[Albion] Barber on extra seats

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Didn't know about the wifi now working, is it the cloud or do we need log in details?

Just connect to the stadium wifi and put in name and email address. Has worked well for the last two games I can actually put a bet on the game now from within the stadium.

 

[symyjym]

At the preseason Q&A Barber hinted at 8,000 people on the waiting list for season tickets so if there is no significant increase in capacity it would hardly be worth the bother.

What they will need to do it they want to seriously raise the capacity to 40,000 is jack up the East Stand and level the roof over the north and south stands. The tubular frame just needs moving with a bit of building work underneath to fill the gap. It wouldn't look like an untidy afterthought add on and it would be a straight forward piece of engineering.

 

[theboybilly]

At the preseason Q&A Barber hinted at 8,000 people on the waiting list for season tickets so if there is no significant increase in capacity it would hardly be worth the bother.

What they will need to do it they want to seriously raise the capacity to 40,000 is jack up the East Stand and level the roof over the north and south stands. The tubular frame just needs moving with a bit of building work underneath to fill the gap. It wouldn't look like an untidy afterthought add on and it would be a straight forward piece of engineering.

I reckon if they did what you suggest they would lose three stands for the best part of a season and a half. Those tubular frames support the whole structure. It aint gonna happen

 

[gazingdown]

At a guess, you could build two new arches (next to or above existing) and when done attach roof to new arches. Old arches can then be removed and new stands added/extended.

Would not be a minor undertaking by any means but would keep most stadium in use in-season.

It would also mean keeping the same/similar exterior design just slightly larger version of.

Prob never happen but can but dream....

 

[Rugrat]

Whether or not it can be done, the travel limitations are a good enough reason not to increase the capacity imo

 

[Palacefinder General]

From the club website today: ‘There were 30,090 fans packed into the Amex for our second home match in as many weeks’

Why write that? Do they think we’re complete idiots? I’m sure TB must rue the fact that the TV cameras don’t face the West Stand rather than the ESL (Empty Stand Lower). The comp section really needs moving to the N2A/N2B shelf imho.

 

[Bob!]

We didn't sell out either West ham or Southampton after such a great performance at Watford and a really good game against WHU. I know it is summer holidays so a lot of people not around but equally a lot of people with time to fill. Where were the prospective 5k who want season tickets?

Season Tickets work out cheaper on a 'per match' basis, so those on the list will pick and choose the games they go to.

If 2,000 seats went in then most would be sold to people off the ST waiting list, we'd have to allow for 15% for FA Cup away attendance.
so 2,000 seats would be 1,700 ST's sold

 

[BeHereNow]

Need to make the North Stand bigger. Give it another 8 to 10 rows as it is dwarfed by the other 2 stands.

 

[Is it PotG?]

We STILL don't need any further seating.

 

[BeHereNow]

We STILL don't need any further seating.

Thousands on the waiting list and something like only 3 PL games not selling out suggests otherwise.

 

[banjo]

Need to make the North Stand bigger. Give it another 8 to 10 rows as it is dwarfed by the other 2 stands.

Would have loved it to continue around from the east stand second tier.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Thousands on the waiting list and something like only 3 PL games not selling out suggests otherwise.

Loads of empties on Saturday. That's only Stains I know, but just selling a few thousand extra when the 3 big boys appear does not justify the many tens of millions it would take to amend the existing set up.

Also, should we go down, a 2/3 empty stadium is NOT a pretty sight.

 

[BeHereNow]

Loads of empties on Saturday. That's only Stains I know, but just selling a few thousand extra when the 3 big boys appear does not justify the many tens of millions it would take to amend the existing set up.

Also, should we go down, a 2/3 empty stadium is NOT a pretty sight.

It was about 200 unsold seats during holiday time.

If we had the “justify the many 10’s of millions it would take” comments when we played at Withdean we would have never got the stadium built.

An an extra 800 seats wouldn’t mean the stadium would become 2 thirds empty if we went down.

How do you know that there weren’t fans who would’ve gone to the game if they could get NS tickets? Not everyone wants to sit in the more boring parts of the ground and pay more for it.

We could shift 800 ST’s easily.

 

[BeHereNow]

Would have loved it to continue around from the east stand second tier.

Don’t think that’s possible. I think a bigger single tier North Stand would look better and less unfinished.

 

[Is it PotG?]

It was about 200 unsold seats during holiday time.

If we had the “justify the many 10’s of millions it would take” comments when we played at Withdean we would have never got the stadium built.

An an extra 800 seats wouldn’t mean the stadium would become 2 thirds empty if we went down.

How do you know that there weren’t fans who would’ve gone to the game if they could get NS tickets? Not everyone wants to sit in the more boring parts of the ground and pay more for it.

We could shift 800 ST’s easily.

So would another 800 in the Norff give us 4 songs at once instead of the standard 3?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I suspect the cheapest of the very expensive options is to refit the north stand. Although there is possibly no desire to do this until the safe standing issue is resolved.

 

[Weststander]

I suspect the cheapest of the very expensive options is to refit the north stand. Although there is possibly no desire to do this until the safe standing issue is resolved.

PB made it clear at the Fans Forum that the Amex won't get safe standing, because supported heavily rejected it.

 

[BeHereNow]

So would another 800 in the Norff give us 4 songs at once instead of the standard 3?

More likely to sing as one as the extra seats could be a designated singing section, so the signing groups could move together. It’s a win win.

 

[Nottseagull]

Whether or not it can be done, the travel limitations are a good enough reason not to increase the capacity imo

Whose limitations are these? There are plenty of larger stadia in the country which are neither adjacent to a railway station nor with two junctions of a dual carriageway
very close by.

 

[BeHereNow]

PB made it clear at the Fans Forum that the Amex won't get safe standing, because supported heavily rejected it.

That whole thing was a farce and everyone knows it. They asked fans who never had any intention of standing anyway. It was just a crappy survey that not a lot of fans completed. The whole stadium was never going to be in favour of it because most of them don’t stand. The way they did it made me think it was to kill the safe standing debate. Very clever from Barber.