Newcastle United St James' Park decision expected imminently with 'all options open'
Newcastle United are expected to share the results of the club's feasibility survey in due course after a near year-long examination of what happens next with St James' Park.
As reported on Chronicle Live last week, United chiefs will share the results first with the Fan Advisory Board before relaying the information to the wider fanbase. A club spokesman today insisted that all options are open for the Magpies and that no final decision had or would yet be made on whether a move was on the cards or simply redevelopment.
The Daily Telegraph have reported today that a cost of £1billion would be coming Newcastle's way if they decide to stay at St James' and redevelop the existing set up. The publication quoted a spokesman who said: "It would be wrong to say a decision has been made. All options remain on the table."
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One source has also told Chronicle Live that the preference from some inside the club is to remain at St James' Park and that redeveloping the East Stand and the Gallowgate End is deemed feasible but nothing has been confirmed yet.
The last public interview came from COO Brad Miller in August when he said: "With regard to the stadium, so coming back to the original question, genuinely, I'd love to be able to share more today. It wouldn't be appropriate. We're still just working through the last couple of questions we've got.
"Darren's gone on record previously to say look it's imminent, but it really truly is in terms of next steps, what direction we're going to be taking, etc. It'd be remiss of me to go early and cut across that.
"What I will say is the product you see today, the STACK, this is just an indication of the ambition and the commitment and the dedication that the ownership and everybody within the club has got, not just to Newcastle United, but to the region as well. We hope it's representative and a little bit of a hint to what we're hoping to achieve into the future.
"The stadium investment is genuinely a once-in-a-generation opportunity and we want to make sure that we get that right. And I think we're doing that against the backdrop of, in the UK, we haven't got a great track record of delivering really big projects and delivering on time and successfully and making sure they work right from the absolute outset.
"So there's a lot for us to think about and that's why we are, maybe frustratingly for people, taking our time to make sure that our next steps are going to be the right ones. Because whilst we've got the ability to invest and the commitment and the ambition to invest from the ownership, we only want to write that cheque once, so we want to make sure we get it absolutely right for everybody that's involved with the club."
Since then it has been announced the CEO Darren Eales will be stepping down for health reasons. Newcastle chiefs today insisted that "messaging" to supporters is still very much in the pipeline.