Olympic Stadium Discussion and Questions

[the pink palermo]

Can the denial stop please ?

The delusion ?

The dream that one day the nightmare will end and we'll all be sat 3 yards from the touchline again ......

It is what it is, and it ain't ever going to change.

[Ben]

Can the denial stop please ?

The delusion ?

The dream that one day the nightmare will end and we'll all be sat 3 yards from the touchline again ......

It is what it is, and it ain't ever going to change.

it will one day, has any team ever stayed in an Olympic stadium?

[James P]

it will one day, has any team ever stayed in an Olympic stadium?

Roma & Lazio

[Ben]

Roma & Lazio

Roma have just had a new stadium approved haven't they?

[Ben]

not looked extensively but a quick google shows Lazio are planning for a new stadium too

[James P]

We should be doing the same

[Pop Robson]

Do a Pomey or Coventry, that'll solve it as we'll share with the Os then !

No Ice cream, doughnuts or popcorn though might put a few off

[Hammer.CA]

it will one day, has any team ever stayed in an Olympic stadium?

Hertha Berlin, the Olympic Stadium had a pile of money spent on it for the 2006 World Cup and will most probably have another upgrade now that Germany will be hosting Euro 2024.

[Knighter10WHU]

^^^ Hertha are planning a move away. https://www.herthabsc.de/en/teams/newst ... -4-4-.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Pop Robson]

^^^ Hertha are planning a move away. https://www.herthabsc.de/en/teams/newst ... -4-4-.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Steep, intimate and loud and in the Olympic Park, go on GSB see what you Divs can do :lol:

Just to think our board came in 2010 and first thing they said was to move to the OS, whilst Juventus were building a new proper stadium as the other one was **** for the supporters.

[Ben]

This is what I mean, every team that’s moved to one have realised it’s a massive mistake and have moved or have plans in place to move to a proper stadium.
Obviously our biggest hurdle is our owners

[mushy]

Because it currently is the bottom one. It's so shallow now we can't extend it out further.

This is entirely correct.
If you make the rake in the lower tier any shallower your view would be obscured by the big bloke sitting in front of you.
What you could do is simply stretch it out so you would have six foot gaps between the rows and you could watch the match in lying down mode.
The other problem with the lower tier is that if you were to move the lower tier seats nearer to the pitch, some rows in the upper tier (the expensive front rows) would no longer be able to see the side of the pitch.
It just wasnt meant for football.

[mushy]

This is what I mean, every team that’s moved to one have realised it’s a massive mistake and have moved or have plans in place to move to a proper stadium.
Obviously our biggest hurdle is our owners

Not just the current owners though is it?
What investor would in their right minds up sticks and move from a cheap to run stadium, buy expensive London land and then pay another billion for a super stadium?
You any idea how much London real estate costs Ben?

If you have a credible alternative plan then please share.

[Gsbgsb]

Taking Spurs new ground as an example the likely cost for land and build will not see much change out of £1bn. That is going to be one very rich owner because money will need to spent on the team as well.

Far more likely scenario would be purchasing and then at gradual rebuild of the current site (if feasible) and that is years away.

[hadleighhammer]

Not just the current owners though is it?
What investor would in their right minds up sticks and move from a cheap to run stadium, buy expensive London land and then pay another billion for a super stadium?
You any idea how much London real estate costs Ben?

If you have a credible alternative plan then please share.

How people on here still don't get this simple point is beyond me. Is the kind of fairytale thinking that shafted us with the Athletics Track in the first place.

From a business standpoint the stadium is a massive success. 52k STHs watching the Premier League Sky TV gravy train, and all for only £2.5m a year. There is zero business case to change anything.

[Doc H Ball]

Add a roof that wouldn't cover the seats to the growing list.

[Briggsy]

Can the denial stop please ?

The delusion ?

The dream that one day the nightmare will end and we'll all be sat 3 yards from the touchline again ......

It is what it is, and it ain't ever going to change.

Sadly, I agree with you on this one.

[Pop Robson]

Not enough listened to the doom mongers back in the day

2012 must have affected them

[Doc H Ball]

From a business standpoint the stadium is a massive success. 52k STHs watching the Premier League Sky TV gravy train, and all for only £2.5m a year. There is zero business case to change anything.

Ironically, it ain't though.

By cutting costs to a minimum they have also cut income streams to a minimum. No naming rights, no mass catering income, no hotel, limited stadium advertising revenue, no other events etc.

Other Clubs see a growing market and see stadiums as revenue generators not as a problem to be overcome.

They ****ed over the taxpayer and the Club in the same bargain.

[Pop Robson]

Spend big this year so as not to slip down a Division, as well as the 3 yr deals ending

What did herladyship call it Deal of the Century ?