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Post by Stranded Hatter on Jul 18, 2024 16:21:50 GMT
It’s a fair while since I last went, had the impression the ground was bigger than that All flat behind north & south stands, 4 blocks of flats on corners & part of the west stand now owned by the NHS. No room for expansion unless a compete rebuild estimated £150 million, New stadium estimated £80-100 million. Even rebuilding the east stand where away support is would cost£25 million & only up capacity by max 1500. Definitely need a new stadium Trouble is where in Leyton (or even Waltham Forest) would you find suitable land?
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Post by nelly on Jul 18, 2024 17:00:55 GMT
All flat behind north & south stands, 4 blocks of flats on corners & part of the west stand now owned by the NHS. No room for expansion unless a compete rebuild estimated £150 million, New stadium estimated £80-100 million. Even rebuilding the east stand where away support is would cost£25 million & only up capacity by max 1500. Definitely need a new stadium Trouble is where in Leyton (or even Waltham Forest) would you find suitable land? The O's should've been given the Olympic stadium. Nearest team to it, but no PL comes first.
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Post by stevie57 on Jul 18, 2024 17:09:04 GMT
Rather than talking about match tickets in isolation, perhaps these ticket prices need putting in some sort of context with comparable events, or things like eating out, visits to the zoo, the cinema, a night out, and similar. I’ve just paid £45 for a ticket to a short opera at the Buxton Festival on Saturday - Haydn:La canterina, which will last about an hour; I thought it was expensive (no concessions). I know a lot of people working at the Buxton Opera Festival this year and was nearly working on the derig tonight but had prior arrangements I couldn’t get out of (which is a shame as it was decent money). I’m not really helping my cause on the whole posh thing am I…? Opera can be posh here, and in Italy too, but it’s not as exclusive in Italy, or it’s more inclusive if you prefer - a country that has rather more of these expensive follies than it can afford to run, but huge numbers of sponsorships, Govt support, and foreign tourists along with locals keep the whole UNESCO-rated opera ship afloat for ordinary people. However, rather like football, people find the money, and every opera house I’ve visited in the bel paese thinks it has the best house, acoustics and all the rest; some very un-posh people indeed are extraordinarily proud of their local teatro, and with good reason. I took my 23 year-old nephew to Rossini’s La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) at the RNCM in Manchester in May - he was overwhelmed by the experience of live opera - I was worried he might be numbed! Buxton (SK17) in July is lovely, its worth checking out.
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Post by mat1scfc on Jul 18, 2024 17:18:36 GMT
Trouble is where in Leyton (or even Waltham Forest) would you find suitable land? The O's should've been given the Olympic stadium. Nearest team to it, but no PL comes first. would be way too big and also running cost would be extremely high wouldnt they
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Jul 18, 2024 19:10:26 GMT
I know a lot of people working at the Buxton Opera Festival this year and was nearly working on the derig tonight but had prior arrangements I couldn’t get out of (which is a shame as it was decent money). I’m not really helping my cause on the whole posh thing am I…? Opera can be posh here, and in Italy too, but it’s not as exclusive in Italy, or it’s more inclusive if you prefer - a country that has rather more of these expensive follies than it can afford to run, but huge numbers of sponsorships, Govt support, and foreign tourists along with locals keep the whole UNESCO-rated opera ship afloat for ordinary people. However, rather like football, people find the money, and every opera house I’ve visited in the bel paese thinks it has the best house, acoustics and all the rest; some very un-posh people indeed are extraordinarily proud of their local teatro, and with good reason. I took my 23 year-old nephew to Rossini’s La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) at the RNCM in Manchester in May - he was overwhelmed by the experience of live opera - I was worried he might be numbed! Buxton (SK17) in July is lovely, its worth checking out. I know this, I have occasionally worked in opera. It was a throwaway joke about both the perception of opera being posh and the perception of me being posh.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Jul 18, 2024 19:12:00 GMT
The O's should've been given the Olympic stadium. Nearest team to it, but no PL comes first. would be way too big and also running cost would be extremely high wouldnt they I’m not sure it would have been suitable for Orient but West Ham going there won’t have helped them. I worked on the Olympics before, during and after the games and Leyton is so close that I used that tube station to get to the park rather than Stratford.
