- Aug 9, 2008
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I've been thinking this for some time.
Do we need a 60.000 seater stadium? Yes we have a number of people on the ST waiting list, but there's no guarantees those people will buy those available ST's when their turn at the front of the queue comes around. Further to that, if we supposedly have thousands of fans desperate to get to the Lane, where are they on FA Cup matchdays or in Quarter finals of European competition?!
I'm not suggesting we can't fill such a stadium, I'm suggesting we won't. Yes for games against the top clubs we could probably fill Wembley on our own. Demand for the Real Madrid match was incredible. However look at the mediocre games. There are always loads of tickets available on the ticket exchange and there's also a good chance tickets go on general sale.
I do think we should have a higher capacity stadium, but I don't think its as urgent as we tend to think it is. I think its more about keeping up with the Scum and not having a lesser facility of a stadium. Is it really worth sacrificing transfer budget chests to have a stadium that will fill up for Tottenham v Man United? I'm not sure. It's also a massive debt burden that could backfire.
I think it's a debate worth having and definitely not a foregone conclusion that we need a stadium desperately.
Do we need a 60.000 seater stadium? Yes we have a number of people on the ST waiting list, but there's no guarantees those people will buy those available ST's when their turn at the front of the queue comes around. Further to that, if we supposedly have thousands of fans desperate to get to the Lane, where are they on FA Cup matchdays or in Quarter finals of European competition?!
I'm not suggesting we can't fill such a stadium, I'm suggesting we won't. Yes for games against the top clubs we could probably fill Wembley on our own. Demand for the Real Madrid match was incredible. However look at the mediocre games. There are always loads of tickets available on the ticket exchange and there's also a good chance tickets go on general sale.
I do think we should have a higher capacity stadium, but I don't think its as urgent as we tend to think it is. I think its more about keeping up with the Scum and not having a lesser facility of a stadium. Is it really worth sacrificing transfer budget chests to have a stadium that will fill up for Tottenham v Man United? I'm not sure. It's also a massive debt burden that could backfire.
I think it's a debate worth having and definitely not a foregone conclusion that we need a stadium desperately.