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Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread
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nmc
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In London their support is on a par with Tottingham. Arse and Chavski are ahead of them but not hugely.
This is not based on any data but merely my obseravtions of living in London for 20 years from 1985 to 2005 but I always thought that Spurs had the most fans in London - much bigger than Arsenal or Chelsea.
gkmcfc
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I'd say that the top 3 London clubs and possibly even United have more fans than West Ham in and around London. Whatever the case West Ham have plenty of fans to call upon, just like we do.
Fourinarow
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Sorry if this has been asked a few times in this thread.
Any ideas when the big screens are going in the corners of the South Stand?
Any ideas when the big screens are going in the corners of the South Stand?
HelloCity
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Sorry if this has been asked a few times in this thread.
Any ideas when the big screens are going in the corners of the South Stand?
Probably not until next summer when they're starting on the North Stand.
Fourinarow
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Probably not until next summer when they're starting on the North Stand.
Cheers mate!
This is not based on any data but merely my obseravtions of living in London for 20 years from 1985 to 2005 but I always thought that Spurs had the most fans in London - much bigger than Arsenal or Chelsea.
All four clubs have big numbers outside Greater London in the Home Counties. I'm not suprised West Ham will be getting the crowds they will next season they have a vast catchment area and you can get your bottom dollar there will be plenty of neutral overseas fans snapping up the non season ticket places just to get some PL football in.
warpig
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I was in London last week and had a tour. Real West Ham fans will despise it. I predict they won't be playing there in 10 years.
First feedback from West Ham fans is not great.
http://www.thesportbible.com/footba...out-terrible-view-at-olympic-stadium-20160804
Looking at the photos from today's game. Dear god. What an horrendous stadium.
I'm not sure what is worse, the view from tier two or The cheapo scaffold style seating for the lower tier. Puts what we've done at our ground into perspective.
gkmcfc
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First feedback from West Ham fans is not great.
http://www.thesportbible.com/footba...out-terrible-view-at-olympic-stadium-20160804
Looking at the photos from today's game. Dear god. What an horrendous stadium.
I'm not sure what is worse, the view from tier two or The cheapo scaffold style seating for the lower tier. Puts what we've done at our ground into perspective.
It really does. It's like they've settled for huge Gene Kelly type stands in order to get closer to the pitch. Ours was always designed to be a football stadium, that simply isn't.
HelloCity
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First feedback from West Ham fans is not great.
http://www.thesportbible.com/footba...out-terrible-view-at-olympic-stadium-20160804
Looking at the photos from today's game. Dear god. What an horrendous stadium.
I'm not sure what is worse, the view from tier two or The cheapo scaffold style seating for the lower tier. Puts what we've done at our ground into perspective.
Mate, most of those comments are from Spurs fans taking the piss!
Always important to consider the facts and review what is being said rather than take the headline and words at face value.
Some of those seats arent even on sale and the pics were taken as a wind up, such as that one with the couple not being able to see the pitch. They're in the lower athletics seats, but there's a football tier in front of them closer to the pitch.
warpig
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Mate, most of those comments are from Spurs fans taking the piss!
Always important to consider the facts and review what is being said rather than take the headline and words at face value.
Some of those seats arent even on sale and the pics were taken as a wind up, such as that one with the couple not being able to see the pitch. They're in the lower athletics seats, but there's a football tier in front of them closer to the pitch.
It's all about opinions, I get that. But I'm looking at the bigger picture, so to speak. if you think that a bridge to get to scaffolded seats leaving a 15-20m gap to the next tier that is still miles away from the pitch constitutes a decent football stadium, fair play to you pal.
HelloCity
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It's all about opinions, I get that. But I'm looking at the bigger picture, so to speak. if you think that a bridge to get to scaffolded seats leaving a 15-20m gap to the next tier that is still miles away from the pitch constitutes a decent football stadium, fair play to you pal.
I never said that. I'm saying that the article you posted was crap and had words (which you repeated) that were not true or accurate.
