Emirates Stadium Possible Expansion to 100,000 Seats

spinney12 · Post by **spinney12** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:07 pm

topgoon wrote:
spinney12 wrote:To be fair is be in favor of this. Potentially could make for a more affordable tier to make it more accessable to more fans
What's the point if you can't see a thing, might as well save your self the price of a season ticket because with the way things are going with the EU ruling many fans will be getting them selves foreign decoders for the armchair view not forking out Â£2k for a binocular view of the action

Yeah your not wrong mate. However the same could be said for the camp nou or bernabeu. Could make it one of the most impressive in terms of size as well.

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:25 pm

Irish Gooner wrote:The point that annoys me, is the part of that we couldnt have 5000 seats around the ground closer to the pitch "because of new stadium regulations" and the "2018 World Cup"...12 years after it was built....

How come Spurs have planned to do have seats really close to the pitch. They care about the fans thats why...

Could the club really have fitted in an extra 5,000 at the front of the stands?

I sit in Row 3 and I'm not sure there is the room to do that, even if they wanted to.

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:42 pm

kingjayson1 wrote:When I went on the stadium tour at the Grove, the tour guide seemed pretty insistant that it wasn't possible to expand. Although, I had the impression they were talking shit a lot of the time.

Charlie George told me the same thing on a Legends tour.

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:47 pm

I love the fact that fans believe we can't expand because Charlie George said so!

We probably (structually) can expand.
But can't due to planning application/restrictions.

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:51 pm

I don't see how it can be done easily. If you expand upwards you've gotta expand outwards too which would push the footprint of the stadium right up against the train tracks on both the east & west sides making it pretty much impossible to walk all the way around the ground.

Plus i don't see how you could fit more seats in the space around the pitch without lowering the playing surface 10ft or so. I think any expansion would render the stadium looking pretty ugly, a la Old Trafford with bits tacked on here & there.

As mentioned, the best way to increase capacity would be to introduce standing or smaller seats...

Irish Gooner · Post by **Irish Gooner** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:05 pm

I dont want it to be like the Nou Camp.

Its big enough as it is, so unless we bringing in standing or vastly cheaper tickets then no it shouldnt happen and we all no the club wont do either of those things...

Theres enough muppets there as it is anyway, I can only imagine the type it would attract if tickets were more widely available.

Lee1 · Post by **Lee1** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:07 pm

Spoke to the guy from McAlpines who built it. Said capacity was determined by financiers who wouldn't go beyond 60,000 as feared we couldn't fill beyond. As such, am led to believe expansion is not feasible with curent design. Sorry!

Irish Gooner · Post by **Irish Gooner** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:09 pm

If we ever fell out of the top 4, which will happen some time, we wouldnt fill it, especially not at the current prices.

I'd like to see how many turn up to the last 64 of the Europub league against Sporting Vilnius...

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:14 pm

Irish Gooner wrote:I'd like to see how many turn up to the last 64 of the Europub league against Sporting Vilnius...

I'd be there if we played Winterslag again!

Henry Norris 1913 · Post by **Henry Norris 1913** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:21 pm

Dan_85 wrote:
Irish Gooner wrote:I'd like to see how many turn up to the last 64 of the Europub league against Sporting Vilnius...
I'd be there if we played Winterslag again!

don't think they even exist anymore?

was a horrible away trip too. freezing cold and we lost

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:32 pm

Henry Norris 1913 wrote:
Dan_85 wrote:
Irish Gooner wrote:I'd like to see how many turn up to the last 64 of the Europub league against Sporting Vilnius...
I'd be there if we played Winterslag again!
don't think they even exist anymore?

They're Racing Genk now i believe?

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:47 pm

Dan_85 wrote:
Henry Norris 1913 wrote:
Dan_85 wrote:
Irish Gooner wrote:I'd like to see how many turn up to the last 64 of the Europub league against Sporting Vilnius...
I'd be there if we played Winterslag again!
don't think they even exist anymore?
They're Racing Genk now i believe?

Given up on football then, huh?

By the way, what kind of animal is a Genk? Is it the Belgium version of a greyhound or pidgeon?

mcdowell42 · Post by **mcdowell42** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:54 pm

I Hate Hleb wrote:
Dan_85 wrote:
Henry Norris 1913 wrote:
Dan_85 wrote:
Irish Gooner wrote:I'd like to see how many turn up to the last 64 of the Europub league against Sporting Vilnius...
I'd be there if we played Winterslag again!
don't think they even exist anymore?
They're Racing Genk now i believe?
Given up on football then, huh? By the way, what kind of animal is a Genk? Is it the Belgium version of a greyhound or pidgeon?

Genk (Dutch: Genk, Dutch pronunciation: [ʝɛŋk]) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality only comprises the city of Genk itself. It is one of the most important industrial cities in Flanders, located on the Albert Canal, between Antwerp and LiÃ¨ge.

BournemouthRED · Post by **BournemouthRED** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:56 pm

according to google this is a genk,

ill have a fiver on him each way

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:09 pm

BournemouthRED wrote:according to google this is a genk,

ill have a fiver on him each way

Looks like the kinda guy Arsene would sign to play in goal for us...