In life you will always find people who offer objections than solutions. It's the same with the stadium.
Let's build a new one (having taken 40 years to get approval to build this one), we want a 30,000 seater stadium - failing to accept we struggle to get 6000 home fans (I doubt a shiny new stadium will suddenly result in a 25,000 home attendance regularly), the Thai's can afford it (but will they wait five years to see it come to fruition?), etc etc.
The stadium is made out of corrugated iron, it needs £1m repairs (never was the case and was a vexatious and mischievous comment made by a previous owner to flush out people who on committees who were breaking confidences), it doesn't have any colour, it doesn't have OUFC in the seats, it's not our home............
The opening article states "The stadium itself is also, well, a bit rubbish. You can see immediately that the build quality is extremely low. It’s basically made out of corrugated iron painted blue and grey. Inside, the concourse is bland and the toilets are a bit grim. The roofs (rooves? Roofes? KEMAR ROOFE IS MAGIC) are too high so it’s hard to generate any noise. My mate, who’s doing the 92, commented that the stands (with the exception of the SSU) are shallow – the views are poor and fans are far from the pitch. The massive gap between the stands and the turf doesn’t help either. Nor do the empty corners or the absence of a fourth stand. This in of itself makes our club something of a laughing stock. I’m going to be honest and say that I would rather we had Accrington’s stadium – with its 5,450 capacity – than ours. It’s easy to get to, compact, with terracing and low roofs, and we would sell it out every week. Far better than our current rows and rows of empty seats".
The stadium isn't rubbish in comparison to many L1 and L2 offerings. Yes it's low build quality but it has potential to do a lot, fourth stand that fans could provide constructive feedback on, four corners to fill in, options exist or existed to bring the North Stand closer (see Colin B's previous research on that). Is moving stadium coming down to some shitty rust stains in the toilets, lack of colour etc. It's not a laughing stock, it has huge, monumental potential. A potential new train station, a huge residential and growing catchment area.
OxVox are sorting out a mural, a colourful addition to the stadium. It's soulless nature and description when Oxford lose and an inference that was a reason for poor form - not heard that one for a few months - wonder why?
It offers 2000 free car parking, comparing it's accessibility to West Bromwich - fans know how difficult it is to get 20K plus into that area of Birmingham.
Yes it needs work, it needs investment, but it's far far better than many give it credit for.
And if you'd rather have a 5000 stadium like Accrington, then god help us all.