Stamford Bridge Thread

[Vesper 28,980]

20 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

I'd be very surprised if planning was obtainable there. It is also a long walk from Sloane Square or Fulham Broadway. Sixty thousand people stomping through those busy streets on match days would be a planning issue to start with.

not that long a walk at all

 

roughly the same walk as South Kensington tube station was from where I grew up, which was nothing at all (unless it was raining like crazy and I had just gotten my hair done, and numpty me had forgotten a brolly lolol)

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,318]

Any season ticket holders here? Apparently they raised the price to 4K?

What the fuck?

[Fulham Broadway 16,906]

Its the West Stand only - means it'll be full of middle class wealthy types - shouldnt affect the atmosphere too much - pretty quiet most of the time anyway

[OhForAGreavsie 5,897]

On 19/11/2021 at 17:57, Fulham Broadway said:

Its the West Stand only - means it'll be full of middle class wealthy types - shouldnt affect the atmosphere too much - pretty quiet most of the time anyway

Yep, #West stand, west stand, give us a song#, is already the most pointless chant in all of football. 😒

That said good, helpful, support isn't always about chanting. It's often about excitement, energy, involvement, noise. The situation with 'Westview' definitely isn't going to help. 

 

P.S. I should point out that the West  Stand is where I've been for years though I'll be in The Shed in future. Back to where it all started so many years ago. Sort of.

Edited November 30, 2021 by OhForAGreavsie

[NikkiCFC 8,037]

On 29/03/2020 at 18:03, Vesper said:

Worse than that

Until COVID-19 (who the hell knows what the financial shape of the top 100 clubs in Europe will be post crisis) 

it was on track for us to be the only top 32 European clubs with no new or large, renovated stadium within 2 to 3 or so years

I comment on each

this list is ordered per player total value, not in terms of quality of club

1    Manchester City   modern, giant stadium
2    Liverpool FC    adding even more new expansions
3    Real Madrid   soon, along with Barca, will have the biggest football only brand new billion euro renovated stadium, I have document both multiple times 
4    FC Barcelona   see Real Madrid
5    Paris Saint-Germain   massive new renovation part of a billion euro overall upgrade of all their physical plant
6    Bayern Munich    modern, giant stadium
7    Atlético Madrid   recently opened monster new stadium
8    Tottenham Hotspur  recently opened monster new stadium
9    Chelsea FC   fucked
10    Manchester United  panning huge renovation and expansion of OT
11    Juventus FC recently opened monster new stadium
12    Arsenal FC   renovation planned for the Emirates
13    Borussia Dortmund  more renovations planned, already is a HUGE stadium
14    Inter Milan  brand new huge stadium planned to start soon, along with AC Milan
15    SSC Napoli    brand new stadium to be soon built finally, they had THE WORST stadium (despite the atmospherics and intimidation factor) on this list, it was a true shithole
16    RB Leipzig   modern, large newer stadium
17    Valencia CF    brand new stadium finally will be finished soon
18    Everton FC  brand new stadium to open in a couple years
19    Leicester City    modern stadium, planned expansion to well over 40,000 with far more luxe boxes
20    Olympique Lyon   giant new stadium built several years back
21    Bayer 04 Leverkusen  soon a large renovation/expansion of BayArena  
22    Ajax Amsterdam   renovation already coming
23    AS Roma   brand new stadium, Stadio Della Roma, soon started
24    AC Milan    see Inter (I understand the money situ, but I still find it insane these two monster clubs will still share a pitch)
25    SS Lazio    giant new stadium, Stadio delle Aquile soon built
26    SL Benfica   renovated huge stadium 
27    Sevilla FC   complete renovation and massive expansion (entire new third tier and massive luxe boxes) soon starts
28    FC Porto  renovated huge stadium  
29    Olympique Marseille  recently renovated and another planned expansion coming 
30    FC Schalke 04    modern, huge stadium, and total renovation/expansion planned
31   Villarreal CF  brand new stadium, Estadio de la Cerámica, being built
32   Hertha BSC  renovated Olympiastadion a couple years back, then will move to a new giant one

 

other notable clubs

Sporting CP   large, modern stadium, renovation coming once their financials are sorted
Real Sociedad    New Anoeta opened in 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers    massive new ground up renovation expansion soon started
West Ham United    not ideal but they do have a huge stadium, a new one, with tonnes of luxe boxes
Borussia Mönchengladbach   modern stadium, expansion/renovation on the books soon
ACF Fiorentina  Nuovo Stadio Fiorentina, over 40,000 cap, soon started
Real Betis Balompié  recently renovated and increased to 61,000 capacity  
Athletic Bilbao   new modern, 52K cap stadium recent built
VfL Wolfsburg   modern large stadium, with renovations coming
Eintracht Frankfurt   massive expansion to over 60,000 soon started 
Zenit St. Petersburg    huge new stadium from WC    
CSKA Moscow   huge new stadium from WC
Spartak Moscow    huge new stadium from WC

 

Wolves are getting a 50,000 seater renovation with many luxe boxes

 

Nuovo Stadio Fiorentina (I love this design, and ffs, even Fiorentina is getting this done)

You are right, we are really only top team not doing anything. Something has to be done very soon... I expect news about this in 2022.

