Our average is 38k, so yes we struggle to hit 40k. This is not a dig at our wonderful support btw, I’m just pointing out a fact.
When we start filling out the SOL regularly again then I would agree extend but why extend a stadium that doesn’t get filled? I think you’ve taken my comments as a dig at our fanbase, we get superb numbers absolutely out of this world but to extend the SOL when we average 38k is bonkers.
A massive grant and a chance to host major events whilst at the same time increasing the value of the stadium and the club seem decent reasons.
It will be looked at I am certain and only those with all the relevant data can make the decision one way or the other. but sometimes you have to speculate to accumulate and under the right circumstances I am certain this club could easily fill a 60,000 stadium.
maybe go to 55K but any bigger would look rubbish with loads of empty seats. Unless you sell loads off as a tenner each.
we could have standing back behind the goals and round the bowl also extend the south stand, but properly organised. There's a hotel right next door and flatten sheepfolds and build a multi storey car park there, shops etc a meet up place and yep wow i can imagine Sunderland vs Newcastle in front of 60,000 !
I agree with you about the trains coming from south but I can’t see it. Especially with this Great British Rail thing happening. Spoke to people years ago from Network Rail about overcrowding on ECML north of Northallerton. I said put some round coast. Trans Pennine XC etc. just nodded heads etc and never nowt done.
Sadly I'm forced to agree with you mate. My hope was that a group of billionaires would be able to exert pressure on the right people in various areas. They had far reaching plans that I hope have been passed onto KLD. Some of the projects involved the University and the AOL which would've brought thousands of potential supporters/ambassadors into the club but using government money to extend the facilities. Donald is 100% to blame for that deal falling through but, in reality, we may be better off with KLD ... ... if only we can persuade him to build that monorail
https://www.not606.com/threads/quinns-bar.407937/ Probably copying from this thread here . I'd said in there that Murray had various plans to extend the stadium to over 60k, which I'd heard about when the north stand extension was being proposed.
