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The best thing Roman can do for this club is provide us with a suitable home for the next 50-100 years. That's a sign of real commitment and a sure fire way to propel us into the top 5 earners in world football. Hell we could even adopt a similar approach to Arsenal (highbury) and become partners with the firm developing SB, they made a bloody fortune from that.

Roll on a +60k state of the art stadium, would nearly double our match day income if you take into account corporate facilities.

All but a handful of my Arsenal supporting friends have said that their new stadium has ruined what Arsenal meant as a club to them. They used to have a nice ground with a bit of character (part of the reason that Arsenal could build flats at Highbury so well is that 2 stands were listed buildings) and now have a soulless bowl stadium with no atmosphere which shows more regard for the prawn sarnie munchers than the real fans. There is no guarantee that ticket prices will go down or even stay the same should we build a new stadium and look what that has done for Arsenal. We can barely create an atmosphere at Stamford Bridge with ticket prices as they are so I would hate to think what a new stadium would be like with tickets that would probably be even more expensive.

Also, why are so many people under the impression that we would fill a new 60k stadium? We had season tickets practically on general sale 2 years ago, most games have tickets that go to general sale and for COC and FA Cup games we often can't sell out unless the other team takes a large allocation. We would get 50-52k maximum every week in a new stadium IMO and that is with current ticket prices.

Finally, as robdog said, some people have an attachment to the area around Stamford Bridge and the stadium itself. We don't and will not need a new stadium for at least 10 years IMO.

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You don't build now you won't be building at all... at least not in the local area (no other sites). Arsenal never had a good atmosphere, Highbury had been a library for a least a decade.

For me the Bridge was ruined the moment they tore down the shed and did away with standing. Its not the fround of my childhood anymore.I'll be sad to see it go, but if they build the kind of ground they proposed for Battersea (biggest single tier stand in Europe), then I feel it would improve atmosphere. Think it would also enable us a chance to make family tickets available, encourage the next generation to the ground.

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All but a handful of my Arsenal supporting friends have said that their new stadium has ruined what Arsenal meant as a club to them. They used to have a nice ground with a bit of character (part of the reason that Arsenal could build flats at Highbury so well is that 2 stands were listed buildings) and now have a soulless bowl stadium with no atmosphere which shows more regard for the prawn sarnie munchers than the real fans. There is no guarantee that ticket prices will go down or even stay the same should we build a new stadium and look what that has done for Arsenal. We can barely create an atmosphere at Stamford Bridge with ticket prices as they are so I would hate to think what a new stadium would be like with tickets that would probably be even more expensive.

Also, why are so many people under the impression that we would fill a new 60k stadium? We had season tickets practically on general sale 2 years ago, most games have tickets that go to general sale and for COC and FA Cup games we often can't sell out unless the other team takes a large allocation. We would get 50-52k maximum every week in a new stadium IMO and that is with current ticket prices.

Finally, as robdog said, some people have an attachment to the area around Stamford Bridge and the stadium itself. We don't and will not need a new stadium for at least 10 years IMO.

I sort of agree with you however i strongly believe we would fill 60k a week, providing prices at worst stayed as they are.. Last i checked the list for season ticket holders is still big, and i am sure there are a lot of fans who would go if access to get tickets a bit easier. I don't think a new stadium is absolutely necessary as i very much like the bridge. But having said that i wouldn't be opposed to a new stadium with an increased capacity as it will eventually be the way forward. In an ideal world they would rip out a lot of the annoying uncomfortable seats and have standing areas where you could get at least double the people in and have tickets at around £30.00 for them and then the atmosphere would be back. Admitedly i was not around in the old terracing days but it would obviously emencely improve the atmosphere.

