemes that they would not have to commit money to invest in the area themselves and therefore meet their cost savings.

Great coates was ruled out due to lack of transport and roads around the area would not be able to cope as nearly all the traffic would be going through Grimsby. The docks would require a significant amount of work assuming that the land would be released and again site access and transport was an issue (traffic backing onto major routes causing disruption).

Not one site ticked every single box but the highest scoring site using the council's criteria and weighting was Peaks Parkway!. Committing more money on another survey using the same (or very similar criteria) is likely to come out with the same result. Lets just make a decision so the process can go forward with detailed design and planning being applied for. Then I might see this happen before the end of my lifetime!!

Just Fukn build it

Quoted from Grantley

Prezzo and Pizza express are average pizzas made to look posh. Agree with ginny that a club run chip shop similar to Harry Ramsdens (but a lot better) would go down really well.

Didn't we have one of the national pizza chains in the Brighowgate/Wellowgate area which closed down? I think it is an Indian restaurant now.

Quoted from Grantley

Prezzo and Pizza express are average pizzas made to look posh. Agree with ginny that a club run chip shop similar to Harry Ramsdens (but a lot better) would go down really well.

Prezzo far superior to Pizza Express as is Ask. Just my opinion mind.

I've never tried Nandos but love chicken and thought it must be great. There's no Frankie & Bennies, TFI Fridays or anything like that in GY. A couple of restaurants of that ilk around the ground would make it a cool destination.

An indoor climbing wall etc another idea to make the place a good destination for a day out for families but can't see it going that far. Wouldn't be hard to incorporate though.

Quoted from Rik e B

An indoor climbing wall etc another idea to make the place a good destination for a day out for families but can't see it going that far. Wouldn't be hard to incorporate though.

A bit like the walls we used to climb over at the back of the Barratt stand when we changed ends at half time?