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I`ve heard rumours today about stadium MK being used for Carling/FA Cup matches plus 3 premier league games for some reason. Wembley for the rest. But as I say, rumours
Would make some sense - we probably need to book Wembley weeks if not months in advance which isn't much good for the domestic cup matches, then throw in a few smaller Premier League games where Wembley would look ridiculously empty and try to expand our fanbase out that way while we're at it.
Pretty sure Wembley can only hold so many events a year. Doubt the FA will go for Spurs v Sunderland when they could get extra revenue for a sold out NFL game or something similar.
Naming rights are for sale, so expect an "AIA Stadium" or something
On my game of Football manager a year or so back, they called it the 'Perryman Stadium'
Despite the man being a legend, wasn't keen on that
Are there still plans to erect a statue of Jermain Defoe outside ?
Could do a lot worse!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the new stadium is going to be like the Basilica Sacreda Familia in Barcelona - they have been building that since 1882 (coincidence?) and its still not finished!!!
This might happen ....,
We move to Milton Keynes but ENIC sell both WHL and the Northumberland Park development land to some developer. Or develop it themselves.
It's then announced that our trip to MK has been a great success and it makes business sense to move there permanently. Or for some technical or legal reason, we can't go back.
We then share with MK Dons, in the newly expanded 47,000 MK Stadium, bringing in more revenue than WHL, every week for ENIC. Plus naming rights of course.
Not to mention all the nice lolly from the redeveloped land in Tottenham, benefitting from massively increased value due to improved transport links and infrastructure. And no horrible, noisy stadium anymore.
Great, sneaky way of moving us out of London real estate.
If I were in it for the money, that's what I'd do.
We move to Milton Keynes but ENIC sell both WHL and the Northumberland Park development land to some developer. Or develop it themselves.
It's then announced that our trip to MK has been a great success and it makes business sense to move there permanently. Or for some technical or legal reason, we can't go back.
We then share with MK Dons, in the newly expanded 47,000 MK Stadium, bringing in more revenue than WHL, every week for ENIC. Plus naming rights of course.
Not to mention all the nice lolly from the redeveloped land in Tottenham, benefitting from massively increased value due to improved transport links and infrastructure. And no horrible, noisy stadium anymore.
Great, sneaky way of moving us out of London real estate.
If I were in it for the money, that's what I'd do.
Good job you're not a businessman then.
Charles Koppel did just that an destroyed both the history and value of Wimbledon FC in the process.
The club would make more money from a stadium, club value, ticket games etc from having a stadium in Northumberland/WHL than moving. That's before you factor in the business advantages of being in London, potential fanbase per sq mile, community impact etc.
I think you may have missed my point. In my example, ENIC gets the best of both worlds - 47,000 to every home game at MK plus the THFC merchandising, global branding revenue, TV rights etc etc.
Plus money from redeveloping WHL for other purposes. Or selling it.
Might have to pay a bit of rent to MK. Otherwise, it's a fairly low cost move.
By the way, I absolutely agree that the Wimbledon to MK franchise was complete bullshit and should never have been allowed.
And to be clear - I'm not saying I want this for us.
I just remember MK being mooted for a permanent move a few years ago.
Kind of ruin wembley as well for me it's the cup finals events, degraded the whole thing if we play week in week out at wembley.
MK was mooted for Charlton & Luton since the 70's but it was thought and proved to be suicidal.
There would be no guarantee whatsoever that they'd fill the stadium at all - people would lose their identity with the club and the fanbase would diminish.
Think how many fans defected to AFC Wimbledon. Of the StadiumMK (as it's meant to be styled for some pompous reason) capacity of 30,000, their average attendance last season was 8,612. I don't think that's anything to do with the league, it's like being a new club all over again.
Woolwich would be our rivals but it would no longer be a derby. We'd have to start hating on Villa & West Brom
If Timmeh is still in charge in 2017 we could play at Barnet & have alternate weekends at The Hive
