Sports Stadia– Catalyst for Urban Regeneration of the Local Community? A theoretical study on the role of sports stadia in the urban regeneration of the local community including a comparative case study of stadia in England (New Wembley, Emirates Stadium, New Anfield, New White Hart Lane) and the Netherlands (New Kuip) Dennis Blom Universiteit van Amsterdam Masterthesis Urban and Regional Planning Supervisor: Menno van der Veen The Hague, June 2014 Title: Sports Stadia – Catalyst for Urban Regeneration of the Local Community? University of Amsterdam Faculty of Social Sciences Master Urban and Regional Planning Supervisor: Menno van Veen 20th of June, 2014 Dennis Blom Noordland 38 2548 WB, The Hague
[email protected] 0623226226 UvA no: 10547096 Pagina | 2 Preface The present master’s thesis is the end of my one-year Master Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Amsterdam. I have had the opportunity to build this research around strong personal interest which derive from my personal real-life experiences as a football fan and football player. All my life I have been fascinated about new sports stadia. Every time a new stadium is built, I want to know everything about it. For me it was very special to include the new Kuip case in this research, because as a youth player of Feyenoord I played several times a pre-match in the Kuip. I decided to examine the new Kuip, because it is today a hot topic in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, the plans were during my research still at an early stage so I could not examine the new stadium plans in detail.