The Infrastructure Projects

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ive heard it for 30 years or more in truth and I still dont actually se our attendences growing exponentially. a proper rebuild on amenties etc would be welcome but not for the purpose of attendence. 30k is enough

Nah, 30,000 is not enough. I guess if/when we returned to the premiership we would sell around 23 to 25,000 season cards. Around 3 to 5000 floating fasn who pick and chose their matches. When we play the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Man Utd, Man City, Everton, Newcastle and other clubs like Derby, Leeds, Sunderland, Villa, Leicester where they will bring many fans, we are looking at perhaps 5000 on top of 30,000 of our own. To miss out on those sort of pay days would be criminal and I dont think Marinakis's commercial team are likely to do that.

Teams like Fulhan, Cardiff, Watford and Palace, then we are more likely to be down to 25 to 28000.

I agree Woody, I'd guess that we are going to average around 26-27000 this season and that's with some away fans not selling all their allocation. No way that 30,000 would be enough in the PL. It's going to be interesting to see what the owners do about it should we get promoted soon.

If we get promoted, then they will probably increase the cost of the kids, under 23 and over 65 season tickets. I suspect that some people have bought season tickets just because they are so cheap. Maybe the whole ground will be season ticket only (like Spurs, Chelsea, etc). Does it really matter that some people can't get tickets for the big games.
The money that is made by TV deal dwarfs the extra income from ticket sales. Playing in a sell-out City Ground every week has got to provide a great atmosphere.

Peter Taylor stand crying out to be knocked down and replaced, which surely would get capacity between 30-35k. However rest of the ground still dated.
The only way we'll get a bigger and better stadium would be a new build, but due to the limited size, planning and logistical problems it'd be built elsewhere.