New Everton Stadium


bizzaro said:
Have a read mate:

http://www.playthegame.org/fileadmin/documents/world_stadium_index_4_fifa_wc.pdf

Already shared with @The Esk for his information.
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For starters, there's no such thing as a tier 1 stadium, this is something you have made up. Your list of requirements is so contradictory it's unreal.

Secondly, have you read the document?? It highlights the issues of waste when stadiums have been built that do not meet the requirements of the "owner", and in reality have become a waste.

Your idea is to build a 60,000 seater stadium to meet the requirements of a tournament that may come to this country twice in a lifetime, yet have no direct affect on the club's it designed for.

The entire issue of a stadium is supply vs demand, like any basic business model. You cannot just build something in the hope that it's filled, how could you even gain financial support from third parties, it's bordering on the impossible.

If you took a very conservative figure of £4000 per seat you're like at approximately £250m build costs, then add on project management fees, land purchase, contingency, infrastructure and egress....you're up to £400m in the blink if an eye.

The Emirates came in at £6500 per seat all in, there season ticket prices and ticket prices are sky high, is that what you want for Everton?? It'd be counter productive, the price needs to remain low to keep existing support as well as attract 50% more people to the ground. You're also in competition with echo arena and convention centre for outside business, but they both have the benefit of being city centre locations which us beneficial for transport.
 

Also disregarding the fact that a portion of that is Away support, and it is only on the odd occasion that the away section gets filled. Would also be interesting to see what percentage of West Hams tickets are STH and what are walk ups etc...... Cause if a STH doesn't turn up their attendance is still counted. Its how Man City get their attendance figures. Plenty of companies round here have bought blocks of seats at City just so at they can tickets for European games and take clients, but they don't bother/can't find takers with the majority of Prem games. The ticket is still paid for though so counts as an attendance.
 

Just a glimpse of what the future may be like watching Everton, here's the new Besiktas stadium:

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from http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=654661&page=109
 
Took the Mrs on the tour yesterday.
Jesus it's such a tired stadium. The board room reminds me of an old people's home. The home changing rooms were akin to that of top amateur/semi-pro standard. The Dixie Dean Room, the most expensive box you can get - £5,500 a season, comes with a seat in the Director's box with 2 massive posts in your near-goal eyeline.

It's an amazing place for its character and its atmosphere (most of the time) but, but, but...

we must leave asap. for a top club it's bordering on atrocious in comparison to others in the league.

Just my ten pence anyway.
 

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