Chapter 462: The groundbreaking stadium and the upcoming US Tour

There was a design drawing in front of Xiao Ming. This drawing was designed by two bosses of Swiss Herzog and De Mellon Architects, and the top designers Jacques Herzog and Pierre De Mellon. According to Xiao Ming's request, this future stadium will not be an elliptical like an ordinary stadium, but will become a square. Of course, the main body of the stadium is still oval, but on both sides of the stadium, two large open-air ceilings will be supported. From a distance, it looks like a flying dragon spreading its wings.

The largest support column on the four corners will be designed as the limbs of the dragon, and the entrance facing northeast is depicted with a lifelike flying dragon head, and the tail of the flying dragon faces southwest. This is not only an outstanding court, but also an iconic building in Leiden - this will be what the district council is happy to see.

The main color of the exterior of the stadium is of course red, and the total area will reach 80,000 square meters, which means that it will occupy more than half of the land area owned by Leiden East. However, only 65,000 square meters of the stadium capacity is used, and other places are the area occupied by the ceilings on both sides. Of course, these places are not wasted in vain. They will be built into large parking lots and leisure places on the ground and underground, including 200 bars and more than a thousand seats and large squares distributed among them, providing them to fans who cannot enter the stadium.

This creativity perfectly solves the problem that the land length and width of the Leiden Oriental Club has enough land. The stadium that is biased towards the northeast has left enough space on both wings, and at the same time makes the stadium occupy the most. After construction, the new stadium will have 60,000 seats and 12,000 seats that can be expanded. If the stadium of 60,000 people is still popular in the future, it can also expand the ball to a maximum capacity of 72,000 seats without affecting the original attendance rate. For a club, such a large stadium is indeed enough. Even for a giant club, 70,000 people will be enough to use the home stadium. You should know that even Barcelona and Real Madrid, which have the largest home capacity, rarely have the full range.

According to the estimates of Xiao Ming and Leiden Oriental Development Department, a stadium of 60,000 people is indeed enough, and the space left is just to prepare for any trouble.

The stadium will be built using brand new technology. The top retractable ceiling is transparent. This is to allow the lawn to be exposed to the sun when there is sunshine. This is very beneficial to ensuring the life of the lawn. The ceiling will open when it is raining, and will close when it rains. This will make the game on this stadium less affected by the weather.

As for each specific facility, it depends on what Xiao Ming is preparing to do. Xiao Ming quickly made a decision - everything is the best - stadium seats? A newly designed ergonomic chair makes fans sit more comfortable, the lawn? The best, fluorescent lights? The best, electronic screens above the stadium? The best...

"Tell them that the budget for building the stadium this time is 500 million pounds... If it is not enough, you can add it. I want to make this stadium a luxurious stadium that can beat Wembley Stadium. After I build it successfully, UEFA's assessment of this stadium is the highest five-star. I want to make this stadium qualified to host the finals of the Champions League!"

Xiao Ming waved his hand and said with ambition.

"500 million pounds? Oh my God, boss, this is too much, right? Arsenal's new stadium budget is 350 million pounds. Herzog and others said the budget of 400 million pounds is enough, and you have to add 100 million..." Schindler is not a person who has never seen money, but 500 million pounds...

"I said, everything needs the best, and my personality is like this, either don't want it or the best... Don't worry, Falk, I can still take out the money... I want this stadium to be the best in terms of appearance and interior, and I want all fans who enter the court to watch the game to get the best enjoyment! Tell them that according to the calculation of the private rooms, I want to have the Leiden Oriental home box tickets to become a symbol of status. Since those rich people can

To pursue Manchester United and Arsenal, they should also come and pursue us... Let me tell you this way, the investment now is definitely not in vain. As long as this stadium and surrounding ancillary facilities are built, I am confident that this stadium can earn us 100 million in one season. What is 500 million? It will be back in just five years, not to mention that real estate is here, which is a huge wealth." Xiao Ming looked at Schindler and laughed: "Tell you, the greater the investment, the greater the reward."

"I understand." Schindler nodded. He believed that if the stadium was built, it would definitely earn 100 million for Leiden Oriental in one season - as long as the results were acceptable - think about it, the annual cost of one 200 private rooms alone was 100,000 pounds (this number is not outrageous, the prices of the Emirates Stadium and Old Trafford are about the same as this number), then the annual income of two hundred private rooms alone would be 20 million pounds, not to mention others. Ticket revenue and the throughput of the fan center can also bring huge wealth.

