Executive Boxes in Co-op Stand
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MaineRoad_96
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Tender returns for large scale build projects have gone through the roof over the last 6-8 months. I’ll leave you to ponder why that might be but these projects are by no means straight forward, even ‘simply’ rebuilding the Stacey West.
MaineRoad_96
Vital 1st Team Regular
Indeed. The stadium we have is perfectly adequate for a club of our size, especially when we start losing a few games.
nlondonimp
Vital Champions League
How many clubs outside the premier sell out of their season ticket allocation 2 years in a row. Turning season ticket money away... I ponder that in relation to adequate size and perfectly functional.
I don't think there is a pressing need to increase the capacity of SB.I do think we are short of exec.boxes though and this should be the priority. It may well be there are other more practical/viable ways this could be done rather than building them at the back of the Co-op stand.
Impala
Vital Squad Member
I don't think we'd have sold many more STs though. Will sell out half a dozen games in League One if that, and mostly when there's >1,000 away fans.
Appreciate it's Accrington Stanley with probably <200 away fans, but club said yesterday only 8,000 tickets had been sold for Saturday.
bristolimp
Vital Champions League
The away allocation rule is what does us. If we could put them in the South Park stand only we could create 1000 seats
Impala
Vital Squad Member
Good to see the club thinking outside the box again this year using the BM/Uni stand for small away followings - Accrington & Fleetwood could go in there in August. Expect Southend to have a couple of blocks of the SW.
nlondonimp
Vital Champions League
That's the issue when you sell out of something, you just don't know how many more you might have sold. £££
Scotimp
Vital Football Legend
To give an idea of how much it costs to build a new stadium now (or to build new stands with the necessary facilities), AFC Wimbledon's new ground at Plough Lane is costing £25 million for a 10,000 capacity, and the final bill will probably be higher. The fact that they haven't got the money to pay for it could be a problem in twelve months' time. At least they will be 'back home' in Wimbledon by the time the club folds.
It's a difficult balancing act.
You get your Accrington, Fleetwood types but then at the other end, the likes of Sunderland, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Donny, Rotherham are likely to get the full SW and will have been able to sell more than that, too. That then reduces home end tickets.
For the bigger games in L1, we'd comfortably be able to get to 12,000-14,000 IMO (larger away followings will contribute to that, obviously).
You get your Accrington, Fleetwood types but then at the other end, the likes of Sunderland, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Donny, Rotherham are likely to get the full SW and will have been able to sell more than that, too. That then reduces home end tickets.
For the bigger games in L1, we'd comfortably be able to get to 12,000-14,000 IMO (larger away followings will contribute to that, obviously).
bristolimp
Vital Champions League
Indeed SW London is not a cheap labour area but it would still expensive in Lincs.
The only real ways to finance it are
1) rich owner finances it personally
2) local authority consider a civic duty and build under their budget and give the club a long lease at pepper corn rent. They would probably want the proceeds of the disposal of land at Sincil bank back.
I feel our best bet is option 2
Impala
Vital Squad Member
Great moving "back home" if there really are thousands of fans in Merton who have been patiently waiting over 20 years for them to return...
NottyImp
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Unfortunately, since austerity imposed by this government (but there's money for Brexit bribes), councils' "civic duty" doesn't stretch very far these days. Often not even as far as decent elderly care, CAMHS services, etc.
Still, we get the government we deserve, as they say.
The Electric Banana
Vital Football Hero
Spot on!
Unfortunately, like the flat earthers some believe that Challenge Anneka was real too.
Impala
Vital Squad Member
Come on Imps, there must be a few DIY experts on here who can knock up a new tier on the Stacey West and extend the Selenity the length of the pitch - all over 48 hours.
bristolimp
Vital Champions League
If it was Lego scale perhaps!
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Some guys have just knocked up scaffolding on my house in 48 hours - I reckon you could get at least 500 on the duckboards.
The Electric Banana
Vital Football Hero
Inflation in the construction industry is rampant and has been for a good two/three years.
In a sense the construction industry has never properly recovered from the financial crisis of 2007/8. Swathes of contractors went out of business wiping out companies, that in some instances were generations old in the following years. A significant consequence of all this was the industry deskilled itself as very little was spent on training. Now the market has got back to something resembling normality, the pool of contractors is lot smaller and so is the skill base. As a consequence contractors of any repute can pick and choose their work and to a point undertake projects on their terms and cost.
As for London rates being more expensive, I don't entirely buy that, I know a number of M&E companies in the Leeds, Bradford and the North West areas who's base work load is inside the M25 corridor. Such is the nature of the construction industry even if a main contractor did utilise 'cheaper' labour or trades where ever sourced, the client would be the last see any saving from it.
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bigdavethemaddog
Vital Newbie
could a temporary stand be erected between SW and Selenity stand? cant see many on the day tickets available for Sunderland/ Donny and Rotherham unless the club only allocate them half of the SW as per 10% allocation ruling?
