Stamford Bridge Thread

[capriccioso 2,545]

Wow I've never noticed, but they would look outdated even in the 1970s! About time we fixed them up a little.

[Liquidator 5,176]

I can't see us having a Barca type dugout with its own roof sort of because this would block the views of seats behind the dugout which could affect matchday revenue. They should be raised though because they are much too low at the moment. Unfortunately its difficult to knock down and replace the entire bloody East stand but if we could then that's what I would do

[LDN Blue 7,903]

In light of the recent statements from Chelsea Football Club and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) regarding the possible redevelopment of the Stamford Bridge stadium site, the CPO board has requested a meeting with Councillor Nick Botterill of LBHF. We feel this would enable us to obtain a clearer understanding of how the council would assist Chelsea FC on this vitally important issue. We will report back to CPO shareholders once this meeting has taken place.

Steve Frankham

Chairman, CPO

http://www.chelseafc...2661589,00.html

[Term-X 7,891]

apparently the dugout area is going to be refurbished this Summer

Let's hope we don't 'do a Sevilla'...

[capriccioso 2,545]

That is ridiculously phallic

[Strike 7,217]

Let's hope we don't 'do a Sevilla'...

That is one hideous dugout...

[kingofchelseadom 41]

Well we need to expand. they have exhausted all other avenues. Sometimes change is good.

[Grillinnap 129]

Bertrand says, "Why bother bringing my boots?"

[capriccioso 2,545]

Bertrand

Torres and Sturridge have way too many.

[Liquidator 5,176]

Thinking about this last night. I don't think we will need to even think about a new stadium for at least another 10-15 years. We simply don't have the fanbase to draw 60 000 to a game against Wigan or Blackburn. Season tickets were more or less on general sale last year, our game against Benfica, a Champions League Quarter Final took a long time to sell out (with the stadium operating at a reduced capacity), about half of our games this season have gone on general sale. This shows that we only have about 35,000 fans within a reasonable range of Stamford Bridge who can actually be arsed to go on a regular basis. How we would just find an extra 25,000-30,000 fans in 10 years to fill up the new stadium I don't know. It takes time to build a huge fanbase like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man United, AC Milan, Arsenal etc. have. In all honesty we should not be considered in the same bracket as this lot because we cannot suddenly begin to draw fans like Real Madrid have done since the 50's, Man United since the early 90's etc. When you look back at Peter Kenyon's comments about how he wanted us to be the 'biggest club in the world in 5 years' or whatever it was you realise just how much of a deluded smug prick he really was.

Of course we sell out quickly for the bigger games at home against the likes of Man U, Arsenal, Spurs but that is the case for most teams. We could sell out the stadium twice over for most of these if we had the capacity but a lot of clubs are like this. Barcelona would probably be able to sell out the 96,000 capacity Nou Camp twice over for el clasico. Unfortunately for us, we don't have a big enough fanbase at the moment to be able to draw 60 000 fans to our stadium for a game against Wolves or Wigan like Man United do. We have a lot of fans who only care about attending bigger games too, hence the need for the loyalty points system to be implemented.

If Roman Abramovich wants a new stadium now then he can by all means have one. Its not me or anyone else on here spending the money, its just that for 75% of games it will probably be 1/3 empty for at least the next 20 years.

[Mr. Ziggles 110]

Honestly tickets could be a lot cheaper to sit down in a freakin plastic-lookin' seat. Make tickets cheaper & we might have a chance of selling out often in SB. I normally go only if the cheapest tickets are out there, because to get to SB & buy tickets costs a hell of a lot.

[Kezza 1,965]

Random question for future reference

In terms of atmosphere, what's MHU like as opposed to MHL?

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Random question for future reference

In terms of atmosphere, what's MHU like as opposed to MHL?

MHL is much better. More of the songs are started in MHL and there is more standing. If you have a choice go MHL.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

STATEMENT BY CPO CHAIRMAN, STEVE FRANKHAM - 27/4/12

Directors of Chelsea Pitch Owners this week (Monday 23 April) attended a meeting with councillors of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (LBHF) and planning officers.

The LBHF reiterated their position - laid out in a statement from them on 9 March - that they would like Chelsea FC to stay at Stamford Bridge.

They also explained they would be happy to assist the club further in exploring ways to expand the stadium's capacity, and that it remains their belief this can be done, although not without difficulty.

The club has put an immense amount of time and money into exploring how to expand Stamford Bridge and believes there are serious planning difficulties and, in any event, it is not financially viable.

It is the CPO board's intention to continue dialogue with both parties in the hope of producing more clarity on these crucial issues.

Steve Frankham.

Chairman

http://www.chelseafc...2751283,00.html

[Beirut_Blues 306]

I really hope they somehow manage to expand Stamford Bridge... This article gives some hope.

[sekar_blue4ever 1]

Hi,

i am a Chelsea fan from India .I would like to know about the where we stand in extending the Bridge or moving to a new stadium.What will be our new capacity if we extend the stadium or move to a new stadium.

Why are CPO against moving from the stadium.I heard there was a vote in CPO last october about selling the shares to Chelsea and it needed 75% to go through but only 61.5% voted in favour?

If cfc move to a new site where will it be most probably?

Sekar C

BLUE4EVER

[Liquidator 5,176]

Not many seats could be added if we expand Stamford Bridge. The expansion would probably involve adding 5000 or so seats to the Matthew Harding stand, bringing the capacity to roughly 47,000. The Shed End would be the other stand which it would be viable to expand but again not many seats could be added because there are not enough exits and there are houses behind it. That would probably be about 5000 maximum again so we would have 52,000. As for the East and West stands, it is more or less impossible to expand them, even by knocking them down and starting again. The club has calculated that it is not financially viable to expand Stamford Bridge and reasonably it is not possible.

For a potential new stadium, 55,000 seems to be the figure thrown around and at the moment it would better suit our fan base size. However, it would probably be built so that we could expand it in the future if we needed to. The new stadium looks as if it could be in Battersea, although Nine Elms and Earls Court are other sites that have been considered. The club has not spoken much about a new stadium though. Battersea has a very large site for a stadium though and regeneration of the area would come with a new stadium. I think that in the near future the CPO will vote in favour of selling Stamford Bridge to the club though because the first vote (when there were only 61% of votes) was at a time when the club had not spoken about the viability of expanding Stamford Bridge and gave no information about a new stadium to the CPO. Therefore, the CPO were not happy to sell Stamford Bridge because they did not know where, when or to what they would be moving to. They now know that moving is probably the better option. As more information is possibly given, the chance of more than 61% voting in favour of selling will most likely increase.

[sekar_blue4ever 1]

Thank you liquidator....Do you think we can only fill up 55000 seats ...I thought we can easily fill around 60000(like arsenal).Also about CPO is every shareholder allowed to vote ?