North Stand Construction Discussion

[HelloCity]

Surely they could added another 6/8k seats somewhere?

Definitely not.

The site is very restrictive.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Looks great but they made a big mistake on capacity which is only around 53k I think

That too big for the championship !!

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I did find that odd.

It’s a while since Everton were the best supported club in Liverpool but, even so, they still have good support in their city and around the North West (my experience of places like Warrington, Wigan, Preston etc. is that there are more Everton fans there than City).

I’d have thought 60,000 would be better. Even then, eighty years ago they used to get crowds as high as 78,000.

Every club in the country should have much bigger stadiums than they do. How can a club with Liverpool’s support only have a little 62,000 stadium? City, Newcastle, Arsenal, Spurs, Villa, Everton with little stadiums.

You’d think United and Liverpool would be in 90,000 stadiums with 75,000 for City, Newcastle, Arsenal, Spurs, Villa, Everton.

90k is too big for a club stadium. The seats at Wembley are already at the maximum distance for a one off game for me so I think 70k should be the aim for most clubs.

 

[cpoverview]

Off topic.

Also posted in the stadium development thread.

Inside Everton’s new stadium.

From EFC. It’s such a shame City and Sisk don’t do similar update videos about the North stand expansion.

The new Everton stadium looks really good.

Not only do they do update videos, Laing O Rourke and Everton are in regular contact with the drone fliers, telling us timescales etc and took 6 of us on a tour of the stadium. They have even asked for various bits of footage to be used in presentations etc. They acknowledged that they couldn't stop the drone flights so may as well work with them and use them for an advantage if they could.

 

[BlueAnorak]

If we expand to fill the expanded stadium, we can expand at thge back of the corners of the 3rd tier in the East and West stands and put a new roof on.
That would be about 75k. It will take a while to get the extended half full though I think.
Expensive but not unfeasible.
The roof is slowly deteriorating and will probably need to be replaced within the next 15 years anyway.

 

[WRicko]

I did find that odd.

It’s a while since Everton were the best supported club in Liverpool but, even so, they still have good support in their city and around the North West (my experience of places like Warrington, Wigan, Preston etc. is that there are more Everton fans there than City).

I’d have thought 60,000 would be better. Even then, eighty years ago they used to get crowds as high as 78,000.

Every club in the country should have much bigger stadiums than they do. How can a club with Liverpool’s support only have a little 62,000 stadium? City, Newcastle, Arsenal, Spurs, Villa, Everton with little stadiums.

You’d think United and Liverpool would be in 90,000 stadiums with 75,000 for City, Newcastle, Arsenal, Spurs, Villa, Everton.

Bigger than most other countries and better used and we have so many more clubs and competitions makes it hard to keep attendances high

 

[LEXSTARproject]

EPL is back!

And the Disneyfication of the league continues, it was good to see Ipswich with The Blue Action making a noise

I saw this on the Man City Fan Support twitter page

No doubt our North Stand will be the same


Meanwhile, in Orlando the home of Disney World, they give you a cup holder for your flare and capo stand








They even have a junior section for their supporter's section
@Manchester33

 

[Gone for a Burton]

If we expand to fill the expanded stadium, we can expand at thge back of the corners of the 3rd tier in the East and West stands and put a new roof on.
That would be about 75k. It will take a while to get the extended half full though I think.
Expensive but not unfeasible.
The roof is slowly deteriorating and will probably need to be replaced within the next 15 years anyway.

Plans and CGIs exist of the E & W stands extended up & back to encompass the spirals.

The rake is increased and the generated internal volume could create lounges,bars etc.

Capacity would increase to circa 78k.

 

[remember arthur mann]

90k is too big for a club stadium. The seats at Wembley are already at the maximum distance for a one off game for me so I think 70k should be the aim for most clubs.

Yeah, but you can scrunch the seats up like at the swamp, it brings you much closer.

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

I have only been to the Swamp once, to see Genesis in 2007. My wife is 4’11” and commented that Yeovil Town’s main stand seats had more legroom. My legs were numb

 

[pride in battle]

I did find that odd.

It’s a while since Everton were the best supported club in Liverpool but, even so, they still have good support in their city and around the North West (my experience of places like Warrington, Wigan, Preston etc. is that there are more Everton fans there than City).

I’d have thought 60,000 would be better. Even then, eighty years ago they used to get crowds as high as 78,000.