Gran's stadium can be provided for visiting when there is no game. Although the ticket price of the visit cannot be compared with the game ticket, you should know that Leiden East has at most more than 30 home games in a season - 19 in the league and 10 other cup games - in addition, travel can be opened for other times! Excluding the more than 30 days of home games, at least 300 days can be provided for tours every year, just like tourist attractions! How many tourists are there in London every year? With this number alone, 100 million is still conservative - but Xiao Ming is talking about the net profit...

From this we can see how good it is to have one's own home court. Of course, if it weren't for the international metropolis like London, if it weren't for Leiden Oriental, it wouldn't be so easy to make money by this - no one would have visited an ordinary town, right? He wouldn't have spent money to see the shabby home court of a certain second-class team in this town...

"After I agree, they will start construction as soon as possible. They expect construction to be successful in two years, but I hope it will be faster. At least I don't want to enter the new home game in the 2005-06 season." Xiao Ming added a sentence at the end.

"I understand." Schindler continued to nod, then turned around and left the office.

Xiao Ming let out a long sigh, then looked at the design drawings. The more I looked, the more I liked it. This time the design was really wonderful, no worse than the fully transparent design of the Allianz Stadium and the steel frame of the bird's nest. Especially the design of the corner area with two wings covering the two wings is simply unique, which solved the problem of insufficient land width that Xiao Ming had always been troubled by, and made no waste in the spare place. At the same time, the design of this stadium also fully demonstrated the characteristics of Leiden Oriental Club. Perhaps this design plan is not the best, but it is the most suitable Leiden Oriental!

A few days later, Leiden Oriental Club announced the construction plan for the new stadium. The budget investment of up to 500 million pounds shocked everyone. Leiden Oriental's big investment also made the Arsenal Club, which also wanted to build the stadium, envious and jealous. Although they had been booking a site for a long time, they had been unable to start construction due to lack of funds. They only started formal construction some time ago, and the preliminary selection was only 350 million pounds. Moreover, the funds were not in place in one step, and the club had to worry about it. What about Leiden Oriental? If 500 million is not enough, you can add it!

In fact, the lack of funds is the biggest reason why Arsenal's new home court has been unable to be built. In addition to letting Professor Wenger tighten his belt, he also almost died due to lack of funds after two years of construction. In the end, he had to sell the naming rights of the stadium to solve this problem.

As for where Leiden Oriental will play in the next two seasons, while announcing the construction plan for the new stadium, Leiden Oriental Club also announced that it would be loaned to Upton Park Stadium for two seasons, with the rent and maintenance costs not disclosed. Leiden Oriental will share the stadium with West Ham United in the next two seasons. This is the first time for the two clubs that are mortal enemies. Although Leiden Oriental fans who have been mentally prepared for this have not been very willing, they also accepted this fact. After all, Leiden Oriental wants to get a larger stadium, temporary patience is inevitable. At the same time, Upton Park Stadium is close to Leiden, and the area is thousands more seats than the previous Brisbane Road Stadium. The number of fans entering the court to watch the game can also be better than the Forrest Stadium, which can only accommodate more than 20,000 people.

The fans of West Ham United are naturally a little dissatisfied, especially when their team has been transferred to the League One - but they have no choice. After all, the team's fiscal revenue has been reduced a lot after being transferred to the League One, and the maintenance costs of the stadium are also a huge pressure. The wealthy Leiden Oriental shares part of the share, which is also a good supplement to the club's finances.

In fact, Leiden East has given West Ham United a lot of discounts this time. In addition to paying a considerable loan fee, it will also share the maintenance costs of the stadium with West Ham United. The expenses in this regard are no less than the previous expenses of maintaining the Brisbane Road Stadium.

At the same time, Leiden Oriental Club has also begun to officially collect the names of the new home court from all walks of life. First, they accept the names provided by fans' emails on the official website, and then through the club staff, senior fans will select the most suitable names. Finally, they will hold a referendum on the official website. The name of the stadium will be the most voted. In order to prevent malicious voting, in the future, they will only accept votes from fans who have watched the game on the New Brisbane Road Stadium. The voting qualification is to have at least one ticket stub to watch the game on the spot.

Being able to participate in the voting - there will be a special registration webpage and a voting webpage when voting. Registration ID must provide your own date and seat for watching the game on the spot. These things are recorded on the club's computer - because after the expansion of the Brisbane Road Stadium at that time, Xiao Ming introduced electronic ticketing equipment, and every ticket sold was recorded. The proposer of the final name will join the unveiling ceremony of the stadium. If many people propose this name, the lucky one will be drawn from among these people by drawing lots.

