Chelsea FC outbid for Battersea Power Station by Malaysian developers

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

they cant.

The Club and Hammersmith and Fulham Council have both confirmed that Stamford Bridge could be redeveloped to a capacity of 55 to 60k seats. If its 55k it only needs redevelopment of the North Stand and South Stand

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Its bad news I would have liked a move there. We still have to gain permission from the Chelsea Pitch Owners too, the vote failed last year.

[Laylabelle 9,536]

The Club and Hammersmith and Fulham Council have both confirmed that Stamford Bridge could be redeveloped to a capacity of 55 to 60k seats. If its 55k it only needs redevelopment of the North Stand and South Stand

If that be done probably be better.Then again might not really bring down prices and we're gana have to find somewhere to play while its going on really cause even if they can have 3 stands open they'd loose out on a lot of money

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

If that be done probably be better.Then again might not really bring down prices and we're gana have to find somewhere to play while its going on really cause even if they can have 3 stands open they'd loose out on a lot of money

yeah they can probably get a lot done in close season -but they will manage. I remember it was a mess in the 70s when they built the East Stand -they had grand ambitions then of a 50k all seater(for different reasons) but ran out of dosh and sold a load of players.

I would much prefer the redevelopment and stay at the Bridge -and its unlikely the SAYNO campaign will sell now that the club and Council have said redevelpment is feasible

[middleoftheshed 388]

What a shame - it was by far the best option for moving away, could have been iconic.

I think we could manage playing at the Bridge while redevelopment is going on, obviously we could lose some seats for a while but remember when the west upper was being built and the lower was still opened. Also see Molineux last season.

[Laylabelle 9,536]

yeah they can probably get a lot done in close season -but they will manage. I remember it was a mess in the 70s when they built the East Stand -they had grand ambitions then of a 50k all seater(for different reasons) but ran out of dosh and sold a load of players.

I would much prefer the redevelopment and stay at the Bridge -and its unlikely the SAYNO campaign will sell now that the club and Council have said redevelpment is feasible

Yeah remember my mum saying about that having a new stand...nearly no playes/club etc

True guess it could be done but with Chelsea and co things seem to go a weird complicated way...and loosing dosh seems to be a bad thing for them.

And if re development does go on and does loose a large number..no doubt have the usual from the complete thick ones 'ooo theres a lot of empty seats'

[Shane 2,275]

Can we just go in, knock Craven Cottage and build a stadium on that site? Its a fucking shithole anyway.

[hunaz10 21]

I got a bit carried away when this ICONIC stadium idea first published, only to hear this disappointing f***ing shit of news, oh god pls make the company which bought the site go bankrupt & sell it to Chelsea for half price

[Term-X 7,891]

The 'iconic' factor was the USP, unfortunately anything else will be a disappointment now.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

Really want to see the club pushing the idea of redeveloping the Bridge now. It's the best option. Any other sites will automatically be seen as second-class, as TX said.

[Jase 43,479]

We should just try to bid for Wembley Stadium.

[Marvin123 537]

WE OWN WEMBLEY make it our home ground =p

[Liquidator 5,176]

you do have to wonder how many new fans we would not attract if we expanded Stamford Bridge. Some mugs choose to support a team partly because they have a nice stadium and lets be honest apart from the west stand Stamford Bridge is hardly a looker of a stadium

[dave30 728]

you do have to wonder how many new fans we would not attract if we expanded Stamford Bridge. Some mugs choose to support a team partly because they have a nice stadium and lets be honest apart from the west stand Stamford Bridge is hardly a looker of a stadium

its beautiful. I Prefer stadiums like ours or craven cottage to the Emiretes or Ethiad.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

its beautiful. I Prefer stadiums like ours or craven cottage to the Emiretes or Ethiad.

[laeth 527]

This could be a serious problem; Chelsea obviously really really don't think they can expand Stamford Bridge anymore and there really are not many viable alternatives. We simply won't be able to sustain ourselves without a much bigger stadium. Bollocks.

[Tricky 301]

Question.

With FFP in force do you really believe we could afford the drop in revenues of redeveloping the Bridge? The whole ground would need gutting, not just one or two stands. Plus the cost of the expansion is prohibitive (20k a seat was the last figure quoted) given mac capacity would increase by 10k.

No deal has been struck, Malaysians could turn out to lack the necessary funding / be rejected by planning.

We need this site, it pains me but we have to leave the Bridge in order to grow as a club.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

FFP rules do not count stadium development/building towards expenditure as far as I know. If we were to redevelop the Bridge, I'd imagine we'd play at another ground, because as you've mentioned, it isn't a modern stadium and large areas of it would need updating.

Where we'd play though is another question entirely...

Of course as you've said, there is a chance the Malaysian investors could pull out of the deal. Although, considering they've agreed to meet the conditions of the site set by the council, it seems very unlikely.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,543]

does anyone know if it was a sealed bid or a bidding war that Roman thought got out of hand ,so pulled out?

for me i think that is something that would be interesting to know.

*for anyone who doesnt understand what a "sealed bid" is ,it`s when the selling party tell potential bidding parties to come in with their best bid with just one bid allowed,the amount is kept private away from the opposition and whoever bids highest with their single bid wins.

if it was a sealed bid i think i understand how Roman managed to get outbid,rather than him pulling out of a bidding war.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

I really doubt it was a bidding war, considering there were 15+ candidates interested in the site. All I know is that the council had conditions that the prospective bidders had to meet with their plans (rail extensions/local area redevelopment/etc), so I imagine that would have been a big factor when the proposals were being considered.

The 'preferred bidders' as they are now called (the Malaysian property developers) have promised a new underground station, as well as the extensions of the Northern Line. They're saying that they are looking to regenerate south-west london, which means it'll probably be a shopping centre/housing.

Such a disappointing outcome/bad choice. This would truly have been iconic.