Juventus is a bit of an outlier in some respects. It was planned when their gates had fallen through the floor and Italian footy attendances generally had been falling for years. At 41k construction costs were quite reasonable and they knew that...
Tbf..... we had 52k capacity in the mid 80s and only filled it a few times during the glory years. Attendances dropped dramatically across the board during the 80s. Even LFC's gates were very low at that time. The local Economy had collapsed and...