seems a perfect time to me...they could cut the capacity down a bit while the work was going on, thereby needing to fill less seats this season and making it more likely that games will sell out and, at the same time, make it possible that we re-enter the premiership the following season with an increased capacity and less noise leakage from the uppers north and west over the east stand...go on, you know it makes sense...
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i read a post on here saying that the singers at away games are in sporadic batches...is there a way that when we order away tickets the club allocate a singing section? i know they do this at other clubs and i dont think it would be too difficult to organise.
RM: "Sorry Alan, but we're building an extention on the East Stand"
I'd love to see us build it but this just isn't the time. Also capacity isn't likely to drop. The East stand roof would come off however and we'd lose the noise coming from all the real fans who sit there.
And thanks for not saying Oi!
different type of finances...and i thought there was a backer for the east stand extension in the form of a school or college ?...far better to do it now than wait until we're back in the premiership...the club talks the talk in wanting fans to have faith so perhaps it time for the club to do something that would really shout their intentions to make it back to the pl...
not a problem...you should have mentioned it before...
Disagree mate. I personally would see it as a far bigger statement if they invested money in quality players to get us back up, not by building the extended new stand.
There was involvement of colleges in the building of the North/Covered end as they attract grants towards the cost. Something might be possible with the east but grants are time limited so may have run out and would in any case only be a very small part of the £15m+ costs
31k plus lots of boxes. Yes we could fill it IMHO
Or were the two proposed projects mutually exclusive?
I got thoroughly confused as to where we'd got to with it all !
I see what you're saying but you're forgetting one small thing. What if we don't go back up? We'll have an extended capacity, with less money and we'll be in the sh*t big time.
2. £15m+ is a lot of money to spend just so the ground looks full
3. The ground won't be full in anycase as it will have one side empty and that will effect the atmosphere.
4. The priority in the short term should be the team to get us back up to the prem where there is more likely to be extra cash to spend on the ground and where the banks are more likely to willing to offer loans/mortgages.
No, that was just a point that I and the leader of Greenwich council had a "disagreement" over. LBG are now looking at both developments as one entity which is what the club wanted all along. We have full planning permission for the East stand.
100% NO. NO, NO, NO. It's not a given that we're going to get out of the Championship is it. Say we're down for 4 or 5 years... how we going to pay for the stand then? Aren't we still paying off the North Stand expansion?
Agree. I meant we could fill it in the prem IMHO
The East Development is not about fans, or even about getting a bigger capacity. The whole emphasis in the development is to significantly increase our corporate capabilities. A £15m development, yet adds less than 4,000 seats to the stand.
Corporate demand is significantly lower in the Championship than it is in the Prem, particularly if you stay out the top league for a few seasons. There simply will not be the level of corporate demand necessary to make it a viable option.
Yes, but we had just got home. That's why the atmosphere was so good.
Bottom line is the bottom line. You have to pay for it and as Bing said so well it's like taking out a bigger mortgage when you've just had a pay cut.
a smaller capacity means we have to give the away team less, not that pl teams took all the jimmy seed anyway...and we've split the js before so they, or the non s/ticket allocation, can go in there...
Building costs are rocketing and the likes of Leicester when into Admin due to the cost of the Crisps Bowl.
but isn't it far better to do it now when we want the type of player that will cost less and will accept a lower salary than later when we have more money coming in but need to spend more of it on buying players and pay them a lot more in wages...at least if we increase the capacity now we will be able to generate more income to help us stay up...