Because I can't spell.... .....or It's how Mancunians phonetically pronounce 'City' - Ci-Teh (emphasis on the 'eh') instead of Ci-tee. That's how everyone used to refer to them before they got their money in the South of England, where I grew up. I don't care how big they've become, or how much of the oil teat they suck, I'll sill refer to them as 'Citeh'. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj4wjFcyaxE"]Eurotrip Mancunian dialect - YouTube[/ame] I did notice that I misspelled City but I went back and wrote that after the bit about Citeh so I got confused, my bad. Anything else?
Well they said they want a modern stadium which would suggest a stadium without a track. If you remember Spurs were originally going to build the NDP as part of the London Olympics bid and that would have been for football (no track) and maybe some other events during the games.
It seems that Rome's candidacy to host the 2020 Olympics has fallen. The prime minister has turned it down saying that given the state of the country it's an obligation they can't take on and support. Figures I guess that something with Rosella Sensi involved would fall apart. Anyhow this is likely to affect our chances of building a stadium. Rome making a bid and possibly winning would have really been something the club could have leveraged in order to get their stadium built.
I still firmly believe that DiBen and co sees Roma as a building project and getting Roma to the CL and a new stadium makes the club worth infinitely more. If they don't make those investments....
as in the case of Liverpool, they promised a new stadium and it never came as finances fell out. None of us can have any idea if the same situation will happen here, but it would still be the best long-term investment.
I think you missed the point entirely. They can have all the money in the world but there are major obstacles to getting a stadium built in Italy, probably even more in Rome. And if you want proof of that just look at Fiorentina and how Della Valle has lost all interest now that it's become obvious he can't build a new ground. Being attached to an Olympic bid would have guaranteed getting a stadium built. It would have given you green lights throughout the process. It would have sidelined every committee and politician that will step in your way and slow you down. In my opinion this is a monumental set back, only for these reasons. Rome is a city where you can't place a shovel into the ground without some stupid ancient piece of a vase popping up, and the second that happens you get shut down for months. Attached to an Olympic bid there would have been great pressure to get things down, without it there is a lot more room for interference.
I think for DiB, Pallotta and Co the goals are still the same. Presumably the goal is to raise the value of the club with state of the art infrastructure and sell it for a huge profit. I think not being connected to the Olympics hurts but it won't deter our owners. The ownership group is very similar to Spurs actually, ENIC don't have intentions of being permanent owners of Spurs. The plan was to raise the value of the squad bringing in more marketable players and playing in European competition. Also build state of the are infrastructure, with the NDP and training facilities, when it's sold it will be for several times more then what they paid for it. The NDP was originally planned to be part of the London Olympic bid but that fell through, it was always a long shot, London is pretty bias against the North. Still the ultimate goal never changed.
You do have to remember in the center of the city during construction they have to stop work when they find more antiquity crap, which happens ever time they do construction.
Your points are true. Italy however has a large unemployment rate. With the intentions of building a stadium, which will create jobs, then I don't see an incredible amount of difficulty in finding space. Transportation however, Metro and roads, will be a struggle.
It doesn't matter how high the unemployment rate is. The amount of bureaucracy and hurdles that are needed to be bypassed will make the construction very difficult.
There used to be a time when sending a hooker to a politicians hotel room would help clear those hurdles. Ahhh the good 'ol days of 2010.
it's a combination. If there is high unemployment rate, then there is motivation to start investment projects from the city. (or at least there should be). There is no denying that it is difficult, I am not naive, but if they want it done, it is going to get done. I understand Rome is different, but in the end, currency is the new currency of the world.
AS Roma through their website has announced that Cushman & Wakefeld, a consulting firm, will be working to determine an area for the new stadium. With a choice being made by June.
I guess that location but the Ippodromo is a no go. I remember they said it would be announced in June, maybe the Olympics have push plans back slightly. Doesn't matter to me, sounds like progress.
OK that's weird, I wasn't going to say anything but I've worked with Cushman & Wakefeld and Dan Meis relatively recently. Not a developer but with my job I come across people in that world a lot. Cush and Wake have an office near Green Valley and Dan Meis is designing a project for UNLV. Here's some recent examples of his work. The stadium has been forced to scale back, so the design has changed a couple times.
I hope to finally make it to my first match in September and whether it is the current stadium or the eventual new stadium, I just hope that it is with in easy reach by use of public transportation.