Limited new stadium options - could be expanded and this issue fixed...

[L55DS]

This could be construed as a bug, but it effectively comes down to a lack of options in the editor. 

You can create a stadium set to be built in future, and set a % chance for a team to move there, but you can't actually set a % chance of it being built in the first place. 

This results in an issue that can be seen below, where St Pats are still planning a new stadium, but it has already been built and other teams are using it for their matches (whilst they build a stadium of their own).

Although this particular example was constructed using the editor, it can occur naturally in the base game. For example, Everton sometimes don't move into the new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium, but it is built regardless, and can hold other matches. 

Some control over this would be good, perhaps just a flag within the team stadium change section which states "Stadium is not built if team do not move".  

Edited February 19, 2021 by L55DS
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[L55DS]

Just to tack onto the end of this, corporate facilities should also be tied to the stadium, not the club. When renting a stadium, you'll rent their corporate facilities too, even if that's at extra cost or if the owner takes a % cut of matchday revenue.

There's also no option to improve the corporate facilities level when you change stadium, which would be solved by attaching them to the stadium rather than the club. You could also be able to improve corporate facilities by expanding an existing stadium too, which is almost always cheaper than a whole new stadium. 

Generally I think a club's stadium is so tied to a club's income that this should be thought about more.

[L55DS]

Will add to this again as it's somewhat relevant.

 

The developers should look at the way attendances are calculated, particularly in neutral venues. I've created a tournament played in Portugal which features, among other things, top Portuguese clubs playing against EPL sides in neutral stadiums. Because the reputation of the tournament is only ~50, a match between Benfica and Liverpool in Leiria (an hour north of Lisbon) is only getting a crowd of 11,000 in a stadium that holds twice that. In reality, even a friendly between those teams would sell out most stadiums. In fact, Liverpool could probably fill any stadium in the world, regardless of who they're playing and in which tournament. The game should better reflect that in my opinion, putting more weight on the teams playing and less on the competition reputation.

 

Another thing more of a bug than anything, is that which team is home and away should have no impact on the attendance in a neutral stadium. In any neutral stadium outside of a team's own country, the attendance should be decided by the reputations of the teams involved. For example, if Liverpool play Benfica in China, the crowd should not be affected by whether Liverpool or Benfica are 'at home'.