Arab takeover interest reported on tribalfootball.com

[bigmike]

Planning permission for an extention to the stadium doesnt make the club more attractive.

If the so called buyers have done their homework they would realise that the prospects of growth at Reading are less than several other clubs that they could purchase at the moment.

Because a club has good financial footing surley pushes the price up.

[Wycombe Royal]

Planning permission for an extention to the stadium doesnt make the club more attractive.

THere is no planning permission anyway - it expired three years after it was granted.

[bigmike]

Planning permission for an extention to the stadium doesnt make the club more attractive.

THere is no planning permission anyway - it expired three years after it was granted.

Is this true? So we couldn't expand the stadium this summer if we wanted to?

why would the club want to??

[Barry the bird boggler]

I thought planning permission lasted 5 years, oh well guess it doesn't amtter anyway as we wouldn't be extending until we had settled in as Premiership stalwarts

[bigmike]

why would the club want to??

Well, let's say we were promoted. Then it would make sense to expand it. You know, there could be at least 6-7 matches were we could sell out a 36,000 capacity.

[Wycombe Royal]

Planning permission for an extention to the stadium doesnt make the club more attractive.

THere is no planning permission anyway - it expired three years after it was granted.

Is this true? So we couldn't expand the stadium this summer if we wanted to?

No, we would need to re-apply.

The decision notice states that work must begin within three years from the date the permission was granted - that date was 17th July 2007.

It is all on the planning part of the Reading council website - http://planning.reading.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/dcapplication/application_detailview.aspx?KEYVAL=JCDA1TMSO3000&module=P3&hidereturn=true

[ZacNaloen]

What was our lowest attendance in the premiership?

[Bandini]

Arabs taking over Reading? I can't wait for Emir Green and the Baath Road. Oh.it's just the football club

Very good.

[Svlad Cjelli]

THere is no planning permission anyway - it expired three years after it was granted.

Is this true? So we couldn't expand the stadium this summer if we wanted to?

No, we would need to re-apply.

The decision notice states that work must begin within three years from the date the permission was granted - that date was 17th July 2007.

It is all on the planning part of the Reading council website - http://planning.reading.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/dcapplication/application_detailview.aspx?KEYVAL=JCDA1TMSO3000&module=P3&hidereturn=true

AFIAK it was renewed. The club was certainly going to renew the permission.

[Svlad Cjelli]

Wigan - 21379, they were also the lowest atttendance the year before, 21954.. all the other attendances listed seem to be 23k'ish or better.
Probably the team least people wanted to see, and brought the least away fans..?

OMG!!!!!!

ISTR that in that first season all home tickets sold out - any attendances below cpacity were down to away supporters not selling their minimum allocation of 2,100 - there is no way to subdivide that stand further than down the middle.

[roadrunner]

Well that pretty much settles that discussion: if we are promoted, then yes, we would benefit from getting the stadium expansion

Indeed, but in stages. East or North Stand first, take capacity to about 28,000 - 30,000.