Comments on: Werder Bremen go green http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/werder-bremen-go-green.html News from The German Bundesliga Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:57:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paul http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/werder-bremen-go-green.html#comment-5657 Paul Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:36:05 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/werder-bremen-go-green.html#comment-5657 At least they get enough spectators to need to expand. Over at Hertha they specualted about moving to somewhere smaller! The 70,000 capacity Olympic Stadium is just too big. They only fill it once a year for the Bayern game. Some teams would be happy to have 35,000 come and watch regularly but when the stadium is only half full the atmosphere is a bit crap! At least they get enough spectators to need to expand. Over at Hertha they specualted about moving to somewhere smaller! The 70,000 capacity Olympic Stadium is just too big. They only fill it once a year for the Bayern game. Some teams would be happy to have 35,000 come and watch regularly but when the stadium is only half full the atmosphere is a bit crap!

]]> By: Jan http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/werder-bremen-go-green.html#comment-5656 Jan Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:08:07 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/werder-bremen-go-green.html#comment-5656 There are lots of clubs ahead of Bremen, when it comes to stadium capacity. In fact, there are 15. Though, looking at the video you can also see one limiting factor. There is a lot of river and there are a lot of houses but little in the sense of highways, railway stations and parking space. So, the traffic situation makes things difficult and even their original expansion plans were limited to 8000 extra seats because of that. Bremen made the mistake to take the old (1909) Weserstadion and renovate and upgrade it in babysteps. They should have dumped the place twenty years ago. Well, hindsight and foresight... ;-) But I could see Bremen getting into trouble in a few years once clubs like Hamburg or Schalke have paid back most of the credits for their stadiums. Because those two already announced that they would be able to invest €10m-€20m more on players each season... There are lots of clubs ahead of Bremen, when it comes to stadium capacity. In fact, there are 15.

Though, looking at the video you can also see one limiting factor. There is a lot of river and there are a lot of houses but little in the sense of highways, railway stations and parking space. So, the traffic situation makes things difficult and even their original expansion plans were limited to 8000 extra seats because of that. Bremen made the mistake to take the old (1909) Weserstadion and renovate and upgrade it in babysteps. They should have dumped the place twenty years ago. Well, hindsight and foresight… ;-)

But I could see Bremen getting into trouble in a few years once clubs like Hamburg or Schalke have paid back most of the credits for their stadiums. Because those two already announced that they would be able to invest €10m-€20m more on players each season…

]]> By: Juliet http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/werder-bremen-go-green.html#comment-5652 Juliet Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:47:57 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/werder-bremen-go-green.html#comment-5652 That's a lot of video for not a lot of updating. A big team like them deserve a bigger stadium -- that's 30k less than Dortmund, and 20k less than Berlin. On the other hand, producing more than enough energy to cover their own usage is an excellent step forward... maybe they can put the savings toward a new midfielder... That’s a lot of video for not a lot of updating. A big team like them deserve a bigger stadium — that’s 30k less than Dortmund, and 20k less than Berlin. On the other hand, producing more than enough energy to cover their own usage is an excellent step forward… maybe they can put the savings toward a new midfielder…

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