As you quite rightly point out, it's a non-starter.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

Shame though isn't it?

If Crystal Palace was an area in need of redevelopment I'm sure Khan would be entirely supportive.

As it is it offers little to the wider community apart from more traffic.

I know what you mean but I don't think they would care. Little is made of the benefits of football clubs to local businesses and the community in England. They are not really considered an amenity by those that govern.
Football clubs in England are looked at as a hindrance and the cause of anti-social behaviour on a weekend.
Despite the fact they are a cash cow for police and local authorities who charge them to the hilt, the council would side with the WI's Knitting Circle and get rid of football supporting oiks altogether if they could.

Red and Blue Army!

Its a beautiful dream....but meanwhile let's have an improved and updated Selhurst Park in the next five years please!

To be fair, as much as I'd like to see Palace have a nice new stadium, the system in the US is a joke. Billionaire owners holding cities to ransom, demanding that they build/improve stadiums or they threaten to take the team elsewhere. It's horrible and makes the West Ham/Man City deals look almost fair by comparison.

Employee of the month is a good example of how someone can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.

Those NIMBYs are the voters that keep them in office. Supporters of the local club rarely make up a significant proportion of the electorate.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)