The Maestro
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I have taken a small Serie D club in Brazil to Serie A. Five years into the game playing in Copa Libertadores already. My original stadium was 5,000 and expanded to 20,000 once I got promoted to Serie A.
(On a side note: My old stadium had 4 small main stands and was open in the corners. The expansion from 5,000 to 20,000 left the 4 main stands unchanged and now I have huge Maracana-like stands in the 4 corners. It looks crazy! (H))
I sell out about half of my games, especially against local rivals and big clubs. When I select building a new stadium, I'm immediately told the board will build a new stadium because my current one (20,000) hasn't got much room for expansion (21,500). That said, in the very first message I get about new stadium planning, the board plans to build a new stadium with just 17,000 seats. This would be smaller than my current one! The new one has probably better expansion potential, but there isn't any information on expansion possibilities...
So my question is: Should I wait for better success in the future, like winning Serie A or Copa Libertadores, and just wait a few years with expansion to possibly get a bigger stadium? Or should I just go ahead with the board's 17,000 planning suggestion, hoping that the board will eventually build a bigger stadium when construction finally starts, or that it can be expanded from 17,000 to at least double size?
Since building a new stadium will disable me to build another new one for about 20 years, this is an important decision. Anybody has experience on how to handle this issue?
(On a side note: My old stadium had 4 small main stands and was open in the corners. The expansion from 5,000 to 20,000 left the 4 main stands unchanged and now I have huge Maracana-like stands in the 4 corners. It looks crazy! (H))
I sell out about half of my games, especially against local rivals and big clubs. When I select building a new stadium, I'm immediately told the board will build a new stadium because my current one (20,000) hasn't got much room for expansion (21,500). That said, in the very first message I get about new stadium planning, the board plans to build a new stadium with just 17,000 seats. This would be smaller than my current one! The new one has probably better expansion potential, but there isn't any information on expansion possibilities...
So my question is: Should I wait for better success in the future, like winning Serie A or Copa Libertadores, and just wait a few years with expansion to possibly get a bigger stadium? Or should I just go ahead with the board's 17,000 planning suggestion, hoping that the board will eventually build a bigger stadium when construction finally starts, or that it can be expanded from 17,000 to at least double size?
Since building a new stadium will disable me to build another new one for about 20 years, this is an important decision. Anybody has experience on how to handle this issue?