Stadium of Canterbury

gt12

@kiwiwomble said in Stadium of Canterbury:

@dogmeat how many other stadiums over 20k does london have though, id say more than 10

the rational of % of population does have an upper limit as we're just never going to get +200k full seated stadiums

edit: looked it up, exactly 10

Wembley Stadium 90,000 City
Arsenal Emirates Stadium 60,000 City
West Ham United London Stadium 60,000 City
Chelsea Stamford Bridge 41,837 City
Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 36,240 City
Charlton Athletic The Valley 27,111 City
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 26,225 City
Fulham Craven Cottage 25,700 City
Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161 Region
Watford Vicarage Road 21,500 Metro

Isn't at least one big stadium missing from that list?

Kiwiwomble

@gt12 oh yeah! didn't even check it, should you how football focused things in the UK can get

gt12

@kiwiwomble said in Stadium of Canterbury:

@gt12 oh yeah! didn't even check it, should you how football focused things in the UK can get

Just here to support your argument, there is definitely more than 10.

Kiwiwomble

@gt12 just checked and the google result just said london stadiums but the actual list says "football", other than twickers i thin the rugby ones are a bit smaller...checking is a step too far

Snowy

@kiwiwomble said in Stadium of Canterbury:

checking is a step too far

For god's sake don't do that, completely against the fern ethos.

Had me worried for a minute there.

Rapido

@kiwiwomble said in Stadium of Canterbury:

@gt12 just checked and the google result just said london stadiums but the actual list says "football", other than twickers i thin the rugby ones are a bit smaller...checking is a step too far

Lords and The Oval.

However ... Watford and Reading aren't London.

Kiwiwomble

@rapido watfords at least inside the M25...;)

dogmeat

@kiwiwomble Yeah I wasn't really trying to show the total capacity of London's stadia - after all you can only go to one at a time.

I wasn't even that interested in Wembley's the /shrug was supposed to indicate that I think the whole idea of looking at a stadiums capacity as a % of the local population is meh - so what. Sall population centres will always have a higher % and big ones lower but I don't think it signifies 5/8 Fuck All.

However as you went to all that effort. Craven Cottage is currently being redeveloped to make it even more awesome and will have a capacity of 30K when it re-opens

Chris

@kiwiwomble said in Stadium of Canterbury:

@shark you're probably the best person to ask, are the surrounding regional councils chipping in now? i know a couple of years back they generally said no but maybe thats changed?

No they are not another sore point as Chch city council have not requested them too.

Kiwiwomble

@chris good, i dont feel bad about flaming my aunt and some friends that i know live in rural canterbury suddenly becoming very vocal on the socals about it, fair enough those that will actually pay and use it

Crucial

@kiwiwomble said in Stadium of Canterbury:

@dogmeat how many other stadiums over 20k does london have though, id say more than 10

the rational of % of population does have an upper limit as we're just never going to get +200k full seated stadiums

edit: looked it up, exactly 10

Wembley Stadium 90,000 City
Arsenal Emirates Stadium 60,000 City
West Ham United London Stadium 60,000 City
Chelsea Stamford Bridge 41,837 City
Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 36,240 City
Charlton Athletic The Valley 27,111 City
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 26,225 City
Fulham Craven Cottage 25,700 City
Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161 Region
Watford Vicarage Road 21,500 Metro

That new Brentford one is 20k isn't it ? Nice tidy development with housing etc.

MajorPom

@gt12 said in Stadium of Canterbury:

@kiwiwomble said in Stadium of Canterbury:

@dogmeat how many other stadiums over 20k does london have though, id say more than 10

the rational of % of population does have an upper limit as we're just never going to get +200k full seated stadiums

edit: looked it up, exactly 10

Wembley Stadium 90,000 City
Arsenal Emirates Stadium 60,000 City
West Ham United London Stadium 60,000 City
Chelsea Stamford Bridge 41,837 City
Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 36,240 City
Charlton Athletic The Valley 27,111 City
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 26,225 City
Fulham Craven Cottage 25,700 City
Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161 Region
Watford Vicarage Road 21,500 Metro

Isn't at least one big stadium missing from that list?

The information for Spurs is a touch out of date too.

@dogmeat said in Stadium of Canterbury:

@kiwiwomble Yeah I wasn't really trying to show the total capacity of London's stadia - after all you can only go to one at a time.

I wasn't even that interested in Wembley's the /shrug was supposed to indicate that I think the whole idea of looking at a stadiums capacity as a % of the local population is meh - so what. Sall population centres will always have a higher % and big ones lower but I don't think it signifies 5/8 Fuck All.

However as you went to all that effort. Craven Cottage is currently being redeveloped to make it even more awesome and will have a capacity of 30K when it re-opens

There are extremely strict policing laws too around what stadiums can have events on the same day too. Only so many police / stewards to go around.

Reading is a bit of a stretch too as a London stadium.

Higgins

@kiwiwomble What has happened to The Den as I thought it had the ability to hold slightly over 20,000? Maybe the visitors end has been closed to prevent the inevitable trouble it's occupation will bring.

Kiwiwomble

@higgins haven’t compiled the list myself, just cut and paste it from a very quick google

shark

@rapido said in Stadium of Canterbury:

I remember 1993 Bledisloe in Dunedin. They added extra capacity. 39,000 in a city of about 105,000 at the time.

Let alone seeing 1970s Okara Park full with 30k etc, or say 1983 Rotorua for the Lions match with 30k - each in a town of about 40k at the time.

It was very cheap to maintain a ground that is 85% grass banks. Just a bit of gas money for the tractor mower.

That was the first ever million dollar gate in NZ. The ORFU set up the tent village at Bathgate Park for pre and post match festivities for profit and also to take pressure off Dunedin's bars. Massive attendance from visiting fans domestically and internationally.