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Hearts ask for planning approval for new stand
Scotland - 18 January, 2008
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The City of Edinburgh Council has received a formal planning application from Scottish Hearts, which wants to redevelop its Tynecastle grounds at the cost of GBP 51 million.
The clubs wants to tear down the main stand, built in 1914, and add a new two-deck stand that will seat 10,000 by 2010. That also would bump the ground's capacity to 23,000.
The new stand, which the club hopes to begin construction on by the end of 2008, would go beyond just seats for supporters. There would be administration offices, commercial office space, residential apartments and state-of-the-art conference and banquet facilities, in addition to a hotel, bars, restaurants, a gymnasium and a new club store built on site.
The club has received funding from Ukio Bankas Investment Group, Hearts' parent company, owned by club majority owner Vladimir Romanov.
"Today's submission of the planning application is a major step forward in realising our aim of providing a first-class football stadium in Scotland's capital city," Roman Romanov, chairman and acting chief executive at Tynecastle, told Scotsman.com. "Our plans will bring great benefits to both Hearts and the city of Edinburgh.
"As such, we are hopeful that our submission will be looked on favourably given the added value and economic benefit that it brings. In our mind, the result will undoubtedly lead to Edinburgh being home to one of the country's top football stadiums while also offering benefits to those that live and work in the surrounding area."
The clubs wants to tear down the main stand, built in 1914, and add a new two-deck stand that will seat 10,000 by 2010. That also would bump the ground's capacity to 23,000.
The new stand, which the club hopes to begin construction on by the end of 2008, would go beyond just seats for supporters. There would be administration offices, commercial office space, residential apartments and state-of-the-art conference and banquet facilities, in addition to a hotel, bars, restaurants, a gymnasium and a new club store built on site.
The club has received funding from Ukio Bankas Investment Group, Hearts' parent company, owned by club majority owner Vladimir Romanov.
"Today's submission of the planning application is a major step forward in realising our aim of providing a first-class football stadium in Scotland's capital city," Roman Romanov, chairman and acting chief executive at Tynecastle, told Scotsman.com. "Our plans will bring great benefits to both Hearts and the city of Edinburgh.
"As such, we are hopeful that our submission will be looked on favourably given the added value and economic benefit that it brings. In our mind, the result will undoubtedly lead to Edinburgh being home to one of the country's top football stadiums while also offering benefits to those that live and work in the surrounding area."
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