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[Albion] Yet another club to increase ground capacity….



Whitechapel

Famous Last Words
Jul 19, 2014
4,391
Not in Whitechapel
Doesn't the Stadium of Light hold nearly 50k?

So about 5 times the capacity of Bournemouth's ground?

Doesn't seem to matter.

MK Dons, Bradford, Notts County, Port Vale, Carlisle, Tranmere, Swindon, Doncaster, Gillingham & Walsall all have bigger grounds than Bournemouth and that’s just in L2. Must be a few bigger in non-league.

Shows how much it matters.
 




Spiros

Well-known member
Jul 9, 2003
2,376
Too far from the sun
How big a stadium could we realistically fill?

Could we fill a 50k stadium?

If so, With the club actively looking for a site in the area for a women's stadium, and our inability to expand the Amex any further, what are the chances of handing the Amex over to the women and searching for a site for a larger mens stadium?
Yep, because Brighton and Hove is chock full of ideal sites.

This has been gone over so many times it’s getting ridiculous now. Falmer was not ideal but it was all there was.
 


Johnny RoastBeef

These aren't the players you're looking for.
Jan 11, 2016
3,465
Ask Tony if he's happy to spend north of £500m.

It wouldn't be quite that much, and the cost a new womens ground would offset some of the cost.

A 50k stadium would generate between £1m-£1.5m extra revenue per home game.

A £200m stadium would pay for itself by the time Hurzeler is Pep's age.
 




Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
25,318
Sussex by the Sea
It wouldn't be quite that much, and the cost a new womens ground would offset some of the cost.

A 50k stadium would generate between £1m-£1.5m extra revenue per home game.

A £200m stadium would pay for itself by the time Hurzeler is Pep's age.
Where would this be?
 








Johnny RoastBeef

These aren't the players you're looking for.
Jan 11, 2016
3,465
Where would this be?

Obvs
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Weststander

Well-known member
Aug 25, 2011
69,002
Withdean area
£11m benefit a prem season at £45 a ticket minus operational overheads. So about half of one of our annual young kid punts a season. Will probably cost £50m to implement as well. It will improve atmosphere but in money terms it’s marginal.

Deduct 1/6 of that in VAT paid to HMRC.
 


Cheeky Monkey

Well-known member
Jul 17, 2003
23,814
Apart from games against big clubs our capacity is ok. Over 1000 seats on exchange against Forest did not sell
Exactly, and that was a 2pm kickoff. A wet Tuesday night against a non glam PL club would see many more empty seats. We're about 22k fans short of needing a 50k stadium.
 


Perkino

Well-known member
Dec 11, 2009
6,046
To have a 50,000+ stadium requires such a large footprint. The concourses would also need to be larger. The Amex site isn't large enough to significantly increase capacity.

I cannot see us moving to anywhere else. The match day income would be impacted by the increase in catering, maintenance, cleaning and stewarding costs.
 














bluenitsuj

Listen to me!!!
Feb 26, 2011
4,704
Willingdon
With mighty Leeds anouncing an increase in Elland road’s capacity .Can we compete in the longer term with clubs with larger grounds and revenue streams.
Yes. Next.
 


trueblue

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
10,928
Hove
This really is pathetic on the club's part. It's not as if it was difficult to find a stadium site in the first place, plus you could easily get another 20,000 people in and out dead easily as the transport is such a piece of piss at the moment. I really don't know what Bloom is playing at.
 








drew

Drew
NSC Patron
Oct 3, 2006
23,535
Burgess Hill
Of course a bigger stadium is of a financial benefit, but you have to fill it. The likes of Arsenal, Spuds, Liverpool etc would not have gone down the expansion route if it didn't make financial sense. Also, the extra capacity isn't about selling more tickets at lowest prices, it's about hospitality and the extra spends on the concourse per head.
 


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