Newcastle United issue official St James' Park update as key date set

Newcastle United are set to receive the initial findings from their St James' Park feasibility study next month.

Last year, the Magpies called on some of the world's best to conduct a study to discover ways to increase the stadium's 52,000-seater capacity with the site currently restricted by the Grade II listed building behind the East Stand.

Key figures within the football club have voiced their determination to remain at St James' Park and they are set learn more in April about what they can and can't do with the venue.

United CEO Darren Eales attended the club's first meeting with its newly formed Fan Advisory Board in late-February and was asked "is there a date to return feasibility report results?”

In the full minutes provided from the meeting, it notes "the club anticipates it will receive an initial report in April 2024."

Eales was also asked if a 60,000 capacity was the target to which he replied: "the feasibility study will help us to answer key questions, including what an ideal capacity might be."

Speaking previously, Eales is fully behind the idea extending St James' Park but has not ruled out a new stadium being built if that is not possible.

"St James’ Park is amazing, the location," said Eales in January. "We have all spoken about that on the record. It is part of what makes Newcastle United special. We are that cathedral on the hill. It is why we are doing the stadium feasibility to see what is possible.

"Genuinely, if we have got that ability to be able to stay in this location and to drive the revenues, and to drive capacity and to give what we’d love to, which is to give more fans the ability to watch Newcastle United that’s what we’d like to do.

"That’s why we’re doing the feasibility study. It’s not to second guess the process. We need to see what we can do and once we get that, we’ll be able to consult with fans and say okay, here’s are the options we’ve got, is this something we are all joined together and makes sense and the hope would be to stay at St James’ Park, if that’s possible.

"We have to be cognisant, we need to drive revenues and increase capacity and is that possible is the question we have put to the experts.”