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Post by nelly on Jul 18, 2024 20:00:03 GMT
Opera can be posh here, and in Italy too, but it’s not as exclusive in Italy, or it’s more inclusive if you prefer - a country that has rather more of these expensive follies than it can afford to run, but huge numbers of sponsorships, Govt support, and foreign tourists along with locals keep the whole UNESCO-rated opera ship afloat for ordinary people. However, rather like football, people find the money, and every opera house I’ve visited in the bel paese thinks it has the best house, acoustics and all the rest; some very un-posh people indeed are extraordinarily proud of their local teatro, and with good reason. I took my 23 year-old nephew to Rossini’s La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) at the RNCM in Manchester in May - he was overwhelmed by the experience of live opera - I was worried he might be numbed! Buxton (SK17) in July is lovely, its worth checking out. I know this, I have occasionally worked in opera. It was a throwaway joke about both the perception of opera being posh and the perception of me being posh. Phantom 🎭
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Jul 18, 2024 20:33:00 GMT
I know this, I have occasionally worked in opera. It was a throwaway joke about both the perception of opera being posh and the perception of me being posh. Phantom 🎭 Worst paying show in the West End, or at least it was pre pandemic and I don’t see ALW changing his business model (even though during lockdown Mackintosh proved he was the worse of the two)
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Post by pugwash on Jul 18, 2024 21:14:01 GMT
All flat behind north & south stands, 4 blocks of flats on corners & part of the west stand now owned by the NHS. No room for expansion unless a compete rebuild estimated £150 million, New stadium estimated £80-100 million. Even rebuilding the east stand where away support is would cost£25 million & only up capacity by max 1500. Definitely need a new stadium Trouble is where in Leyton (or even Waltham Forest) would you find suitable land? 3 sites have been earmarked, investors are being sought, but it won't happen for between 6-10 years. Mark Devlin the man who organised & raised the funds for Brentford FC's new ground is now part of our board.
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Post by pugwash on Jul 18, 2024 21:25:58 GMT
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Post by Philcounty on Jul 20, 2024 11:37:01 GMT
Yet another big money signing (rumoured to be over £3m) for Birmingham. As much as I'd love to see them fail, they're winning it comfortably aren't they. Looks like they're taking advantage of the less stringent financial rules in L1 to build a strong Championship team.
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Post by mat1scfc on Jul 20, 2024 11:46:23 GMT
Yet another big money signing (rumoured to be over £3m) for Birmingham. As much as I'd love to see them fail, they're winning it comfortably aren't they. Looks like they're taking advantage of the less stringent financial rules in L1 to build a strong Championship team. it was reported early on pre season they'd have about 20 million to spend. If that £3m is true then theyve probably already spent about 10 million already in total
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Post by Philcounty on Jul 20, 2024 11:54:34 GMT
Yet another big money signing (rumoured to be over £3m) for Birmingham. As much as I'd love to see them fail, they're winning it comfortably aren't they. Looks like they're taking advantage of the less stringent financial rules in L1 to build a strong Championship team. it was reported early on pre season they'd have about 20 million to spend. If that £3m is true then theyve probably already spent about 10 million already in total The previous signing was over £3m too, so they're definitely well on their way to that £20m.
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Post by mat1scfc on Jul 20, 2024 13:48:26 GMT
it was reported early on pre season they'd have about 20 million to spend. If that £3m is true then theyve probably already spent about 10 million already in total The previous signing was over £3m too, so they're definitely well on their way to that £20m. whilst a top 10 budget sounds good. In league 1 the top 5 budget is millions ahead of where we are at right now.
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Post by mat1scfc on Jul 21, 2024 7:43:49 GMT
it was reported early on pre season they'd have about 20 million to spend. If that £3m is true then theyve probably already spent about 10 million already in total The previous signing was over £3m too, so they're definitely well on their way to that £20m.
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