An alliance of more than 100 bars and pubs has mounted a legal challenge against a fanzone outside a football ground - warning it is endangering the future of other venues.
Earlier this summer, the 2,000-capacity Stack outside Newcastle's St James' Park was granted a five-year extension to its planning permission by the city council which will allow it to remain open until 2031.
Businesses uniting under the banner of the newly formed NE1 Hospitality Group say it is taking trade away from them at a time when hospitality is already struggling.
The council said it cannot regulate competition and that it would not be grounds to refuse planning permission.