[Suggestion] Stadium Move for Cup Games

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Being able to hold cup games in nearby larger stadiums would be a cool feature to add. Occasionally in the DFB Pokal's early rounds, when a small lower-league team gets drawn against a big Bundesliga team, the club might choose to host the game in a nearby larger stadium, as typically those lower-league teams will have only a few thousand capacity at most, with poor facilities and no under-soil heating. Moving to a larger stadium allows for more ticket sales (as the DFB Pokal matches are often well-attended, drawing big crowds), more hospitality and so on, meaning the lower-league team can get much more money from gate receipts and showcase the club off to potential new fans. Recent examples of this include Bremer SV vs Bayern München (moved to nearby Werder Bremen's stadium) and Teutonia Ottensen vs RB Leipzig (Can't play in their home stadium because artificial grass isn't allowed in the Pokal - they tried to move to nearby Hamburger SV and St Pauli's stadiums but they rejected because it would benefit Rasenballsport, so now they're looking at swapping the home rights to hold the game in Leipzig). Swapping the home rights with the opposing team would also be an option.

Suggestion for implementation: If home stadium is less than e.g. 2,000 capacity for the first round, 4,000 for the second round, 6,000 for the third round, etc; the team's opponent is a high-reputation big club; the board think they could get a big crowd (e.g. club with 2k stadium capacity thinks they could sell 10,000 tickets in a 25,000 capacity nearby stadium for the big game)

[Abdullah Patel]

Thanks for the request, we appreciate the feedback. This is going to be reviewed and may yet be rejected or end up in a future FM