STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT
Oldham Athletic are currently advancing plans to redevelop Boundary Park after the ambitious Oldham Arena project was given the go-ahead.
The project is intended to deliver a 16,000-capacity all-seater stadium, complete with hospitality boxes, catering/restaurant facilities and conferencing areas capable of hosting local, regional and national events.
Phase One of the project entails the demolition of the current New Start Mortgages Stand and the construction of a new Main Stand, incorporating hospitality and banqueting facilities, a new Club Shop, extensive office accommodation and more.
Oldham Council heard the application on November 14, 2007. They granted planning permission for the new North Stand, but the outline application for the rest of the development was rejected.
A revised application was heard by the planning committee on December 12, 2007, with outline planning permission being granted for the whole site by a margin of 10-1.
In June 2008, the club announced they had signed an agreement with a demolition contractor to carry out work on the site.
Since its inception, all involved with the project have been striving towards a state-of-the-art, mixed-use facility that everyone in Oldham can be proud of.
Housing both Oldham Athletic Football Club and Oldham Roughyeds Rugby League Club, the redevelopment and its surrounding areas would also incorporate office and residential space, leisure facilities, plus a proposed hotel.
The stadium project will incorporate a major commercial element surrounding by new car-parking and residential development, providing a muti-million pound mixed-used facility.
Ideally situated within a stone's throw of the motorway network and in close proximity to Manchester, the development will also accommodate a landmark hotel to complement the leisure and conferencing facilities perfectly.
For further details on the development, please contact the club's Chief Executive, Alan Hardy, via telephone on 0871 226 2235 or by email at alan.hardy@oldhamathletic.co.uk.
To enquire about rental of office space within the development, please contact the sole letting agents, Ryder & Dutton, on 0161 620 1238.
A small collection of pictures of the Oldham Arena project can be viewed on the last page of the Gallery section.
