New Brentford Stadium

Bee H · January 4th, 2010, 08:17 PM

Starting work on our new 20,100 capacity stadium next year if eyerything goes according to plan.

What do you think?

reading general · January 4th, 2010, 11:45 PM

looks alright.nice site by kew bridge station i think, so not far from the old stadium. bet you'll miss the pubs though

griffin park is a cracking little ground. and features in an episode of minder i saw the other day.

you might want to move this thread to here
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=218
will get a bit more attention then.

AndrewC · January 5th, 2010, 03:06 AM

Brentford are a lovely club but I'm going to ask some harsh questions because its only fair; What, on match days, once the average gate of 6,500 have taken their seats, are the club planning on doing with the other 13,600 seats? Looks like a nice development but surely that capacity is only warranted if it could be shown 15k-20k would attend matches if they were promoted for example to the Championship. Like I say, I'm yet to find a reason to have any ill-feeling towards Brentford but is the potential fanbase really there? I mean not just a population of people around but genuine potential newcomers to the club?

Kentlad · December 15th, 2010, 03:19 PM

It is about maintaining a level of success and not stretching the club too far. Gillingham fan myself and we had a brief spell in the dizzy heights of the Championship and there have been rumours of a new ground but since then we've yoyo'd around Leagues 1 & 2 and the crowd numbers aren't consistent, we have a capacity of about 11,000 but generally get about half that. Brentford like Gillingham suffer a bit from geographic location and the ease with which people can just go to see the bigger clubs in London very easily. Wish Brentford every success though as I have a soft spot for them as my first Gillingham game was against the Bees in 1984.

January 4th, 2010, 08:17 PM	#1
Bee H Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 11 Likes (Received): 0	New Brentford Stadium Starting work on our new 20,100 capacity stadium next year if eyerything goes according to plan. What do you think?

January 5th, 2010, 03:06 AM	#3
AndrewC Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sheffield Posts: 11,913 Likes (Received): 1	Brentford are a lovely club but I'm going to ask some harsh questions because its only fair; What, on match days, once the average gate of 6,500 have taken their seats, are the club planning on doing with the other 13,600 seats? Looks like a nice development but surely that capacity is only warranted if it could be shown 15k-20k would attend matches if they were promoted for example to the Championship. Like I say, I'm yet to find a reason to have any ill-feeling towards Brentford but is the potential fanbase really there? I mean not just a population of people around but genuine potential newcomers to the club? __________________ Any progress on this?

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January 4th, 2010, 11:45 PM	#2
reading general Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: the tilehurst end Posts: 433 Likes (Received): 3	looks alright.nice site by kew bridge station i think, so not far from the old stadium. bet you'll miss the pubs though griffin park is a cracking little ground. and features in an episode of minder i saw the other day. you might want to move this thread to here http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=218 will get a bit more attention then.

December 15th, 2010, 03:19 PM	#4
Kentlad Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Medway Posts: 4 Likes (Received): 0	It is about maintaining a level of success and not stretching the club too far. Gillingham fan myself and we had a brief spell in the dizzy heights of the Championship and there have been rumours of a new ground but since then we've yoyo'd around Leagues 1 & 2 and the crowd numbers aren't consistent, we have a capacity of about 11,000 but generally get about half that. Brentford like Gillingham suffer a bit from geographic location and the ease with which people can just go to see the bigger clubs in London very easily. Wish Brentford every success though as I have a soft spot for them as my first Gillingham game was against the Bees in 1984.