Stadium expansion

[los dedos]

15 minutes ago, Lcfc098 said:

Stadium expansion  we just about manage to sell out the seats we have now

Maybe we should've stayed at Filbert Street then ! 🙄

Every team that's moved to a new ground or expanded has increased their attendance.

Edited 23 February 2023 by los dedos

[coolhandfox]

28 minutes ago, Lcfc098 said:

Stadium expansion  we just about manage to sell out the seats we have now

Average attendance since we have been back in the PL excluding COVID season has been 98-99% I'd say that a good enough reason to expand.

[Spudulike]

10 hours ago, Lcfc098 said:

Stadium expansion  we just about manage to sell out the seats we have now

Cos' that's well Leicester. 

[Guest Fox99]

It really does elevate a club's standing if there's an expansion or move to a bigger stadium. It changes perceptions and I would say this is the case for West Ham moving to the London Stadium. It definitely helps to attract players/managers, as well as aiding the chances of retaining existing players. As a comparison, West Ham aren't massively dissimilar to LCFC in terms of honours and Upton Park's capacity was 35k, with the KP's obviously 32k. They do though have a bigger fanbase, with location a clear factor.

[Death by Football]

14 hours ago, Lcfc098 said:

Stadium expansion  we just about manage to sell out the seats we have now

We almost sell out most games and are usually only left with single seats which are harder to get rid of.  Having a larger capacity makes it easier for people to attend last minute or to get groups of non season ticket holders together. We're still getting full houses even when performances are abject so if we could improve on the pitch we would have no trouble selling an extra 7-8k tickets.

[Lcfc098]

Just now, Death by Football said:

We almost sell out most games and are usually only left with single seats which are harder to get rid of.  Having a larger capacity makes it easier for people to attend last minute or to get groups of non season ticket holders together. We're still getting full houses even when performances are abject so if we could improve on the pitch we would have no trouble selling an extra 7-8k tickets.

Guarantee you games like Southampton at home towards the back end of the season when we’re midtable will have empty seats 

[David Hankey]

14 hours ago, Lcfc098 said:

Stadium expansion  we just about manage to sell out the seats we have now

Are we a forward thinking Club or just prepared to tread water?

 

For a city and county the size of Leicester/Leicestershire we should easily accommodate another 8K.

[Gamble92]

When we were at Filbert Street we would get 15,000 in the Premier League sometimes. Then the Walkers came and we got 30,000 most weeks in the Championship (Division One) initially. 

 

Our fanbase has grown a lot and IF we stay in the Premier League we more than justify 40k capacity. 

 

Just the whole renovation of that area will be great. Really wish it involved pubs and restaurants over the river though.

[Death by Football]

26 minutes ago, Lcfc098 said:

Guarantee you games like Southampton at home towards the back end of the season when we’re midtable will have empty seats 

Probably but that's not the end of the world.  According to most the atmosphere is sh!t anyway so what do we have to lose? 

[don_danbury]

41 minutes ago, Lcfc098 said:

Guarantee you games like Southampton at home towards the back end of the season when we’re midtable will have empty seats 

plenty of empty seats against norwich at home last season 

[Lcfc098]

2 minutes ago, don_danbury said:

plenty of empty seats against norwich at home last season 

Exactly, remember that game when it seemed like a quarter of the stadium was empty. Club are most probably going to make this new stand a more expensive one too meaning we will never be selling games like that out unless we’re challenging for Europe again

[goose2010]

4 minutes ago, Lcfc098 said:

Exactly, remember that game when it seemed like a quarter of the stadium was empty. Club are most probably going to make this new stand a more expensive one too meaning we will never be selling games like that out unless we’re challenging for Europe again

There is a different between empty seats and seats not being sold. a lot of season ticket holders choose not to go to games and can afford to be selective with the games they go to. 

 

The seats will more than likely more expensive but i think you will be surprised to how many are empty. The waiting list for season tickets alone will back fill where people move to the new stand from the kop etc. 

 

It will also open up the ground to hold other events too. 

 

Its only a good thing and to only object because there may be a few empty seats against Burnley next year really isnt a reason to not move forward. 

