Bears&Reds 460 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 55 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said: It would be extortionate i’m led to believe. For example the new tier at Anfield in pure construction costs alone cost £74m for just under 5,000 extra seats. £74 million for approx 9,000 extra seats B1872 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,526 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 1 minute ago, MisterC said: No surprise to see this, I was going to get one for this season but that's not looking likely. As for increasing capacity, I am sure the structure of the Govan stand and the adjoining stands rely on the screens to help uphold it all so replacing the screens with seats isn't possible. Realistically you'd need to knock down 3 stands and replace them with a bigger structure to increase capacity. I shudder to think how much that would cost. What about a different solution, though? A smaller screen set back further with seats added in front so that remodelled support structures can remain in some fashion behind the set back screen that takes up less of the corner? Like I say, we should be exploring all sorts with feasibility studies. BlueMe 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,812 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Would love to see Ibrox increase to 60,000 one day as long as it's not the engineer/architect who posted us a sample from last week. It's all about supply and demand. This should be the way forward. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backup 4,724 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 14 minutes ago, MisterC said: No surprise to see this, I was going to get one for this season but that's not looking likely. As for increasing capacity, I am sure the structure of the Govan stand and the adjoining stands rely on the screens to help uphold it all so replacing the screens with seats isn't possible. Realistically you'd need to knock down 3 stands and replace them with a bigger structure to increase capacity. I shudder to think how much that would cost. The design of the roofs prevents the corners from being filled in, the cost to rectify and make structurally sound is said to be prohibitive, it would never pay for itself, always be a debt. MisterC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1872 20,699 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Hopefully the club are doing feasibility studies about increasing the capacity. Re funding I think a way of getting money together would be to sell the naming rights for say 10 years. Similar to what Arsenal did with the Emirates. Don’t think the majority of Rangers fans are that precious about Ibrox being called something else if it benefits the club long term. 👍🏻 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,269 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 17 minutes ago, Inigo said: What about a different solution, though? A smaller screen set back further with seats added in front so that remodelled support structures can remain in some fashion behind the set back screen that takes up less of the corner? Like I say, we should be exploring all sorts with feasibility studies. I completely agree we should have a feasibility study but these things won't be cheap especially given the existing infrastructure. I'm no engineer so the logistics and structural stuff is not my area of expertise. The only building I do is of a different variety Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,812 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, B1872 said: Hopefully the club are doing feasibility studies about increasing the capacity. Re funding I think a way of getting money together would be to sell the naming rights for say 10 years. Similar to what Arsenal did with the Emirates. Don’t think the majority of Rangers fans are that precious about Ibrox being called something else if it benefits the club long term. 👍🏻 That's a tough one. The sponsorship money would be welcomed but I'm a bit of a traditionalist. I guess I would always call her Ibrox regardless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 64,515 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 We don't have anywhere near the finances required to be thinking about expanding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyscott1963 18,285 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, B1872 said: Hopefully the club are doing feasibility studies about increasing the capacity. Re funding I think a way of getting money together would be to sell the naming rights for say 10 years. Similar to what Arsenal did with the Emirates. Don’t think the majority of Rangers fans are that precious about Ibrox being called something else if it benefits the club long term. 👍🏻 The naming rights were nearly stolen for a quid. Ozblue 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1872 20,699 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 1 minute ago, scottyscott1963 said: The naming rights were nearly stolen for a quid. Half the bangers in the boardroom section still think it was a good deal for Rangers FS! scottyscott1963 and Drunk and disorderly. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,450 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 19 minutes ago, B1872 said: Hopefully the club are doing feasibility studies about increasing the capacity. Re funding I think a way of getting money together would be to sell the naming rights for say 10 years. Similar to what Arsenal did with the Emirates. Don’t think the majority of Rangers fans are that precious about Ibrox being called something else if it benefits the club long term. 👍🏻 No thank you. Blumhoilann 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Clemdog 39,389 Posted June 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2019 I honestly don’t get it. We are all absolutely fucking mental. The Season I bought my ST we had just won the league and played Man Utd in the CL. I walked into the TO and had a pick of any stand. Buying one of the best seats in the Stadium. I could be a non member of a bus and get tickets for every away game going, with the exception of Breezeblock Towers and Aberdeen. Roll on 10 years, in which we’ve been kicked from pillar to post, watching shite players against plumbers and electricians and you now can’t get a ticket for St Mirren at home. An increase of 10,000 ST holders and 15,000 more interested on top of that?! Unbelievable. If we actually win the League I think that’ll drop off massively because 15,000 will end up dead from celebrating. CooperSF, graeme_4, Zetland and 10 others 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doonald 229 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 1 hour ago, BlueMe said: A new tier is probably out our budget tbf. But there's other options we could look at to squeeze in a few thousand more seasts at lower cost. The corners or adding extra rows would be possible. Would it be possible to convert part of one of the sections to standing room only thereby increasing capacity and, hopefully, adding even more to the atmosphere? