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Topic History of: No Olympic stadium for West Ham
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Martha |
Arsenal outgrew Highbury. West Ham have yet to outgrow the Boleyn Ground, or even fill it!
Six new 60,000+ grounds for London? Ludicrous. My case is made.
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giles2008 |
Are there any "Eastenders" left in the East End? I thought it was all posh flats and coffee shops since Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair exterminated the working class. |
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BR |
Ron wrote:
BR wrote:
The OLYMPIC STADIUM should go to a Premier League team - the capacity can remain at 60,000 I believe if they want. This is an ideal capacity for a London Premier League club
West Ham only average 33,000 which does not even fill their existing ground.
The plan is to reduce the cost of going to around a TEN POUND TICKET ( it was announced in a press conference )
I think this would be very popular and most games would sell out at that price when you consider that Premier League football in London is usually priced nearer £50 a ticket and theatre.
Arsenal had a 36,000 capacity at Highbury - but filled a 60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium.
Most of London's grounds are awful : Crystal Palace is a dump - Brentford is a real dump - Barnet is hardly worth calling a stadium - Chelsea is a mess and too small for a big club - Spurs current ground is awful. There are only TWO decent stadiums in London : Wembley and Emirates. For a city of 10 million people that is very poor. In the past we had 80,000 capacity grounds like WHITE CITY - which have now gone.
There is a massive need for another 60,000 plus ground in London and possibly 6 of them. Otherwise London's football will suffer. Even Manchester has TWO massive new grounds ( Man City and Old Trafford ) and it is only a 2 million population. Why should London not have at least that ratio ? |
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JC |
The main problem with ground sharing is the attitude and morale of the fans. They like to have a ground they call their own; the home of their own club. People are basically tribal, from nationalism down to sport club, or even local pub level. From a purely business viewpoint, ground sharing can make sense, but there is far more to football than just business, despite the wheeling and dealing of several Premiership clubs. |
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Ron |
BR wrote:
The OLYMPIC STADIUM should go to a Premier League team - the capacity can remain at 60,000 I believe if they want. This is an ideal capacity for a London Premier League club
West Ham only average 33,000 which does not even fill their existing ground. |
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