PaokCT Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I think Greece was planning to bid on a WC with Egypt & Saudi Arabia but that failed. If we had gotten that bid, then the gov't would have certainly helped fund the new stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Very possibly (the shame alone is reason enough to expect it!), but I do wonder what the actual reasons are for not greenlighting this. I am with @Bananas as far as the confusion goes. I do think we've talked about this some time in the past, but the fact that development can just never even start is kind of wild. From what I recall: there were issues with the proposed height of the new stadium, which is part of the reason why they wanted to "sink the pitch" i'm guessing that sinking the pitch and eliminating the track will allow another 6-12 rows of seating to be added i recall us talking about the likelihood of them finding archaeological items of interest if they were to dig (and I definitely remember measuring out the distance of the stadium for already-known features - it's a near certainty) the "iraklis" situation at kaftanzoglio may lend fuel to the government conspiracy theories, as it is nonsense for them to give iraklis such deference when they aren't paying their own bills (esp when their own existence is questionable) it's also irrational for stadium management to not want the free significant upgrades we were offering, with our older lighting/cameras/etc as for funding it - i thought i had read that Savvidis would just cover the whole bill, but obviously i have no proof of that since nothing ever happened The fact that we allegedly engaged Populous but also have zero renders to show for it really smells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Only Savvidis knows the answers to all these questions. As far as I know Populous presented presented Savvidis with 3 different designs and the team would pick one. There was even a talk that fans would have a say on the design that they preferred. Apparently Savvidis forked out around 4 mil for these designs. Everything was going along and then the Russia - Ukraine war started and things got frozen. I think that is the main reason why things did not proceed. At the same the current government on the instructions from the US and European Commission tried to make things difficult for Ivan Savvidis. Frankly, I don't believe Savvidis will finance the new stadium until the war in Ukraine is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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