[brucey]

10 hours ago, AlexFT said:

It really does elevate a club's standing if there's an expansion or move to a bigger stadium. It changes perceptions and I would say this is the case for West Ham moving to the London Stadium. It definitely helps to attract players/managers, as well as aiding the chances of retaining existing players. As a comparison, West Ham aren't massively dissimilar to LCFC in terms of honours and Upton Park's capacity was 35k, with the KP's obviously 32k. They do though have a bigger fanbase, with location a clear factor.

Went on the stadium tour this week. The staff member leading it mentioned that the primary reason for the stadium expansion is that the owners wanted to upgrade the KP's FIFA category so it is eligible to host competitive international games (minimum 40k capacity for competitive games, so we've only been allowed to host friendlies).

[Nod.E]

There's being glass half empty, and then there's not-wanting-a-stadium-expansion-on-the-basis-some-games-probably-won't-sell-out glass half empty. 

[Jobyfox]

10 hours ago, goose2010 said:

There is a different between empty seats and seats not being sold. a lot of season ticket holders choose not to go to games and can afford to be selective with the games they go to. 

 

The seats will more than likely more expensive but i think you will be surprised to how many are empty. The waiting list for season tickets alone will back fill where people move to the new stand from the kop etc. 

 

It will also open up the ground to hold other events too. 

 

Its only a good thing and to only object because there may be a few empty seats against Burnley next year really isnt a reason to not move forward. 

That’s assuming that we’re going to be playing against Burnley next year 

[Guest Fox99]

7 hours ago, brucey said:

Went on the stadium tour this week. The staff member leading it mentioned that the primary reason for the stadium expansion is that the owners wanted to upgrade the KP's FIFA category so it is eligible to host competitive international games (minimum 40k capacity for competitive games, so we've only been allowed to host friendlies).

That’s interesting, been meaning to do the tour myself as it goes. It’s clear there are wider reasons behind the expansion.

[goose2010]

7 hours ago, Jobyfox said:

That’s assuming that we’re going to be playing against Burnley next year 

Well obviously. If we go down (which we won't) then I imagine it will get out on hold. 

[Reginaldo]

17 hours ago, don_danbury said:

plenty of empty seats against norwich at home last season 

I believe was the new years day fixture rearranged to a school night, so not that surprising…

[An Sionnach]

Remember this? The Charles Street white elephant. This city loves them.

[Grebfromgrebland]

19 hours ago, Lcfc098 said:

Guarantee you games like Southampton at home towards the back end of the season when we’re midtable will have empty seats 

Hopefully that will mean that more people can get to games that usually can't get tickets.

 

All the way to season 2014-15 you could pretty much tickets to most games just by calling up in the week of the match.

 

Then all the Liverpool, man Utd etc decided they were also Leicester fans.

 

We need more capacity it doesn't have to sell out for there to be a great atmosphere.

 

That's been proven in recent seasons where half the crowd get grumbly if we're not playing like prime Barcelona.

[The Doctor]

2 hours ago, An Sionnach said:

Remember this? The Charles Street white elephant. This city loves them.

should have build it. it put Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook on the map after all 

Edited 25 February 2023 by The Doctor

[Out Foxed]

11 hours ago, Nod.E said:

There's being glass half empty, and then there's not-wanting-a-stadium-expansion-on-the-basis-some-games-probably-won't-sell-out glass half empty. 

some right miserable ****s on here

[Stevosevic]

3 hours ago, goose2010 said:

Well obviously. If we go down (which we won't) then I imagine it will get out on hold. 

I shouldn’t think so. Fulham continued on with their expansion after being relegated.

 

You build a new stand for the next 50 years, you don’t stop because of a relegation. 

[urban.spaceman]

3 hours ago, An Sionnach said:

Remember this? The Charles Street white elephant. This city loves them.

Can you imagine Bernie on one of these? Shouting at away fans walking up as he went past them: "Sheffield Wednesday **** OFF"

[foxpleasure]

22 hours ago, Lcfc098 said:

Guarantee you games like Southampton at home towards the back end of the season when we’re midtable will have empty seats 

Wow! Soccer's own Mystic Meg. Here's another...

I guarantee that every team in the Premier League has had empty seats in their stadium at some point this season.