LETTER: Sounds like a stadium complex
With reference to John Lines’ statement in the West Sussex County Times (6/2/14), ‘I want to again say we are not building a football stadium…’
I beg to differ. The Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of a stadium is: ‘Noun (plural stadiums or stadia) an athletic or sports ground with tiers of seats for spectators.’
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Hide AdFootball Association rules state that the football club will need covered accommodation with seating, floodlights, a public address system and a minimum capacity, which can run into the thousands.
All this, surrounded by two artificial pitches and a clubhouse that can be used seven days a week, sounds like a stadium complex to me.
KATE PHILPOT
Worthing Road, Horsham