It looks as though Parish can deliver financially, architecturally and structurally. The council sound like they're edging that way. Its the big matter of needing Sainsburys land and any objections from locals that Parish is taking the tactic of putting it out there rather than not getting anywhere. Now the council are look positively at it I think Parish is probably pushing it along quicker than trying to get Sainsburys to agree first. Whether it costs more or less the way he's gone, who knows? It's their investment that's being saved or used rather than transfer funds so their risk.

Thank you for adding context to Willo's normally stale wiki'esque brevity....KSS also did Liverpools ground as well as working on Wimbledon and Twickenham...all of which a far far removed from what Brighton have...so if that indeed was his inference then you can clearly see why it wasn't exactly the first thought that sprang to mind as it was a mute point at best.

My initial thought when looking at the stand from the pitch elevation is that it looks a relatively bland stand, but the make of of the interior and the rear of it look far better than anything at the AMEX.

The one area that Brighton certainly exceeds anything we have is their training facility...ironically KSS again...now that is beautiful...

If you care to read my posts you will have seen that I mentioned about the similarities.

But as you are clearly more interested in hurling barbs in my direction than perusing content I can understand why you have posed the question.

Why announce the stadium plan if it hasn't been approved? Sorry to say but very Palace and amateurish. Silly to get people's hopes up before anything has been made official.

It had been reported that Liverpool's new stand cost some £75Mill for the construction but overall cost some £115 Mill due to land acquisition etc etc.

Edited by Willo (06 Dec 2017 1.47pm)

Originally there was talk of either a brand new stadium located elsewhere or a rejuvenation of 'Selhurst Park' "Stand by stand" so the narrative was that if we remained in situ, all 4 stands would be replaced.

Whilst of course the new Main Stand looks rather magnificent and the overall upgrade most welcome and impressive , clearly only one of the 4 stands will see a significant improvement and we will still have the outdated 'Arthur Wait'.

That said, projects can change depending on circumstances and finances and it is welcoming to see committment to upgrading the facilities at the ground - it is very much needed ! A great deal of effort has gone into where we are now and I dare say the road ahead will also be littered with obstacles.