Jace Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 I thought it was 10k to 12k (tops) extra .... are you sure about this ? Yeah thats what I've been told, the difference between 12,000 and 15,000 structurally isn't a great deal particularly on a main stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 A source of mine said around a year ago that the owners want to purchase the Holiday Inn on St. Nicholas Circle, and make it more luxiorious for their business partners/colleagues and their native guests to stay in. As it's central city and convenient. The hotel apparently has a helicopter pad at the top, used for emergency use, something that they want. They thought about buying the one next to the ground, but thought it was too small and the manager there wanted it to be just a place for visiting supporters on matchdays. That was it, well they do hotels in Thailand so wouldn't be a stretch.Thought I read ages ago the council wanted rid of the hotel as wanted to use the land to tie the city in to the river down there and have a marina type area. Could be an interesting decade for the city in general. Can see lots more investment coming In different areas we might finally step out of the shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 A source of mine said around a year ago that the owners want to purchase the Holiday Inn on St. Nicholas Circle, and make it more luxiorious for their business partners/colleagues and their native guests to stay in. As it's central city and convenient. The hotel apparently has a helicopter pad at the top, used for emergency use, something that they want. They thought about buying the one next to the ground, but thought it was too small and the manager there wanted it to be just a place for visiting supporters on matchdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Yes, the square area inside the white ball objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Yes, the square area inside the white ball objects. Well it couldn't get any worse I've stayed their regularly for over 20 years now, back in the 90s it was a really nice hotel now its the pits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Someone who knew about us buying the land said we'd also got the nearby hotel to turn into a casino. Hiii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midland_red Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 I think we will expand the KP to around 40k, the 2 mill donated by the owners to the hospital although extremely generous could be seen as a bit of a sweetener with regards to the planning application being passed I doubt that there would be any serious objections to an increase from the planning department - top level sport is regarded as being highly important to the city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucalion Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 What happened to the land near Bruciani's on Bath Lane? There was supposed to be a 39 story hotel or apartments being built there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 So the east stand is going to hold upwards of 24 thousand? Hope we put the away fans at the top because the view would be shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CityFan 06 Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Sorry if this sounds obvious as I think I've misunderstood, but does this mean that the club would of wanted to expand the East Stand with much more than 15k seats? I thought 10k was the plan to start with anyway, with the additional tier taking the stadium's capacity to 42k? Personally I think the Kop is ideal for expansion, a double decker kop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Sorry if this sounds obvious as I think I've misunderstood, but does this mean that the club would of wanted to expand the East Stand with much more than 15k seats? I thought 10k was the plan to start with anyway, with the additional tier taking the stadium's capacity to 42k? Personally I think the Kop is ideal for expansion, a double decker kop I don't know exactly why the change although it came across that the acquired land behind the east stand may be allowing them to expand backwards further than originally planned, also lets not forget the previous design was made when we had just escaped relegation. I'm sure with the success of this season would have easily broadened the owners future plans for expansion significantly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 I don't know exactly why the change although it came across that acquired land behind the east stand may be allowing them to expand backwards further than originally planned, also lets not forget the previous design was made when we had just escaped relegation. I'm sure with the success of this season would have easily broadened the owners future plans for expansion significantly47000 would be a good sort of amount for out steady continual growth for nowHope this is a genuine option in fairness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthefox Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 I don't know exactly why the change although it came across that acquired land behind the east stand may be allowing them to expand backwards further than originally planned, also lets not forget the previous design was made when we had just escaped relegation. I'm sure with the success of this season would have easily broadened the owners future plans for expansion significantly Knowing the Thai's and their business pedigree , A whole new stand with executive boxes and the like wouldn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CityFan 06 Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Good to hear that the pedigree and ambition of the owners is so good. Whether it's 40k or 45k, it still shows they have genuine ambition for the club to develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Surely the National Grid Refurbishment Centre will prevent anything too large from being built on the East Stand unless of course they've bought that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Surely the National Grid Refurbishment Centre will prevent anything too large from being built on the East Stand unless of course they've bought that as well. Yeah all of it apparently, the previous design would not have required that to have gone I wouldn't have thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Surely the National Grid Refurbishment Centre will prevent anything too large from being built on the East Stand unless of course they've bought that as well.WellI know the atmosphere has been electric but really . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Hopefully any expansion will reduce ticket prices in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunyip Posted 20 May 2016 Share Posted 20 May 2016 Hopefully any expansion will reduce ticket prices in general. You've got three hopes ---Bob Hope --Little Hope --- and No ****ing Hope . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 21 May 2016 Share Posted 21 May 2016 Hopefully any expansion will reduce ticket prices in general.Nice idea and I agree it would be nice to seeSadly not much chance though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted 21 May 2016 Share Posted 21 May 2016 Hopefully any expansion will reduce ticket prices in general. Can't see that happening other than discounted deals for multiple tickets for low priority games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsthejoeker Posted 21 May 2016 Share Posted 21 May 2016 We'd sell out 47000 next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted 21 May 2016 Share Posted 21 May 2016 We'd sell out 47000 next week Exactly the way things are currently going we would sell out several games. Man Utd have already said if they win the FA Cup they won't have a victory parade I reckon they wouldn't want it to be compared to ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyfox Posted 21 May 2016 Share Posted 21 May 2016 Just a little update for everyone on this, the plan is no longer to have the family stand and east stand expanded its due to be the east stand only with an additional capacity of 15,000 taking the capacity to around 47,000 depending on the match day restrictions. The land has been purchased by the club behind the east stand as many of you will have probably guessed from the activities put on before the Everton match. I think there is a little concern planning will not be granted due the impact around the ground on traffic etc. If this does become a big issue then I would expect thats when the owners will be looking at the possibility of relocating When you say "plan", whose plan is it? Anything official, or reliable source?. Adding 15,000 to one side seems like it would be an absolutely massive stand. You're talking almost half the existing capacity and adding it to one side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 21 May 2016 Share Posted 21 May 2016 When you say "plan", whose plan is it? Anything official, or reliable source?. Adding 15,000 to one side seems like it would be an absolutely massive stand. You're talking almost half the existing capacity and adding it to one side? Yeah. I reckon the east and west stands hold about 8k each, so adding 15k to one would triple the size of it. It would be a towering structure. Might be good. Probably unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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