Easy access from South London, Wealthy Owners, our poor home form, we appear to be potless, Premiership football, their pitch is green, attractive to newcomers to the game ( team and Stadium ), close to City Airport, available to Scandinavian fans who used to visit us for Premiership football, I'm bored now.
the bigger target area for West Ham will be north Kent, 10 minutes on High Speed from Ebbsfleet, tons of cheap parking, 5 minute walk to the stadium when you get off at Stratford International
the bigger target area for West Ham will be north Kent, 10 minutes on High Speed from Ebbsfleet, tons of cheap parking, 5 minute walk to the stadium when you get off at Stratford International
This is true. 20 mins on the DLR from Woolwich Arsenal as well.
I actually think if they price it right they will get 50k every week based on their Essex support but if they dont then expect them to tread on our toes
Was it ever decided on whether they have to keep the running track?
Retractable seats are being installed, pull them out for football and get seats closer to the pitch, put them away to reveal the running track for athletics.
Can't see it affecting us in the slighest?! So if they get a train from Ebbsfleet then stand on their heads for 5 minutes that will mean...well... nothing.
The stadium will cost them an arm and a leg, and like Arsenal they will have to charge fans a shed load to get in... Can't see 60,000 doing that week in week out to watch a mid-table side.
20 mins on the train from chelmsford, jump off, bobs yer uncle. No thanks. I guess it will help draw in new supporters, rather than make people change the allegiance
Can't see it affecting us in the slighest?! So if they get a train from Ebbsfleet then stand on their heads for 5 minutes that will mean...well... nothing.
The stadium will cost them an arm and a leg, and like Arsenal they will have to charge fans a shed load to get in... Can't see 60,000 doing that week in week out to watch a mid-table side.
I'd be interested to see who actually pays for it, I doubt very much it will be the club.
Do people really think West ham will sell out 60k each week, no chance. Give it a season or 2 for the novelty to wear off and they'll be getting 40-45k tops
Do people really think West ham will sell out 60k each week, no chance. Give it a season or 2 for the novelty to wear off and they'll be getting 40-45k tops
That's why the smart thing would be to do a lot of development work south of the river.
Interesting take on the reasons behind it from David James.
BTW I've seen elsewhere that the figure of £2.5m a year in rent it will cost them won't even cover the upkeep let alone start paying back the principal costs. Why the taxpayer is providing financial assistance to a club in the wealthiest league in the world is truly beyond me other than to stop it looking like a huge white elephant.
It's even worse that it's that lot of all teams...
I don't understand why people turn this into an issue about taxpayer funding.
We needed a stadium for the Olympics. We built one. Now the Olympics have finished, surely there is a responsibility to maximise the returns on the stadium over the long-term. This means leasing it out to the highest bidder.
Any bidder will only bid at the market rate (by definition). If that doesn't cover the maintenance/running costs then so be it. No tenant is going to pay more than they have to!
Do people really think West ham will sell out 60k each week, no chance. Give it a season or 2 for the novelty to wear off and they'll be getting 40-45k tops
I doubt they'd even get that much on a consistant basis, why would they suddenly (after the novalty has worn off) get bigger crowds than they do now - unless they are doing alot better, they'll obviously be able to give bigger away allocations I guess but that's it
Do people really think West ham will sell out 60k each week, no chance. Give it a season or 2 for the novelty to wear off and they'll be getting 40-45k tops
I doubt they'd even get that much on a consistant basis, why would they suddenly (after the novalty has worn off) get bigger crowds than they do now - unless they are doing alot better, they'll obviously be able to give bigger away allocations I guess but that's it
Well quite a few teams that move to shiny new stadiums increase their support. Southampton, Derby, Sunderland, Reading, Swansea, Cardiff, Brighton.
I don't understand why people turn this into an issue about taxpayer funding.
We needed a stadium for the Olympics. We built one. Now the Olympics have finished, surely there is a responsibility to maximise the returns on the stadium over the long-term. This means leasing it out to the highest bidder.
Any bidder will only bid at the market rate (by definition). If that doesn't cover the maintenance/running costs then so be it. No tenant is going to pay more than they have to!
Then tell them to piss off and stay at Upton Park.
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I would have been much more worried, long-term, if it went to 'London' Orient.
I actually think if they price it right they will get 50k every week based on their Essex support but if they dont then expect them to tread on our toes
Orient on the move as a result?
How on earth we as taxpayers have allowed this to happen is a disgrace and we will probably end up paying yet more to convert the stadium.
So if they get a train from Ebbsfleet then stand on their heads for 5 minutes that will mean...well... nothing.
The stadium will cost them an arm and a leg, and like Arsenal they will have to charge fans a shed load to get in...
Can't see 60,000 doing that week in week out to watch a mid-table side.
Interesting take on the reasons behind it from David James.
BTW I've seen elsewhere that the figure of £2.5m a year in rent it will cost them won't even cover the upkeep let alone start paying back the principal costs. Why the taxpayer is providing financial assistance to a club in the wealthiest league in the world is truly beyond me other than to stop it looking like a huge white elephant.
It's even worse that it's that lot of all teams...
We needed a stadium for the Olympics. We built one. Now the Olympics have finished, surely there is a responsibility to maximise the returns on the stadium over the long-term. This means leasing it out to the highest bidder.
Any bidder will only bid at the market rate (by definition). If that doesn't cover the maintenance/running costs then so be it. No tenant is going to pay more than they have to!
Well quite a few teams that move to shiny new stadiums increase their support. Southampton, Derby, Sunderland, Reading, Swansea, Cardiff, Brighton.