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I suspect The Jaguars will play there in the future. He'll get a foothold in London before any other NFL franchise. Hardly an earth shattering opinion...but heh.
It can be worth more and he's confident in his vision and the NFL's vision...especially if they are able to redevelop the land around Wembley, which can use the redevelopment from what I remember.I think they owe £140m on it still, so with the £500m of cash they'd have £360m if paying it off. That's the salary of 400 people, perhaps kids coaches on £25k a year for 35 years. I don't think it sounds that much when put that way as it doesn't seem like a lot of coaches but maybe that's just me. Then they'd have to lease stadiums to play in top of that.
Edit: God job I re-read that, 400 employess/coaches not 40! Typo. One for every 130-odd thousand people in the country. Then you'd have none of the cash left after 35 years and no stadium still.
I'm no businessman as I'm almost certainly about to demonstrate, but if this bloke thinks he can make money on it after buying it for the £500m (cash element)without his NFL team moving in then why don't the FA keep it and make the same kind of money he was hoping to do?
Also, if he's willing to spend the money and thinks he can profit then doesn't that mean it's worth more?
Is this a sexual act?F*cking hell, you could have a double Anfield for that.
It's not that straight forward if you look at it. I mean there are more Americans into soccer (they call it) now. PL also not followed just by local, but other part of the world. Same with match attendance made up by tourists. If they can integrate the NFL to English football teams, then they can play their way offer deal like free NFL ticket as bundle with PL, Championship football season tickets. You know how season ticket work. You may lose right for other games if you opt out some games. Not all will be hooked, but some would. With time it grows. The tigher the bond between the NFL team and their football counter part, the more fan for both side of the two sports if they play the cards right with tribalism. So profit comes in with more worldwide fan for NFL.it's about time they brought England back up north, plenty of decent sized stadiums for them to play at.
It will be funny to see them fail with this nfl bollocks, this country for the most part has next to no interest in it.
Yeah feck NFL, it’s shite.it's about time they brought England back up north, plenty of decent sized stadiums for them to play at.
It will be funny to see them fail with this nfl bollocks, this country for the most part has next to no interest in it.
already isEngland should be a travelling circus.
The games attract fans from all over Europe though. Thats all the franchise needs, asses on seats and a hard sell to sponsors.it's about time they brought England back up north, plenty of decent sized stadiums for them to play at.
It will be funny to see them fail with this nfl bollocks, this country for the most part has next to no interest in it.
Is this Wembley stadium really iconic? It's a lovely stadium of course, but it's just another modern stadium if you ask me.Wembley Stadium... WEMBLEY Stadium, the iconic home of the oldest football nation in the world, sold to some Yank dickhead for £800m.
Yuck.
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It's not that straight forward if you look at it. I mean there are more Americans into soccer (they call it) now. PL also not followed just by local, but other part of the world. Same with match attendance made up by tourists. If they can integrate the NFL to English football teams, then they can play their way offer deal like free NFL ticket as bundle with PL, Championship football season tickets. You know how season ticket work. You may lose right for other games if you opt out some games. Not all will be hooked, but some would. With time it grows. The tigher the bond between the NFL team and their football counter part, the more fan for both side of the two sports if they play the cards right with tribalism. So profit comes in with more worldwide fan for NFL.
I’m with you. They should have kept the towers from the old one at leastIs this Wembley stadium really iconic? It's a lovely stadium of course, but it's just another modern stadium if you ask me.
I don't mean novelty of newness. I meant exposure. If the mass kept being exposed constantly, then eventually some would get hooked. Then it's phase 2 to build proper fanbase worldwide. You should realize for the mass who watch football, self claim fan of X, Y, Z clubs... many is not die hard football fan! As they can come with football by following trend, they can get hooked to NFL stuff. While we can care less about these, businesses want their money.There will be a novelty factor for awhile if an NFL team does come to the uk but that’ll fade in time...free tickets or not.
There’s just not enough demand for it over here. Either way like I said I’m not bothered about the nfl team. I’m just happy England may play away from London for a change.
The old Wembley was owned by a private company (Wembley plc).It will be weird for the FA to not own the stadium, technically England could be left without a stadium which seems crazy.
Didn’t we pay almost £800m to build the thing? why sell it.
