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Do we need to go bigger? We struggle filling WHL for the Europa group fixtures now, never mind a stadium over 60k.
That's where we are now. Where do we want to be in 5-10 years? Playing EL or CL?
Do we need to go bigger? We struggle filling WHL for the Europa group fixtures now, never mind a stadium over 60k.
Do we need to go bigger? We struggle filling WHL for the Europa group fixtures now, never mind a stadium over 60k.
No offence intended, Lighty64, but I think that taxi driver is misinformed.
If the police can dictate the size and capacity of buildings prior to their construction, I suggest that somebody should find a way to bring Stalin back to life so that they can do the job properly.
ClassicIt has everything to do with the relationship between MP's and the Police though. Never underestimate how petty things can get.
The police in Camden tried arresting a Fire Engine driver because he had a crash on the way to answering a call. The tit for tat was unbelievable. The Fire Brigade tried to get the Police stripped of the right to use sirens as they were not an emergency service. Also there was a stabbing/murder in Kentish Town. The police cordoned off the area and padlocked the rear entrance to the pub I was in, a fire man was drinking in there at the time. He made a call to the station and a fire engine turned up. A fire man walked into the pub with a pair of bolt cutters and cut off the padlock. The police and Fire crew faced off and for a moment it looked like it would come to blows.
This went on for months.
If the police can dictate the size and capacity of buildings prior to their construction, I suggest that somebody should find a way to bring Stalin back to life so that they can do the job properly.
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did say to him, had heard it was going to be bigger, and being in London why would they allow the scum 60.
When we 1st looked in to it, wasn't there mention of 58, but we got knocked down by some authority.
cock sucking virtual whore bag hollograms would be better....Complete pie in the sky from myself but I would hope that the stadium is planned to be 'future protected'. Blue tooth technology (plus) and all that of course, but there really needs to be some forward protection in terms of the inevitable advent of cutting edge technolgy. Stuff I can't comprehend yet like 3d holograms running around on the pitch for away matches...
I work in sales in football so I understand this. My point was more that if you build it too big there's not enough demand for tickets and people decide to wait until the game gets closer because they know they could always get a deal. I think we should be trying to stay around 52k, getting up into the 60's would be unnecessary IMO.The ideal size for a stadium is not the size that you can fill for every match. The difference between the cost of building (say) 45k seats and (say) 60k seats is not that great - you still have to build the foundations and the roof, buy the land and construct the sewers for both sizes. So you broadly want to build it as big as you can.
The ideal size for a stadium is the size that you can almost-fill most of the time. We could easily fill a 60k stadium for important Prermiership or European matches and probably for nearly all the other Premiership matches as well. We'll make a hell of a lot more money that way, even if we play to a 2/3 full house for Europa League group matches.
Also, the size is not the only important factor. We desperately need the revenue from more and higher-quality corporate-type seats; boxes, etc. That's what primes the money-pump, not your seat and mine. We can't do that at all in the existing WHL, so we have to move.
I work in sales in football so I understand this. My point was more that if you build it too big there's not enough demand for tickets and people decide to wait until the game gets closer because they know they could always get a deal. I think we should be trying to stay around 52k, getting up into the 60's would be unnecessary IMO.
Obviously the corporate boxes are the main factor here.
What happens if god forbid, we start winning trophies?
@garyjacob: West Ham have the power to refuse to share the Olympic Stadium with Tottenham Hotspur more soon @TimesSport
@garyjacob: ... And West Ham intend to use the stadium veto... more soon @TimesSport