Posted November 7, 201113 yr http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/15630954.stm Chief executive Ron Gourlay said: "We have outgrown our stadium. "We hope to make an announcement on naming rights in the next six to eight months. It would make a big step as we have to drive up the revenues." Not happy about this. Edited November 7, 201113 yr by gee
November 7, 201113 yr If it means we can stay at the bridge then its a small price to pay. Plus they can call it what they want, it will always be the bridge to the fans.
November 7, 201113 yr The CPO's left the club with no choice. I knew it would come. This is one of the only few remaining ways to boost turnover and we either compete, or get left behind. I don't see why it should be a problem? Regardless of what it's named, most people will still truly know it as The Bridge.
November 7, 201113 yr He said this a while ago and it didn't happen. I don't think anyone wants to pay too much money on a stadium that already has a name, because everyone will refer to to it b its original name. Look what happened with St. James park aka the Sportsdirect.com.
November 8, 201113 yr The CPO's left the club with no choice. I knew it would come. This is one of the only few remaining ways to boost turnover and we either compete, or get left behind. I don't see why it should be a problem? Regardless of what it's named, most people will still truly know it as The Bridge. I agree with the last bit Elliott. SportsDirect.com @ St. James' Park never really caught on, almost everyone still calls it St James' Park. No matter what it's called officially everyone will still call it Stamford Bridge (which is perhaps why they are having trouble getting sponsors on board.) It's a Hobson's Choice really. Either we stay and it's called the Samsung Bridge (or you know whoever stumps up the cash) or we move and it's called Samsung Arena or stadium or whatever. We might as well get used to it. Edited November 8, 201113 yr by Spiller86
November 8, 201113 yr If it means we can stay at the bridge then its a small price to pay. Plus they can call it what they want, it will always be the bridge to the fans. How long do you actually think we will stay at the bridge? If Roman wants a new ground it will happen one way or another.
November 8, 201113 yr Can one of Abramovich's companies sponsor the stadium ? A tax deductable win win to get round ffp (have city done something similiar with the Ethiad or did I just get the wrong end of the stick on that ?)
November 8, 201113 yr Nothing, because in five years time their new ground will have a naming rights sponsor as well.
November 8, 201113 yr I would rather a move than rename the stadium, it is kind of a lesser two evils to me. I voted no to a move although I am coming round to the evitable.... to be a big European club I am afraid we have to. To me it is like moving from your old family home, it is a wrench but onwards and upwards. I did sense in the tone of Gourlay (who I am no fan of) spitefulness for the no vote.
November 8, 201113 yr I would rather a move than rename the stadium, it is kind of a lesser two evils to me. I voted no to a move although I am coming round to the evitable.... to be a big European club I am afraid we have to. To me it is like moving from your old family home, it is a wrench but onwards and upwards. I did sense in the tone of Gourlay (who I am no fan of) spitefulness for the no vote. And rightly so, no voter fans are being counter productive. Over cautious and a lack of faith moreso Edited November 8, 201113 yr by Zola
November 8, 201113 yr This article is interesting though, be interesting to see what the council can do http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15538669.stm
November 8, 201113 yr It will be embarrassing if it ends up being called the 'Samsung Arena' Why? We have been associated with Samsung for a while now and they are a huge international company making quality electronic products. What wouldn't be embarrassing? The Mothercare Arena? The Dixons Dome? The Parc de Poundstretcher?
November 8, 201113 yr Should call it the "Coors Brewery". Yeah we could paint it orange and grey like that old Coors away kit...
November 8, 201113 yr Yeah we could paint it orange and grey like that old Coors away kit... That would be pretty awesome.
November 8, 201113 yr Yeah we could paint it orange and grey like that old Coors away kit... That kit was so bad that it was almost good!
November 8, 201113 yr The naming rights is a must for us if we are to compete with the rest of Europe's elite. Already we have had City signing a major deal and no doubt the others are all looking into various ways of making revenues with the Fair Play payments in mind. At the end of the day it doesnt really matter what its called if we are to fulfill our asperarations to stay within the top 10 clubs in Europe. Martin Samuels was writing in the Mail yesterday about Real Madrid and a land deal they have done. Clever old Real Madrid have found a way of making the books balance again. Florentino Perez , the club president, has been searching for land near the Bernabeu Stadium, with a view to building a shopping centre. Fortunately, he has a good friend in Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, mayor of the city and a leading figure in Spain’s People’s Party (Partido Popular). Gallardon has generously agreed to swap a piece of land in the middle of town, for another that Madrid own in Las Tablas, a nondescript suburb. The acreage in Las Tablas was most recently valued in Madrid’s accounts at £420,000. Strangely, the land from the city was worth £19million. The explanation is that the city owed Madrid roughly £17m from a previous transaction 13 years ago, although some remain sceptical about the details. Sounds like a job for Jacobo Beltran, one of the nine members of the UEFA Financial Control Panel set up by president Michel Platini to study the proper implementation of financial fair play. Although as Beltran Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2058320/Fabio-Capello-knows-compare-John-Terry-Joe-Schmo.html#ixzz1d7en8qVb
