Also the people in the offices behind the north stand, where the old TV studio is, have been told they will move out in April as the club are using the space "for commercial purposes" which sounds like another lounge of some sort.
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Also the people in the offices behind the north stand, where the old TV studio is, have been told they will move out in April as the club are using the space "for commercial purposes" which sounds like another lounge of some sort.
So you're saying we should sign a Chinese wonderkid. Throw in one from Indonesia and one from Vietnam too and we've got almost 2 billion fans.
Raleigh Chopper
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That's a huge hint that we are going to get a monorail and then expand to 50,000.
I expect work to start this summer.
Perkino
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We could see pockets of additional seating installed and maybe a few lounges/restaurants, but there isn't the space for general admission seating with concourses and the other required infrastructure. In order to break the 40,000 barrier we would have to add height which despite the significant building cost would also change the look and design of the stadium and mean that sections would be unusable for 12 months or so as they build it.
The real question is do they have any hidden plans for a new 50,000+ seater stadium.
The real question is do they have any hidden plans for a new 50,000+ seater stadium.
A fantastic underground loop track with driverless trains taking fans back to Brighton Station! [emoji106]
Thunder Bolt
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The NE corner has a large platform for wheelchairs. Not all disabled people want to sit at pitch level.
AmexRuislip
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Hasn't the club's response on this matter, been that if they add ?thousand? seats, say taking it up to 40/45000.
Then if, and a massive if we are relegated, it'll be difficult to fill the stadium, given the drop in league status.
el punal
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Pardon me for disagreeing with you. Southampton’s catchment area is rather larger than you describe, it goes as far as, and includes, Bournemouth and the New Forest, Salisbury area and certainly bits of north Hampshire. Anything east of Fareham is definitely Pompey, who have their own little enclave to Chichester and Bognor and north to Petersfield. Don’t expect ANY Portsmouth fans to swop allegiance any time soon regardless of wilderness or general shitty-ness.
Perkino
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I'm certain that if the club thought they could get and sell out another hospitality lounge in that area then those supporters would be relocated. 1 possible solution could be a disabled shelf in the west upper similar to the east upper, particularly if they can sell 200+ corporate seats
Raleigh Chopper
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I always thought that the East stand was built in a way that makes it reasonably easy to put another tier in to match the west stand.
I know that the stadium had to be designed in a certain way to enable us to build it, but would it have made any difference to anybody if the east matched the west from the start.
I know that the stadium had to be designed in a certain way to enable us to build it, but would it have made any difference to anybody if the east matched the west from the start.
Silverhatch
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The BHA Community Stadium (Amex) is a wonderfully atmospheric stadium and it can only be tinkered with. If we stay in the PL for 5-10 years and ever get anywhere near European football then TB will probably convince the powers that be to let him build a 50000 stadium in the adjacent field.
Given the recent digital enhancements surely we'll just digitally display matches at other stadiums, so Brighton games will be shown at your local ground, Arundel could squeeze in 2,000, I'm sure other towns could follow this?
Not Andy Naylor
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My understanding after going on a hard-hat tour during construction was that the east and west roofs counterbalance each other and that you couldn’t remove one without having to remove the other.
studio150
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Not Andy Naylor
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The Large One
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To an absolute simpleton, yes.
Nottseagull
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How can I download that for offline viewing? I'm on Android Nougat.In the land of deja vu, try 26 min 50 in. Uncle Tone will tell ya.
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