Inside the stadia
What should a city do with a football stadium no one uses, sitting on prime land in the centre of town? Demolish it, you say.
The answer would be simpler were the question not over the future of the new but already iconic Cape Town stadium, completed only six months ago for the World Cup at a cost of R4.5bn (€460m).
Nottingham photographer Chris Olley has spent two years taking pictures of all 92 Football League grounds in England.
Olley took the black and white photographs on days when there were no matches taking place as he wanted to convey their starkness.
He said: “When football stadiums aren’t being used they have this redundant feeling about them. They sit there like an old ship.
“It was gruelling. I did seventy-five percent of it on a 250cc [motorbike].”
Chelsea Football Club are in talks to quit their 105-year old home at Stamford Bridge and build a ground on the site of the soon- to-be-demolished Earls Court Exhibition Centre to hold at least 60,000 spectators, the Guardian has learned.
“There have been discussions about it and the club is clearly considering its next step,” confirmed a source close to Chelsea, who added that negotiations are at an early stage and no deal has been signed.