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Gateshead Football Club unveils new stadium plans
Blue Square Premier outfit reveals ambitious proposals for 9,000-capacity venue to boost region's 2018 bid
By Pete Hayman medical room, dressing rooms,
a reception, club offices and
Gateshead Football Club (GFC) media facilities as well as execu-
has unveiled plans to develop a tive boxes and space for
new 9,000-capacity stadium on matchday hospitality.
a derelict site formerly The venue, which will boast a
occupied by North Durham 105m x 68m (344ft x 223ft)
Cricket and Rugby Club. FIFA standard pitch, will form
The proposals, announced a part of Newcastle/Gateshead's
week after the club confirmed bid to be included as a host
it intends to become a full-time city for the 2018 World Cup.
professional club in 2010, form GFC chair Graham Wood
part of wider efforts to boost said: "We have achieved an
GFC's bid to gain promotion to awful lot over the last few years
the Football League. and the construction of a new
Plans for the stadium include stadium in a central location is
a 2,000-seat main stand, a pivotal to our aspirations." The venue will boast a 2,000-seat main stand and dressing rooms
University of Leeds set for £12.2m leisure complex
Historic Town
Pier reopens
By Pete Hayman sports such as water polo, sub Members of the public
aqua and canoe polo. have been given the
A new £12.2m swimming pool The centre will boast a chance to access the Town
and fitness complex – one of 200-station, 900sq m (9,688sq Pier in Gravesend, Kent,
the largest to be built at a UK ft) fitness suite equipped by for the first time since
university – is set to open at Technogym, a health suite with March 2009 after it
the University of Leeds, West a sauna and a steamroom and reopened on 6 November.
Yorkshire, in summer 2010. changing rooms. The historic pier was
Construction company Plans boast an eight-lane pool Conference and meeting forced to close earlier this
Willmott Dixon is building the delegates visiting the university year after Q Breweries,
new facility, which has been Facilities will include a 25m, will have the chance to take the previous tenant of the
designed by the London-based eight-lane swimming pool with advantage of the facilities when Riva restaurant, was
architects behind the 2012 a partially moveable floor, complete, as well as students, placed into administration.
Olympic Aquatic Centre, S&P. capable of hosting water-based staff and the local community.
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