| Stadium MK 18:58 - Feb 12 with 1492 views | nasblue |
Anyone know who it’s so bloomin massive? Was it funded by government as some sort of national asset (for rugby WC etc.) because surely the football club didn’t expect to fill it?
Must be so depressing never having got to the upper tier of your own stadium.
P.S. I slightly pity the MK fans - they didn’t choose to steal the club from Wimbledon. |  | | |  |
| Stadium MK on 19:10 - Feb 12 with 1401 views | MattinLondon |
It takes some time to build up a fan base, at least a couple of generations, so maybe the stadium was built with the next twenty years plus in mind. Milton Keynes has a population of 230,000 and so with some history behind it the club should average around 15-20k. |  | | |
| Stadium MK on 19:19 - Feb 12 with 1350 views | Radlett_blue |
The aim of the stadium was to attract a football league club, but the real money was to come from adjacent retail development from the likes of ASDA, which didn't happen so I'm not sure Winkelman will have made much out of it. Even if MK got to the Championship, I don't think they'd attract more than 12,000 or so. Football has changed & locals are far more likely to be armchair fans of the big boys than support MK, a club with no history. It's a good stadium, but something of a white elephant. |  |
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| Stadium MK on 23:35 - Feb 12 with 927 views | ronnyd |
Wasn't it going to be used for World cup/Euro,s if we ever get awarded them again? |  | | |
| Stadium MK on 23:37 - Feb 12 with 915 views | TresBonne |
| Stadium MK on 19:10 - Feb 12 by MattinLondon |
It takes some time to build up a fan base, at least a couple of generations, so maybe the stadium was built with the next twenty years plus in mind. Milton Keynes has a population of 230,000 and so with some history behind it the club should average around 15-20k. |
Their fan base is growing to be fair to them. Starting to get a good following of younger fans 13-20 odd going to their away games from what I’ve seen on twitter. If they go up again it’ll help them. |  | | |
| Stadium MK on 23:55 - Feb 12 with 850 views | bournemouthblue |
| Stadium MK on 23:35 - Feb 12 by ronnyd |
Wasn't it going to be used for World cup/Euro,s if we ever get awarded them again? |
During the World Cup 2018 bid there was some ridiculous scenario where stadiums needed to be a minimum of 45k so it could have been expanded further
I believe the likes of Plymouth and Reading were considering expansion to 45k for this very purpose
Absolute madness for clubs of that stature
I've no doubt if Ipswich or Norwich had any hunger to host games, they'd have probably won their bids but we're probably realistic on the expansion costs |  |
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