Tim quoted maximum of 20,000
Assuming a new stadium has to happen...12k or 20k I don't really care as long as the prospective site has the potential to expand.
There is no point having a 32k stadium when your average attendances are 11k in league 1... however, the ability to add a stand or even 2 stands to the stadium when promotions are achieved would need to be part of the plans. Ideally with the stands constructed in such a way that it would not need to be closed to add the additional tiers...
A german-style safe-standing area would be awesome... possibly cheaper if the conversion to seating wasn't compulsory from the offset.
I'd like to see the council call Sisue's bluff. Offer to sell them land with permission inside the city... then if the club did buy that land then there would then be no logical reason why a short term lease on the Ricoh would not be possible... on the other hand if the council did offer land and it was still rejected then we know for sure that aquiring the Ricoh is the only thing sisue are after....
My 2cs.
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Seems fair enough. Almost double last season's average.
Yeah let's be straight, the problem isn't the 22,000, it's the fact it's been said it'd start below that. Assuming the quote's correct, it's also shrunk in starting size from 18,000 (not too bad) to 12,000-15,000. 15,000 probably not too bad as a starting size also, but why have the lower number in there...
And up to the maximum of 22,000 is a concern too, if that's the highest it's designed to go.
Because sure, we don't need more now, sure,the Ricoh probablyis a millstone at the level we're at to an extent, sure, nothing wrong with building realistically.
But if 22k is the upper limit, do we then move into a bigger ground on promotion to the top flight, if it ever comes? Where do we build *that* one?!? Could we end upwith a city surrounded by stadiums?!?
you're not seeing the bigger picture northern. its all about perspective, the further the ground gets away from Coventry the smaller it gets.
Until we're playing in Joy's garden in London in front of a crowd of 3. The masterplan is revealed!
As I said previously the average attendances do not lie, since we have been at the Ricoh we have not averaged beyond 22,000 a season.
Why should a ground be built that has bigger attendance only the third of the time in which we have been a stadium that has been able to hold that capacity?
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Please justify to me how we need a bigger stadium then 22,000 based on the last 11 years average attendance stats:
00/01 20,582
01/02 16,150
02/03 14,812
03/04 14,816
04/05 16,047
05/06 21,031
06/07 20,342
07/08 19,123
08/09 17,407
09/10 17,305
10/11 16,309
11/12 15,118
12/13 10,948
Until we're playing in Joy's garden in London in front of a crowd of 3. The masterplan is revealed!
"Large Square" - you must be joking. I've seen bigger patios
So their looking a 22k maximum ground.
With segregation that would instantly become a 21200 ground at best.
Last reasonable season in the premiership (99/00) saw half of league games, and two cup games exceed that figure:
Man u 22022
Leeds 21528
Newcastle 23031
Watford 21697
Leicester 22016
Arsenal 22757
Burnley (FAC) 22774
Charlton (FAC) 23400
Sunderland 22099
Tottenham 23073
Liverpool 23084
I also think its safe to assume that a newly promoted CCFC would have a higher demand for tickets than one that had been struggling for years.
These figures were restricted by HR capacity. 23489
Yes, away fans were invariably given a 4k or so allocation even if the home end was sold out.
Good point. If you look up Robbie Keanes debut against Derby from that season the away end looks very empty.
So their looking a 22k maximum ground.
With segregation that would instantly become a 21200 ground at best.
Last reasonable season in the premiership (99/00) saw half of league games, and two cup games exceed that figure:
Man u 22022
Leeds 21528
Newcastle 23031
Watford 21697
Leicester 22016
Arsenal 22757
Burnley (FAC) 22774
Charlton (FAC) 23400
Sunderland 22099
Tottenham 23073
Liverpool 23084
I also think its safe to assume that a newly promoted CCFC would have a higher demand for tickets than one that had been struggling for years.
What postcode area must it be in, do you think?
In an ideal world Torch it'd be CV1 - in the centre of the ring road looming over the whole city. That's my dream location
If I'm honest I don't want a new stadium anyway. The Ricoh is fantastic - I really miss it.
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I agree totally. I never really liked the Ricoh, but would go back there tomorrow if I could. However, I guess we would have a little leeway as the Ricoh is what, CV6? I'm not sure on that though.
But, like you, I don't necessarily want a new stadium.
Sandra is the new Joe Elliott then....
Maybe Sandra speaks with an american accent with a scandanavian twang?
Who knows hey......
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