Bristol World Cup Bid !!

[Curious Orange]

are hillsborough and elland road dead certs? i presume they would be on the promise of mega regeneration.

You'd hope not, I haven't been to Hillsborough so can't comment, but Elland Road is certainly a long way away from being a 'modern' stadium (bolting seats to every other step of a terrace really shouldn't count as modernisation)!

 

[clapham_gull]

Cities who have submitted bids

Birmingham
Bristol
Derby
Hull
Leeds
Leicester
Liverpool
London
Manchester
Milton Keynes
Newcastle
Nottingham
Portsmouth
Sheffield
Sunderland

Travesty if Milton Keynes are even considered.

 

[clapham_gull]

More info on the bids and the plans for each stadium.

English 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Just to clarify what I said about Anfield and Villa Park, a new Bristol stadium would be better than there are now. But of course, both those stadia could be revitalised, although Liverpool will probably go ahead and build if they get the vote.

I'm surprised not to see Coventry there.

As for Falmer Badger, quite how a 45,000 stadium would get passed planning permission at this stage is anyone's guess.

However, I'd imagine it will one of the first in the queue as a training camp with the University renting out their accomodation.

 

[clapham_gull]

It's not about a 45k stadium now though. In 2011 we'll have a 22k stadium. Is it unreasonable to think that within five years we'll be at least a top-end championship club requiring 30k+ seats? From there, you've only got to do what Bristol are planning and whack in 10k temporary seats and we've got a world cup venue. Think of the MONEY that would generate.

Put in for the planning permission and see how far you get.

 

[clapham_gull]

I wouldn't put it in now though. I'd put it in once we're playing there. I reckon we'd get it EASILY then.

I'd imagine you'd have to start thinking about it, er.. now.

 

[sten_super]

It's not about a 45k stadium now though. In 2011 we'll have a 22k stadium. Is it unreasonable to think that within five years we'll be at least a top-end championship club requiring 30k+ seats? From there, you've only got to do what Bristol are planning and whack in 10k temporary seats and we've got a world cup venue. Think of the MONEY that would generate.

Alternatively, imagine trying to keep the club afloat paying maintenance on a 30k seater stadium when we are only getting 10k through the gate in League 1. It works both ways.

 

[Simster]

Cities who have submitted bids
Travesty if Milton Keynes are even considered.

Why? If Germany can build a 70,000 stadium in Gelsenkirchen I don't see why MK should be ignored.

 

[sten_super]

Three months ago we thought we'd have to be shelling out a couple of million a season just on INTEREST for this stadium. With that problem gone I don't think paying maintenance on a stadium even registers as a worry.

Are you serious? Have you seen what has happened to Darlington? Having a mostly empty white elephant stadium will do us no favours whatsoever.

 

[1066gull]

Bristol girls are gorgeous. I think Sussex is far more inbred than the West.