Stadium Decision

[red g]

This truly is great news; I wondered though how this would compare to Arsenals new stadium though in terms of generating revenue (as apposed to atmosphere) from the corporate side and found this

Immediately above the club tier there is a small tier consisting of 150 boxes of 10, 12 and 15 seats. The total number of spectators at this level is 2,222. Box prices start at £65,000 per annum plus VAT, and covers admission to all home league games and any home games Arsenal play in the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and Carling Cup.[6] The most exclusive area in the stadium is known as the "Diamond Club" which is invite only and costs £25,000 up front plus £25,000 a year. Tickets here include use of a private lounge, a complimentary restaurant and bar, valet parking and concierge service. Members will also have the option of travelling to European away games on the players' aeroplane.

Due to the high demand for tickets and the relative wealth of their London fanbase, Arsenal expect the revenue from their premium seating and corporate boxes to be nearly as much as the revenue from the entire stadium at Highbury.[7]

I imagine even with 76000 fans in the stadium we will still be behind arsenal in match day revenue

But I imagine the stadium will be a lot cheaper to run as well !!

if we go upto 76000 wasnt there going to be a cheapseats area as well?

[red g]

They'll have to move. They can't expand Old Trafford further.

I thought they could build an extra tier on one of there stands?

[Guest]

I thought they could build an extra tier on one of there stands?

Read somewhere that they won't be able to expand further. Not sure though.

[wavydavy]

There are current plans at Old toilet to increase capacity there to 92 000 by the time our new stadium is ready

This ain't true. MU have "topped out". Railway lines and over 60 houses means no chance. They can only expand on the one side thats left undeveloped. They can't go any bigger on the other three sides. Besides did you know that MU season tickets were on general sale this summer. Ronnie Irani claimed on Talksport that MU had a 20 year waiting list only to be deluged by fans telling him he was talking bollocks and that fans were offered season tickets to OT summer just gone. They don't NEED a bigger ground!

[wavydavy]

Read somewhere that they won't be able to expand further. Not sure though.

The steel on their stands simply can't be altered. Too expensive. Think of the revenue they'd lose in the 12/18 months of any future, attempted expansion. If they want bigger they've got to move. FACT

[einar]

This truly is great news; I wondered though how this would compare to Arsenals new stadium though in terms of generating revenue (as apposed to atmosphere) from the corporate side and found this

Immediately above the club tier there is a small tier consisting of 150 boxes of 10, 12 and 15 seats. The total number of spectators at this level is 2,222. Box prices start at £65,000 per annum plus VAT, and covers admission to all home league games and any home games Arsenal play in the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and Carling Cup.[6] The most exclusive area in the stadium is known as the "Diamond Club" which is invite only and costs £25,000 up front plus £25,000 a year. Tickets here include use of a private lounge, a complimentary restaurant and bar, valet parking and concierge service. Members will also have the option of travelling to European away games on the players' aeroplane.

Due to the high demand for tickets and the relative wealth of their London fanbase, Arsenal expect the revenue from their premium seating and corporate boxes to be nearly as much as the revenue from the entire stadium at Highbury.[7]

I imagine even with 76000 fans in the stadium we will still be behind arsenal in match day revenue

Ours well have 114 boxes so we should not be that far of.

[Hass]

The scum can't expand the south stand due to the railway line behind and Network Rail have said that Utd have to foot the bill if the line is to be redirected. Basically it'd cost a fortune, Utd are stuck pretty much at 76k.

[Dirk07]

on top of the revenue which arsenal are making from the stadium and fans they are currently completing the redevelopment of the surrounding areas including apartments hotels bars offices etc, I imagine their revenue will make further additional jumps

I say well done to them though, they took significant risks when the took on the borrowing and when all is completed they will truely be a significant power on the European scene all from their own work ie not effectively given huge amounts of money like Madrid or historically having a massive fanbase like other clubs

[wavydavy]

Ours well have 114 boxes so we should not be that far of.

T&G's plan may be to well and truly soak the rich fans to subsidise the peasants among us. TH has hinted at this more than once.

[Howard_lfc]

Just this minute been annouced on Radio City that the council have approved the latest plans and have agreed to let us build a 70,000+ stadium. A more detailed update is at 5pm this evening. Lets all start collecting scrap iron and get the bloody price of steel down !!!

Isn't it great working from home Ste?

[tomasjj]

**** knows

****, mate, I thought you had connections.
That you were in the know.
Pic with Robbie and all.

Guess I was wrong then, fella.

[AFII]

They just said on five live that the stadium will take 76k from 2010

[JohnOK]

They just said on five live that the stadium will take 76k from 2010

A few articles are saying that we will almost immediately put in an application for the extra seats so maybe we can start off with a 76k capacity in 2011.

[memzey]

A few articles are saying that we will almost immediately put in an application for the extra seats so maybe we can start off with a 76k capacity in 2011.

Good news

[Jayesh87]

Objectors’ paean to Victorian splendours of Stanley Park fall on deaf ears

Nov 7 2007

by Larry Neild, Liverpool Daily Post


PLANNING committee members took four and a half hours to reach their decision after a site visit to Stanley Park yesterday.

The afternoon was spent hearing a stream of objections from more than 20 Anfield residents, who told of the impact of living in the shadow of one of the world’s biggest clubs.

Fears of match day chaos led councillors to recommend a minimum £100 parking fine for those who flout restrictions.

Among the objectors was Florence Gersten of the Save Our Cities campaign. She described the plan as “fundamentally wrong” for a prized Victorian park, saying the stadium would be catastrophic.

“I believe this is a lamentable attitude towards North Liverpool. It would be a different story if Liverpool FC wanted to build in Sefton Park,” she said.

Dr Alastair Walker, chairman of Stanley Park Preservation Society, said a third of the green space would be destroyed.

“This scheme does not enhance the park, it degrades it. It is hideous, gross barbaric vandalism which must be rejected,” he said.

George McLelland of the Friends group feared that once the stadium was built it would eventually mean to the loss of even more parkland in future years.

Mike Butler, secretary of Anfield Regeneration Action Committee said the real motive for the new application was because LFC wanted an even bigger stadium than before, accusing officials of obscuring the truth.

“This plan is totally unacceptable,” he said, adding that as there were acceptable brownfield sites, such as one in Speke/Garston, they should be considered.

Jean Hill said it was ironic that plans to build on the Garden Festival site were being examined by a current public inquiry, yet there was no suggestion that the Anfield plan should face such scrutiny. Local artist Frank Green, an Anfield resident for 45 years, told how elderly people had ben forced out of the area to meet the club’s expansion plans.

And Brian Woodbridge, who played football as a boy in Stanley Park, accused the council of handing the park to “Yankee speculators”.

“I would say to them “would you build a stadium in Central Park – of course you wouldn’t, you have more sense,” he said.

Objectors say they will bid to have the plans called in by the Government to force a public inquiry. Cllr Steve Radford, leader of the minority Liberal group on the council attacked the scheme. He said if Everton had wanted to build in Stanley Park the council would have said “No deal”, but officers acted like agents of Liverpool FC when they applied for permission.

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