8 hours ago, Zeta said:

Will we be able to fill all the seats? We don't want to be like Man City, with a soulless, half-empty ground.

Man City's stadium evolvement has always struck me as the opposite to Chelsea.  They have increased capacity when it is clear the demand is not always there.  For instance they got a crowd of just 30,000 for one of their CL Group games this season and 10,000 below capacity for their FA Cup replay with Huddersfield (who had 6,000 fans in the attendance).   Each and every PL game including what should be one of their biggest home matches vs Liverpool and we see empty seats all over the stadium.   Whoever they have doled season tickets out to at cut prices are clearly not that committed.   Not as yet anyway.  Yet they plan to extend their North Stand to further expand capacity to 61,000.  Their strategy appears to be having the big stadium already in place as their fanbase grows.   Chelsea by contrast have long needed a bigger stadium because the demand is already there.  

The English based support is there to fill it. Plus the tourist interest in coming to London to watch a game is strong whilst we are successful. Only about 6000 tickets are for sale for a home game if the away allocation is 3,000. So if we have in the region of 50,000 plus? Members. The extra tickets should be bought, also driving away touts as it will be easier to get a ticket.

6 hours ago, Richard P said:

The English based support is there to fill it. Plus the tourist interest in coming to London to watch a game is strong whilst we are successful. Only about 6000 tickets are for sale for a home game if the away allocation is 3,000. So if we have in the region of 50,000 plus? Members. The extra tickets should be bought, also driving away touts as it will be easier to get a ticket.

Think members total over 100k but might be wrong? That includes overseas members I presume

We got 40,000 people to watch our second string play Bristol Rovers at £25 a pop for a midweek game where we had about a weeks' notice to sell tickets. We wont struggle to sell out a 60,000 stadium. Next.

12 hours ago, Richard P said:

The English based support is there to fill it. Plus the tourist interest in coming to London to watch a game is strong whilst we are successful. Only about 6000 tickets are for sale for a home game if the away allocation is 3,000. So if we have in the region of 50,000 plus? Members. The extra tickets should be bought, also driving away touts as it will be easier to get a ticket.

F**king hates touts especially the ones blatantly selling right out side the ground...even under the big sign saying don't buy from touts...like taking the piss

7 hours ago, benjsross said:

We got 40,000 people to watch our second string play Bristol Rovers at £25 a pop for a midweek game where we had about a weeks' notice to sell tickets. We wont struggle to sell out a 60,000 stadium. Next.

We have been having sell outs for fa cup and league cup home games for well over 10 years without fail, teams like Sc**thorpe, Macclesfield, southend,Peterborough, Gillingham, huddersfield, notts county, etc have all had 40k crowds, something that gets forgotten by other clubs and the media, spurs, west ham, arsenal, Everton, Liverpool, Newcastle, city, have all had some pitiful cup crowds, y*ds, arse, and pikies always go quiet on this, because deep down they know that all of them to an extent missed out when the prem really took off, and we were the ones on the rise, hate the word brand, but the Chelsea brand is more well known round the world then any other London club, go to africa and they've never heard of spurs or hammers!!! And arsenal are the football equivalent of a rugby club!! All blazers and public schools, o well arsenal, spurs and hammers dust that chip of your shoulders, we'll have the best ground in London,  and nearest to central London, Londons first Londons finest!!!

On 23/03/2017 at 06:53, chi blue said:

Think members total over 100k but might be wrong? That includes overseas members I presume

Yes you're right about 100k but a lot of them it's about the on line channel and magazine. Was just roughly estimating how many could buy a ticket every home game.

On 22/03/2017 at 10:21, coco said:

If you were a clever billionaire looking for a club to buy, you would be wise to come to West London.

Not sure Shahid Khan and Tony Fernandes would agree 

38 minutes ago, Mr Parker's Dogbite said:

Not sure Shahid Khan and Tony Fernandes would agree 

I said 'clever'.

Does anyone know how exactly the stadium is being funded?