This series of actions has made Leiden Oriental’s name never fall from the front page of the newspaper’s front page headlines. Most newspapers admire the plan of Leiden Oriental’s new stadium, and the most unified opinion is that Leiden Oriental will make up for their last shortcomings, and the East London will also have its own top stadium—Stanford Bridge in the West, Highbury and White Hart Lane in the North, Wembley in the Central, Upton Park Stadium in the East is not the top stadium. At most, it can only be said to be on the same level as Highbury and White Hart Lane. Now, Leiden Oriental will build the second largest stadium in London in the East London!

For Leiden Oriental, who just lost the Champions League championship, this is undoubtedly extremely inspiring news. After this stadium is built, Leiden Oriental will become a new symbol of the East London area, and Leiden Oriental Club can gradually get rid of Xiao Ming's blood transfusion to the club and gradually change to the direction of being able to bear the profit and loss of the self.

All Leiden Oriental fans were excitedly looking forward to the establishment of the new stadium, and Leiden Oriental was also moving quickly. After announcing the stadium construction plan, a large number of construction equipment, construction materials and construction workers rushed into the stadium that had been almost demolished and began to prepare for the preliminary preparations.

Excavation of the foundation of the court is the most worrying thing, because just recently, when the Allianz Stadium in Munich, Germany was being built, excavators dug out something terrifying at the construction site - a 500-kilogram airdrop bomb, which is a thing left over from World War II. During World War II, there was an important arsenal here, and Allied bombers often launched bombings. The US B-17 flight squadron dropped as many as 18 tons of bombs in each operation. The suburbs of northern Munich are still scattered with many undetonated bombs. Once the excavator detonates a bomb, the driver and the people around them will be bombed into the sky. After this incident, German special forces were summoned to look for other undetonated bombs.

Because of this, the construction time of the Allianz Stadium was lagging behind, and Xiao Ming was also worried about this problem. During World War II, eastern London was also the most bombed by German bombers. Who knows if there would be one or more airdrop bombs buried here?

But what makes people happy is that until the entire foundation was dug, there is no such terrifying thing found - this is also the luck of Xiao Ming and Leiden East. Otherwise, as long as one is found, the construction will be stopped and the construction time of the stadium will also be lagged behind.

A few days later, Nike also announced something that was enough to make all fans feel a little excited.

Five Nike-sponsored giants from Europe, Manchester United in the Premier League, Leiden Oriental in the Premier League, Inter Milan in Serie A, Barcelona in La Liga and Celtics in the Scottish Premier League, plus two teams from the Americas, Boca Youth in Argentina in South America and Mexico in North America, Mexico in Mexico, will have a series of tournaments from July 20 to August 5. The venues of the matches will be held in cities such as Seattle, Philadelphia, and Boston. At that time, although these teams cannot face all the matches, in fact, each team will only play about four games, but the competition between so many outstanding teams will be one of the biggest highlights of this summer.

This is the biggest move Nike has made to promote football to the United States. Every team will earn a considerable income and play a huge promotion role. You should know that the United States, which has been held in the World Cup and the Olympics, does not lack large stadiums. In fact, the ticket sales that have been given back in the next period of time have also made these clubs happy - almost every game has been sold out, especially the games where Manchester United and Leiden Oriental are located...

American fans also recognize these two teams, Manchester United is because of Beckham, and Leiden East is because of Ronaldo and Daniel...

For Americans, Beckham is probably their most familiar and favorite football star. As for Ronaldo's fame is not small in the United States, and Leiden Oriental has a greater advantage over Manchester United, that is, the relationship between Daniel and Britney and the team songs that Britney sing for Leiden Oriental make them also familiar with the name Leiden Oriental...

In fact, this summer, there is no large national team competition, so it has become a good time for clubs to make gold. Perhaps because of the great results of Leiden Oriental in the Asian Tour two years ago, many clubs have also begun to turn their attention to Asia. Real Madrid is preparing to play a friendly match with China in Japan, and Liverpool's destination is Thailand. As for Serie A, they are not willing to let it go. In addition to Inter Milan participating in the "2003 Championship World Series Tour" hosted by Nike, Italy The FA also put the Italian Super Cup in New York, the United States, and AC Milan and Juventus will be held at the New Jersey Giants Stadium in New York. This Super Cup is the third time in the history of the Italian Super Cup outside Italy. The first time was in Washington ten years ago. AC Milan defeated Turin and won the Italian Super Cup by 1-0. The last time was last year. In Tripoli, Libya, Africa, Juventus defeated Parma to win the championship - Serie A is also preparing to expand its financial resources overseas.

In the United States, Asia, all the most appealing teams in the three major European leagues will be held, which will surely set off a football craze this summer, especially in this summer without major competitions. Obviously, these wealthy families who travel to the ocean will naturally gain considerable returns...

Use fame to exchange money - this is the courtesy that a wealthy family deserves.
Chapter completed!