- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,630
Is kneeling permitted under the requirements of the Taylor Report, do we know?
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
Is it possible for the Amex to be Extended more
- Thread starter carteater
- Start date
Is kneeling permitted under the requirements of the Taylor Report, do we know?
Bladders
Twats everywhere
I'm not sure why, always empty seats dotted all over their stadium when watching on the telly. Only seem to fill it when Man U come to play.
If we were in the Prem we could quite easily fill 40,000 seat Amex 50% of the time (using the current attendance methodology). I always thought the one missed trick re the Anmex was the omission of a much larger North stand. I'm sure the current North stand could be extended and the offices, Police control box etc relocated ( eg offices could go to new training ground, police box to South stand) but I recall on a previous thread on this issue that someone said there would be significant structural issues and I suspect the cost would be pretty exorbitant.
disgruntled h blocker
Active member
Maybe we could do what the charter airlines do with widebody aircraft and put in narrower seats? I know it may be rather uncomfortable but each row of 25 seats could surely fit 30?
I think the real answer is maybe a little bit. Squeezing the seats closer together is one realistic option and adding some kind of upper tier to the north in place of the offices perhaps an unrealistic option. Other than that I think we are done.
Did they? When we got our season ticket presentation it was pointed out by how much they could extend by filling in the corners and the East Upper but that they couldn't go higher in the east as the two arches support the whole roof so you would need to remove the whole of the roof around the stadium which makes the cost very prohibitive. Whether that would change if we went up a league and continually sold out, well we'll just have to wait and see.
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Bin the space guzzling padded seats, replace with a hard plastic/wooden bench like structure and we could increase by 50% shirley?
Captain Sensible
Well-known member
Honestly, today in the corners level with the east upper where it has the American Express community stadium ad. That's where they can put extra seats. Extend it out like the west.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
This can't really be done because the number of exit staircases would have to be increased ( to meet regulations ) if the capacity increases in existing stands.
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
Most likely is a small capacity upper tier in the North, possibly boxes mirroring the South stand. This would increase the capacity by a couple of hundred?
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
I like
brighton_tom
Well-known member
- Jul 23, 2008
- 5,516
Without massive structural changes then there isn't much room for an increase. But i think it would be perfectly possibly to add 1000 to 1500 more seats with a small tier above the north stand (similar to the south) and a bit of a re-design in the north east and south east corners. If we did make these small changes and take the capacity up to say 33,000 then thats probably all we would need.
- Jul 10, 2003
- 27,767
What about seat-share ? There's always plenty of seats from 80 mins onward 
No, but there's a special exception for Christians.
Zukey Seagull
Well-known member
Pretty sure the police box could not be moved as all of the CCTV wiring would go back to that area and would it would be a massive amount of work to re-wire the cameras. Obviously not the only thing but just made me think
edit - unless camera are IP Cameras. (Internet cameras no need for wiring to one location
edit - unless camera are IP Cameras. (Internet cameras no need for wiring to one location
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,630
What about Atheists?
[Edit: for the avoidance of doubt...
why is there not an "only joking" smiley?]HAILSHAM SEAGULL
Well-known member
- Nov 9, 2009
- 10,359
It is if it was a dedicated stand for Muslims