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On 5/6/2011 at 3:21 AM, Blue In Green said:

This is the toughest question to answer in modern football: Build a new stadium, which could ultimately put Chelsea on the world stage permanently and sell the soul and only home of the club or stay at the Bridge and run the risk of being Liverpool, who struggle to keep up with the ascendancy of their peers?

Personally, I don't think the club can grow in a healthy manner if you dig up its roots. I've heard stories of how long-time Arse fans are disappointed with the Emirates and the soulless atmosphere there. That stadium promised to bring revenue and sustained success. What have Arse accomplished since they started playing at the Emirates?

In a little over a year, West Ham are about to move into a stadium they have no hope of ever filling. They will be a Championship club peddling £1 tickets to watch a club with a jaded fan base and a track around their pitch, not to mention their debt which threatens to sink them further.

Besides, don't the Pitch Owners have a thing that would force Chelsea to change their name if they ever left the Bridge? We might as well be MK Dons if that happened, plastic pariahs of the game. I am an American and I watch professional sports teams leave their communities often; one basketball team threatened to leave Sacramento, California to be the third team in the Los Angeles area. They wanted to change their name when they got there. If Chelsea does that, we might as well call it what it would be: Chelsea Football Franchise. As it stands, Chelsea is not a franchise, and it will never be a franchise. It is too important to too many people for that to ever happen.

I don't like the idea of moving. Stamford Bridge is home; hell, it's the only home we've ever had. Arse thought the grass was greener on the other side and look at what they lost on the way there...

i thought this was a recent post then realised it's a gem from the first page. good post

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On 19/01/2016 at 6:35 PM, We Hate Scouse said:

The FA have already said that they won't facilitate 2 teams in 1 stadium as it would ruin the fixtures. Won't happen.

I thought The FA had already said the exact opposite.

I'm sure I heard an FA bod, being interviewed months ago, saying they would go along with this because, "We want to do everything we can to help". Naturally, I took that to mean, We're money grabbers, of course we'll accept a ground share. If the price is right.

Edit: To be fair to them, the impression in this guardian article is that The FA are a bit more open about the fact that it is the money which sold them on the idea of a ground share. In the interview I listened to the line was simply to push the we are here to help the clubs cover story.

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The Football Association will allow Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur to share Wembley next year due to the redevelopment work at their respective stadiums. As the London clubs will not be able to play at their grounds while work goes on, it is understood they may temporarily use Wembley for home fixtures. 
http://www.squawka.com/news/chelsea-transfer-rumours-and-news-round-up-pellegrini-to-join-scott-signs-new-deal/590068#SYqfe3cIYEqxjd6s.99

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The proposed new stadium is just awesome. I very much like quality of the materials, the bricks and the arcades, the views on the pitch, the roof (in comparison: poor Liverpool fans). This stadium will not only be fantastic for the fans, it is also a real piece of architecture on its own. Very different from the other stadium that have been built in Europe. Here it is all about quality. And a stadium designed for real football fans.

Having said that, has the planning application been approved yet or not? In which case, when can we expect a decision? And what is the timeline for building this stadium?

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On 14/02/2016 at 11:45 AM, BXL70 said:

The proposed new stadium is just awesome. I very much like quality of the materials, the bricks and the arcades, the views on the pitch, the roof (in comparison: poor Liverpool fans). This stadium will not only be fantastic for the fans, it is also a real piece of architecture on its own. Very different from the other stadium that have been built in Europe. Here it is all about quality. And a stadium designed for real football fans.

Having said that, has the planning application been approved yet or not? In which case, when can we expect a decision? And what is the timeline for building this stadium?

The application was submitted on 1st December last year and is presumably under consideration.

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Stamford Bridge Gates – a design competition

Chelsea Football Club’s planning application for an expanded stadium is pending and if the redevelopment goes ahead, we want supporters to help create it by designing a new landmark - the Stamford Bridge Gates.

The Gates will be one of the most prominent features of the site and their design is to be chosen by a competition, with the full details and the background to it given below...

 

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/02/stamford-bridge-gates--a-design-competition.html

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On 19 January 2016 at 4:46 PM, Rhino's Skin said:

why not?

 

the place is a shoitehole and the stadium is crap.

Hope Chelsea FC let ST holders freeze their seats until new Stamford Bridge is built because I ain't going to that dump every other week. Will be completely devoid of atmosphere as well in that souless concrete bowl.

Just pull out of the deal and let Spurs have it now we have forced them to pay extra.

Shame Twickers couldnt have been used.....but perhaps we should downscale a bit and share with Fulham

To be fair, they've done wonders with the work done around the stadium, and it's pretty decent around there now although I'm inclined to agree with you about the stadium.I do believe with a football club playing in there every other week, with hardcore fans it wouldn't be the soulless bowl it currently is.

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On 23/02/2016 at 11:13 AM, Fulham Broadway said:

its a good move by the club to embrace this.

One less thing for the media to beat us with a stick.

Wouldnt mind betting that within a year or so there is a big report into the gay society and football after an incident or rally/protest somewhere.  After we have had stuff about football violence, racism, sexism....it would be great not to hear the clubs name  not mentioned when the next big scandal happens.

 

 

 

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