Emirates Stadium

KdjaCL · 08-10-2005 10:56am #1

Soccer am just showed an uypdate on the stadium, looks fantastic.
Wenger got 4 million to be a consultant on it or somfin like it, fans fairly close to the pitch and all the stands equal in height and vantage point.

Think i have to head over next year to check it out

kdjac

Pepe LeFrits · 08-10-2005 4:37pm

It's gonna be fcking great

beer enigma · 08-10-2005 4:43pm

Shame its still gonna be impossible to get a Season Ticket

Mossy Monk · 08-10-2005 5:27pm

you could buy one of those appartments beside it if they are still for sale. it is a very impressive structure and so close to highbury too. literally around the corner

beer enigma · 08-10-2005 5:38pm

Lend me a few quid Mossy

actually looked at that as a tax scheme, but dont have the available readies....unless I cancel my sky subs

elbow316 · 08-10-2005 10:30pm

Its going to be the most modern stadium around....and I'll be lucky enough to have a share in a season ticket for next season

Roddy23 · 09-10-2005 9:50am

How much would a season ticket cost.
Now Im not talking about a gold member, just a seat.

jank · 09-10-2005 4:58pm

About a grand for a season ticket

Its coming along nicely alright. It will be sad when they leave Highbury but what can you do. Football is about money and at least they are keeping with tradition and not selling their souls to a Russian billionaire.

When they move in they say their income will double! They are also going to make a mint out of those apartments and the other property deal they have negotiaited. Something like 100m.

At least their future is secure. As already stated this is a transitional year for Arsenal.

Pigman II · 09-10-2005 5:01pm

Surely the new Wembley will be better?

jank · 09-10-2005 5:20pm

Maybe but its nowhere near highbury the traditional area for Arsenal.
Ashburton Grove is a stones throw away.

http://www.arsenal.com/images/emiratesstadium/emirates09062005_1x.jpg

Also Wembley would have cost Arsenal 800million or something.
Better to have your own stadium too as an assit

Pigman II · 09-10-2005 5:28pm

No I just meant 'isn't Wembley meant to be the bees knees when it comes to great new stadia so why get so excited about AshburtonGrove - impressive as it is?' I wasn't at all suggesting that Arsenal should play at the new wembley

BTW been trying to find out will Arsenal be keeping two of highburys stands intact instead of demolishing them as they are listed buildings apparently. I think it is the East and West stands (or whichever the ones that aren't behind the goals are called).

Any info on this?

jank · 09-10-2005 5:33pm

They are going to turn the into apartments and sell them of at a mint profit.

Info here

http://www.thestadium-highbury.com/

moshpit77 · 09-10-2005 5:35pm

Yeah there's some info here...

Interesting that, thankfully, the name Ashburton Grove has been adopted into the everyday language of Arsenal fans, it's really only the club itself that's pushing the Emirates Stadium brand

Pigman II · 09-10-2005 5:39pm

Ha! That's so cool. That has to be one of the best architectural ideas I've ever seen. Thanks for that link.

jank · 09-10-2005 5:45pm

moshpit77 wrote:

Yeah there's some info here...

Interesting that, thankfully, the name Ashburton Grove has been adopted into the everyday language of Arsenal fans, it's really only the club itself that's pushing the Emirates Stadium brand

Yea I always call it Ashburton Grove, as do most other fans. Its the original name so why mess with it. Not a bad name too, brings back memories of biker, biker...biker grove!!

Pepe LeFrits · 09-10-2005 6:08pm

Indeed, those apartments look fantastic. Time to start saving!

Mossy Monk · 09-10-2005 7:18pm

kaids wrote:

Indeed, those apartments look fantastic.

they sure do but what of the ones beside Highbury now. looks like a ghetto tbh

Emirates Stadium

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