I thought it could be extended to a maximum of 45K maybe wrong but im sure iv heard that number branded around
That was in the original plans. Scrapped along with the retractable roof and sliding pitch!
If we were winning the prem we would 100% fill it every game!yes very silly, even if we won the premier league we would not fill the ground consistently!!
There is certainly space on two of the sides but not sure if they could 'bolt on' additional capacity...
We could have had a state of the art all singing, dancing, knobs and whistles sort o job with retractable and extendable this and that. Instead we went for the flat pack wasteland look.
The Ricoh is architectural junk (typical of the whole city), has besmirched the club and symbolises our lack of vision.
it is the putrifying albertross round our necks.
Agreed that HR was never regularly filled. But say we got promoted, the first season it will be close to being sold out, as those that missed the heyday, would make the most of the success, as we may come straight back down
If we were winning the prem we would 100% fill it every game!
In the ridiculously unlikely scenario whereby we rise up the leagues and need an increase in capacity AND can get agreement from the stadium owners, AND have the funding....would it be possible to add capacity to the Ricoh?
Some stadiums (stadia?) are built specifically with the idea of adding extra tiers onto the existing tiers at a future date - was this done when the Ricoh was constructed?
I seem to remember at a fans forum, somebody asked Paul Fletcher the same question and he categorically said it couldn't. At least not without knocking down a stand and rebuilding it.
Has any other "bowl" stadium been extended? It's possible but the cost would be huge.
It hasn't grown organically where you can bolt on extra capacity. You'd probably have to demolish a stand and build a new 2 tier one.
We rent a multi-purpose decent stadium and thats what we have got.
I don't think we have to worry about capacity issues for a while.:
When the Ricoh was being built they forgot to allow for the weight of the fans, .
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