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The expansion of the Nou Camp for the 1982 World Cup (adding the 3rd tier) boosted the capacity from 93k to 120k. http://www.stadiumguide.com/noucamp/

Well thats not what Hebbard and Perry said when we had the stadium tour 3/4 of the way through construction. They were delighted with the secretive "tapping nose" aspect of the 2nd tier of the East stand to come, and the potential to fill the corners to boost capacity beyond that initial 22k...

Its not difficult to imagine another tier above the current one I guess, but unlike the East stand, the North wasn't designed with expansion in mind. The East stand 2nd tier had its concourse put in place during the original build - it wasn't an afterthought. The TV studio and club offices are...

Barcelona did exactly that with the Nou Camp for the 1982 World Cup, adding a lower tier all the way round. Whether that's feasible at the Amex, mmm, I dunno. The stadium footprint obviously isn't as large as the Nou Camp. We're pretty close to the pitch as it is.

:lolol: Weren't we supposed to have one of them in the away end at Burnley, but they then binned the idea after an online backlash ?

To expand the Amex, you would basically have to dismantle the arches and the whole roof. Those arches support a "ring of steel" that holds the entire roof structure in place - the arches actually lean back away from each other, counterbalancing each other to in order to "pull" the roofs up into...

Its not possible to expand the Amex any further. There is no room for 2nd tiers or upper concourses in the north or south stands, it was never designed with that in mind. Those arches are deeply embedded underground in concrete thrust blocks, they counter-balance each other to hold the entire...