Will Groningen leave the Euroborg for a new stadium? What's the Arke going to be like? Will Amsterdam build a 90,000 seater? (And, if so, what's going to happen to the ArenA?) Will the Abe Lenstra be expanded to 40,000? What about the Philips Stadium? Etc. Etc. Etc.
90,000 seats is way too big for Ajax. The 90,000 seater could be used for the national team only and for hosting the World Cup. Ajax should stay at the Arena.
agreed.. its too big for ajax.. it seems the struggle to fill the arena.. id prefer to spend the money on the squad and development of youth than another stadium we dont need.
It's a battle for prestige between the Rotterdam and Amsterdam municipalities. Rotterdam announced they were going to build a huge new stadium, a couple of days later Amsterdam said they were planning on an even bigger one. Idiots. Once the full expansion plans are executed, Twente will have a capacity of 40,000. 's expanded. This Twente website keeps you updated on the plans and on how construction is progressing: http://www.thuisbijfctwente.nl/
it would be horrible if feyenoord left the prettiest stadium in holland but i think feyenoord has more chance of filling up a 80000 seat stadium than ajax has there are plans for heerenveen to expand to 40000(and it would be sold out every game) that would bring them closer to the tradition top3,so i'd like that
Whee! Would you look at the panorama shots! The expansion is going to look great, especially when capacity hits 40,000.
All 24,000 season tickets for the first stage expansion for next season are already sold out and there's already 2,000 people on the waiting list. That guarantees sold out stadiums all season next season, because unlike Ajax fans, Twente fans want to see every single game. How many fans showed up for that one preliminary CL round Ajax played in the Arena again? And remind me, how many people live in Amsterdam again? It's what, ten times the population size of Enschede?
if you think that twente can carry on performing averagely and fill out a 40k stadium week in week out then your even more deluded than i originally thought
And that post proves you know even less about what Twente fans are all about than I thought. We supported our side even when we spend one season in the eerste divisie FFS. And again, we've sold 24,000 season tickets. That's about 15% of the local population. What would that translate to in Amsterdam? Well?
And 70% of them aren't even from Amsterdam, so what are we talking about exactly Johan? Unlike Enschede, Amsterdam has passed it's days as a backstreet where people live because they can't afford to get the hell out. But a 90.000 seater... Sounds like a plan almost as good as the Arena As much as I'd love for us to be in Twente's shoes in certain aspects, I am stuck with a shit club and a town full of ************ out-of-towners. The good old days are dead and buried here Johan. Why do you insist on kicking a corpse? PS. Amsterdam has about 6 times the amount of inhabitants that Enschede has.
90,000? What are you on about? I just find it more than a bit rich for an Ajax fan to question whether Twente can fill up its stadium. Considering that the Arena only ever fills up when you're playing PSV or Feyenoord.
I know all of that and my post wasn't directed at you; I in fact sympathise with the old style match-going Ajax fans and as I've told you before, I really liked De Meer. I'm just not going to put up with the crap that your 'fellow Ajax fan' is directing at me (I highly doubt that he's ever set foot inside any stadium anyway)
Don't mention the Jihad! (20 Twente fans are still on a stadium ban for singing that to your lot last season, thus in supporter logic proving that the KNVB is run by joden)
Sadly that's true. They're not as scared of you as they are of Feyenoord fans though. They get away with murder over there (literally).
They'll get theirs before long. They have gotten theirs on a couple of occasions already. Stuff has been happening lately, and I'm afraid things will be getting out of hand before long. One could argue that the Dutch justice department has some minor guilt in that, as you imply.
I agree, and I seriously think it's influencing the refereeing at Feyenoord home games. They have the riot police ready and prepared in full force on the Van Brienenoordbrug at every home game these days so that they can jump into action quickly in case they lose. This isn't just at high risk games, it's to protect their own city against their own supporters. Funny how no-one in the Dutch media ever mentions this, even Derksen shits his pants for that lot.
Me too! When I had my post-doctoral in Utrecht in the 70s my fondest memories were of the Sunday train ride to my cousins in Amsterdam and off to see the Red & White!
It was a great little stadium all right. These were the pre-bus-combi and pre-club card days as well.
I don't mind that they built a new stadium; change is inevitable. I think they overreached a little when they built it. They could have built a nice, new stadium and kept the flavor of de Meer. Instead they went all "modern" and shit.