There were especially many opponents of Feyenoord City present. “Proponents do not feel safe with it,” says reporter Jan Roelof Visscher. “Yesterday, advocate Mischa van der Waard was there. He made a fervent plea why it should continue. He said that he knows proponents who tell him that they did not dare to come. are continuously addressed on the fact that they are in favour. Yesterday you saw many opponents, but with many arguments. And not only with the arguments that De Kuip is so beautiful, out of sentiment.”
Flywheel for the club and Rotterdam South
Supporter Van der Waard says that the project can be a ‘flywheel’ for the club and the city, explains Jan Roelof Visscher. “He believes this will give the club and Rotterdam South a boost. He says that the business case is solid and realistic. He thinks that if you look at the risks for the club and Rotterdam, they are well sealed. He says he won’t have any problems with it.”
“There is of course a risk of danger for the city,” Visscher continues. “They put in 40 million and 35 million for the infrastructure and 60 million for the ground. Suppose a large shareholder drops out and it goes wrong, then everyone looks at the municipality. The supporter says that it is not that bad. was actually the only supporter there yesterday. Maybe there will be some more on Monday and Tuesday. But I don’t think many supporters will come.”
Listen below to the conversation with Jan Roelof Visscher on Radio Rijnmond. Text continues below fragment.
First everything in order, then think about a stadium
There were many opponents present. In total there were about thirty speakers. “They mainly say that the club now has to get it all in order, in terms of players and finances, and that they can look further after that. And there are opponents who say that there is not really support from the supporters. That is what you continue to do.” hears from these supporters: the contact with Feyenoord is simply not there and they have never been well informed. I heard a supporter say that he is happy that he could voice his objection in the council. “You are the only party that listens to us You can’t leave a comment at Feyenoord,” he said,” the reporter told Radio Rijnmond.
“A business economist said that he thinks the business case is very shaky. He said that if this would bring him to EUR, he would not be able to successfully defend it. What you hear next: ‘Why such a large new stadium?’ Then it is not about the history in De Kuip and that everything should remain that way.Opponents say that it is not going so well, they do not have a lot of fat on their bones and that they would like to buy a stadium worth almost half a billion: can’t that be a little less?”
Combined transport, season ticket prices
“You also have people who come from the south or north of the country, because Feyenoord supporters come from everywhere. “I’ve been on the road for an hour or two, and then Feyenoord says: come with combi transport and you can stay longer.’ This man said that he should come two hours before, wait two hours, then the game, then have an extra drink and then drive back two hours. ‘If that is the intention with the combined transport, we don’t like that’, say the opponents,” says Visscher.
What it will cost the supporters, in terms of season tickets; that also plays a role,” Visscher continues. “Now they are in De Kuip for 300 euros and some are afraid that they will be relegated to the third ring in the new stadium. Then there are amounts of 600 euros or more. ‘Feyenoord is a people’s club: we can’t afford that,’ they say. They think that when they leave, and according to them it is also the boys who provide the most atmosphere, that it is over.”
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