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,514]

 

[NikkiCFC 8,037]

 

[Porthos 35]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/19274482/Chelsea-stamford-bridge-stadium-rebuild-todd-boehly/

Quote

 

Chelsea'S new owner Todd Boehly and consortium investors are to sensationally REBUILD Stamford Bridge one stand at a time.

SunSport has been told that the new owners plan a staged rebuild of the Bridge, with the stands replaced and upgraded one by one.

 

 

[Vesper 28,980]

On 22/07/2022 at 03:26, Porthos said:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/19274482/Chelsea-stamford-bridge-stadium-rebuild-todd-boehly/

 

FUCK

[James 5,212]

New owners are bringing back old school signage to Stamford Bridge. 🤩

[ZAPHOD2319 4,514]

I have not seen any solid links aside from The Mail and Mirror saying that the new stadium might be at Earl's Court. How would game attending fans feel about a large stadium at Earl's Court or a small to medium stadium at Stamford Bridge?

[OhForAGreavsie 5,897]

1 minute ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I have not seen any solid links aside from The Mail and Mirror saying that the new stadium might be at Earl's Court. How would game attending fans feel about a large stadium at Earl's Court or a small to medium stadium at Stamford Bridge?

One hundred percent in favour but I know I'm in the minority on this.

[Superblue 6,370]

7 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I have not seen any solid links aside from The Mail and Mirror saying that the new stadium might be at Earl's Court. How would game attending fans feel about a large stadium at Earl's Court or a small to medium stadium at Stamford Bridge?

I don't get down to watch Chelsea often, but for me personally it wouldn't make any difference. I get the bus to Earl's Court and walk to the Bridge from there. Earl's Court is about 10-15 minute walk away from Stamford Bridge so it's hardly a move that would put people out. If moving was the only option available, I think most people would pick that as the ideal place to move purely from the proximity to where the Bridge is.

I think it would actually be the more logical option to trying to renovate Stamford Bridge which is fraught with problems to redevelop. The issues involved I think would end up resulting in a redevelopment costing nearly as much as a brand new stadium anyway. Certainly from the owners perspective, I could see a new stadium that can be built from the ground up to be far more attractive and that option would also allow us to build a stadium whilst continuing to play at Stamford Bridge until it's ready.

I think the biggest issue is for the CPO it goes beyond Stamford Bridge, it's having an element of control on the club as a whole to ensure there's no threat to what we see the club to be. Giving that up I'm not sure would be on the table. The only way this would have legs is if Clearlake/Boehly can placate by offering some form of binding assurances at their end with regards to the club.

[Fulham Broadway 16,906]

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly 'commits to massive redevelopment of Stamford Bridge', as the Blues abandon plans to move away from their historic home

(though its not really up to him, it requires planning permission)

[NikkiCFC 8,037]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11550913/Chelsea-make-offer-acquire-crucial-50m-site-Stamford-Bridge.html

Chelsea make an offer to acquire a £50m plot of land next to Stamford Bridge as owner Todd Boehly steps up his £1bn effort to revamp their stadium

[Vesper 28,980]

6 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11550913/Chelsea-make-offer-acquire-crucial-50m-site-Stamford-Bridge.html

Chelsea make an offer to acquire a £50m plot of land next to Stamford Bridge as owner Todd Boehly steps up his £1bn effort to revamp their stadium

I want to see pics of what they are planning on doing.

This one at a time, stand-by-stand approach will take forever and it also may end up looking like shit if not done the right way.

[NikkiCFC 8,037]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/Chelsea-stamford-bridge-redevelopment-wembley-28940841

 

EXCLUSIVE: 

Chelsea could face FIVE years at Wembley during huge redevelopment of Stamford Bridge

Edited January 13, 2023 by NikkiCFC

[Vesper 28,980]

2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/Chelsea-stamford-bridge-redevelopment-wembley-28940841

 

EXCLUSIVE: 

Chelsea could face FIVE years at Wembley during huge redevelopment of Stamford Bridge

It could take the club up to ten years if they rebuilt the stadium “stand by stand” while supporters have been warned that it could take as much as 18 months to clear up the demolition site.

Chelsea could yet find an alternative site but none of the proposals put forward during the Roman Abramovich era are still on the table and the new owners are starting afresh.

No decision can be made without the permission of the Chelsea Pitch Owners who are effectively freeholders of the current Stamford Bridge site.