Premier League giants considering ‘bubble wrap’ stadium expansion that would boost capacity by 8,000 seats

NEWCASTLE are reportedly considering a "bubble wrap" stadium expansion.

The Magpies are planning to grow St James' Park to boost the capableness by 8,100 seats.

The Mail assertion that Newcastle person engaged architects to plan plans for a redevelopment of the iconic ground.

It is believed that upgrading St James' Park would spot the capableness leap to 60,300 from 52,000.

There is besides an option of gathering a caller stadium astatine the adjacent Leazes Park, which could boast a capableness of 70,000.

The nine has met with architects KSS and Ryder with drawings of the 2 options being produced.

The study claims that immoderate of the drawings person shown the crushed to person a "bubble wrap" plan astir it.

It would, therefore, look akin to Ligue 1 outfit Le Havre' Stade Oceane.

The French crushed has a bubble wrapper design, which is simply a striking bluish colour.

If Newcastle were to stay astatine St James' Park it is thought the crushed would not drastically alteration its appearance.

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However, it would beryllium expected to acquisition large enactment done the 133-year venue.

The other seating would beryllium expected to beryllium incorporated into a redeveloped Gallowgate End.

The study has claimed that a ceremonial announcement implicit the stadium's aboriginal could beryllium delayed until the extremity of the season.

Newcastle’s main operating officer, Brad Miller insisted that the purpose is to stay astatine St James' Park.

He said successful November: "The archetypal prime is to stay. If we stayed astatine St. James’, we person 52,000 seats already.

"It comes with importantly much wealth if we alteration it and it volition look amazing. That’s enactment one.

“Option 2 is if we were to determination away, and not excessively acold distant arsenic we aren’t going to agelong the elastic set to the constituent of breaking.

"The 2nd option, we are looking astatine it earnestly arsenic it does person the imaginable to gain much than doubly arsenic overmuch successful presumption of revenue, compared to a translation of St. James’ Park. And much seats, a batch much seats potentially.

“The superb happening astir St. James’ is it is an iconic location, the ambiance and the competitory borderline it gives the squad connected the transportation – and it has 52,000 seats already.

“A caller stadium doesn’t person that, and we’d person to wage for each those seats again.

"But a caller stadium has the imaginable to gain a batch more, some connected lucifer days and non-match days.

“It is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So, everything we are doing, bash we put and alteration St James’ arsenic we spot it contiguous connected tract wherever we are? Or bash we instrumentality that bold determination and deliberation astir moving?”