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Chelsea Pitch Owners plc is a nonprofit organisation which is part of Chelsea Football Club, tasked with the upkeep of the stadium. It owns both the freehold of the Stamford Bridge stadium and the naming rights of Chelsea Football Club .
However, the stadium is sometimes still referred to as part of "Chelsea Village" or "The Village". The Stamford Bridge freehold, the pitch, the turnstiles and Chelsea's naming rights are now owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners, a non-profit organisation in which fans are the shareholders. The CPO was created to ensure the stadium could never again be ...
On 7 May 2022, Chelsea confirmed that terms have been agreed for a new ownership group to acquire the club. The group which later known as BlueCo was led by Todd Boehly , chairman and CEO of Eldridge Industries , and Clearlake Capital , it also included Hansjörg Wyss , founder of the Wyss Foundation, and Mark Walter , co-founder and CEO of ...
Stamford Bridge (/ ˈ s t æ m f ər d /) is a football stadium in Fulham, adjacent to the borough of Chelsea in West London.It is the home of Premier League club Chelsea.With a capacity of 40,173, it is the ninth largest venue of the 2024–25 Premier League season and the eleventh largest football stadium in England.
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A further stumbling block is that the club's naming rights are owned by the Chelsea Pitch Owners, which also owns the Stamford Bridge freehold. As a condition for using the Chelsea FC name, the club has to play its first team matches at Stamford Bridge. A move to a new stadium could mean the club having to change their name. [22]
The future of the iconic stadium—opened in 1877—is a puzzle that Roman Abramovich has tried to tackle since he bought Chelsea for £140 million in 2003, and it will be front and center as ...
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