[Albion] Amex expansion.

[PILTDOWN MAN]

What are the boxes either end of the east upper? They seem to take up a large area, perhaps something to do with the disabled area.

 

[TheBigUnit]

What are the boxes either end of the east upper? They seem to take up a large area, perhaps something to do with the disabled area.

I've always wondered that myself, it doesn't seem the most effective use of space...

 

[Bob!]

I'm guessing this is where it will be (soon).
Currently shows applications to w/e 14th Feb.

https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/co...pplications/weekly-list-planning-applications

Can't see it on w/e 21st Feb either

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Can't see it on w/e 21st Feb either

There is an application concerning the club a couple of weeks before though. No mention of additional seats just the club shop and different changes.

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Won’t be viewable in the BHCC website until it’s checked and registered.

 

[BNthree]

What are the boxes either end of the east upper? They seem to take up a large area, perhaps something to do with the disabled area.

Wheelchair user toilets.

 

[Weststander]

Won’t be viewable in the BHCC website until it’s checked and registered.

That initial check is normally pretty quick isn’t it?

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Wheelchair user toilets.

Thanks for letting me know

 

[BNthree]

Thanks for letting me know

Do agree they don't seem the best use of of space but presumably the people that sit there might disagree with that!

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

That initial check is normally pretty quick isn’t it?

It varies- e.g. the Council can go back and ask for more information, which could take time to prepare and submit.

A couple of weeks isn’t unusual.

I’m surprised the club hasn’t issued a detailed press release explaining what is proposed. It seems a bit tin pot / amateur to just wait for it to appear on the BHCC website and leave the press to form their own narrative based on the documents submitted.

I would have thought they should be taking control of that side of things now and garnering support from the people who matter

 

[redoubtable seagull]

It varies- e.g. the Council can go back and ask for more information, which could take time to prepare and submit.

A couple of weeks isn’t unusual.

I’m surprised the club hasn’t issued a detailed press release explaining what is proposed. It seems a bit tin pot / amateur to just wait for it to appear on the BHCC website and leave the press to form their own narrative based on the documents submitted.

I would have thought they should be taking control of that side of things now and garnering support from the people who matter

Hopefully the club will release a statement once the planning application has been validated. Major works can take 10 working days for validation.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Good little story for this Saturday’s programme?

 

[Moshe Gariani]

It's great to have dicks bar but it feels more like a canteen than a pub and doesn't make me get to ground earlier and probably wouldnt attract students or non football fans outside of match days

Have you been in this season? Has been refurbed as a step in the right direction... still needs to move further away from staff canteen though.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Very exciting news this. If it is possible then the back of a deck of cards finances seem to add up. 2K more seats could soon be c. £2m on annual turnover. Presumably can think of at least 25 year period so c. £50m added...?

Hopefully will be at least a few hundred new seats/standing spaces in the NS for a large “Albion away fans at home” block...

 

[Titanic]

Very exciting news this. If it is possible then the back of a deck of cards finances seem to add up. 2K more seats could soon be c. £2m on annual turnover. Presumably can think of at least 25 year period so c. £50m added...?

Hopefully will be at least a few hundred new seats/standing spaces in the NS for a large “Albion away fans at home” block...

Now I am confused.. I thought the away fans were all too old to sing and more likely to visit a cathedral than a pub before the game??

 

[Super Steve Earle]

It's great to have dicks bar but it feels more like a canteen than a pub and doesn't make me get to ground earlier and probably wouldnt attract students or non football fans outside of match days

I take your point that Dick's Bar feels more like a canteen, particularly following the refurbishment which replaced soft sound deadening furniture with wood. I occasionally pop in on non match days for a wander round the shop and a snack. But for balance, I value Dick's as a place to sit for a couple of hours pre-match in tandem with Park and Ride. So it does make me get to the ground earlier, but only because it has limited seating otherwise I could arrive later.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Very exciting news this. If it is possible then the back of a deck of cards finances seem to add up. 2K more seats could soon be c. £2m on annual turnover. Presumably can think of at least 25 year period so c. £50m added...?

Hopefully will be at least a few hundred new seats/standing spaces in the NS for a large “Albion away fans at home” block...

Is it really going to be 2000 extra seats or is it actually more like 1250 which would bring the capacity to 32,000?

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Very exciting news this. If it is possible then the back of a deck of cards finances seem to add up. 2K more seats could soon be c. £2m on annual turnover. Presumably can think of at least 25 year period so c. £50m added...?

Hopefully will be at least a few hundred new seats/standing spaces in the NS for a large “Albion away fans at home” block...

I am wondering if the new planning application for a new club shop is separate from the main ground...is this an additional shop or a replacement to the superstore shop? Replacing the shop would certainly release a lot of space for a bar or corporate boxes. Speculation of course because I would imagine the addition shop would be no more than a kiosk selling clackers

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Is it really going to be 2000 extra seats or is it actually more like 1250 which would bring the capacity to 32,000?

Probably worded for 2k but more likely only enough space for 1250. Just a number they can reasonably achieve as maximum.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Now I am confused.. I thought the away fans were all too old to sing and more likely to visit a cathedral than a pub before the game??

Is that post your tribute to BG...? [emoji846]

p.s. I didn’t post on the other thread but the Albion fans at Sheffield were macknificent on Saturday... really good to go to a place like that, comprehensively outsing the home support and provide such positive backing for the Albion players (each and every man Jack of them...).