17 January 2010
Legoland United's famous San Siro ground is set to be renamed in the Summer along with all Italian-Lego stadia.
Some officials within the LFA however are arguing for an exception to be made so that the name can be retained due to
the San Siro's historic past.
LEGOLAND CITY-The Legoland Football Association taskforce setup to review the seating capacities of sports grounds throughout the empire has issued its draft report to the football authority. The report recommends huge reductions across the board. The lowering of stadium capacities is just part of the ongoing “Legoisation” programme instigated by LFA President Mr Fifa last year which is also set to include the rebranding of Italian-Lego clubs and stadia names.
Spokesfig for the Ground Review Committee, Dr Filbert Hummingbird explained in a very boring way how the new recommended capacities were calculated. “We used basic maths. The existing stadium with the highest capacity is the 92,000 seat Partizan Stadium, and we called this capacity ‘X’. We chose an acceptable, minifig-orientated, new capacity for the Partizan of 2,900 and called this figure ‘Y’. We divided Y by X and multiplied all other grounds’ capacities by the resulting factor to compute their new recommended capacities. That’s all we did”.
Dr Hummingbird added that health and safety report on all grounds in the empire was also carried out and a number of confidential recommendations have been passed onto Mr Fifa. These may include further reductions in seating capacities of some club grounds he warned.
A list of the new recommended capacities for Serie A grounds is provided below. It is expected that the LFA will confirm the final revised capacities by May 2010.
| Stadium | Club | Old Capacity | New Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Arena | Ajax Skerries | 35,013 | 1,104 |
| Bell Park | Atlas Bell | 36,000 | 1,135 |
| Dark Stadium | Black Fortress Barbarians | 12,700 | 400 |
| The Castle | Castleland United | 23,078 | 727 |
| San Nicola | Emperor Eagles | 58,270 | 1,837 |
| Artemio Franchi | Fiorentina | 47,495 | 1,497 |
| Athletic Ground | Greentown Athletic | 9,880 | 311 |
| San Siro | Inter | 85,847 | 2,706 |
| Imperial Stadium | Inter Police | 25,040 | 789 |
| Olympic Stadium | Juventus | 27,500 | 867 |
| Olympic Stadium | Lazio | 82,922 | 2,614 |
| Partizan | Legoland FC | 92,000 | 2,900 |
| San Marco | Legoland Town | 15,000 | 473 |
| San Siro | Legoland United | 85,847 | 2,706 |
| Lakers Arena | Lion Lakers | 60,000 | 1,891 |
| Export Arena | Marino | 25,000 | 788 |
| San Paolo | Napoli | 80,000 | 2,522 |
| Ennio Tardini | Parma | 27,500 | 867 |
| Villa Arena | Port Villa | 24,020 | 757 |
| Brickabeu | Real Legoland | 80,000 | 2,522 |
| Republican Stadium | Republic | 34,000 | 1,072 |
| Olympic Stadium | Roma | 82,922 | 2,614 |
| Orbit Stadium | Stuart Spacers | 16,011 | 505 |
| San Siro | Third Division UASL | 85,847 | 2,706 |
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