Stamford Bridge Thread

[OhForAGreavsie 5,773]

There was a notice at the presentation which stated the average age of Chelsea fans is 50, the oldest of top flight clubs. Hopefully, with the increased capacity there will be an opportunity to reduce prices for youngsters and families.

Just to be completely clear, they said the average age of a Chelsea season ticket holder is 50.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

At the consultation it was said pitch will be bigger and will meet the Uefa minimum requirement of 7.5m from pitch.......plus thats why there will be a basement so TV trucks, equipment can go underground.

Also the only way the stadium will be bigger capacity is if rail seating is bought in for standing areas

I.e. if lower tier at both ends are converted. Say they are 3k each, covert to rail seats adds around 12% extra seats and then upto 2 standing for every 1 seat depending which model is used.

So possibilities of 60.6k approx all seated or 67k approx seating and standing

Cheers for clarifying.

Uefa nights will still have reduced capacity, then, as the regular seats will have to be put in again.

[DavidEU 2,023]

due to space constraints?

Due to the fact there's about 10 clubs in and around London.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Ticket on-sale dates will be announced next week.

[Madmax 9,219]

'It's beyond beauty or ugliness': Chelsea's new stadium : A medieval village is being built in the heart of London. Oliver Wainwright talks to the architects Herzog & de Meuron about their vast gothic design, making fans feel at home ... and why a refined stadium would be absurd for Stamford Bridge

Part of that interview -

He says their new stadium will have the feeling of “a castle, or a medieval walled village … something you wouldn’t find anywhere else.” “It is beyond beauty or ugliness,” he adds. “It’s about creating something unique. Like Anfield – that is certainly not a nice stadium, but it has this amazing tradition.”

Burn

[ice-boy 165]

When the trainings start?

[Sidzeret 2,257]

'It's beyond beauty or ugliness': Chelsea's new stadium : A medieval village is being built in the heart of London. Oliver Wainwright talks to the architects Herzog & de Meuron about their vast gothic design, making fans feel at home ... and why a refined stadium would be absurd for Stamford Bridge

Part of that interview -

Burn

Someone's jealous.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

The only objection I have is the lack of added general seats. Corporate boxes generate more cash but Roman doesn't seem to care all that much about making money from the club. +7000 seats but +14000 corporate boxes. 48k is not enough general seating.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

The only objection I have is the lack of added general seats. Corporate boxes generate more cash but Roman doesn't seem to care all that much about making money from the club. +7000 seats but +14000 corporate boxes. 48k is not enough general seating.

Well the whole point about building new stadium is adding more corporate seats. It's much much MUCH more important than general seats. They generate much more income. If club still uses this "FFP" and "self-sufficient" rhetoric then split should be even bigger. I read that it could be 40k to 20k.

Chelsea earn 29m£ less from matchdays than Arsenal who have stadium of targeted capacity. What's the point of spending enormous amount of money to have 29m£ more income when new Yokohama deal will bring 22m£ more, new Champions League prize money another 23m£ more and Premier League from next year about 55m£ more ? I think 50m£ should be minimum additional income they are targeting from this.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Well the whole point about building new stadium is adding more corporate seats. It's much much MUCH more important than general seats. They generate much more income. If club still uses this "FFP" and "self-sufficient" rhetoric then split should be even bigger. I read that it could be 40k to 20k.

Chelsea earn 29m£ less from matchdays than Arsenal who have stadium of targeted capacity. What's the point of spending enormous amount of money to have 29m£ more income when new Yokohama deal will bring 22m£ more, new Champions League prize money another 23m£ more and Premier League from next year about 55m£ more ? I think 50m£ should be minimum additional income they are targeting from this.

I'm talking from a fan's point of view, of course. Financially you're correct, of course.

Then again...I suppose East and West never created much noise anyway. Oh well.

[kiwi1691 255]

A guy made some 3d renders of the proposal on another forum

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=125321083#post125321083

[iceman 329]

#CFC made a presentation to Wembley Stadium’s board & want to play at a national stadium for 3 seasons, probably from season 2017-18 (Times)

[scargo 75]

From 2017-18? It's too late.. I want to start from 16/17.

[We Hate Scouse 10,260]

From 2017-18? It's too late.. I want to start from 16/17.

That's a year away. There's a lot of work to do and waiting on other people for it to get started that soon

[BlueLion. 21,491]

A guy made some 3d renders of the proposal on another forum

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=125321083#post125321083

Looks stunning. I'm glad we're not moving into a soulless bowl like the Emirates. This ground will have character (fuck I sound like Brendan Rodgers...) and is totally unique architecturally. I hope that the final product looks like that, it's beautiful.

[drakey 36]

http://www.cfclatest.com/2015/07/07/chelsea-outbid-tottenham-for-wembley/

Haven't seen any mention of this on here.

[Special Juan 27,092]

Merged with the SB thread drakey.....it falls into the same category.

[Unionjack 7,531]

Well nice to see we have made the presentation to Wembley for a 3 year deal at £11mill a year. Im sure we would get it over Spuds plan for a 1 year rental.

I am upset about us not trying to push for at least the 2 ends safe standing and not as many sets for REAL fans over corporate. The money rules again.

At least I'm doing my best at trying to keep the average age for season ticket holders down. 28 years for the good and I'm not stinking rich.