Brightons new ground!

[Factamondo]

fact..............but they have n we wont................fact

[Gerryhatrick]

agreed..next week we wont top 16500................fact!

I will be very surprised if it's under 17,500....

[Factamondo]

bolton will bring 1000 max...........still plenty of tickets in home ends available!!

[stan_bowles]

Coventry's new stadium is well out of the city, so has lost contact with the community. Its too sterile and has a very poor atmosphere. I was there for last years away agem, and there is a strange echo when it's quiet. Not surprised fans have lost interest ther.

I prefer to look at Leeds, Southampton, Derby, Sheff Weds, they haven't suffered too much.

Location is Coventry's main problem.Been there once and it's a pain in the backside to get to from the train station.

Pride Park is nice.Near the station and a nice stadium with good facilities.

[blueboy]

fact..............but they have n we wont................fact

so if new owners come in and cut ticket prices,you will change your mind on the need for a new stadium?

[Factamondo]

so if new owners come in and cut ticket prices,you will change your mind on the need for a new stadium?

no..............like i said when theres a waiting list for tickets yes.at the minute there aint!

[blueboy]

you can only have a waiting list for season tickets,not everybody wants to commit to a season ticket...there are plenty of people who would like to come on a match by match basis...i have been a regular at LR for 25 years,but its only in the past 5 years i have gone for a season ticket...i have now had to relinquish my ST,as i could not afford it,so i will have to buy tickets,match by match,i am not that confident
plus our ST level has been capped

[Bigears]

I dont mind if we move or if we stay but there are other issues we need to consider:

1) were is the money going to come from to buy the land and build the stadium as the value of Loftus road is not enough to do both unless we move out towards northolt / ruslip and even then i am not sure.

2) every time we have had owners before prosposing this type of move the fans have been upset (and i am not talking about mergers) which have resulted in most of these being dropped

3) Any money spent will mean less for the team which is near to nothing now so i wouldnt like to see what it would be like in this situation.

The only way we should consider this is if we have owners who are in it for the long term and have a good business plan and the funds to do it (not a loan) other wise having a bigger stadium could actualy have the opposite effect like Coventry etc.....

[superhoop67]

the amount of money T&C are throwing about , we couldn't afford to hire a pitch on the Scubbs for a game

[stan_bowles]

the amount of money T&C are throwing about , we couldn't afford to hire a pitch on the Scubbs for a game

The annoying thing is we can.

He is willing to spend money,buying his daughters £60m houses for example.but just chooses not to with us.:yush:

[brightonr]

New ground cannot and should not be a priority unless we can both afford to build it and regularly fill it. The club cannot afford to do it because the attendances have consistently fallen short of capacity, even in our little ground. Yes, the owners can afford it, but the club can't.

As for Brighton's ground, it was at a cost of £91m. That is not on prime West London real estate, but on an old field in Sussex. Trust me, you would soon get fed up with a ground situated like it is. Almost as bad as Coventry. (And they've got a Tesco)

James, there is absolutely no way that Brighton could ever have afforded to build that ground without both the grant from the Council and the majority of the money from one wealthy individual. The club itself didn't pay for it as it couldn't afford it.

[stan_bowles]

New ground cannot and should not be a priority unless we can both afford to build it and regularly fill it. The club cannot afford to do it because the attendances have consistently fallen short of capacity, even in our little ground. Yes, the owners can afford it, but the club can't.

As for Brighton's ground, it was at a cost of £91m. That is not on prime West London real estate, but on an old field in Sussex. Trust me, you would soon get fed up with a ground situated like it is. Almost as bad as Coventry. (And they've got a Tesco)

James, there is absolutely no way that Brighton could ever have afforded to build that ground without both the grant from the Council and the majority of the money from one wealthy individual. The club itself didn't pay for it as it couldn't afford it.

Brighton has one major advantage over us.

Their owner is a fan so actually cares about the club.

Unlike ours,and that includes the precious Mittals.

[LeeCookFan]

I love Loftus Road, if we moved i'd like a bigger version of Loftus Road or just don't move

I like that idea.

Maybe something like Whit Hart Lane without a massive c0ck missing one ball on the top?

[brightonr]

Brighton has one major advantage over us.

Their owner is a fan so actually cares about the club.

Unlike ours,and that includes the precious Mittals.

Correct mate. However, he's not much taller than Bernie.

[stan_bowles]

Correct mate. However, he's not much taller than Bernie.

Got longer arms and shorter pockets though.