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The big problem is Stephen the bigger picture.
And that is housing, same as Coventry stadium closing, the BriSCA worlds biggest stadium at the end of this year. It was always going to happen there sadly.
If you could build housing at Wimbledon no council worth their salt will refuse, especially in London where housing is at a premium that it has never been at before.
If you keep it as is you are offering nothing. If you knock it down for housing only you are offering nothing but that, if you want a footy stadium, perhaps some local facilities and housing no council worth their salt would and should turn that down.
It might mean a stadium closing but if you had to make the decision as a local councillor without a vested interest you would, Imagine if it was an old factory or warehouse site or train station. No-one would care, yet years before that site employed hundreds of people, more important than any houses, stadiums or anything else, yet no fuss is made.
Alternatively the ideal is to push the stadium a lot more, rebuild parts of it, improve the local industries, try and get some big stuff like a Speedway franchise and a GP there. But the chances of that happening are nil.
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