Robbie Hood Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 It`s extremely dissapointing having to report this same issue as i reported for FM20: Brand new stadiums are being built with 4 old school blocks of stands and empty corners.... I started out with Leyton Orient in League Two, stadium with a capacity of around 9,000. I quickly charged up the leagues and got promoted to the Premier League in season 23/24. The stadium was then immediately expanded to around 12,000 to comply with the rules of the division. 5 more seasons passed before the board would finally agree to building a new stadium. I then got relocated to Tottenham Hotspur stadium for 2 seasons waiting for the new stadium to be built. The average attendances for those seasons were: - 45,418 - 53,185 But still with attendances like that the board only decides to build a brand new stadium with a capacity of 31,004. Just that alone should be considered a bug in my opinion. So i finally got to move into the new stadium and was looking forward to playing in a nice and intimate stadium, but what a dissapointment to see that nothing has changed from FM20....a horrendus stadium with three tier stands but empty corners which kills any atmosphere for the home games. I reported exactly the same issue when playing as Nottingham Forest in FM20, and was told that it would get looked into. So the day after the new stadium was complete i asked the board for an expansion, which they accepted. But that will now take a year and a half....surely this should have been foreseen in the planning with the high average attendances? And in FM20 i could also get expansions to the stadium, but instead of filling in the corners they just built higher stands to make it look even worse This is not a game breaking bug. I can still play the game as normal, but the good feeling of playing at home in a nice, enclosed stadium with a great athmosphere is totally missing and makes me want to quit the game. My biggest question is who builds a brand new stadium these days with open corners? I am of course talking about top clubs, not at lower level. SInce this also happened in FM20 it seems like intended design, but surely this can also be defined as a bug? If it`s not a bug, what is the reasoning behind building stadiums like these? Can anyone give me an example of a top club building a brand new stadium and having wide open spaces in the corners? Really hoping this wil get fixed for FM22. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Hood Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 In 2032 this is how Evertons new Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium looks. 52,500 capacity and just 4 big blocks with wide open corners. Sorry for going on about this issue, but i feel very strongly about the need for this to be improved in future versions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Luke Hume Posted June 3, 2021 SI Staff Share Posted June 3, 2021 There are many different styles of stadiums - and definitely an area of the game we want to improve in the future. Thanks for posting the issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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