IT’S finally happening! Southend United’s long-held dream of a new stadium is set to become reality… but plans for a cinema and shops being dropped.
A deal guaranteeing the club’s future has been struck with Southend Council.
The authority will now sign an agreement with social housing provider Citizen Housing and Southend United to manage hundreds of new homes at Roots Hall and around the planned stadium on Fossetts Farm, off Eastern Avenue.
Source: https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/18354083.southend-united-stadium-plan-set-become-reality/