All the West Ham comments on Twitter are really positive, despite you saying 'feedback from West Ham fans not great' while linking to comments from Spurs fans.
warpig
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I never said that. I'm saying that the article you posted was crap and had words (which you repeated) that were not true or accurate.
All the West Ham comments on Twitter are really positive, despite you saying 'feedback from West Ham fans not great' while linking to comments from Spurs fans.
I don't know why you're getting you're knickers in a twist, you sound like a weird undercover West Ham employee. Take the first sentence away from my post if it makes you happy. The rest is my opinion going off the photographs I have viewed with my own eyes. If other people tend agree with that, it's not my fault. it's called a consensus.
HelloCity
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I don't know why you're getting you're knickers in a twist, you sound like a weird undercover West Ham employee. Take the first sentence away from my post if it makes you happy. The rest is my opinion going off the photographs I have viewed with my own eyes. If other people tend agree with that, it's not my fault. it's called a consensus.
I just dislike it when other fans read articles that aren't true or accurate and then repeat what they read as fact.
Anyway, I wouldn't want us to be in a stadium that far from the pitch, although it does have a nice epic gladiatorial feel to it when you see the whole ground full and singing.
Would probably be a great venue for an FA Cup semi final.
burnley blue mcfc
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Hopefully by about page 775 we'll be back talking about OUR club????
Mate, most of those comments are from Spurs fans taking the piss!
Always important to consider the facts and review what is being said rather than take the headline and words at face value.
Some of those seats arent even on sale and the pics were taken as a wind up, such as that one with the couple not being able to see the pitch. They're in the lower athletics seats, but there's a football tier in front of them closer to the pitch.
I had a look in Knees up Mother Brown earlier today, and the hammers fans seemed to like their new ground.
I didn't read a negative post about it anyway.
Similar to us, there isn't much around the ground beer wise, but apart from that, they liked it.
The reality of it is quite simple: West Ham have been given the stadium for next to nothing, it's an athletics stadium that was never built to be a football stadium. West Ham can now cram 60k fans into it an increase of 25k on Upton Park which equals more money: Gold, Sullivan and Brady are business people who don't really care that the stadium will never look like a purpose built football stadium, they have tried to convince the fans that it will be great and push the club to the next level which wih increased revenue it might, however, the fact are: The sight lines are not great for football viewing and the entire lower tier is made up of temporary seating. West Ham fan will be the ones who decide if it's ok, personally I think they have to make do with it as they were never going to generate the finances to build their own state of the art football stadium as they are not as big a club as Spurs, Arsenal or Chelsea and never will be. Not to sure that it will be full every game if no success follows in a couple of years, remember our owners have done every thing they said they would since their take over but it's taken a lot more that just movIng to a bigger ground to increase match day revenue that has cost the West Ham owners nothing out of their own pockets.
mancity dan
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Can we get back to the Etihad yet?
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The reality of it is quite simple: West Ham have been given the stadium for next to nothing, it's an athletics stadium that was never built to be a football stadium. West Ham can now cram 60k fans into it an increase of 25k on Upton Park which equals more money: Gold, Sullivan and Brady are business people who don't really care that the stadium will never look like a purpose built football stadium, they have tried to convince the fans that it will be great and push the club to the next level which wih increased revenue it might, however, the fact are: The sight lines are not great for football viewing and the entire lower tier is made up of temporary seating. West Ham fan will be the ones who decide if it's ok, personally I think they have to make do with it as they were never going to generate the finances to build their own state of the art football stadium as they are not as big a club as Spurs, Arsenal or Chelsea and never will be. Not to sure that it will be full every game if no success follows in a couple of years, remember our owners have done every thing they said they would since their take over but it's taken a lot more that just movIng to a bigger ground to increase match day revenue that has cost the West Ham owners nothing out of their own pockets.
It is what it is, I'm sure they did their best in the negotiations. I don't think anyone can object to the way West Ham are run while they continue on their growth track. I don't begrudge them their stadium just as I don't begrudge us ours! Why the hell should West Ham pay toward a stadium to be built for the Olvmpics (even retrospectively)? And what's the point of leaving it empty? Or with 1000 athletics fans twice a year, which is the same thing.
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