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Do you want me to ask Martin Perry on The Albion Roar about this this weekend - about re-building the new £120m stadium?
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Stadium expansion. Have we goofed up?
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TWOCHOICEStom
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"But I don't WANT this brand new, top of the range, award winning, world-renowned shiny bicycle Daddy! I WANT A BIGGER ONE!!"
Thunder Bolt
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The roof cannot be raised. it holds the arches up and the arches hold the roof up. It's called a cantilever roof.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
It must be possible to raise the roof if the economic case for doing so is established.
We sent a man into space 52 years ago. People walk around with pocket sized mobile phones. Raising a stadium roof is trivial in comparison.
Given sellouts and a large enough waiting list the economics to do so will quickly become compelling.
The Large One
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Reminds me of Tony Bloom's first fans' forum as chairman, two and a bit months after he had taken over
Someone in the audience asked 'would you make way for someone with millions to spend...?'
'Well give me a chance, I've only just become chairman...' was the carefully considered diplomatic answer.
The Large One
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It's technically possible - of course it is.
Just how many tens of millions of pounds you'd wish to spend, plus months of stadium non-use while the whole ground is virtually re-built you'd wish the Albion to have to endure is another matter.
LamieRobertson
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should give him a laugh...but please no!
Is it a cantilever roof?
burrish-gull
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- Mar 24, 2009
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The East stand roof CAN be raised, (I asked the architect of The Amex this same question at the inaugural first "dig" at Falmer) increasing the initial capacity to 35K. I've also heard from a source at the club that the equipment to jack up the East Stand while a new tier is added runs into millions alone, its not about the expansion as such, just the travel implications involved with getting more people in and out.
Do you not understand what fantasise means? We probably won't get promoted this year, and we probably won't next year either (just check out the bookies odds). But we could get promoted this year, and we could stay up (probably won't, but could). So if we're fantasising, then we get promoted this year and stay up every year - which means we'd be an established premiership team, not a yo-yo club.
Birdie Boy
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- Jun 17, 2011
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I did the tour a year ago was told something very similar but I prefer my version; she said it was for when we get in Europe as UEFA send lots of officials/delegates!
Still strange, you would think they would fill them in and sell match day tickets, not ST's, so they wouldn't have to throw ST holders out when we get to the Prem or Europe
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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Is that because the guy asked to raise the roof was Scotty from Star Trek?
"Scotty, raise the Amex Roof"
"Agh Captain, I Canti Lever the Roof. It's too big"
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
The answer is we haven't 'goofed up'.
The stadium can be expanded, but there would have to be a good enough economic case to do so - which would mean most matches selling out, and a few thousand on the waiting list.
The transport issues with more fans would also need to be resolved.
HAILSHAM SEAGULL
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- Nov 9, 2009
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So basically, this whole thread is a load of bollox
The Large One
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Expanded or re-built?
Where is the capacity for the extra seats without re-building?
Where is the capacity for the extra seats without re-building?
Apparently a few NSC folk are double hard, and can lift the roof for us.
TWOCHOICEStom
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LamieRobertson
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Knock down tht retail park and build a new ground there... I'll keep taking the pills
The Large One
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Yours doesn't.