60,000 they are talking about.
Has any club gone from a 15-20,000 fan base to 60,000? Certainly in the past 25 years anyway.
How big was Upton Park? About 30,000?
Probably the only other stadium with such a drastic jump in capacity that could be comparable I can think of, but not sure if Birmingham are really going to be filling a stadium that big as West Ham have...
Yeah good point. 30,000 - 60,000 is a huge jump.
Birmingham City have one of the biggest catchment areas but West Ham possibly bigger. The entirety of Essex and East London is a West Ham stronghold. That's before you factor in the element that West Ham is in one of the most visited cities in the world.
Ironically, West Ham fans think they have sold their soul. Birmingham will be another level with this.
In seats on matchday to make it look fullerThat place is an absolute shit-hole. I parked up there a few times when we were playing at St Andrew's - but never after dark! Where are they going to put all the rough sleepers?
It only makes sense to massively expand if you're a club with a huge waiting list for season tickets doesn't it? Anything else and you're just being a stadium you know is too big for you in the hope of future success and we all know how depressing it is sat in an empty stadium.
It's not in Birmingham though.If they are serious about a new super multi sports arena surely the NEC would be the ideal location not some shithole inner city slum
If they are serious about a new super multi sports arena surely the NEC would be the ideal location not some shithole inner city slum
West Ham is not in West Ham, Manchester Utd not in Manchester. Just think for a stadium like that and on about doing American Football, Rugby etc that the NEC has everything thereIt's not in Birmingham though.
Transport links can't be great at this new stadium's location can they? Local branch station at Adderley isn't going to have great capacity and it's a fair walk from New Street. Maybe it's aimed at the HS2 station but even that's going to be a bit of a walk through crappy bits of town isn't it?West Ham is not in West Ham, Manchester Utd not in Manchester. Just think for a stadium like that and on about doing American Football, Rugby etc that the NEC has everything there
"The Wembley of the Midlands"If they are serious about a new super multi sports arena surely the NEC would be the ideal location not some shithole inner city slum
"Prime land"??Tbf they've bought prime land in Birmingham. It needs to be regenerated.
Using HS2 to get there would only apply to Orient and Charlton fans in League One!Transport links can't be great at this new stadium's location can they? Local branch station at Adderley isn't going to have great capacity and it's a fair walk from New Street. Maybe it's aimed at the HS2 station but even that's going to be a bit of a walk through crappy bits of town isn't it?
West Ham is not in West Ham, Manchester Utd not in Manchester. Just think for a stadium like that and on about doing American Football, Rugby etc that the NEC has everything there
The owners are either delusional or up to something fishy.
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Depends how it's done. If you have 2 tiers with roughly 30k in each tier you simply keep the upper tier closed until demand is required... I suspect with Brady involved that the owner has an eye on hosting NFL games and maybe even a UK Franchise which would easily attract capacity crowds. Birmingham Badgers anyone?To stand any chance of filling a stadium that size it needs to coincide with a rise to top 4 premier league levels. Zero chance imo and even 30,000 will feel miserable in a 60,000 seater. Half full always does. We should know.
Even if the owners are multi billionaires (are they oil baron levels?) they can’t just buy their way to the top echelons anymore.
Blinders, surely!Depends how it's done. If you have 2 tiers with roughly 30k in each tier you simply keep the upper tier closed until demand is required... I suspect with Brady involved that the owner has an eye on hosting NFL games and maybe even a UK Franchise which would easily attract capacity crowds. Birmingham Badgers anyone?
Depends how it's done. If you have 2 tiers with roughly 30k in each tier you simply keep the upper tier closed until demand is required... I suspect with Brady involved that the owner has an eye on hosting NFL games and maybe even a UK Franchise which would easily attract capacity crowds. Birmingham Badgers anyone?
Genuinely the cringiest club going atm. The fans are wanking themselves into a frenzy all while sitting 2nd bottom of The Championship. Weird stuff.They're going to come up with a Birmingham American Football team called the Peaky Blinders or some shite
Ewwwwwwwww!Genuinely the cringiest club going atm. The fans are wanking themselves into a frenzy all while sitting 2nd bottom of The Championship. Weird stuff.
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More of a MLK situation...Bit of an MK situation then.
I thought the whole point of Brum Council selling that desolate wilderness to Blues was to try and realise their assets so they have a chance of paying their bin men!There will be no appetite for a Birmingham based nfl team even with Brady hanging around I’m not sure there will be for a London based one, uk fans have teams already. All this talk is to gain local authority funding which they will need a lot of luck with as Birmingham council is broke.
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