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SOL expansion


I am now 70, and I would love to see the ground finished off in my lifetime.
Don't get me wrong it is still currently a decent stadium (although starting to look a little date compared with some of the newer efforts), but it still looks only half a stadium with the east and roker ends not having an upper tier. Adding to the Roker end will be a good start and on the current feel good factor we could just about sell it out.
 
Peace said:
The stadium of light has only been fully soldout 10 times since it opened in 1997.

10 times in 28 years.

This expansion talk is nonsense.
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First three home games back have all sold out. That’s 8 years out the Premier League and selling out. Now imagine if we actually had a good season in the Premier League what the demand would be like. Think about that from a revenue point of view. It’s so short term to just write it off
 
Peace said:
Check out crowds when we were last in the prem getting pumped off the likes of Wigan.

36k to 39k.

42k is perfect capacity.

A few losses and adrift in relegation zone and we will be back down to 40k.
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Tbf you still kept just above 40k in the prem during the Ashley years, but that’s when he panicked and give the 10k free season tickets , you dropped to 36k in the championship 2010 until you started winning some games and were getting as low as 15k in the fa cup
 
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