New Football Stadium Designs

[Bender]

There's an atmosphere at Anfield that rhymes with tight

Chaka khan

[Fosterbloke]

There's an atmosphere at Anfield that rhymes with tight

All right? Not quite?

[Yozza]

Chelsea submit new 60,000-seat stadium plans

Chelsea have submitted a planning application to build a new 60,000-seat stadium at Stamford Bridge.

The application, which involves the demolition of the 41,600-seat stadium and other buildings currently on the site, will be examined by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

The council have set a deadline for comments on the application of Friday, 8 January 2016.

The club say that the planning process will last beyond the end of the season.

In a statement on their official club website, Chelsea said that the new stadium would see "facilities improved for every area" and offer an "outstanding view" from every seat in an arena "designed to create an exciting atmosphere".

The new stadium involves both excavation works and the construction of new external concourse areas, including the formation of decking platforms over part of the District Line and part of the Southern mainline railway.

Chelsea have played at Stamford Bridge since 1905, and the ground was last redeveloped in the 1990s.

However, its current capacity of about 42,000 is significantly smaller than the stadia of Premier League rivals Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City, whose grounds hold 76,000, 60,000 and 55,000 respectively.

Blues owner Roman Abramovich had initially considered seeking a permanent new home, with the club describing the option of expanding Stamford Bridge as "not feasible or viable" in 2012.

But the club decided to redevelop its current ground because of a lack of suitable sites available in London - having had a bid to build an "iconic" new stadium in Battersea Power Station rejected.
















Obviously not the final images but it looks awful.... I'll have a dig around later & see if I can find more....

[Chris]

Looks as dull and as boring as their fanbase and style of football. Very apt.

[Harv]

As much as i hate Chelsea, I'm jealous they've got Herzog & DeMeuron designing their stadium.

Renders dont do their work justice and they don't put a lot of effort into them. The stadium will be amazing though. If all those columns are brick, like they show, it will be a very imposing place

[RedAndWhite]

If all those columns are brick, like they show, it will be a very imposing place

Plastics columns would be more appropriate really.

[Yozza]

Certainly has echoes of the Coliseum about it but I'm not at all keen on it

[dom9]

I quite like asymmetric stadium designs, and I like the way they've use the space. But it kinda looks like a matchbox volcano in those models.

[redmike65]

I think its an interesting design, they need to make the vertical columns out of sandstone.

[Gray]

Looks decent.

[Muddled]

I really don't like it. I think it looks hideous.

It looks like the pitch will slide and some Bond villain will launch a missile.

[Phoenix07]

When I first saw it, I was like 'wow, that's impressive'.

I shall await further and more detailed designs before sticking with my instant reaction. I suppose they want to make it iconic. It's certainly different.

[Kenneth]

I quite like asymmetric stadium designs, and I like the way they've use the space. But it kinda looks like a matchbox volcano in those models.

I guess the shape won't be as obviously splodgy as it looks from above.

[kingfunk]

Where are chelsea goin to get 60000 "fans" to fill this new stadium? It must have the biggest away end in history!

[Assassin]

Where are chelsea goin to get 60000 "fans" to fill this new stadium? It must have the biggest away end in history!

Free plastic flags....