Wembley to host 2013 Champions league final

[Dalos]

seems strange after hosting it this year.

Great result for FA though

 

[The Large One]

Is it?

Another round of f***-ups for the end of the domestic season is in store.

 

[strings]

I feel sorry for the league 1 and league 2 fans that will be robbed of their day at Wembley. Nevertheless, a great financial boost for the FA.

 

[Triggaaar]

Wow, that is a surprise. Thanks Michel, nice to hear some of the boses still think it's still worth playing football in this country.

 

[OSRGull]

Hopefully they don't double book it and can still have the play offs at Wembley.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Something seems a bit odd about this to me.

 

[Bowers-sfc]

looks like your be of to old trafford then

 

[seagullondon]

the FA have clearly learnt how to bribe now.

 

[peterward]

Appease the English FA..... who are ballsy enough to challenge the endemic FIFA corruption

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Something seems a bit odd about this to me.

Yep, very odd indeed

 

[hillianseagull]

Talk Shitte said it was due to the 150th Anniversary of the FA

 

[Lady Whistledown]

More like we paid the most money and offered the most free seats to UEFA officials.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Hmm, like others have said, there are a plethora of great modern stadiums in Europe for the final - weird that Wembley gets it 2/3 years. Having said that, if there is something untoward about the awarding of it, not sure who it would suit to expose it really.

 

[xenophon]

Should have given it to Abu Dhabi

 

[Marc]

obvious "keep them sweet" tactic deployed by UEFA so we dont harrass them like we did with FIFA, bollocks I say, another country deserves this prize not us.

 

[Easy 10]

More like we paid the most money and offered the most free seats to UEFA officials.

Nail. head.

"Commercially, Wembley was also a massive success. The FA cleared a profit of more than £1million — compared to around £250,000 for a major rock concert — and it was even more lucrative for UEFA. In Rome at the 2009 Barca v United final, the most expensive ticket for a supporter was around £125. At Wembley, the standard tickets were £225, with £300 for a ticket in the Club Wembley area, rising to £4,000 a head for a seat with corporate hospitality. Total ticket revenue, Sportsmail understands, was somewhere in the region of £50m."

UEFA have found a new cash cow to milk.
Its also an "unbranded" stadium (unlike, say, the Allianz Arena in Munich), which means it doesn't clash with any of the established sponsors.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Oh you cynics, obvious innit? Platini cementing his vote for next FIFA pres.

 

[chucky1973]

2013, bugger a year to early for Brighton