Yeh but when a stadium is finished, it needs several test events done doesn't it.
Yeh but when a stadium is finished, it needs several test events done doesn't it.
Believe it or not, I was sorting out some cupboard, and on my table is the programme from the match. 26th June, 1999. KO 5.00PM. I remember the end at the Cardiff RFC end being like it was in your post.
But maybe regs and stuff have moved on in the last 24 years?
That said, I kinda agree. If its ready, gerrin it.
2 test events, Spurs done theirs in a week.
Brigadier2
Player Valuation: £500k
Everton women's team will be the first to play there I have no doubt, can we have joey Barton on commentary please.
brieverton
Player Valuation: £40m
Disappointed with the decision to be honest.
We wait for lot of things, why wait any longer once it's completed and have months of a gap between completion and the first game?
Doesn't make sense to me really.
We wait for lot of things, why wait any longer once it's completed and have months of a gap between completion and the first game?
Doesn't make sense to me really.
there is clearly some financial issue in the background for them to make this kind of decision
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
As @Noggsy blue has said Spurs did all theirs in a week. If they need 9 months to get everything in order to be able to run a stadium then it kind of shows why we are so crocked. No other business probably in the world makes that call.
The stadium might fall behind schedule next year due to unforseen events and people will say the right call has been made, we'll only find out in due course.
NSNO1878EFC
Player Valuation: £750k
Don’t see a problem with it really, can’t think of any teams that have moved mid-season apart from Spurs and that was from Wembley.
I think there will be quite a few events organised there before the first game which will get money in, doubt it will just be sitting empty for months.
I think there will be quite a few events organised there before the first game which will get money in, doubt it will just be sitting empty for months.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
The moment they get the stress testing done - and it should be Autumn 2024 - that stadium should be thrown open to fans to tour the stadium etc, never mind them having to wait another 9 months afterward to see Everton playing there.
They have to reward these fans for all the 'kin rubbish they've endured.
They have to reward these fans for all the 'kin rubbish they've endured.
Were it a cost free decision it would certainly have some logic underpinning it. Trouble is, that's us waving goodbye to revenue from 13,000 odd new seats and a large reduction in corporate income relative to Goodison and all the while we'll be paying interest on construction costs without any uplift in income.
No way have they made that call without something more substantial underpinning it than a desire to offer fans and the first team squad certainty.
I guess all will become clear in the coming months. Hopefully it is as simple as a construction delay and isn't financing related.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
This is the worry, do they know if the ownership question drags on then the stadium could be delayed.
efcste97
Player Valuation: £10m
Can guarantee no one who actually goes the game is that bothered, if you're a esk wannabee keyboard accountant then maybe you have reservations cos the only positive to moving mid season is extra commercial income.
Just had a word with someone, all bills paid to date
Some context. The Millenium Stadium was referenced earlier. That took a shade over 2 years, (no dock to fill), and reading from the programme from the first match there, on the "Safety is our concern" page, I quote.
"Following 12 months of planning, recruiting, and training stewards, ordering stewards clothing and radios, writing contingency and safety management plans the time has come to put our efforts to the test".
Ergo, as much as I want to be in asap, perhaps it isnt as straight forward as lobbing a bed in your new extension.
