Here is a first look behind the scenes at a new Stack in Newcastle, where work is well underway ahead of a much-anticipated spring opening just yards away from its original site.
The original Stack in Pilgrim Street, where it housed the festive pop-up bar Hadrian's Tipi, and a Gin Garden, and an Ice Bar, was closed in 2022 to make way for new offices.
The new Stack Newcastle will be permanently located at the Grade II listed building, Worswick Chambers at Pilgrim Street, which has been covered with scaffolding and netting for more than 20 years.
The new flagship venue will be split over three floors and include eight bars, seven street food units, two cocktail bars, which will also be utilised as function rooms along with a roof terrace.
It will also include a central outdoor plaza area, a big screen and a stage for live performances.
When complete the new STACK Newcastle will create 160 jobs and will bring back to the city the much-loved leisure village which has been missed since the Pilgrim Street site shut to make way for the new HMRC office complex
Stack CEO Neill Winch said: "The landlord has just handed the site over to us. He has done all of the refurb of the listed building to to bring it back to its former glory - let's say because it was a bit of a bit of a state.
"They will have been on this site for about three and a half years now, so we are really excited to have it handed over to us so we now do our fit out.
"It’s a repurposing of what was here and what we build outside, so you've got the container element, which is a traditional Stack look and feel and we have an internal element as well - so it gives us the best of both worlds.
"There are eight bars, up to 10 street food outlets, there is a gaming area, as well as a cocktail bar.
As you can see it's a pretty amazing site with a 3,000 capacity, and we’re looking to get it open for March April next year."
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He added: "The landlord has worked very closely with the planners and conservation to retain as many elements as they could, bearing in mind it was in a pretty bad state of repair.
"But it’s been brought back to something that looks amazing."
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