Every club in the country should have much bigger stadiums than they do. How can a club with Liverpool’s support only have a little 62,000 stadium? City, Newcastle, Arsenal, Spurs, Villa, Everton with little stadiums.

You’d think United and Liverpool would be in 90,000 stadiums with 75,000 for City, Newcastle, Arsenal, Spurs, Villa, Everton.

Villa ??? Most fickle fans in the country

 

[malg]

Just talking to someone in work about the work at the stadium. We then got into the subject of 'who the fuck ever gave the sign off on the Gene Kelly Stand'??

How in God's name? It would get nowhere today.

 

[Coatigan]

Plans and CGIs exist of the E & W stands extended up & back to encompass the spirals.

The rake is increased and the generated internal volume could create lounges,bars etc.

Capacity would increase to circa 78k.

You keep saying this. But then avoid any further discussion when asked. Which is making it become hard to believe.

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

I understand loyal and local City fans discussing and disputing the various issues around the expansion. For me I find the brilliant fly over drone videos compelling, can we have just one more before the Ipswich game? I imagine a lot of work will be done this week to screen off the seating from the building work

 

[Ctidpaul]

EPL is back!

And the Disneyfication of the league continues, it was good to see Ipswich with The Blue Action making a noise

I saw this on the Man City Fan Support twitter page

No doubt our North Stand will be the same

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Meanwhile, in Orlando the home of Disney World, they give you a cup holder for your flare and capo stand

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They even have a junior section for their supporter's section
@Manchester33

Went there in June while on holiday,tickets cheap ,food and drinks extortionate,a row of big drums playing all game in the home end.quality of football pretty poor in my opinion

 

[Manchester_lalala]

You keep saying this. But then avoid any further discussion when asked. Which is making it become hard to believe.

I don’t think you can write what he says off. I believe there will be plans to extend both sides, we saw drafts of the all four stands being extended a decade ago. I think it all depends on what happens after Pep leaves. If there’s a drop in performances, which is more than likely, will demand dip, stay stable or grow?

 

[Coatigan]

I don’t think you can write what he says off. I believe there will be plans to extend both sides, we saw drafts of the all four stands being extended a decade ago. I think it all depends on what happens after Pep leaves. If there’s a drop in performances, which is more than likely, will demand dip, stay stable or grow?

I am not writing anything off.

I am asking about the context of his claim.

I have seen three different versions myself, for example. None of them are 'real' proposals though. One was a fan made effort. Seeing some concept CGIs does not mean the club plan on doing something, or that it is in any way advanced enough to be considered realistic.

And when you avoid engaging when asked, it does start to then become a bit of a meaningless claim.

I do believe that if the club felt the need, they would go agead and find a way and expand east and west.

That does not mean there is a definitive oven ready scheme they are just sitting on.

 

[stonerblue]

EPL is back!

And the Disneyfication of the league continues, it was good to see Ipswich with The Blue Action making a noise

I saw this on the Man City Fan Support twitter page

No doubt our North Stand will be the same

View attachment 128733
Meanwhile, in Orlando the home of Disney World, they give you a cup holder for your flare and capo stand

View attachment 128738

View attachment 128740




They even have a junior section for their supporter's section
@Manchester33

Great sign. Nowt wrong with any of that .

 

[eyalluvitt]

I did find that odd.

It’s a while since Everton were the best supported club in Liverpool but, even so, they still have good support in their city and around the North West (my experience of places like Warrington, Wigan, Preston etc. is that there are more Everton fans there than City).

I’d have thought 60,000 would be better. Even then, eighty years ago they used to get crowds as high as 78,000.

Every club in the country should have much bigger stadiums than they do. How can a club with Liverpool’s support only have a little 62,000 stadium? City, Newcastle, Arsenal, Spurs, Villa, Everton with little stadiums.

You’d think United and Liverpool would be in 90,000 stadiums with 75,000 for City, Newcastle, Arsenal, Spurs, Villa, Everton.

Very big in the Grizzly Risley area of Warrington

 

[Mike N]

I have only been to the Swamp once, to see Genesis in 2007. My wife is 4’11” and commented that Yeovil Town’s main stand seats had more legroom. My legs were numb

I used to work with a guy who told me that on going to a new season game they discovered that the block had been reseated. The club put smaller seats in to get two extra seats on each row! He was not happy, and neither was his fat arse!