The expansion of their capacity has made a larger season ticket club but they wont be able to compete with the new breed of owners some having state backing. They certainly have the platform to become a larger brand as a club but given the ongoing negative press and violence at games it may well...
But just imagine if the they were religated or just stayed up, those season ticket sales will only go one way! For me their success if build on a very brittle foundation. Again they don't own their home, with the volatility involved in football i think this will always come back to bite them...
So the question is how much should the West Ham owners be expected to pay for future conversions? To date they have spent 15m with the rest an odd 250m covered by our taxes. The owners clearly thought they were getting an elite football stadium for next to nothing, how could they lose! Instead...