I don’t think the FA would get involved in employing all these coaches, but rather training them to let them out to coach in schools, clubs etc. I forget the figure, but I remember it’s some thing like 30k to get qualified to the top coaching level. That 350 million could train around 12k coaches. However, given economies of scale, schemes whereby some of those coaches must commit to training more etc., I think you could leverage it to 20k coaches. That’s around the level where we need to be. It’s frankly only chronic underinvestment that put us in this position.I think they owe £140m on it still, so with the £500m of cash they'd have £360m if paying it off. That's the salary of 400 people, perhaps kids coaches on £25k a year for 35 years. I don't think it sounds that much when put that way as it doesn't seem like a lot of coaches but maybe that's just me. Then they'd have to lease stadiums to play in top of that.
I don't really buy that. It's the same as when we were stuck on that loop of pretending Manchester/Birmingham had any chance of winning the Olympics. The national stadium really had to be in the country's only real 'attraction' city, for reasons that go beyond sport. Yes Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle etc all have concerts and events but London is a far, far bigger draw and the location allows for demand of higher prices too. Would have cost more to build but an Adele concert at an 90,000 seater stadium in London will earn you far more than an Adele concert at anywhere else in the country.The old Wembley was owned by a private company (Wembley plc).
A large chunk of the money, some of it public/lottery money, was used by the FA to buy them out, just to knock it down and build what is the current Wembley.
Manchester's rival bid at the time and which would have used where the Emptihad is now, was a far more viable option.
But hey we are talking about the FA now...
It was mooted that Utd (prior to the expansion) were to move into it after the Commonwealth games. A 100,000 all seater stadium it would have been instead of its current 50,000. What better use would there have been from a sporting perspective.I don't really buy that. It's the same as when we were stuck on that loop of pretending Manchester/Birmingham had any chance of winning the Olympics. The national stadium really had to be in the country's only real 'attraction' city, for reasons that go beyond sport. Yes Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle etc all have concerts and events but London is a far, far bigger draw and the location allows for demand of higher prices too. Would have cost more to build but an Adele concert at an 90,000 seater stadium in London will earn you far more than an Adele concert at anywhere else in the country.
The allure and economic significance of London is irrelevant when it comes to decisions like where the national stadium should have been built was always going to be important.
I know Tom Brady. Odell something? And a Beckham Jr and thats me doneYes I would be surprised if more than 5% of the English population could name more than 5 NFL players if put on the spot and asked.
It's not, but the sports mechanism allows plenty for commercial opportunity and side entertainment which the investor really put effort into. Tourists, non sport enthusiasts, young people easier to blend into NFL game atmosphere than a football game. Cheerleaders' role. Remember we're talking about England where there is problem with stadium atmosphere.NFL isn't very newbie friendly though. You can sit someone who hasn't watched football before in front of a game and he's going to pick up on it very quickly. Definitely not the same with the NFL. The occasional game works because it's an attraction and it'll be challenging to turn that into a more regular thing and maintain the interest. Not impossible, but not easy either.
But it's all speculation that he's bought it for an NFL franchise. It could just be a business acquisition. Opportunity to make money.
Go ask any football fan in the world what "Wembley" is.Is this Wembley stadium really iconic? It's a lovely stadium of course, but it's just another modern stadium if you ask me.
Clearly, he is an extremely intelligent businessmen.It can be worth more and he's confident in his vision and the NFL's vision...especially if they are able to redevelop the land around Wembley, which can use the redevelopment from what I remember.
Khan wouldn't do this if he knew full well what were the possibilities and he has established the relationships and reassurances that his vision can come true. He's a very, very, very smart and driven individual.
I've been to a few NFL games. The atmosphere is pretty dire. It's slow. Stop-start.It's not, but the sports mechanism allows plenty for commercial opportunity and side entertainment which the investor really put effort into. Tourists, non sport enthusiasts, young people easier to blend into NFL game atmosphere than a football game. Cheerleaders' role. Remember we're talking about England where there is problem with stadium atmosphere.
With NFL game, I feel even the home team got thrashed, as neutral the atmosphere is still engaging. With football, you know when the home fan leave early, it's not far from the ideal for neutral fans.
I am talking on average. I will kindly leave City out of this. We have whole thread discussion about our stadium atmosphere in lower profile game where supporter ain't up to it, citing the football on display, tourism taking over the stadium...I've been to a few NFL games. The atmosphere is pretty dire. It's slow. Stop-start.
A problem with stadium atmosphere in England? Any football match I have been from the conference up to the PL has a way, way better atmosphere than an NFL game. Did you actually mean that??
Sure the stadiums are great and the band is a spectacle. But that's about it most of the time.
What Wembley was.Go ask any football fan in the world what "Wembley" is.
They simply give the taxpayers their money. Same principle as RBS' sale.I don't see how the fa can sell it, not when it was partially funded by tax payers, if they get away with that I want to sell my landlords flat.