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Old Posted Jul 2, 2015, 1:17 PM
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Originally Posted by eleven=11 View Post
is there a skyscraper page for the Olympic stadium??? is there pics of the new roof......
Apologies everyone, I haven’t had the free time to do an update, but I’ll look into doing something comprehensive soon.

It is crazy to think that by 2020, London could potentially have six stadiums above a capacity of 60,000
Wembley: 90,000
Twickenham: 82,500
Olympic Stadium: 60,000
New Stamford Bridge: 60,000
Emirates Stadium: 60,000
New White Hart Lane: 60,000?


Olympic Stadium
Firstly in response to eleven=11, this is what the Olympic Stadium now looks like with its new roof nearly complete.


Image sourced by RMB2007 on skyscrapercity, taken by David Powell on Flickr: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=5673


Image sourced by RMB2007 on skyscrapercity, taken by David Powell on Flickr: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=5673

The Olympic Stadium is due to host an Anniversary Games later this month and be used as a venue for the Rugby World Cup in September & October. West Ham United (the Premier League football side) will relocate into the stadium early next year.


New Stamford Bridge, 60,000
Plans have been unveiled for the new redeveloped Stamford Bridge. The ground – home to Chelsea FC – currently has a capacity of 41,800, and is hemmed in one two sides by railways lines and urban development on the other two. Chelsea’s owner Roman Abramovich has sought a new home for many years, but the search has proven fruitless due to a historical anomaly over the rights to the Chelsea name and the pitch.

To resolve the predicament, Herzog & De Meuron has been tasked with redeveloping the site to create a new fully modern 60,000 capacity venue, which looks very cathedral like. The railway lines would be covered to allow for the stands to be enlarged, whilst a new more direct entrance to Fulham Broadway tube station would be created.

It won’t come cheap: the price tag is estimated to be £500mn ($780mn), but it would significantly improve matchday revenues and a better experience. If everything were to go to plan, the stadium could be complete by 2020. During the 3 year construction phase, Chelsea would have to relocate, likely to either Twickenham or Wembley.



Image sourced by RMB2007 on skyscrapercity: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=281


Image sourced by RMB2007 on skyscrapercity: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=281


Image sourced by RMB2007 on skyscrapercity: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=281


Image sourced by RMB2007 on skyscrapercity: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=281


Image sourced by RMB2007 on skyscrapercity: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=281


Image sourced by RMB2007 on skyscrapercity: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=281

The current Stamford Bridge:


Image sourced by RMB2007 on skyscrapercity: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=307


New White Hart Lane, 56,000
Groundwork continues on the new WHL which is being constructed immediately to the north of the present ground.

The original plans were for half of the new stadium to be built to allow for the club to relocate, before the present ground is demolished, allowing for the southern half to be complete. That sounds like a logistical nightmare – and possible a world first – and there is now speculation that new plans will be unveiled later this summer which could see that plan ditched in favour of a temporary relocation to Wembley Stadium. There has also been speculation that the revised design could see an increase in capacity to 60,000 to be on-par with London rivals Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium and Chelsea’s redeveloped Stamford Bridge.


Image sourced by JimB on skyscrapercity: http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/inde...age-jpg.19067/


Image sourced by JimB on skyscrapercity: http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/inde...age-jpg.19067/

The original plans:


Image sourced from Tottenham Hotspur: http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-...-stadium-plans
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