Expand the stadium? The poll

[davieG]

5 minutes ago, EGBFitness said:

No doubt it will be a huge project and will require a lot of work to get it approved (council & public) if the club is considering work to the large scale of this. 

 

Im sure if the club are prepared to provide some financial support towards the council there will be some flexiblilty approving the application. Especially if it helps support Soulsbys fantasy of a public transport only Leicester 

For it to be worthwhile it needs to include the whole line to get the home fans in and the vast majority of the track is in the county. I believe the government has refused funding on a few occasions. The council's seem to prefer to waste their funds on P&R schemes.

[EGBFitness]

11 minutes ago, davieG said:

For it to be worthwhile it needs to include the whole line to get the home fans in and the vast majority of the track is in the county. I believe the government has refused funding on a few occasions. The council's seem to prefer to waste their funds on P&R schemes.

Agree it would be a huge project, probably one too big just to extend a stadium tbh. 

 

Dont think the money would come from the government 

[EnglishOxide]

1 hour ago, UniFox21 said:

My only worry is that we will expand and then lose that fortress atmosphere we have now 

 

That's slowly eroding anyway, as it will to any English club with prolonged success relatively.

 

See the home atmosphere at any of the big clubs, or those like Everton and Villa before them. It's a mixture of satisfaction, tourists and day trippers that dilute the atmosphere.

 

Unless we are hunting the title or cups, or experiencing another relegation battle, I can't see us enjoying any 'fortress' like home atmosphere for years.

[ian_marshall]

10 minutes ago, davieG said:

For it to be worthwhile it needs to include the whole line to get the home fans in and the vast majority of the track is in the county. I believe the government has refused funding on a few occasions. The council's seem to prefer to waste their funds on P&R schemes.

I really don't understand why the P&R service's don't service the football ground on a match day. Surely it'd be guaranteed income for 9/10 months of the year and resolve the issues with transportation/parking.

 

The Council in Leicester are one of the most disjointed Council's locally. They could learn a lot from Nottingham on how to build an efficient and effective transport network.

[Lionheart10]

23 minutes ago, EnglishOxide said:

 

That's slowly eroding anyway, as it will to any English club with prolonged success relatively.

 

See the home atmosphere at any of the big clubs, or those like Everton and Villa before them. It's a mixture of satisfaction, tourists and day trippers that dilute the atmosphere.

 

Unless we are hunting the title or cups, or experiencing another relegation battle, I can't see us enjoying any 'fortress' like home atmosphere for years.

The way to combat that would be when extended to 45-50k, to have a section of say 5,000 allocated to standing /singing where like minded people can gather and create the atmoshere.

[UniFox21]

35 minutes ago, EnglishOxide said:

 

That's slowly eroding anyway, as it will to any English club with prolonged success relatively.

 

See the home atmosphere at any of the big clubs, or those like Everton and Villa before them. It's a mixture of satisfaction, tourists and day trippers that dilute the atmosphere.

 

Unless we are hunting the title or cups, or experiencing another relegation battle, I can't see us enjoying any 'fortress' like home atmosphere for years.

Agreed, the premier league is its own worst enemy at times with trying to attract so many people, but losing the fans locally

I do think the clappers are gold for us though, everyone clapping does get a good noise going 

[TrentFox]

2 hours ago, davieG said:

I've  long advocated for the opening of a station at the back of the stadium even suggesting the club make big contribution but when you have the county council saying it will cost £175mi to open the line them I can't ever seeing it happen without massive government funding.

 

£175 million cost of reopening Leicester to Burton rail passenger services 'poor value for money'

http://m.leicestermercury.co.uk/175-million-cost-reopening-leicester-burton-rail/story-29351749-detail/story.html

Wouldn't it be cheaper and better to just build a new stadium near the existing station?  You could buy half the city and a stadium for that?! 

[fleckneymike]

1 hour ago, Lionheart10 said:

The way to combat that would be when extended to 45-50k, to have a section of say 5,000 allocated to standing /singing where like minded people can gather and create the atmoshere.

Perhaps they could move the Kop...

[davieG]

25 minutes ago, TrentFox said:

Wouldn't it be cheaper and better to just build a new stadium near the existing station?  You could buy half the city and a stadium for that?! 

Aye if you can find the space.

[Wymsey]

29 minutes ago, TrentFox said:

Wouldn't it be cheaper and better to just build a new stadium near the existing station?  You could buy half the city and a stadium for that?! 

There's hardly any space in the city.

Most spaces there are currently, not many it seems, aren't big enough to build a new stadium; and will probably be more student accommodation etc anyway..

[Bob Weasel Fox]

On 12/04/2017 at 12:58, Spiritwalker said:

Surely the club should have put in for planning permission by now.

As far as I know once it has been granted it lasts for 5yrs, so they

wouldn't even have to commit to the build until they were ready.

We need to crack on with plans to expand

 

Massively needed in my opinion 

[Winsum]

There is no evidence of a stadium expansion , anything off Bentleysroof is hot air.The current stadium is big enough and a couple of mid table finishes will end the current scramble for tickets

[Gerard]

16 minutes ago, Winsum said:

There is no evidence of a stadium expansion , anything off Bentleysroof is hot air.The current stadium is big enough and a couple of mid table finishes will end the current scramble for tickets

 

That's the spirit, reminds me of this quote.

 

 

[fuchsntf]

2 hours ago, Lionheart10 said:

The way to combat that would be when extended to 45-50k, to have a section of say 5,000 allocated to standing /singing where like minded people can gather and create the atmoshere.

Thats me fked.  My mind is like no others, just ask the other posters....wheeehhh!  

[Great Boos Up]

52 minutes ago, Gerard said:

 

That's the spirit, reminds me of this quote.

 

 

I was thinking of putting in a monorail,......but it's more of a Shelbyville FC idea.

[Gerard]

2 minutes ago, Great Boos Up said:

I was thinking of putting in a monorail,......but it's more of a Shelbyville FC idea.

 

Leicester nearly had one 50+ years a go.

 

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/picture-day-s-nothin-earth-like-genuine-bona-fide/story-20886941-detail/story.html

[Great Boos Up]

Monorail...Monorail....Monorail!

[Guest Papasmurf]

We've got plenty of brain dead slobs. 

[Johnthefoxrayner]

1 hour ago, Bob Weasel Fox said:

We need to crack on with plans to expand

 

Massively needed in my opinion 

As long as it doesn't have a running track at the side and the fans have to sit a mile away just like West ham fans do 

[Koke]

West Brom had 24k attendance against us on Saturday, and they're sitting in 8th in the table. Poor fan base. They haven't averaged 30k since 1959. Sometimes I worry that apathy might set in if we finish 9th for the next three seasons. Our fan base is bigger than West Brom but still...

[Stadt]

Cheap tickets and we'll sell 40k plus everyweek but instead the club are like every other English club that treats fans as customers to be milked 

[TheUltimateWinner]

The important question is, will the stadium still physically bounce when we score? 

[Bob Weasel Fox]

3 hours ago, Gerard said:

 

That's the spirit, reminds me of this quote.

 

 

Jeez, smacks of its alright as I have a season ticket sort of bollock breath

[AmarteyAndChill]

We could easily get 38k each week Imo 

[Bob Weasel Fox]

1 minute ago, AmarteyAndChill said:

We could easily get 38k each week Imo 

Yep I agree

 

sadly some on here completely lack any ambition