"We work hard within the constraints of the current stadium to keep ticket prices down, and have frozen those prices in seven of the last nine seasons.
The club shared this period of success with Aston Villa; the battles between these clubs were the subject of a Thomas Hemy painting of the two clubs during the 1894 95 season This is one of the earliest recorded paintings of a competitive Football League match; entitled A Corner Kick, the painting now stands in the doorway of Sunderland's current stadium, the Stadium of Light.
Today Forbes values Real Madrid at $1.4 billion, based on past transactions and current stadium deals, as part of our 2009 ranking of the world's biggest soccer teams.
The site of the current stadium, which sits snug in the heart of the main campus, will eventually be developed into a new academic quad, an underground garage and offices for alumni and admissions.
By a 4-1 vote, with Mayor Tom Tait in opposition, the City Council voted to allow the Angels to opt out of their current stadium lease as late as 2019, rather than the current date of 2016.
The current stadium has a Legends section of about 160 seats, with a peak price of $1,000 a game.
The team played on rented fields until 1993, when the current stadium opened, next to one of Argentina's largest slums.
But season-ticket sales are at their lowest since the Indians moved into their current stadium in 1994, which speaks of other problems not so easily remedied.
The most unusual aspect of the current stadium plan is the mayor's desire to "have a shovel in the ground" by next year.
