The Swiss Super League. The perfect example:

''Stadiums should be built to hold the average attendance with the option of expanding''

***(All figures rounded)(Numbers are from last season)(Stadiums were bulit at differnt time therfore the cost changes due to the currency at the time)***

FC Basel
St. Jakob-Park
Average crowd 29,000
Highest crowd 38,500
Stadium capacity 38,500
Can be expanded to 45,000
Cost: About 220 million AUD


Neuchatel Xamax
Stade de la Maladière
Average crowd 5,000
Highest crowd 12,000
Stadium capacity 12,000
Can be expanded to 18,000
Cost: About $200 million AUD


FC Luzern
Swissporarena
Average crowd 8,000
Highest crowd 9,000
Stadium capacity 17,000
Can be expanded to 20,000
Cost: Estimated 200 million AUD


BSC Young Boys Bern
Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf
Average crowd 21,000
Highest crowd 31,000
Stadium Capacity 32,000
Can be expanded to 45,000
Cost: About 350 million AUD


FC Thun
Arena Thun
Average crowd 5,000
Highest crowd 9,500
Stadium capacity 10,000
Can be expanded to 13,500
Cost: Estimated 100 million AUD


FC St. Gallen
AFG Arena
Average crowd 13,000
Highest crowd 19,500
Stadium capacity 19,500~20,000
Can be expanded to 27,000
Cost: About 340 million AUD


This is just a few of almost all stadiums in Switzerland with expandable capacities.

What do you think?

Edited by nhub24: 11/7/2011 05:18:06 PM

i approve....

I think you're living in fantasy land.

Edited by FB: 11/7/2011 05:02:46 PM

Like it and you can also used MLS as an example HOWEVER there is such a thing called money and this just wouldn't happen overnight.

We pretty much have the stadiums in place except probably the main issues are

Brisbane and Sydney playing in under half-full capacity during the regular season

gold Coast united which is an entirely different problem altogether and I don't see anyone needed to build a 3rd stadium on the Gold coast.

we've already taken a step in the right direction with aami park which has a capacity of 30,050 and can be expanded

I'm not saying it will happen, it's just an idea. Money and other factors are the issues.

The FC Thun stadium would be perfect for us.

Edited by MaxiiGCU: 11/7/2011 05:07:41 PM

ie. it's a fantasy.

It would make a good atmosphere, being close to other fans ;)

wasn't there a statement that came out saying the builders had fracked up and it couldn't be expanded?

And it is. Now if only Clive would dig into his pockets and just build you one!

-PB

Because of the roof, yes.

i'm not sure where you got this from but most stadiums are not built this way at all.

going to Mars would be cool to, doesn't mean its practical

bit of a lol at the estimated costs attached to the pics, way under reality. GCU stadiums is fine the way/size it is, it's the club thats the problem.

But for fantasy purposes, AFG stadium is about the ideal stadium for pretty much all the clubs in the league.

I think cost is a big problem.:)

that's ashame

still a great stadium, melbourne derby atmosphere was amazing

Were not Zimbabwe, we do have some money ;) That's the issue though.

I agree, it'd be fantastic to have boutique stadiums, but because of money and football not being #1 in this country, It's not going to happen. If football was #1 in this country, I have no doubt we'd have multi millionaires throwin millions of dollars at the game for stadiums.

Every time I go past Harold Park Trots in Glebe on the bus or in the car I have fantasies that I am a multi-millionaire and is going to build Sydney FC the sexiest, boutique, 20-25,000 seat stadium that will be our fortress. Unfortunatly they're knocking it down and building high-rise apartments.

haha not sure we have a spare billion lying around. :)

+1

Unless every game is a sell out or gets the exact same crowd the average attendance will always be lower than the highest attendance.

If you built a stadium to accommodate your average attendance then your average attendance will be lower because the higher games that produced that average would be impossible. You would end up with a shrinking stadium.

Our stadiums aren't that bad. The only teams with stadia considerably larger than attendance is Sydney and Brisbane. I think better investment would be in training venues ie. What CCM are doing.

Actually, Heart need a significantly smaller stadium to play in.

They might fill Casey Fields for non-derby games.

I think the biggest issue in regards to stadiums is the lack of ownership,or at the very least the stadium deals, as opposed to the size of the stadiums.

funny how we were only under 1000 people on average from having the 3rd highest crowd averages in the league behind adelaide and victory

Edited by heart_fan10: 11/7/2011 05:52:45 PM

This is exactly right. People keep mentioning stadiums, but we are at a point where MVFC, MH, AU, NJ, CCM, PG, GCU all play in smaller sized stadiums. Gold coast have the issue with the location and parking etc, but realistically, the main benefit of building our own stadiums would be ownership. The main person who could help this issue is one Lowy. I dont expect him to or say he should. Peoples money is their own business. But owning a few stadiums would be one of the bigger gifts that could be given to the A-league.

Wellington, Heart, Newcastle and Perth, Adelaide need a more modenized stadium.

Please don't take this as a personal attack, but you're too stupid to weigh into this discussion.

That point actually has some legs i remember a story a while back that Adelaide United is building or is planing to build more corporate facilities to cash in on that end of the market. It’s probably an area that has not been well catered for by a-league clubs with the exception of MV.