Is Roman puling it all out of his back pocket or are transfers etc going to be restricted for the foreseeable?

5 minutes ago, Fatty_Speeding said:

Does anyone know how exactly the stadium is being funded?

Is Roman puling it all out of his back pocket or are transfers etc going to be restricted for the foreseeable?

As for as I'm aware roman is funding the project 

Hi. 

I have made s new video of our new stadium. I even recorded some music for it this time too. I wonder if you'll recognise it? 

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https://youtu.be/-FHKftDWKV8

Edited March 28, 20179 yr by Neilando

Wonderful stuff Neil !  Solid efforts

3D Design 10/10

Music 10/10 

Chelsea 3 Spurs 0 - thats past, present and future. This is not a football ground, this is a cathedral. Love it.

9 hours ago, Neilando said:

I even recorded some music for it this time too. I wonder if you'll recognise it?

Nice lounge piano version of Liquidator!

I don't love the slant 

Minutes of the latest CPO Board Meeting. Point 2 is about the redevelopment.

http://www.chelseafc.com/content/dam/cfc/pdf-word-documents/CPO/CPO Minutes 200117.pdf

On 29/03/2017 at 11:37, Van Butsen said:

I don't love the slant 

Same here, i suppose its because of the footprint we have to work with. Beggars can't be ..........

On 03/29/2017 at 13:37, Van Butsen said:

I don't love the slant 

 

1 hour ago, Kev56 said:

Same here, i suppose its because of the footprint we have to work with. Beggars can't be ..........

I don't mind it, to be honest. All these unusual details give the stadium a little character. Not the sort that Brendan bangs on about, but the sort that makes sure it doesn't look like 95% of the modern football stadiums out there.

On ‎29‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 11:37, Van Butsen said:

I don't love the slant 

It's all about maximising every bit of space available.  They could build stands without the slants but the capacity would be cut too.   Colour schemes amongst the seats and underside of the roof can make it not so noticeable as well as the positioning of big screens, banners, signage, etc.

 

On 28/03/2017 at 13:32, Zola said:

Wonderful stuff Neil !  Solid efforts

3D Design 10/10

Music 10/10 

Class, love the chilled vibe of 'Liquidator', and BITC....

Edited March 31, 20179 yr by Ballack & Blu

Hi. 
I have made s new video of our new stadium. I even recorded some music for it this time too. I wonder if you'll recognise it? 
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-FHKftDWKV8

[url=]https://youtu.be/-FHKftDWKV8

Excuse the stupid question but.....

Where's are the executive boxes? I'd be more than shocked if the new stadium didn't have them

On 31 March 2017 at 16:39, Qaz said:

 

Excuse the stupid question but.....

Where's are the executive boxes? I'd be more than shocked if the new stadium didn't have them

 

Hi. 

The main corporate boxes are in the middle tiers but they are incorporated into the general stand.

[youtube]http//youtu.be/-FHKftDWKV[/youtube]

 

 

Edited April 3, 20179 yr by Neilando

On 23 March 2017 at 00:16, Richard P said:

The English based support is there to fill it. Plus the tourist interest in coming to London to watch a game is strong whilst we are successful. Only about 6000 tickets are for sale for a home game if the away allocation is 3,000. So if we have in the region of 50,000 plus? Members. The extra tickets should be bought, also driving away touts as it will be easier to get a ticket.

Personally I think being able to buy a ticket at a premium outside a football ground is okay. Sometimes you miss the boat and a tout is the only option.... Buying and selling a few tickets (as long as they are genuine) shouldn't be deemed a crime in a so called democratic society. On occasions when markets dictate you can often buy a ticket for less than face value for various events nationwide and touts make a loss.

On 6 March 2017 at 15:10, coco said:

So whats that about £40m per season, x10 years = (£400m) almost the price of the whole stadium(£500m) paid for in 10 years, just from the extra revenue from those 20k seats. Probably quicker depending on the rate of price increase on those seats in the future.

Not taking government taxes into consideration?, £40m x 10 years doesn't amount to nett profit.