Inter/Milan (Giuseppe Meazza/San Siro) & Roma/Lazio (Stadio Olimpico) make eff all out of the gate receipts though and the latter is very run down I've heard.paddyor wrote:Ground shares work fine in Italian football(Milan, Rome). AFAIK the grounds there are owned by the municipality so that might be the thing. I.E not wanting to be paying into your rivals coffers or your rival trying to see you out the door. There does seem to be some attachment to the grounds in England though, like they are a link back to the past as opposed to just part of the balance sheet(I've no big sentimental attachment to Donnybrook or the RDS). Like no matter the financial sense they don't want to share it. I don't think it's beyond reason that 2 clubs could play out of the same ground and develop from it.mikerob wrote:I think it is recognised that ground shares aren't the way to sustainable success but building a new stadium in London is incredibly difficult and expensive given land prices,
Saracens did the best they could with a small stadium in Barnet. I don't like Saracens at all but can see they have got something they can call their own and can grow from there.
Juventus were delighted to build their own and keep all the gate and the fans really didn't like the Stadio Della Alpi (running track and too far from pitch, issue with municipal stadiums).