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	<title>Comments on: The Football Grounds Debate: Should Teams Move or Stay?</title>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This debate is similar to what has gone on in the States over old baseball parks, in particular with the Red Sox and Fenway Park.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Basically, the bottom line is that the club has to compete financially.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The Red Sox have so far kept Fenway Park and done a fabulous job renovating it, but that comes at the expense of charging astronomical ticket prices and alienating a large segment of the population who simply can&#039;t afford to go to the game.  Even with all the renovations, they will probably need to eventually move to a new park anyway.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I think it should also be noted that in places where new stadiums were built, the tradition did not collapse as new ones developed.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I think that British teams now are sort of like baseball teams in the 60s and 70s, ditching smaller parks for massive cookie cutter stadiums in an attempt to maximize profit.  I think that eventually, like baseball did in the 90s, they will build &quot;retro&quot; stadiums that have a happy medium of traditional atmosphere with modern comfort and convenience.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This debate is similar to what has gone on in the States over old baseball parks, in particular with the Red Sox and Fenway Park.</p>
<p>Basically, the bottom line is that the club has to compete financially.</p>
<p>The Red Sox have so far kept Fenway Park and done a fabulous job renovating it, but that comes at the expense of charging astronomical ticket prices and alienating a large segment of the population who simply can&#8217;t afford to go to the game.  Even with all the renovations, they will probably need to eventually move to a new park anyway.</p>
<p>I think it should also be noted that in places where new stadiums were built, the tradition did not collapse as new ones developed.</p>
<p>I think that British teams now are sort of like baseball teams in the 60s and 70s, ditching smaller parks for massive cookie cutter stadiums in an attempt to maximize profit.  I think that eventually, like baseball did in the 90s, they will build &#8220;retro&#8221; stadiums that have a happy medium of traditional atmosphere with modern comfort and convenience.</p>
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		<title>By: Jafar Ali</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jafar Ali</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great site build up buddy and very good news and very nice links avaialble.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;can u add my site in ur library or can u display my site which is also football related. And finally Chelsea Sucks&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;my site is&lt;br/&gt;http://www.earningfresher.blogspot.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great site build up buddy and very good news and very nice links avaialble.</p>
<p>can u add my site in ur library or can u display my site which is also football related. And finally Chelsea Sucks</p>
<p>my site is<br /><a href="http://www.earningfresher.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.earningfresher.blogspot.com</a></p>
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