Attendances

[There is a Light]

MAINE ROAD PROGRESSIVE CAPACITY
· 1923 – 84,000
· 1931 – 86,000
· 1935 – 88,000
· 1946 – 84,000
· 1953 – 76,500
· 1957 – 77,000
· 1963 – 64,000
· 1972 – 54,500
· 1973 – 52,600
· 1989 – 48,500
· 1992 – 39,359
· 1994 – 19,150*
· 1995 – 31,458
· 1997 – 32,147
· 1999 – 34,026
· 2000 – 34,421
· 2002 – 35,150

So when 84,569 attended the QF against Stoke, we were still 3,000 short of capacity??

I bet the Rags of the day had a field day.

 

[john@staustell]

Thanks Ric.

Its not that, they are just waiting for the sheik to say to say go for it - its linked to what's happening on the collar site - so as soon as that is signed off the power capacity issues for the area in general can be addressed and work will progress.

The huge crane was built by LOR especially for this project and will be used on the North Stand. It will happen 100% just a question of when - as will the East and West eventually - my guess would be 2017-18 completed up to 62,000. I would hope we will see our East and West stands done early in the 2020s to take us above the scaffold swamp. City were seriously looking at 100k+ capacity stadium on the Collar site. They had no issue over worries about filling it.

Going to be a very different that area in ten years. Exciting times.

This post made me feel all warm and fuzzy. Very exciting.

It's inevitable the north stand will be done soonish even if there are no published 'current plans'. The stadium would look ridiculous otherwise - and even if there were any worries about filling it every week, which I dont think there would be by then, it will be full for many games. Worsley talks sense and I always remember a determined statement on takeover that the intention was to be the biggest club in the world, in every way.

 

[Bilboblue]

THE NORTH STAND (originally referred to as the Scoreboard End):
Original terracing until demolition commenced in 1970. New terraced stand opened in 1971 and became seated in 1972.
Final capacity: 8,527
Seated capacity in 1972: 8,120
Original standing capacity: c.18,000
Standing capacity 1971/2 season: 22,000

MAINE ROAD PROGRESSIVE CAPACITY
· 1923 – 84,000
· 1931 – 86,000
· 1935 – 88,000
· 1946 – 84,000
· 1953 – 76,500
· 1957 – 77,000
· 1963 – 64,000
· 1972 – 54,500
· 1973 – 52,600
· 1989 – 48,500
· 1992 – 39,359
· 1994 – 19,150*
· 1995 – 31,458
· 1997 – 32,147
· 1999 – 34,026
· 2000 – 34,421
· 2002 – 35,150

The first picture is a great one of the crossover between the old and new North Stand. Never seen that before.
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It's in Gary James excellent book "Farewell to Maine Road" - if you don't own it, buy it!! ;)

Can't find it on sale anywhere, any ideas where might have it?

 

[Petrovs left peg]

I assume Level 2 at the Emirates is Corporate seating. That's typically half empty but does not get commented on as it is not pitchside

For a long time the area around City's Directors Box in the 2nd tier of the Colin Bell stand was half empty, but I don't notice that any more

It is but I think it's only about half the size of our Level 2.

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To be fair to the arse the Emirates does look a quality stadium!

I went corporate to the Emirates last season - The "mini level" between the 2nd and 3rd tiers makes more income than Highbury did in total, and its less than 5% of the capacity. Staggering.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I went corporate to the Emirates last season - The "mini level" between the 2nd and 3rd tiers makes more income than Highbury did in total, and its less than 5% of the capacity. Staggering.

I believe 60% of the rags' matchday income comes from the 8,000 corporate & hospitality seats they have. That's why the expansion is so important to us. It's not about just adding extra capacity but about reconfiguring the ground for a greater number of premium seats.

 

[Marvin]

London is the home of corporate finance. Selling boxes to financial services companies in London must be relatively easy for Arsenal

How do you do that in Manchester? And we are competing with Utd.

 

[blueparrot]

London is the home of corporate finance. Selling boxes to financial services companies in London must be relatively easy for Arsenal

How do you do that in Manchester? And we are competing with Utd.

That's true, but getting partnerships with companies like Nissan, Etihad etc and partners to come with the collar sight, then it should help, Of course adding a certain galactico would also attract corporate sales.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

London is the home of corporate finance. Selling boxes to financial services companies in London must be relatively easy for Arsenal

How do you do that in Manchester? And we are competing with Utd.

If anyone can find a way, it'll be our owners/management team. No worries.

 

[Wilf Wild 1937]

I believe 60% of the rags' matchday income comes from the 8,000 corporate & hospitality seats they have. That's why the expansion is so important to us. It's not about just adding extra capacity but about reconfiguring the ground for a greater number of premium seats.

It will be interesting to see if there is unfulfilled demand for corporate seats in the Manchester area or if we get companies switching
from the swamp to The Etihad next season. The club said that surveys had shown a lot of demand for the cheaper corporate option
(the £1,250 seats). Hopefully some of that will have come from the rags' current clients. TICK TOCK.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I went corporate to the Emirates last season - The "mini level" between the 2nd and 3rd tiers makes more income than Highbury did in total, and its less than 5% of the capacity. Staggering.

I believe 60% of the rags' matchday income comes from the 8,000 corporate & hospitality seats they have. That's why the expansion is so important to us. It's not about just adding extra capacity but about reconfiguring the ground for a greater number of premium seats.

That's right PB. I think timing is crucial for our corporate expansion though because I don't feel that we have got close to half of the corporates of the rags or arse. As more business are actracted to the area and more houses built we may well have. My thoughts are push on with the ground development but don't turn level 2 into corporate until we have the demand - otherwise it will be half empty at most.