5 minutes ago, Luiz4Chelsea said:

A monument of football, that in no way resembles a shopping mall or car park, and would still look fantastic 100 years from now.

Agreed, it looked amazing. A great shame it's seemingly all over.

With the Euros coming up and some matches taking place in England I was reminded of Stamford Bridge for some reason... maybe one day we will have a stadium that can host big events! Just a curious fan who is looking for any updates regarding the current situation. My guess is there won't be any major plans to rebuild the stadium in the next 2-3 years? 

Edited June 10, 20215 yr by Valhalla

Roman's decision not to build the stadium when he did (for his own reasons) has turned out to be the BEST financial decision he could have made. COVID, no crowds, reduced revenues etc, would have made the debt very difficult to service, if not impossible -  look at how our old mates in N17 are struggling 🤣

Roman's financial and accounting teams will be all over the potential ROI (return on investment) like a rash and should the UK government remove their political and childish visa ban, I am sure that the Planning consent can be revived.

 Current Stadium news;

STAMFORD BEACH IS BACK FOR THE SUMMER!

 

Completely agree that timing was on our side given the pandemic.  That said, SB really is end of life as far as stadiums go, and I would love to see us revive plans to renovate or rebuild.  Great stadium, but by modern standards it is lagging.  Capacity is a misleading indicator, but even there we are 9th on PL list, and will be 10th when Everton complete Bramley-Moore.  Outside England, look across Spain or Italy and they're all moving ahead.  Fingers crossed this picks up again 

1 hour ago, PhilH930 said:

That said, SB really is end of life as far as stadiums go, and I would love to see us revive plans to renovate or rebuild. 
 

I know you probably mean that it’s not fit for purpose for a club of our stature but there are many stadiums in a much worse condition than The Bridge that are still going.

3 hours ago, Munkworth said:

I know you probably mean that it’s not fit for purpose for a club of our stature but there are many stadiums in a much worse condition than The Bridge that are still going.

Much better way of putting it. Agreed 

If this has been posted and commented on then I apologise but I had no idea there's going to be safe seating in the Shed (that's the rumour could be just new seats). For me one of the reasons the atmosphere suffered was putting away fans in the Shed far better when they were in the E/S Lower.

Edited June 12, 20215 yr by bluehaze

31 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

If this has been posted and commented on then I apologise but I had no idea there's going to be safe seating in the Shed (that's the rumour could be just new seats). For me one of the reasons the atmosphere suffered was putting away fans in the Shed far better when they were in the E/S Lower.

The rumours are trueish. They’re putting in rail seating in the Shed & MHL with a view to safe standing being given approval in the future. 
 

As a fat c**t I welcome the larger seating anyway 

These cost cutting measures to try and save a few quid towards buying Haaland are getting a bit extreme. 

3 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

These cost cutting measures to try and save a few quid towards buying Haaland are getting a bit extreme. 

Charlton will be having ptsd

If the stadium is built do you think the club will aim to meet the standards required to host champions league finals and other events? At the moment I think only Wembely and spurs can host a final in London. 

 

Can't see a stadium being built while RA is in charge, politics.

So unlikely to be a US buyer as RA has Russian connections so probably an Indian billionaire.

The Chelsea Panthers anyone 

 

21 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

 

Full stadium, safe standing terraces, singing 'we know what we are', can't bloody wait !

Have the finished The Shed? Should have priority because I’m coming in two weeks 

Not sure what the capacity will be next season 38,000 ? and will they have to be empty during Champions League games. As long as the atmosphere improves I'm all for it. Edit: Apparently the whole of the lower tiers of the Shed and MH will be safe seating.

Edited August 2, 20214 yr by bluehaze

Anyone in the safe standing seats last night? How was it? 

Safe standing seats weren't occupied (as far as I am aware). They had put up some protective barriers in the shed but kept the seats.

8 hours ago, turnyitb said:

Anyone in the safe standing seats last night? How was it? 

How does that actually work, I see seats as well as railing? 

12 hours ago, turnyitb said:

Anyone in the safe standing seats last night? How was it? 

In the shed lower it was the same kind of seats they’ve always had but with a rail in front of them which was quite handy to lean on throughout the game. Just needs a cup holder 

Looks like the the seat folds back to the frame for the person behind you.

MHL looks like it will be done just in time for Palace. First 4-5 rows no seats and the north west corner is just concrete steps.

Good view of the safe seating 10 years to late for me I'll be firmly stuck in my seat 😆. Also Paul McCartney seems to be a Chelsea fan !

Covid restrictions allowing the next Chelsea Pitch Owners AGM will be at Stamford Bridge on 21 January. I plan to attend and will report back if there is any news on the stadium redevelopment. I doubt if there will be any but you never know.

Suspect that safe standing will be discussed and it will be interesting to hear comments on it.

 

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/cpo/cpo-news/cpo-agm--statement-from-the-chair-and-voting-results

Nothing in the Chair's statement about the stadium redevelopment. Possibly something will be in the minutes of the meeting. I couldn't go to the meeting so can't comment on what happened.

I suspect that there were no announcements on the redevelopment.