A stadium with space for a minimum of 50,000 spectators is high on the wish list in the top of Danish football.
last week announced the president of the Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU), Jesper Møller, that he would like to see a bigger stadium in Denmark-DBU in the future can bid on the big fodboldarrangementer.
in Addition, the president wants a modern stadium with a capacity for 25.000 spectators, a second place in Denmark.
Analysis and head of research in Sports Studies (Idan), Rasmus K. Storm, however, believes that one should assess the need to build new or expand existing stadiums thoroughly. Especially if it should happen to public funds.
firstly it will be difficult to fill for most matches, and, secondly, it will require a lot of money to implement the plan.
- There may be specific fights or situations where there is a need for the extraordinary number of spectator, but it is so rare that you have to think about in relation to what it in addition to be used for, says Rasmus K. Storm.
The Danish national team has for decades been home in Parken in Copenhagen, where there are rarely sold out.
Since 2009, the team just filled or been in the vicinity of to fill the seats 14 times out of 34 matches in the Park, where the capacity is lowered from of 42,000 to 38,000 spectators.
For the next year will be the almost certainly also filled, when four EM-matches must be played in the Park.
- A stadium should not be too large, but the fit to the real needs.
- It is not safe, that the usefulness by filling a stadium a single time commensurate with the expense, you have to build something large, that is not otherwise being used, says Rasmus K. Storm.
the Analyst from the Idan finds DBU-president's desire for a large stadium completely legitimate, but he is more critical of the increasing capacity requirements, as DBU is subject to, if it will hold big finals.
Within the soccer ball comes to the requirements of The European Football associations (Uefa) and The International Football federation (Fifa).
- The international requirements is a bit a problem. Here, the DBU to consider whether they should not work for the requirements, adapted to local needs.
- It does not make sense for all countries to have a stadium with capacity for 50,000 spectators, says Rasmus K. Storm.
on a smaller scale have increased requirements led to many stadionbyggerier and empty seats in the Danish football.
to play in the premier League, it was previously a requirement from the organization of division, that there was a stadionkapacitet of 10,000 spectators.
When around the country have been built new for that the clubs can comply with the requirements, the bill often ended up with the taxpayer.
- It usually end with, that it is the public that pays, as a rule, not private actors, who can see a business in it, says the analyst.
Last year was kapacitetskravet in the premier League, however, changed to 6000 spectators, which is a step in the right direction, he believes.
the Rasmus K. Storm, assess to the Park and to a lesser extent Brøndby Stadium is truly the only places where that could be pursued with the idea of a stadium with room for 50,000 spectators.
- Both Park and Brondby Stadium are privately owned, so if they want to go into it, so it is in my opinion optimal.
- As private, they are faced with the economic burden, and they can even figure out whether it pays or not. It also hinders, it will be the public, who so often must fork out, he says.
the Rasmus K. Storm estimates that the company behind the Park in that case, see the opportunity to exploit the extra capacity in connection with concerts and other events.
- They are skilled businessmen in the Park, so if they can see a good business to expand, it is because that the market assesses that it can be done, and then it's a good way to handle the situation.
the Analyst perceives Jesper Møller announcement about a storstadion in Denmark as a response in relation to the DBU's future use of the Park as the home ground for the national team.
also evaluate the Rasmus K. Storm, that DBU-the president using outlook as a test case to see how the other players react.
When it comes to a stadium with a capacity for 25.000 spectators, the works of Aarhus as the most obvious location.
In Aarhus AGF several times expressed a desire for a new stadium in place of the current Ceres Park with running track and space for 19.422 spectators.
Here take Rasmus K. Storm, however, also reservations, because it is the Aarhus Municipality, which owns the current stadium.
- You must be careful to build a stadium for 25.000 spectators. Again, one must ask themselves, whether there is a need for such a large stadium. It is not so often that you use the capacity, and it must be it is vital to take a position.
- If public funds into it, then you have to assess whether it is commensurate with the prize. It would be relevant to ask aarhusianerne about it, he says.
- It is an international trend to get built big opvisningsfaciliteter for taxpayers ' money. It is always easy to ask taxpayers to pay, and it should be done only after a thorough assessment of the utility, it creates a local, says the analyst.
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