New drawings and a model of a Chelsea’s proposed 60,000-seater stadium have gone on display
at Stamford Bridge.
The
exhibition, which started on Tuesday (September 1) and is running until
Thursday (September 3), features improved images of the rough sketches
previously released by the club of its ‘cathedral of sport’.
Running between
midday and 8pm in the West Stand, the exhibition is allowing fans and residents
a chance to view the plans and designs in greater detail than ever before.
According
to plans on display this week, the new stadium will
allow fans to exit it directly to Fulham Broadway station - currently all fans
have to alight onto Fulham Road.
The
exhibition follows a public consultation in
June, where fans along with neighbourhood and local interest groups
were asked for feedback on the stadium plans.
Stadium proposals
had included a reduction in car parking in the underground facility - from 276
spaces to 100. The car park is also in public use most of the year (337 days).
But
feedback revealed support for retaining the existing level of parking spaces
available on a daily basis and, as a result, the club has amended its plans to
provide 250 parking bays.
A Chelsea spokesman
said at the exhibition that changes had been kept to a minimum in general as
the club had been in contact over a lengthy period with its neighbours and
working closely with them.
The June
consultation saw 1,691 visit the exhibition, with 1,175 feedback forms left and
a total of 78 emails received. Results showed 92% of respondents ‘strongly
support’ (827) or ‘like the ideas’ (254) in the proposals to expand the stadium
capacity. Forty were ‘undecided’, 22 ‘not convinced’ and 17 ‘not in favour’.
The
exhibition showed the three scale models of Stamford Bridge stadium from 1905,
to present day, and to future proposals.
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