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JackL said:
Even if the club wanted to build now they wouldn't be able to. There'll be planning to get through at the very least and that could take a fair while. They'll no doubt be looking into it at least
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Yeah, planning, costing, tender, procurement etc. would take until the end of the following season to just begin any extension in reality.
 
cowan86 said:
Would east stand take up by another 8k?
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Around 8,500 as the North East Upper Corner would be similar to the North West Upper going from 21 rows to 27 due to the proximity of the road behind and you lose around 1,000 seats (rows 42-44) off the back of the current East Stand and NEC.
 
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cowan86 said:
Would east stand take up by another 8k?
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It’d only be that amount if they actually extended. From the way the interim CEO is talking, it sounds like the priority is adding corporate offerings. That may just be some kind of redevelopment. And the fact that costs are being mentioned as a factor against, I doubt it’d be a major redevelopment of the full stand.
 
Brian Griffin said:
Corporate is much more than boxes - the west stand could easily have massive concourses for corporate and people take their seat in the south stand for the game
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Yeah padded seats at premium prices with luxury lounges to go into built into the new extended out stands is the way to go. Boxes as ive said before take away a lot of capacity removing rows 37 onwards so they are under the new upper tier like the West Stand and per person per game only bring in £157. £30k per season for a 10-seater.
 
DiscopantsSoL said:
Yeah padded seats at premium prices with luxury lounges to go into built into the new extended out stands is the way to go. Boxes as ive said before take away a lot of capacity removing rows 37 onwards so they are under the new upper tier like the West Stand and per person per game only bring in £157. £30k per season for a 10-seater.
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It could be a class time to be a MLF mind
 
It will be expensive but I think they should just build it to the original capable capacity of 64k I believe.

If we strengthen the squad correctly in the summer and have a better season, demand will increase and the costs to build will only increase in years to come.
 
Taffyduck said:
It will be expensive but I think they should just build it to the original capable capacity of 64k I believe.

If we strengthen the squad correctly in the summer and have a better season, demand will increase and the costs to build will only increase in years to come.
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65k sounds about right for all the things the stadium could be used for
 
jaraarrow said:
Does anyone know why last Saturdays crowd was up to 47000,was their extra seats made available?
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The padded seats that go on sale in West Stand and North Stand are now regularly selling out and the away allocation has been increased from 3,086 to 3,110 with the new DDA platform added. Add to that at the beginning of the season the unused sponsors/Premier League partners in P15, P17 and P19 were not going on general sale and they have been so we get over 47,000 if home and away is sold out.
 
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