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Seen someone post on Twitter responding to a hibs observer article regarding filling in the corners and with a photo of what it could look like and it does look immense, i am aware we probably would fill out it out once in a blue moon however wondering how far away in the pipeline that may be and everyone’s thoughts on this.
Looks unreal! Just isn’t a need for it at all… yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by PortoHSC
Link…?
https://images.app.goo.gl/ZM9nS3BV8tqgvoSr5Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackSheep
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How am I supposed to get to games if there is no helipad?
What would that bring us up to, 23,000 capacity?
That picture has been around for a while now and pops up every now and again. Although I don't think it's a particularly good picture, it's always nice to dream. I'm sure someone could do something decent with AI/ChatGPT to come up with something that looks good.
Depends if we are putting a 3rd tier on the west 😀Quote:
Originally Posted by Pagan Hibernia
2nd tier on the east 1st 🙏Quote:
Originally Posted by 04Sauzee
I’ve always though we would connect the famous five to east and west and leave the away end standing on its tod
Just a curiosity, but does anybody know if all the stands were originally aligned by the architect(s) when they were built. so the corners could be filled in at some point (future proofing) as it were. It's just I feel when you are in and around the stadium it doesn't look like it. To me anyway. But all I have is the naked eye to judge it with. On the converse side of the argument if they are not that is some oversight by all concerned.
Looks great no doubt but I think we'd need more than the odd sell out crowd to justify it.
Anybody can come up with a nice image. There are things to consider in that pic - not least the north-west corner. Don’t think we’d ever to be able to come up with anything like that nice symmetrical solution based on the constraints of the existing surroundings. There was a thread on this fairly recently.
Its a terrible picture in quality and also impossible as the corner between West & FF could never be done as FF has corner cut off due to road layout and why it was done that way... so they could never be joined in this manner as you cant build over land you don't ownQuote:
Originally Posted by 04Sauzee
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Originally Posted by Gmack7
we can put a 2nd AND 3rd tier in if we like, but i doubt very much we will be able to build any higher than the present height.
Edinburgh’s population is anticipated to grow by circa 8% between now and 2035. We had an average home attendance of 17,082 this season - so assuming a straight line correlation, we won’t “need” any more than 18,500 seats by that time. Whether the club might want to fill in the corners irrespective of this is another matter.
All I've ever wanted, all these years......Quote:
Originally Posted by green day
You just know Hearts will gazump us here and get one first. Right on the end of the staircase to nowhere.
Petrie, sort it out....
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What’s the ROi?
whats the additional maintenance overhead cost versus the revenue stream?
Are we in the frame for hosting something that could be used as a means to justify someone else offsetting the cost (e.g a joint Celtic Nations bid for the Euros or hosting a Europa or something final?)
Not for me...Quote:
Originally Posted by gbhibby
The amount of money it would presumably cost is nowhere near proportionate to the increased capacity, which we would seldom fill. Until we are selling out Easter road at least 50% of home games, with many left wanting tickets, then there’s no need to think about capacity increase.
I have no real idea what the cost would be but think it’s safe to assume it wouldn’t be cheap, and it would take years of sellouts to even break even.
Spend that money on the park and ensure we compete for 3rd every year and filling the seats we have will do nicely.
That photo does look nice though.
Could just do the south west corner thenQuote:
Originally Posted by Up-the-slope
No point doing that if we're moving out of town to a 40k capacity stadium.
Oops, was that supposed to be a secret?
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A look at the satellite image of Easter Road tells you why filling in the north west and south east corners isn’t likely to happen. I expect the club have looked at options for the north east corner, with how successful our updated hospitality options appear to be.
That would be least sensible as its next to away end so you would pay millions for new seats and have a big proportion empty as segregationQuote:
Originally Posted by Pagan Hibernia
:agree: needs to be more than just matchday income or not financially viable. Hotel? Flats like Leyton Orient? (remember how many flats the club was renting at one point for players.) serviced apartment's?Quote:
Originally Posted by jakedance
Buy all the flats, ignore the listed status of the old ticket office, bull doze them all, put the road under the extended stand. Jobs a good one 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by jakedance
I get the hype around filling in a corner where we could but the reality is that until the demand is there the costs make zero financial sense.
It would be a complete vanity project for minimal return and for the sake of having a thousand or so extra seats filled for derbies.
And it raises the prospect of having more old firm fans to fill the seats when they are in town.
Every seat needs to pay for itself.
Agree increasing capacity won't happen till we have a waiting list for season tickets, way to go before that happens.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Wouldn't have been that long ago people thought a 20k seater was a waste of money. Mid 90s we would do well to get over 10k for anyone outside celtic, hearts or rangers. Imagine what could happen with a sustained period of success.