[jonam]

Some months ago I heard of plans to build a new 70.000-seater. Are there any news on this topic?

[Looper121]

Originally Posted by jonam

Some months ago I heard of plans to build a new 70.000-seater. Are there any news on this topic?

Got any links?

70K? sounds a little far fetched.

[European16]

ya 70k does sound like a lot

[jonam]

Originally Posted by Looper121

Got any links?

70K? sounds a little far fetched.

I have to look it up (read google).

Btw, IIRC Lyon's mayor reacted like: "We only build a new bigger stadium if OL wins the Champions League 5 times in a row". What he was trying to say was that he doesn't see any chances to realise that plans.

[Looper121]

Originally Posted by jonam

I have to look it up (read google).

Btw, IIRC Lyon's mayor reacted like: "We only build a new bigger stadium if OL wins the Champions League 5 times in a row". What he was trying to say was that he doesn't see any chances to realise that plans.

French Commie Bastard.

[SportBoy333]

A better solution might be to increase the Gerland to 55-60,000 seats if possible.

[guignol]

Originally Posted by jonam

Lyon's mayor reacted like: "We only build a new bigger stadium if OL wins the Champions League 5 times in a row". What he was trying to say was that he doesn't see any chances to realise that plans.

Originally Posted by SportBoy333

A better solution might be to increase the Gerland to 55-60,000 seats if possible.

yes, i would much prefer the mayor's plan to fill in the corners and enlarge the upper tiers to get gerland to 60000. the stadium is historic, and very accessible. the site in aulas' plan isn't too far from the metro either, but its still comparatively the boondocks.

aulas' idea for gerland is to let the local rugby team play there (the two clubs would essentially change places in town), but generally they play in front of less than 5000!

[jonam]

Originally Posted by guignol

yes, i would much prefer the mayor's plan to fill in the corners and enlarge the upper tiers to get gerland to 60000. the stadium is historic, and very accessible. the site in aulas' plan isn't too far from the metro either, but its still comparatively the boondocks.

aulas' idea for gerland is to let the local rugby team play there (the two clubs would essentially change places in town), but generally they play in front of less than 5000!

Just for my understanding. OL has plans to build a new 70.000-seater?

[AllezParisAllezPSG]

Today from l'equipe.fr... This is really nice to hear...

Foot - C1 : Lyon croit à son nouveau stade

A la veille de la rencontre Real Madrid - Lyon, qui aurait pu remplir un stade de 120 000 places, le président de l'OL a répété qu'il croyait à l'hypothèse de construire un stade flambant neuf pour son club, à l'horizon 2011, d'une capacité supérieure aux 39 000 sièges actuels de Gerland. «Le maire de Lyon commence à envisager de nous aider pour rechercher une solution afin de bâtir un stade privé d'une capacité plus importante, a-t-il déclaré dimanche. Nous finalisons actuellement un livre blanc pour la construction d'une nouvelle enceinte qui sera remis aux personnes concernées par ce projet».

La capacité du stade de Gerland, depuis 1998, a été ramenée de 45 000 à 39 675 places assises et couvertes. Construite entre 1913 et 1926, l'enceinte, située aujourd'hui dans une zone "Seveso", est classée à l'inventaire des Monuments historiques. En clair : la moindre modification sur son architecture doit faire l'objet d'une autorisation de l'Architecte des bâtiments de France. «Je suis conscient que le stade est trop petit. Nous sommes à 38000 places et nous pourrions en faire venir 60000», a déclaré récemment le maire de Lyon, Gérard Collomb.

«Je veux aller jusqu'au bout afin de voir si l'on peut agrandir le stade de Gerland. Si nous n'y parvenons pas, je suis d'accord pour faire construire un nouveau stade mais il faut qu'il reste au sein de la communauté urbaine». Il souhaite aussi que le stade Gerland continue d'accueillir régulièrement des manifestations. La montée du club de rugby dans le Top 14, le LOU, ferait alors l'affaire... mais le 14e de l'actuelle Pro D2 a lui aussi un projet de stade privé de 22 000 places.


For those who can't read french, it basically says that today's game against Real Madrid could have filled a stadium of more than 120,000... around 2011, they will either have remodeled stade de Gerland (which is the preference) from 39,000 today to a stadium of 60,000... if not, they would look into building a whole new stadium in the same urban area... in any case, they are looking very closely with the city for a new stadium... so forget the rumors, within the next 6 months we'll have a clearer picture of what will be planned...

[jonam]

Originally Posted by AllezParisAllezPSG

For those who can't read french, it basically says that today's game against Real Madrid could have filled a stadium of more than 120,000... around 2011, they will either have remodeled stade de Gerland (which is the preference) from 39,000 today to a stadium of 60,000... if not, they would look into building a whole new stadium in the same urban area... in any case, they are looking very closely with the city for a new stadium... so forget the rumors, within the next 6 months we'll have a clearer picture of what will be planned...

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to AllezParisAllezPSG again.