Stamford Bridge Thread

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

am very disappointed that many Chelsea fans do not understand this complex situation, even people from London....!

I may look young for you people, but feel confident & matured since halfway on my way to become pro marketer and I understand some of these corporate bullshit...!

IMO key reason why the Club is trying to get rid of CPO is that the business wud be more valuable without CPO which wud enable Roman to sell it to a higher price if he intends to make money by selling the club.

i.e.

1. The club could move to a bigger place regardless of the 3 mile radius - with proven high revenue opportunity the value of the business becomes higher

or

2. Current board get rid of the CPO making the new owner/board with less efforts to move away - making the business more valuable without making any significant investment as in option 1

-Good post the club would be so much more valuable without a rabble owning the pitch. He is looking to consolidate investments with this going on

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15525051

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Latest says that Hammersmith and Fulham Council are to explore ways in which to expand the Bridge.

Just shows how underhand the club appears to have been in insisting that they explored all avenues. Buck should go now. Also seems we were right to insist on evidence that it couldn't be expanded.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2501875,00.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2056066/Chelsea-boost-stadium-bid-council-pledge-help-make-Stamford-Bridge-bigger.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[barzil33 0]

what do you think about that?

it will happen?

[LDN Blue 7,903]

This is coming out now?!

Clearly the club did not exhaust all possibilities before then. I regret my negative views of the CPO in light of this..

[Liquidator 5,176]

What a surprise dinosaur and old brucey have been lying to the fans again!

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Buck and co are being shown to be such cunts. No wonder they wanted everyone to make their minds up in 21 days.

One of the worst aspects of this is that anyone that had CPO shares and was dead, were counted as a 'YES' vote

[warnie_666 1,081]

This is coming out now?!

Clearly the club did not exhaust all possibilities before then. I regret my negative views of the CPO in light of this..

Hold on. Did the council say there is a possibility to increase the capacity? I think not. So let us not conclude anything for now. All the council wants to do is find out if capacity can be expanded. Pretty much what the club has done all this while.

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Hold on. Did the council say there is a possibility to increase the capacity? I think not. So let us not conclude anything for now. All the council wants to do is find out if capacity can be expanded. Pretty much what the club has done all this while.

No. We were told by the club that all avenues had been explored and no way could the ground be redeveloped. Now because the CPO vote was a no vote the council say they are going to open talks with the club on ways to expand the ground and keep Chelsea at SB.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Hold on. Did the council say there is a possibility to increase the capacity? I think not. So let us not conclude anything for now. All the council wants to do is find out if capacity can be expanded. Pretty much what the club has done all this while.

Why didn't they do this before though? Why didn't they ask the council before deciding to up and leave?

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Why didn't they do this before though? Why didn't they ask the council before deciding to up and leave?

Money. See that Hunaz10 post on the last page.

The Council must make a fortune from Chelsea, not just on match days -they are only too eager to accomodate expansion

[SeanO 7]

http://www.givemefoo...-to-bridge-stay

Chelsea are ready to consider developing Stamford Bridge as oppose to moving to a new site.

The Chelsea Pitch Owner's refusal to see the their freehold that guards the club from selling the ground sold back to the football club has led to The Blues beginning their search for an alternative solution.

And the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham say they will come to the aid of Chelsea, by discussing plan to redevelop the ground, rather than move from their 106-year home.

"In light of the recent decision by Chelsea Pitch Owners PLC to retain its freehold of the ground, we reaffirm our desire to see Chelsea FC remain in the Borough and our commitment to help the club to remain at its historic home of Stamford Bridge.

"The Council now proposes to examine whether there are planning options to expand Stamford Bridge to accommodate a larger capacity, recognising that such a project must be economically viable, benefit local businesses and not unreasonably affect residents.

"We look forward to working closely with Chelsea FC and all local stakeholders as soon as possible to examine the options of redeveloping Stamford Bridge."

Last week, Chelsea failed to gain the 75% of the vote required to take control of the freehold owned by the CPO, which would have set in motion the club moving from the Stamford Bridge site.

The club said upon the result of the vote that they would investigate other avenues, with the council coming to their aid this week.

"Chelsea Football Club welcomes the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham's commitment to see the Club stay in the Borough and importantly their recognition of our need for greater capacity at Stamford Bridge," a statement read.

"As an initial step in a renewed dialogue with the Borough, we would like to explore promptly with LBHF how they propose helping us address the club's current problem of Stamford Bridge having substantially reduced capacity for big games."

At 42,055, Chelsea have the eighth highest domestic ground in the country, but with continued participation in the Champions League expected, the club are looking to expand their capacity to compete with their rivals.

I don't know if any one else has put this but here you go.