Stamford Bridge Thread

[dave30 728]

Something on Talk Sport right now about it . and then in new stadiums in general .

[termninja 5,290]

One thing is certain though, with fair play rules coming soon, status of our club has and the long term goals we do need a big stadium.

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[Liquidator 5,176]

The atmosphere will not 100% be shit. Porto, Benfica, Galatasary have moved to new stadiums recently and their atmosphere has not gone. The possibility of cheaper ticket prices might bring back some of the older, louder and more passionate fans at games

[dave30 728]

all we need to do is introduce safe standing . Cheaper tickets , bigger gates and improved atmosphere . problem solved .

[eldo 868]

There isn't just one ground per country which can host Champions League and Europa League finals, otherwise you would miss out on a ton of good stadiums. If we build a state of the art, iconic stadium in the region of 60,000 capacity do you think we are going to get turned away?

Wembley can only hold around 20 events per year or something due to some restrictions. It is too far away from the Bridge too, and the seats are red!

You know what kind of stadium we would need to build to match Wembley...

[strong centreback 157]

all we need to do is introduce safe standing . Cheaper tickets , bigger gates and improved atmosphere . problem solved .

besides the main one about egress from the stadium on to the fulham rd.

[barzil33 0]

hi guys,im new in the forum,do you want to move to new stadium?

[Ray. 217]

All this talk about a bigger stadium can only mean one thing and that's an increase in ticket prices to pay for it.

[Kez 2,727]

The atmosphere will not 100% be shit. Porto, Benfica, Galatasary have moved to new stadiums recently and their atmosphere has not gone. The possibility of cheaper ticket prices might bring back some of the older, louder and more passionate fans at games

Small possibility that ticket prices would go down, this may bring back the louder passionate fans. However our board being our board, ticket prices are likely to stay the same/ go up & the main attraction will be the tourist fans who create no atmosphere,

There's also the possibility that the die hard loud passionate fans may boycott a new stadium as it would take away our identity.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

Small possibility that ticket prices would go down, this may bring back the louder passionate fans. However our board being our board, ticket prices are likely to stay the same/ go up & the main attraction will be the tourist fans who create no atmosphere,

There's also the possibility that the die hard loud passionate fans may boycott a new stadium as it would take away our identity.

If they boycott the club by refusing to go to the new stadium, they're not die-hard fans. IMO.

[Kez 2,727]

If they boycott the club by refusing to go to the new stadium, they're not die-hard fans. IMO.

Or old fashioned however you look at it. My point is a new stadium won't help the dying atmosphere at home games.

[Madmax 9,219]

My point is a new stadium won't help the dying atmosphere at home games.

On the contrary, it might do just that.

Simple economics dictate that more the people you stuff into the ground, less you need to take from them individually - and still end up making a sizeable improvement on your present earnings considering the increase in numbers on matchday rise by 50% compared to current levels in a 60k stadium. Thus, cheaper tickets bring in more of the local, vocal lot who obviously enhance the atmosphere. This is of course, assuming that we sell out the proposed 60k seats every week.

Also, ticket prices currently wouldn't increase sharply either, I'd imagine, as costs associated with stadium redevelopment are not under the purview of UFFP, calming fears that the proposed move would result in a large hike.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Its not as if ticket prices will be cheaper either, in fact they'd probably go up massively to help pay for the ground I think I'm becoming more and more against a move, although I do recognise we need to go. I simply want to stay at the Bridge.

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

all we need to do is introduce safe standing . Cheaper tickets , bigger gates and improved atmosphere . problem solved .

Ideally that would be great. But lets not forget the consensus now, everyone agrees, that football is first and foremost a business, with the actual kicking a ball about bit way down the list.

Therefore we know the corporate money making side of a new stadium will be the priority. Great big corporate boxes, and tax incentives for block corporate bookings, and no tickets wouldnt get cheaper.

It is therefore critical that the Fans Forum are consulted and their wishes acted on, all along the process. For me the selling of CPO shares, giving one man a complete say in what happens to the club I am not happy about

Heres a survey about the move/ CPO sell off to complete if you want....

http://thechels.net/2011/10/the-burning-question-chelsea-the-cpo/

[bombayblue™ 55]

I can understand how fans who've been going to bridge for all their life feel about the move and I would want us to stay at the bridge too part selfishly because I have not been able to save up enough for a month long trip yet. But I wouldn't even bother comparing what I feel to people who go there week in week out.

I'm sure many of them share their disgruntledness towards constantly increasing ticket prices, though the new stadium wouldn't guarantee that prices will not increase it will ensure that they won't increase as radically if we were to stay put and compete at the top level and also satisfy the UEFA Financial Fair play.

Put it this way, your family has for all the generations you can remember, through thick and thin, stayed in a house of 3 bedrooms. Quite a palce when it used to be the talk of town 100 years back. Now you have your parents, a brother, both the missus, and 4 kids in 3 bedrooms. You'd ideally want to expand the house and fit everyone in or buy 3 houses to fit everyone. The family is broke and can't afford to expand it. Option is stay where you are how you are or sell it off to buy 3 houses which will fit your needs.

Actually I'm not too convinced by my example but what I mean to say is I trust that all other options have been checked which would have provided for us to stay at the Bridge and only when none of them seemed viable are we going in for the move.