Curbs New Stadium Site (Pic)

Curbs stated on Sky that the new site was in Canning Town near the Olympic Stadium, most of us already know its the old ParcelForce land.

Whats Curbs said on Sky:-

“I didn’t realise how big West Ham was until I got inside it. I obviously played there and managed against them but until I actually got to the club I didn’t realise how big it was,” Curbishley said on Sky Sports.
It’s a big club and we feel we can become bigger. There’s plans for a new stadium and for us to push on but obviously we’ve got to lay the foundations for that to happen. As I understand it we can’t develop Upton Park.

“We have 35,000 capacity and we’ve got 8,000 waiting list for season tickets, we know we can attract more fans and if we move a couple of miles into Canning Town near the Olympic stadium in Stratford.
“Then once the infrastructure goes in we can attract 60,000. That’s the plan and if we can do that then we might be able to push on and become a bigger club.”

The London development Agency have given WHUFC the full blessing to start negotiations for the site, The Stadium plans are due to be handed in to the LDA early 2008.

There will be a new entrance to West Ham Underground for easy access to the site & a large car park which will be used during non games for the Olympics to use.

The site will be around 5.5 times bigger than Upton Park Stadium Picture Below, as you can see, i have superimposed Upton park on the site to give you an idea on the size.

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It will cost around £250 Million to build the Stadium and be funded by Our West Ham owners bank Landsbanki.

Revenues at the moment at Upton park are around £900,000 a week which will rise at the New stadium to about £2.5 - £3 million with a full stadium, which is in-line with Arsenal and the Emirates Stadium which also hold 60,000 capacity, which has now made Arsenal the richest club in the EPL.

Hopefully the site and Stadium will be finished before the opening of the Olympic Games in 2012.

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