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just curious will the new stadium proposal still have the two hotels & the many eating choices that there are @ Da Bridge now??? I am so fucking happy that I had my Fulham Road experience. That can be never taken away from me & I will always dream of strolling down the Fulham Road for a CFC match. That was one of the Best experiences of my life. I can see now why people are soo keen to keep the Blues @ Da Bridge. It is a very unique experience

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I can totally relate to The Suggs' Blue Day song..The only other place I rather on a Saturday...Strolling Down the Fulham Road!!!

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I'd love to see some standing areas back (great call Hutchi) no reason why they could introduce them again, safety design is so much better these days. They have them in German grounds and it works well, in fact those are the areas where the noise is made. I was young but I'll always remember standing as a lad in the shed, atmosphere was cracking.

Nostalgia is great, but the ground as it stands is not the one of many of our childhoods, it's been torn down and rebuilt so many times. Hell getting in an out is a bitch at the moment.

Had to give up my season ticket this year (commitments at home), but I'd like to renew it soon and as things stand I could be waiting for years. Lower prices for families and bring in category games again and we would have no trouble filling 60k.

Make it do Roman.

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I remember when the Bridge was quality. When it had the oval around it and blokes used to be able to park their cars behind the goals. what was that all about?!

Disabled access, used to be able to drive into the ground rather than sit in a stand.

I preferred the shed then, cracking atmosphere and constantly moving due crowd surges. The ground as it is today bears no resemblance, and it's for that reason that I don't hold with the nostalgia that some have on here.

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I dont fucking care if SB is small and not modern enough, its beautiful to me and it has history, that special something. Not many teams have it anymore.

I would only support expanding it if that would be possible, but moving from this ground is not acceptable. However, eventualy we will move on because of financial add-ons.

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I dont fucking care if SB is small and not modern enough, its beautiful to me and it has history, that special something. Not many teams have it anymore.

I would only support expanding it if that would be possible, but moving from this ground is not acceptable. However, eventualy we will move on because of financial add-ons.

Do you actually attend games? Do you realise not a single structure on that site is original? Most of it is less than 15 years old.

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Do you actually attend games? Do you realise not a single structure on that site is original? Most of it is less than 15 years old.

Its stadium we played for long long time. Every

stadium faces renovations, even Bernabeu or Camp Nou, Anfield, Trafford...

What matters is the place and pitch that gave us so many great moments.

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Its stadium we played for long long time. Every

stadium faces renovations, even Bernabeu or Camp Nou, Anfield, Trafford...

What matters is the place and pitch that gave us so many great moments.

But do you actually attend games? Often find overseas fans have more affection for the place than the ppl who attend.

Virtually every PL club in London is looking to move, along with Everton, Liverpool etcetra and most of the others have already moved (Newcastle, Sunderland, Wigan, Reading, Sputhampton blah blah). I love the Bridge, but it's holding us back a a club and it's capacity often restricts attendance for PL and CL games. Development would also make it easier for families to attend, costs a fortune at the moment. It's a no brainier of the club want to grow.

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You don't build now you won't be building at all... at least not in the local area (no other sites).

Sites are always coming and going in the area, even those big enough for a 60k stadium. A few years back the site that is now Westfield Shopping Centre was available, that is now gone. A few years ago the Earls Court site was in use and was then bought by a housing development company, Battersea Power Station recently became an option that was not open to us 5 or so years ago. How do we not know that the Stewarts Lane Depot site won't become available soon for example?

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Brazil v Russia March 25th.

Not sure how true it is but some Brazilian press have confirmed the game to be held at Stamford Bridge!

Perhaps RMPR or any of our Brazilian friends can enlighten us

But didn't the grumpy shits who live on Fulham road block the staging of international matches?

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Brazil v Russia March 25th.

Not sure how true it is but some Brazilian press have confirmed the game to be held at Stamford Bridge!

Perhaps RMPR or any of our Brazilian friends can enlighten us

The game is confirmed and SB comes as a strong possibility, not confirmed yet.

I find it hard, we always play at Emirates, but I guess it is not available at that date. It would be the only reason for us not to play there...

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