The images and the videos were vivid and pristine. On top of a shiny exterior, a red and white LED-lit roof capable of seemingly anything dominated the vision of Atletico Madrid's new stadium. The message, as they always are in these brochure-like exercises, was one of prosperity and unlimited possibilities, the future as bright as those millions of LED bulbs. The problem is that such visions tend to obscure complexities.
On the day Atletico Madrid announced a lighting deal with Philips for the club's new stadium set to be opened next season, it was striking that West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady was busy defending her own club's new home, it too having once been presented like Atletico's but now engulfed in problematic realities.