oddbod
Striker
Are we buiding?
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MadMackem10
Winger
I wonder if the club plan to do or are at least considering doing the whole extension in one go. The 250m figure could be the entire ground and you’d imagine there would be some costs saved in extending both stands together rather than separately.
Could see them doing something like one big stand for the south stand with minimal corporate and then milking every square in possible corporate wise for the east stand.
Could see them doing something like one big stand for the south stand with minimal corporate and then milking every square in possible corporate wise for the east stand.
oddbod
Striker
So in reality 250 million is less than 2 years revenue from the prem !The value of the club has gone fro 30 million to over 300 million so i doubt they would have any problem getting a decent long term loan on good terms they could pay back on worst case scenario revenue figures and in truth the longer the delay the more the price goes up!Its now down to ambition verses financial inertia and 9 times out of then inertia usually wins.In my opinion if they dont announce it towards the end of next season they never will.
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This will happen btw, we'll have a stadium in excess of 60k within the next ten years.
Those desperately arguing otherwise are out of touch and in all honesty, I cannot understand them. Some seem to be against it for some odd reason, clearly they do not realise our potential. Our owners are seriously ambitious, we going to be consistently challenging at the top. Fans need to get rid of this small time and negative mindset and enjoy the ride.
Those desperately arguing otherwise are out of touch and in all honesty, I cannot understand them. Some seem to be against it for some odd reason, clearly they do not realise our potential. Our owners are seriously ambitious, we going to be consistently challenging at the top. Fans need to get rid of this small time and negative mindset and enjoy the ride.
This. A lot of the people against it seem to worried about how the extra empty seats will "look" if we get relegated. The owners will be thinking a lot more logically than that, thankfully.
garyeaststand
Winger
Great post, same people would have said 40k was too big when we moved from Roker, and for me the big thing is any extra capacity will have a focus on hospitality , so additional general sale seats may only end up been 5-7k and we have double the waiting list for that now , larger capacity overall will help them maintain the current general sale seats and offer some more which really important for us and our demographic ….it needs to be built sooner rather than later for me or we will get further and further away from likes of villa who are investing in their infrastructure
Agree! Red, white and black seats would also be an improvement
RedandWhiteRebel
Midfield
I always assumed an extension to the East and South would pretty much mirror the West and North with some tweaks here and there.
But if estimated costs are pushing £250 million it suggests they have bigger plans than what I first thought.
Maybe it includes full stadium redevelopment with retractable roof. Who knows how big these owners are aiming.
Exciting times.
But if estimated costs are pushing £250 million it suggests they have bigger plans than what I first thought.
Maybe it includes full stadium redevelopment with retractable roof. Who knows how big these owners are aiming.
Exciting times.
old supporter
Goalkeeper
Stadium design has moved on since the West and North stand were built any new development will include much wider concourses for drinks and food outlets and large corporate hospitality bars and lounges like Evertons. That why it will cost a lot more
Julio Mackemo
Winger
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Rizla
Striker
Cost of construction has increased multiple times more than inflation over the past 30 years. The North Stand extension cost around 6million (there will still be some people arguing we should have bought a striker), inflation since then is about 150%, so in theory a very basic mirror image of that in the South stand would cost around £15 million. In reality it would probably be more like £50 million but if you want a higher quality extension and, then throw in the East Stand then £250 would be thereabouts.
Julio Mackemo
Winger
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AndrewP
Striker
Circa 38k, I think. 4k in upper WS (original central section).
Spending £250m at this stage would be mental. It shouldn't cost anywhere near that though, and surely they would do it in phases.
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£25m + interest over 10 years = bargain
AndrewP
Striker
Aye. Absolute mental.
Southern Monkey
Central Defender
I’d it’s extending out the concourses and providing a lot of space in the ground for lounges and break out areas and the like it will cost a lot. It won’t be like Wembley but consider that as an example where you enter and enter is lots of space to drink/eat inside with seating. With that people will spend a lot more money in the ground and turn up earlier, the scrum like concourses in existing grounds are not longer fit for commercial purpose.
It will if the current ownership stick around. The interim CEO, who’s also on the board at the ownership group, said as much in the recent podcast. 59k.
Father Larry Duff
Midfield
I reckon they’ll build the south stand as a huge single tier. The east stand will be where all the new corporate goes. Would make sense as that would be used for gigs too. The stage is always south stand end.
It'll be well over 60k, 59k is conservative.
