... We’ve put in a planning application for a new stadium called Eco Park – and if we get permission to build it, it’s going to be something pretty special in world football.
The winning design for the proposed stadium, from architect Zaha Hadid, was announced in 2016. The stadium was due to cost the club £3 million and was approved in October 2003 by local council members, despite much local opposition due to the controversial siting of the development on school playing fields. There’s a lot more we want to do to put sustainability on the map for the world of sport.
Forest Green Rovers have established a holistic vision for the site to retain its pastoral qualities whilst adding new facilities for the town. Since taking over the club in 2010, Vince introduced:How to get involved in just about any sport or activity
Forest Green Rovers FC has been given planning consent for a new wooden stadium despite concerns over its impact. We've got intentions to get into the Football League so the problem will only get worse. The new development dubbed 'Eco Park' is expected to cost around £100m National League side Forest Green Rovers have unveiled plans for a £100m sports … This place would be ideal. The club's new stadium mission has been compared to that of Brighton and Forest Green Rovers. The cost was £35 plus VAT. As this was a special occasion I pre-booked 2 VIP Dining tickets by phone from the Forest Green Rovers Reception. Find out about Forest Green Rovers' plans to build a new Eco Park, which we hope will be the greenest football stadium in the world. "We've been looking for a couple of years, working with Stroud Council. While the stadium will be the centrepiece, the project creates a new public realm with both recreational and occupational uses, enabling the entire site to contribute to the town – not only on match days, but every day of the year.
"We've seen our gates double and it chokes the hill and it upsets our neighbours," he told "We want to get bigger. Photograph: Reuters
So for the cost of a ticket to a Premier League game I got priority parking, premier seating in the Main Stand, a programme, a drink on arrival, a hot lunch and tea and cakes at half time! Councillors have approved plans for Forest Green Rovers to build a new football stadium and leave Nailsworth. A computer-generated image shows a concourse of the new Forest Green Rovers stadium “Eco Park”, which will be made almost entirely out of wood. Work started on the stadium on the 3 May 2005.
"By the time we get to build, we will be in the Football League," said Vince.The development, dubbed 'Eco Park', will be a 100-acre sports and green technology centre at Junction 13 on the M5.Located on either side of the A419, half of Eco Park will be dedicated to creating state-of-the-art sporting facilities, including an all-seater stadium, training fields, 4G pitches, multi-disciplinary sporting facilities, as well as a sports science hub.The other half of Eco Park will compromise a green technology business park, capable of serving up to 4,000 jobs.Forest Green were promoted to the Conference - now called the National League - in 1998 and Vince says they are outgrowing their existing home.
Media caption The view from the centre spot of the proposed Forest Green Rovers stadium. Login. "Vince added he hopes The New Lawn "could become affordable low carbon homes" and after an initial consultation period the green-energy tycoon hopes to submit a planning application in September. Our next step is to build what we believe will be the greenest football stadium in the world.We’ve put in a planning application for a new stadium called Eco Park – and if we get permission to build it, it’s going to be something pretty special in world football.We’ve done a huge amount to showcase sustainable initiatives at our current ground, The New Lawn, but Eco Park will take our sustainable thinking to a new level entirely.You can see all the information for our current planning application on the The New Lawn, Another Way, Nailsworth GL6 0FG National League side Forest Green Rovers have unveiled plans for a £100m sports facility, which will include a new stadium for the club.The new stadium is expected to accommodate 5,000 supporters with capability to double in size.Forest Green have played at The New Lawn since 2006 with chairman Dale Vince hopeful the new development would be completed in around five years.