I know it’s complicated and that the Chelsea pitch owners own the freehold of the stadium but it only holds 40,000.

Newcastle, West Ham, Aston Villa and soon Everton will all have a bigger stadium. Chelsea are a massive club now and would probably fill 60,000 seater easy.

I saw something on Twitter where a supporters group insisted they stayed at SB but a lot of people accused them of holding the club back.

Is it possible to redevelop SB like they done with Anfield. West London is expensive I’m not sure Boehly could afford to buy the land around it.

  • sirrobbiebobson@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I can’t believe they get 40k, when I went to school in west London there was 1 Chelsea fan in my entire year, there was at least 5 Man U and Liverpool and everyone else was Arsenal or spurs

  • AlanHuttonsMutton@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’m not sure Boehly could afford to buy the land around it.

    I mean they’ve literally just bought 2 acres next to their stadium for £80m to perhaps make it easier to redevelop the stadium.

    I’m no Chelsea fan but it’s just a difficult predicament because there’s not loads of land available to buy nearby that would easily host a stadium that size as they’re so central but where Stamford Bridge is there’s a lot of logistical issue they need to go through as well.

  • ToedCarrot@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Chelsea already bought the land for the new stadium (literally right next to Stamford bridge).

    The plan is to demolish Stamford Bridge and basically turn it 90° with an expansion.

    Year or 2 of playing at Wembley (most likely) Wouldn’t be too bad for them. Probably only chance they’ll have at playing there.

  • Lewu644@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    West Ham and Spurs get 60,000 every game. I don’t see why Chelsea couldn’t get 70.

    In the last 20 years, they have grown their international fanbase, so get plenty of tourists now, and without getting into the boring bigger club argument, they have a claim to be the biggest in London now.

    From a neutral point of view, I think they should look at moving to Earls Court and build a brand new 65,000 stadium.