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SOL expansion


Big Jeff said:
Wrong.

The attendance against West Ham was 46,233.

The capacity of the ground is 48,707. So not sold out.

We did not even sell out v the Mags last time we were in the Prem.

Gravy.

Ah right that explains it.
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You know we can’t sell those tickets at the front of the away end, well if you are a Sunderland fan you’d know we can’t.
 
JackL said:
If the ownership had the same mindset as you they'd be commencing construction now. Luckily as they don't they'll do it in a season or two if we maintain PL status and relegation becomes less likely
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Your wrong mate and when did i say start construction now ?but there will be plans for expansion and it wont be interrupted by short term-ism or a season stint back in the championship !They clearly want to attract corporate and tens of millions will be spent on that and a few seats as well ..kld has a long term vision for the club and improvements wont hang on how big our crowd is at any one period its making the sol as competitive an arena as they can afford!!
 
ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK said:
Do you reckon the East Stand would have a lot more corporate? I noticed this in the SAFC Objection talking about the new proposal from June and the mention of 66,000 capacity. Given the 48,700 now and the new 5,300 from the South Stand making 54,000 that means a 12,000 East Stand (and corners) surely?

Page 16 Section 2.7 The Club had previously obtained planning permission for the extension and enlargement of the Stadium’s South Stand (along the lines of the extension undertaken to the North Stand). Whilst that permission had lapsed, Sir Bob was firmly of the view that the potential for an extension should be protected, and ‘ring fenced’ in order to ensure the Club’s future viability. In this regard, on 25 July 2025 the Club submitted a pre-application enquiry to the Council in respect of new, updated proposals to redevelop an extended South Stand. This proposal represents a further step towards the Club’s vision of a 66,000 seat stadium (which will ultimately be achieved by extending the East Stand, which was designed in a manner that would facilitate such an outcome). The current Stadium scheme is slightly smaller than he one that obtained planning permission previously and which was in mind when the SPD was finalised.

Something like the Liverpool stand that doesn't have to be a mirror image of the West stand? Would they be fussed about losing some of the car park? Or is that 66,000 just the very old capacity that then became the more commonly mentioned 63,000 and that would now be less given the South stand has reduced from 7,200 to 5,300 losing 1,900 off that?

Page 5 Section 5.4 The Application certainly has not considered any future expansion plans of the Club. The Club has recently lodged a pre-application submission with the Council for there development of the South Stand to increase the Stadium seating capacity by c.5,300 seats (smaller than that which was previously granted permission at 7,200 extra seats) and which would have been in mind when the SPD was drawn up and adopted.

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I thought the original max capacity was 63500...but that did not include the shorter north stand because of the road /baths plans (thus fewer seats )and the 1900 less in the south stand proposed development (im guessing to fit in more corporate )so unless in the future they are going to make the east stand bigger than the monty stand i would guess the max the stadium seat numbers would be around the 60,500 mark!
Karl said:
if we ended up with something like that we could no longer laugh at the shit tip
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Utter nonsense!what else are they for?
 
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Darlo1973 said:
I thought the major blocker on getting bigger events was the shortage of hotel rooms in the city compared to other similar sized provincial cities.
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Probably not just that, I saw Springsteen in Düsseldorf and the transport options were amazing in comparison
 
Mallard said:
Probably not just that, I saw Springsteen in Düsseldorf and the transport options were amazing in comparison
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True. The limited capacity of the Metro and mainline is another constraint on the ability of the stadium to handle large events. Unlike football matches, concerts tend to attract people from much further away.
 
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