eprintid: 10204701
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Kumar, William
title: The impacts on local stakeholders and the locality and their implications for regeneration, when football stadiums relocate: A comparison between Millwall FC and Arsenal FC
ispublished: unpub
divisions: A01
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F39
note: This thesis has been digitised by ProQuest
abstract: The literature review examined many aspects of stadiums and their role in regeneration. Stadiums impacted greatly on the local environment but also played a significant role in regeneration as well. The literature underlined some of the negatives of living near to a stadium such as problems with parking and noise. However it also outlined some of the positive aspects of living near a football stadium such as the economic factors and civic pride. The literature review also examined the effects of a football stadium relocating, underlining some of the positive aspects such as section 106 benefits and economic multiplier effects. Again it also highlighted some of the problems such as loss of tradition and increased traffic and loss of residential amenity. An overview of both the Arsenal FC (AFC) and Millwall FC (MFC) developments was undertaken. AFC's development was significantly larger than MFC's. The AFC development provided many section 106 benefits such as housing and new facilities, leaving a big footprint on the local area. MFC's development was low key in comparison and operated under close conjunction with the local council. MFC focused more on community related benefits and training programmes. The MFC development didn't produce the array of section 106 benefits that the AFC development did, however it did build a sports centre as part of the development. In comparison AFC too, made provisions to increase its community work. Within the analysis it was viewed that AFC had succeeded in providing positive externalities to the Local Authority, themselves and the fans, however with strong community opposition to the move, it was viewed as failing to provide the community with positive externalities. MFC were considered to have benefited themselves, the community and the Local Authority but not the fans who where not consulted on the move and still hold strong ties to the old ground today. It was viewed that the different grounds produced different regeneration benefits due to the size and nature of the club, with the smaller, MFC, providing more community orientated benefits and AFC providing more physical benefits. In conclusion it was felt that in order for a football club to relocate successfully, in regeneration terms, all stakeholders would have to receive positive externalities and be included within the partnership.
date: 2005
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
thesis_class: taught_masters_open
thesis_award: M.Sc
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
full_text_status: public
pages: 75
institution: UCL (University College London)
department: Bartlett School of Planning
thesis_type: Masters
citation:        Kumar, William;      (2005)    The impacts on local stakeholders and the locality and their implications for regeneration, when football stadiums relocate: A comparison between Millwall FC and Arsenal FC.                   Masters thesis  (M.Sc), UCL (University College London).     Green open access   
 
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