Major Newcastle stadium update with club leaning towards new £1.6billion venue that would overlap St James’ Park

NEWCASTLE chiefs are edging towards gathering a caller £1.2billion stadium, according to reports.

Toon bosses privation to either grow oregon permission their accepted St James' Park home.

Board members person been exploring the possibility of departing St James' Park for a caller stadium.

According to the Telegraph, Newcastle's caller stadium would overlap the existent ground's Leazes and Milburn Stands.

The remainder of it would basal implicit what is presently portion of Leazes Park.

One stumbling artifact could beryllium that Leazes Park is simply a protected Victorian-era greenish space.

Club bosses anticipation that by lone needing a tiny information of the park, and by gathering caller greenish abstraction nearby, members of the nationalist and assembly could beryllium persuaded.

The caller stadium would clasp conscionable nether 70,000 supporters.

This would marque it the second-biggest nine football stadium successful the country.

In gathering their caller stadium, Newcastle would apt opt for a akin way followed by Tottenham, who besides built adjacent to their erstwhile location connected onshore they already owned.

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The roadworthy that presently runs down the Milburn Stand would not beryllium altered by caller plans.

But the car parkland by the existent Leazes Stand would request to beryllium demolished.

It's hoped that Newcastle could proceed playing astatine St James' Park aft enactment was to get underway.

A impermanent relocation is not retired of the question, though they would not groundshare with rivals Sunderland.

The astir realistic enactment would beryllium to play astatine Murrayfield successful Edinburgh, astir 120 miles away.

Newcastle would anticipation to person a imaginable caller stadium finished successful clip for the 2031-32 season.

Despite leaning towards gathering a caller ground, nary determination has yet been made.

The Newcastle committee volition yet contiguous their last penchant to the club's Saudi owners, who volition person the eventual say.

Rather than gathering a full caller stadium, the Toon could inactive opt to renovate the Gallowgate End.

This could inactive instrumentality the wide capableness to successful excess of 60,000, portion apt being a overmuch quicker occupation than a full rebuild.

No determination has yet been made and each avenues are inactive being explored.