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I would certainly love to see more seating available to both improve ease of getting tickets to big matches and of course improve revenue for FFP reasons. But as a guy in the Boston area I've lived the 'replace' or 'invest in the old place' debate for many years due to my city's baseball stadium for the Red Sox, Fenway Park (1912). There are many parallels... and the owners of the sox (owners of the scousers, BTW) kept the cherished old place and no one has looked back. I certainly hope the fate of the bridge is the same, improvement, enlargement but ultimately not replacement. I attended my first match there last Spring and it was magical. I've been to the etihad, and to wembley. And damn the new wembley is a cool place, but you know I like Stamford Bridge the best of the lot (etihad completely sucks and is a boring utilitarian charmless place IMO). Stamford Bridge isn't at a fenway park level for me, but it's a place with a soul. Just my 2 cents.

i've stayed at the holiday inn on cromwell rd, which is actually very close, and i found it to be a fair amount cheaper than other places nearby. Good luck!