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[Lady Whistledown]

....Rotherham's new place is going to be called the New York Stadium.

So crap they only named it once?

I'm being mean of course. They of all clubs know what it's like to groundshare at a crappy athletics track, albeit in their case one a fair bit closer than Gillingham was to Brighton, and a stadium that at least was fit for purpose, as opposed to cobbled together for the football.

 

[gjh1971]

The ground is actually in New York, which is a suburb of Rotherham

 

[Marshal Josip Tito]

Is that officially going to be its name though? Won't it get named after a sponsor?

Our stadium was known as Falmer all the while it was being built, lest we forget

 

[Lady Whistledown]

They've said it may still have a sponsor, but will continue to have the New York bit about it.

 

[Robot Chicken]

Looks quite nice, but a capacity of 12,000 (for £20m) isn't exactly the largest around.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Only 12,000? I like the stadium design though, looks quite nice. One of the few grounds whose name will be vastly improved by being named by a Sponsor though...

 

[Return of the Rev]

Looks quite nice, but a capacity of 12,000 (for £20m) isn't exactly the largest around.

Blooming eck the last picture proves the second world war is still going on in yorkshire!

 

[Seagull Steve]

They do lose a few fans each year to both Sheffield clubs or so I'm told. My brother in law lives in Catcliffe (about a mile away from the ground) and he reckons that they will struggle to sell out even a small stadium.
Have to agree about the name though, it does sound a bit naff.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

good luck rotherham,used to like millmoor

 

[Marshal Josip Tito]

Perhaps Cheesecake Ltd could sponsor the stadium.

The New York Cheesecake Stadium... Anyone, anyone...?

 

[Marshal Josip Tito]

Or how about Red Bull?

The New York Red Bull Stadium. Could be a little confusing

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Looks quite nice, but a capacity of 12,000 (for £20m) isn't exactly the largest around.

I think that looks fine and 12,000 would suggest it is built for purpose. It's going to be a 'wonky' ground like ours! All the rage now, we're such fashion icons.

 

[chimneys]

....Rotherham's new place is going to be called the New York Stadium.

So crap they only named it once?

I'm being mean of course. They of all clubs know what it's like to groundshare at a crappy athletics track, albeit in their case one a fair bit closer than Gillingham was to Brighton, and a stadium that at least was fit for purpose, as opposed to cobbled together for the football.

Spookily drove past it this afternoon on a business day trip from Kent. Its a lot more advanced than that now, and looks as though its going to be half decent.

 

[The Large One]

Wonky stadiums are where it's at.

 

[Woodchip]

My first thoughts were "It's a bit wonky".

We all live in a wonky wonderland.

 

[ezmally]

Good luck to them. Reminds me of when the Amex was in its first stages. What a great feeling.

 

[Fungus]

They of all clubs know what it's like to groundshare at a crappy athletics track, albeit in their case one a fair bit closer than Gillingham was to Brighton, and a stadium that at least was fit for purpose, as opposed to cobbled together for the football.

Being pedantic, we didn't groundshare at a crappy athletics track at Gillingham.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Looks quite nice, but a capacity of 12,000 (for £20m) isn't exactly the largest around.

Lot's of people would say that about the Amex - 22,500 capacity for £93m

 

[blue'n'white]

Blooming eck the last picture proves the second world war is still going on in yorkshire!

Did you not know that Yorkshire declared independence from the rest of the UK ?
http://youtu.be/Y74BAJ_gwMQ

 

[Barrel of Fun]

"Start spreading the news..." must ring out of the tannoy come the final whistle of the last game at the Don Valley.

Subways instead of burger/pie kiosks. Manhattans instead of the local ale.

If we were to be named after a city, I'd quite like to be called Havana.