AndrewP
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NS upper wasn't far off £10m 20+ years ago. I would expect more.
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SoL To Undergo Multi-Million-Pound Investment Programme
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NS upper wasn't far off £10m 20+ years ago. I would expect more.
Improving the facilities brings in more money through corporate money including gigs which give more money to the pot for the squad.
Be Here Now
Striker
We dont sell out the stands we have now. So there is no way they are going to spend millions on a completely new stand for more empty seats.
So that puts the nonsense of extending the stadium to bed
They will be corporate areas, bars, lounges, boxes.
How many times do I need to say that before it sinks in?
Sure it wasn't 84 available as Quinn's had 30 available and club said limited spaces in hospitality?
AndrewP
Striker
How long would it take to break even on the build cost?
Not a clue, but far quicker than putting normal seats in
AndrewP
Striker
I mean extending the roof around the east stand and making it all corporate would pay for itself far quicker than putting standard seats in
AndrewP
Striker
Are they going to put boxes on the extended roof?
I have no idea, the rumour is the east stand will be raised to match the west and north stand.
I'd assume instead of the concourse they would use it as corporate seating for concerts etc
Arfa Sleep
Striker
Stay strong.it’s not mate - i feel like a tit I don’t know why I posted that - no need was there. Wish I could delete
Be Here Now
Striker
You don't think they are looking g at how they can raise income and improve facilities that enable more concerts etc?
And we call the mags "deluded"
AndrewP
Striker
The stadium has been designed to be easily extended by changing the roof angle. But to do so you would have a huge area above where the new boxes would be, where seats would usually go.
You also have to build back like in the NS so that you can access the new areas.
It'll be expensive for a few extra boxes and corporate bars and not adding regular seats wouldn't save much money.
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Be Here Now
Striker
Right lets be realistic here
We don't sell out the stadium now. Thats not a dig at fans. We dont fill it.
They arent going to spend millions and millions on putting another stand onto the stadium to have more empty seats.
They aren't going to spend millions to get one or two concerts then have a stand empty for the other 20 plus matches the SOL hosts during the year.
You are living in a dream world.
You might have did it before me mate. I was after that.
Realistic ? Build it and they will come. We doubled Roker's capacity (which we didn't fill in the last season) and they came. All about belief and marketing.
Be Here Now
Striker
So if they built the East Stand in time for next season we'd fill it then despite having around 8000 empty seats at most home games?
We had 10 years in the Premier League and never filled it then
Its absolutely delusional
