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And why not a national stadium? Touring around the country might be great, but you won't get anywhere near the capacity of Wembley, the closest stadium is Old Trafford and the transport connections would somehow be better there?
Yet one of the requirements for the new national stadium was to have more people arrive and depart via public transport....how would you be able to achieve that with a new national stadium outside Birmingham International? Everyone would drive there defeating the requirement! Wembley has 4 stations plotted around the site with far higher capacities offering far more services...and that isn't enough?
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Old Trafford now has a capacity of about 75,000 and has plans to expand further. But stadium capacity isn't everything, when the England games are played in different areas it gives so many other people a chance to see them play.
If the national stadium has been built in a more suitable area such as Birmingham International then the cost of the stadium would probably only have been about a quarter of Wembley's price tag. Meaning that there would be plenty of money available to improve the local transport infrastructure.
But who cares about paying well over the odds as long as it's in London right?
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The Stade de France is the French national stadium...?!?!?
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You've missed my point, I was referring to the fact that the French weren't so stuck like we seemingly are. Rather then spend money on rebuilding Parc de Princes they bit the bullet and realised it was time to move on.