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The Football Grounds Debate: Should Teams Move or Stay?

Started by The Gaffer · 10 months ago

For those of you who read this blog regularly and listen to the EPL Talk Podcast, you’ll know that I’m enamored with football grounds. So, thanks to a tip from the Tokyo Toffeeman, he pointed me to an article on the BBC Sport blog entitled “Do you care where ... Continue reading »

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  • This debate is similar to what has gone on in the States over old baseball parks, in particular with the Red Sox and Fenway Park.


    Basically, the bottom line is that the club has to compete financially.



    The Red Sox have so far kept Fenway Park and done a fabulous job renovating it, but that comes at the expense of charging astronomical ticket prices and alienating a large segment of the population who simply can't afford to go to the game. Even with all the renovations, they will probably need to eventually move to a new park anyway.



    I think it should also be noted that in places where new stadiums were built, the tradition did not collapse as new ones developed.



    I think that British teams now are sort of like baseball teams in the 60s and 70s, ditching smaller parks for massive cookie cutter stadiums in an attempt to maximize profit. I think that eventually, like baseball did in the 90s, they will build "retro" stadiums that have a happy medium of traditional atmosphere with modern comfort and convenience.

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