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyscott1963 18,285 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, ben51 said: I honestly don’t get it. We are all absolutely fucking mental. The Season I bought my ST we had just won the league and played Man Utd in the CL. I walked into the TO and had a pick of any stand. Buying one of the best seats in the Stadium. I could be a non member of a bus and get tickets for every away game going, with the exception of Breezeblock Towers and Aberdeen. Roll on 10 years, in which we’ve been kicked from pillar to post, watching shite players against plumbers and electricians and you now can’t get a ticket for St Mirren at home. An increase of 10,000 ST holders and 15,000 more interested on top of that?! Unbelievable. If we actually win the League I think that’ll drop off massively because 15,000 will end up dead from celebrating. I've got a collection of fine malts just waiting to kill me off thanks. 🥃 Zetland and Clemdog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 If your going redevelop the 3 sides of Ibrox to accommodate the 14k you really have to start from scratch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Clemdog 39,389 Posted June 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2019 Increasing capacity is mental. We’d need to see at least 5 more Seasons of this interest before they started genuinely thinking about it. Far bigger fish to fry right now. Fred H Crawford, ForeverAndEver, Ozblue and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fog 289 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 20 minutes ago, ben51 said: I honestly don’t get it. We are all absolutely fucking mental. The Season I bought my ST we had just won the league and played Man Utd in the CL. I walked into the TO and had a pick of any stand. Buying one of the best seats in the Stadium. I could be a non member of a bus and get tickets for every away game going, with the exception of Breezeblock Towers and Aberdeen. Roll on 10 years, in which we’ve been kicked from pillar to post, watching shite players against plumbers and electricians and you now can’t get a ticket for St Mirren at home. An increase of 10,000 ST holders and 15,000 more interested on top of that?! Unbelievable. If we actually win the League I think that’ll drop off massively because 15,000 will end up dead from celebrating. It was easy to get my season ticket in a cracking seat when I got it. Had to give it up as started working weekends just as we went down the leagues, now I’ve changed job just and don’t do weekends I can’t get a season ticket back 😂 Looking back I should have just kept it and went to the odd game I could have made. Ozblue 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskbankloyal 19,446 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 hours ago, backup said: 46,000 ST’s at say an average of £400 is around £18.5 million in the kitty. Average ST price in FY18 was £328 £18.5m wont cover the wage bill - still a long way to go. backup 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post eskbankloyal 19,446 Posted June 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2019 Stadium expansion is, and should, be a pipe dream until we have a winning team on the park. Fred H Crawford, The Specky Forum Organiser, Billy1984 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
USGER 16 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 When Ibrox was rebuilt is was with 3 self contained stands and then these two corners were filled in but the roofs were not replaced. Is it not the case it would be a case of demolishing the corners and rebuilding them with seats, would obviously be expensive but not anything like some of the quotes mentioned to do one corner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus 1,374 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 39 minutes ago, doonald said: Would it be possible to convert part of one of the sections to standing room only thereby increasing capacity and, hopefully, adding even more to the atmosphere? I'm sure I read somewhere that you can only put the same amount of people standing as there were seats, so no it wouldn't increase the capacity Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,269 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, USGER said: When Ibrox was rebuilt is was with 3 self contained stands and then these two corners were filled in but the roofs were not replaced. Is it not the case it would be a case of demolishing the corners and rebuilding them with seats, would obviously be expensive but not anything like some of the quotes mentioned to do one corner. It's not as simple as that due to the structure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMe 25,327 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 29 minutes ago, ben51 said: Increasing capacity is mental. We’d need to see at least 5 more Seasons of this interest before they started genuinely thinking about it. Far bigger fish to fry right now. There's been a waiting list for the past 4 or 5 seasons i'm sure, although, not 14,000 right enough. Even adding an extra few hundred seats if possible would generate 100/150k a season. Just seems mental that there's 14,000 people willing to put 5/6 million a season into the club when we need the money and we can't use it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMe 25,327 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 58 minutes ago, doonald said: Would it be possible to convert part of one of the sections to standing room only thereby increasing capacity and, hopefully, adding even more to the atmosphere? No idea mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,812 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Rome wasn't built in a day. Do it one stage at a time. Get in the Champions league next year and it becomes to look more feasible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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