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Re: Stadium Expansion

by Alexander Litvinenko » 19 Mar 2013 11:01

melonhead
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not necessarily true imo.if we had extended before this season its certainly the case that we would have been able to sell more tickets for the sell out games, and also make it possible we could have changed the pricing to encourage more people to come.
just having spare capacity will encourage people to come. im sure plenty of people look at the big games, see we are selling out , think ill never get a ticket, and dont bother applying.


and every extra person we get to attend a game is in truth a possible extra future season ticket holder, and family.



im not sure the atmosphere could get anyworse, and if we did get more people in it could imporve.


As well as that, there'd be plenty of scope to offer dirt cheap tickets to kids in order to build the next generation of supporters.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by AthleticoSpizz » 19 Mar 2013 11:03

Like we used to do, Kid for a quid etc

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by melonhead » 19 Mar 2013 16:14

agreed- the only downside is that we would have to put up with chants of "your ground's too big for you" from the opposition fans
which happens anyway
and the atmosphere not being as good cos theres the sqme number of people in a bigger ground.
& from what i remember- we used to occasionally generate atmosphere when we were playing in front of 8-12 thousand at the madstad, so....

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by Mr Optimist » 19 Mar 2013 16:21

melonhead agreed- the only downside is that we would have to put up with chants of "your ground's too big for you" from the opposition fans
which happens anyway
and the atmosphere not being as good cos theres the sqme number of people in a bigger ground.
& from what i remember- we used to occasionally generate atmosphere when we were playing in front of 8-12 thousand at the madstad, so....


The distinct advantage of having 18'000 in a 30,000 seater stadium is if you have a complete helmet near you, instead of having to actually confront them and point out the error of their ways, you can just move to another part of the stand. Bit like in the terrace days.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by melonhead » 19 Mar 2013 16:22

im already pining for the championship days when i could run half the length of my row unimpeded by other fans


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Re: Stadium Expansion

by Mr Optimist » 19 Mar 2013 17:11

melonhead im already pining for the championship days when i could run half the length of my row unimpeded by other fans


Maybe do it anyway at the last home game of the season windmilling splolastics as you go. They won't be there next season anyway and you can take out all the season's frustrations out rather than bottling it up over the summer months. Sounds quite cathartic now I think about it.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by melonhead » 20 Mar 2013 10:47

IN! for that^^^


watch out B18 row EE!

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by Royal With Cheese » 21 Mar 2013 17:03

melonhead im already pining for the championship days when i could run half the length of my row unimpeded by other fans

I'm pining for Elm Park where you could run the entire length of the South Bank without being impeded by other fans.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by melonhead » 22 Mar 2013 10:39

:lol:


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Re: Stadium Expansion

by URZZZZZ » 16 Sep 2013 19:28

He said jokingly: “I would be delighted to support this application subject to the club buying some more players during this season.”
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local- ... xt-6029119

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by One8Seven1 » 16 Sep 2013 20:28

Expand by 12,400. Total capacity of approx 36,181 then.

I wonder if the design has changed or are they still planning their Reebok/Emirates style sloping stands.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by ZacNaloen » 16 Sep 2013 20:35

36000 is a realistic size for us, we'll be looking to build a new stadium if we ever get to the point where we attract bigger crowds than that. (by that I mean it will take a while)

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by One8Seven1 » 16 Sep 2013 20:38

ZacNaloen 36000 is a realistic size for us, we'll be looking to build a new stadium if we ever get to the point where we attract bigger crowds than that. (by that I mean it will take a while)


Would we? With the land we own, I would think it more likely we'd see the North Stand knocked down and a new two or three tier stand put in its place. Thoughts like that seem like a dream though, but then I can remember being told by my father and uncles that we'd never move to a new stadium, never fill it, and never play in the Premier League.. Now we're looking to expand to more than 36000 and even look beyond that one day. Hopefully my littens will see that happen.


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Re: Stadium Expansion

by ZacNaloen » 16 Sep 2013 20:43

I'm not sure the method of construction of the stadium would make it as easy knocking the North Stand down.

We could reinforce the foundations and go up again though.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by floyd__streete » 16 Sep 2013 20:45

ZacNaloen 36000 is a realistic size for us


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18,000 yesterday. Plenty of games last season in the Premier League didn't even sell out.

Bet yeah ok, 36,000 is a realistic size for us. If you like.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by ZacNaloen » 16 Sep 2013 20:47

As a maximum possible size for our fanbase if we are in the premier league for an extended period?

Yeh I reckon so, considering that is the only instance in which this expansion is going to happen anyway.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by One8Seven1 » 16 Sep 2013 20:49

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ZacNaloen 36000 is a realistic size for us


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18,000 yesterday. Plenty of games last season in the Premier League didn't even sell out.

Bet yeah ok, 36,000 is a realistic size for us. If you like.


For a game that was on Sky. Previous to that we were averaging 20,500. When you look at us in the Premier League, we sell out, and we sell all available 18k season tickets as well. There is plenty of scope to justify expanding to at least 29,000 and then considering the South and North later.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by Nameless » 16 Sep 2013 21:04

We'd need to be playing Champions League to need a 36k stadium. even in the first season in the Prem, when we were the nation's darlings, winning games and it was all new and exciting there was no sign that 12,000 people were failing to get tickets each week. With good marketing and an attractive, winning side in the Prem I reckon 30k would do us nicely.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by Royal Ginger » 16 Sep 2013 21:20

floyd__streete
ZacNaloen 36000 is a realistic size for us


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18,000 yesterday. Plenty of games last season in the Premier League didn't even sell out.

Bet yeah ok, 36,000 is a realistic size for us. If you like.


Last year our average league attendance was 98.76% of capacity. If and when we ever get back to the Premier league there's a shit tonne of cash to be made there, and that's only giving half the south to away fans.

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Re: Stadium Expansion

by SLAMMED » 16 Sep 2013 21:25

The attendance they announce is calculated on tickets sold though, not how many people are actually at the game.

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