Poll: Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium Capacity

anton66 · March 23, 2018

90% of this poll want over 55,000 with the majority wanting 60,000+

Wizard · March 23, 2018

Gareth Gibson said:
This just isn't the case. To quote @joey_macmo on another thread:

"Man City finished 16th their first season in the new stadium yet experienced a 40% bump in attendances, their biggest signing was Claudio Reyna for £2.5m. They went 16th, 8th, 15th, 14th, 9th & 10th in their first 6 seasons in the new stadium, people seem to have got the timescale of events at Man City totally wrong.

So yes they are a perfectly good example to use, again especially when you consider that they've had to expand twice since moving (at a much higher cost than an initial build) due to their recent success."

Interestingly, he didn’t actually post their attendances during that time. After 2 years, which could be attributed to a new stadium bounce, the average attendance was 42k. The next season it was 39k. Only when the big money came in and performances on the pitch improved did they start selling out regularly.

http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/manc.htm

Efcjake · March 23, 2018

The club PR is working a treat

Efcjake · March 23, 2018

This is going to be at least a 40 year commitment. 50,000 doesn't sound like long term planning, or if that is their plan then it's hardly as ambitious as they've promised.

Efcjake · March 23, 2018

This is going to be at least a 40 year commitment. 50,000 doesn't sound like long term planning, or if that is their plan then it's hardly as ambitious as they've promised.

paulbefc · March 23, 2018

Far more convincing points coming from those arguing that something in the 50s would be fine than those demanding at least 60k.

Boss_Rarkley · March 23, 2018

paulbefc said:
Far more convincing points coming from those arguing that something in the 50s would be fine than those demanding at least 60k.

I think the majority of those that want wanted 60k would still be happy with 55k-58k.

The difference is those wanting 50-52k seriously can not see they are limiting the size of the club for the next 100+ years that we'll be in the stadium.