We have a legal capacity of 30,750. The North Stand has its own legal capacity (around 3,000 or so - maybe a little more). To arbitrarily dismiss the club's legal obligations has no meaning. To increase capacity requires...
... which is the crux of the matter.
Your doubts are, I'd suggest...
1. Does the club have the same attitude for the Transport Management Plan - one which everyone pays for irrespective of whether you use it or not?
2. We - the club and the fans - would all benefit, though mostly through intangibles, from safe standing.
3. What about those who would want to be...
The club said last night that Celtic paid around £166 per space.
At that rate 3,000 seats would costs just shy of £500,000.
Split that cost equally among 23,000 STHs, and that would amount to £21.65 each.
The capacity in the North Stand (and the rest of the stadium) is limited by the club's licence to operate by Brighton & Hove City Council. At present, the stadium's capacity is 30,750.
Although the club can apply for a change in capacity, they'd have to make a good case as to why and how...