Thank God someone agrees with me, and is prepared to swim against the tide, and leave "I've got a bigger stadium than you" ego behind. The supporters in England unfortunately lack the passion of our European counterparts, and large stadiums rarely have a good atmosphere anyway. Mainly because the working class man is being priced out of watching football, the middle class families are infesting our stadiums, and political correctness prevents us from enjoying ourselves, the atmosphere is dying.
Of course, there is an argument that we need a larger turnover to attract the players we need. This is an argument I whole heartedly and adamantly disagree with. Match day turnover contributes lass than 20% of the clubs turnover, and by increasing the capacity by 20,000 will in % terms only increase total turnover by a negligible amount. It should also be remembered that the stadium build will take a good ten years to pay for, in which time we won't be able to buy any players of real value. I also think you all know that if we don't start getting CL on a regular basis (which is unlikely) attempting to fill the stadium will be an embarrassment, especially as our chairman doesn't understand strategic pricing. For example, WHL was half empty the other night, regardless of the official attendance, and he was still charging £25 per adult. Chelsea and Woolwich charge £10 for similar games. Levy will no doubt try and follow the Emirates route and increase tickets by about 30%. As well as all that, the now unsociable times supporters are expected to turn up, is putting people off.
So why should the club build a new stadium. Spurs would become an attractive and viable purchase for some billionaire Russian or Arab. This means that Levy and the board build the new stadium using the clubs money, but when the club is sold they make an absolute fortune. I don't actually have a problem with that, I just don't think that people should get sucked in thinking that a bigger stadium will get us success. After all, what have that lot up the road won since they built the Emirates ?