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If he's surprised by how many overseas Os fans there are, just wait 'til he hears about Virtual Private Networks.
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How does he get from Boston to London in 5 and a half hours? Is spen his pilot?
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Speaks well and he’s injecting some reality into fans expectations. Good interview.
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The number that stood out for me was 12000 people who have come to matches this season. Our stadium currently only accommodates 7500 home fans - a big problem with no easy answers. Options:-

Refurbish East Side asap. so that we can get back to capacity of 9271 and make it flexible so that when we play Fleetwood or Burton - they get 500 seats and the rest are for home.

Could also look at building backwards and upwards on the stand - using the space behind the stand - could add an extra 1000 or 1500 - but roof and viewing angles might be an obstacle.

Get the ticket exchange working fully - giving returnees £15 per ticket - so that stadium is always full.
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Definitely need to increase the amount offered for the ticket exchange.
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£10 would be fair to fans and still plenty of profit for the club, but it has to be easy and needs to work!
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Long slender neck wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 1:57 pm £10 would be fair to fans and still plenty of profit for the club, but it has to be easy and needs to work!
Yeah, only looked at doing it once and it had to give up as it was impressively un-user friendly.
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Reflecto wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 1:39 pm The number that stood out for me was 12000 people who have come to matches this season. Our stadium currently only accommodates 7500 home fans - a big problem with no easy answers. Options:-

Refurbish East Side asap. so that we can get back to capacity of 9271 and make it flexible so that when we play Fleetwood or Burton - they get 500 seats and the rest are for home.

Could also look at building backwards and upwards on the stand - using the space behind the stand - could add an extra 1000 or 1500 - but roof and viewing angles might be an obstacle.

Get the ticket exchange working fully - giving returnees £15 per ticket - so that stadium is always full.
£15 ppg would be way to high !
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Long slender neck wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 1:14 pm How does he get from Boston to London in 5 and a half hours? Is spen his pilot?
5 Hours & 15 minutes when I went in 2008 .
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It’s usually quicker flying From the USA due to the tail winds
Probably 45mins longer flying from UK to Boston
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Really good interview. Some interesting tidbits. Hoping the bit at the end means new provider for undercroft food.
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Long slender neck wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 1:14 pm How does he get from Boston to London in 5 and a half hours? Is spen his pilot?
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This was a very good interview. Mentioned a new three year plan. Interesting stuff
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Looking impressively HD there Nigel. Comfortable mid-table with a good cup run would be grand.
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ComeOnYouOs wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 9:41 pm This was a very good interview. Mentioned a new three year plan. Interesting stuff
Do you remain disappointed, or have you changed your view now?
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Proposition Joe wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 1:49 pm Definitely need to increase the amount offered for the ticket exchange.
That is clearly the key to increasing uptake.
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Reflecto wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 1:39 pm The number that stood out for me was 12000 people who have come to matches this season. Our stadium currently only accommodates 7500 home fans - a big problem with no easy answers. Options:-

Refurbish East Side asap. so that we can get back to capacity of 9271 and make it flexible so that when we play Fleetwood or Burton - they get 500 seats and the rest are for home.

Could also look at building backwards and upwards on the stand - using the space behind the stand - could add an extra 1000 or 1500 - but roof and viewing angles might be an obstacle.

Get the ticket exchange working fully - giving returnees £15 per ticket - so that stadium is always full.
Have you been behind the stand? There is a little matter of a public highway there. The club cannot build behind the stand as they cannot build on the highway.

An application for planning permission to build upwards, would no doubt result in objections as it will obstruct people's access to light.


The only options I can see on the East side would be to demolish the whole stand and build it up steeper, to get extra rows of seats in the same space and with a modern roof, not an apexed one would improve view with no extra height. The cost of this would be very significant and not increase significantly capacity. The only other thing it may allow is the installation of executive boxes to try to get prawn sandwich brigade money - realistically it is probably not worth the significant costs unless and until the stand needs to be demolished for safety reasons
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Dig down - drop the level of the pitch to the level of the moat in front of the south stand, and put 3 or 4 rows of seats at the front of each of the stands.
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What about safe standing? When I was a lad on't north terrace I seem to remember the capacity was ca. 30,000
{Burnley in the cup, wins against Lillypool and Man U etc,]
Obviously going back a bit,, but what a team....Stan Charlton, Sid Bishop,Cyril Lee, Mal Lucas DD etc.
I digress
But I love Brissie, don't want us to move, just increase capacity a bit.
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StillSpike wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 1:44 pm Dig down - drop the level of the pitch to the level of the moat in front of the south stand, and put 3 or 4 rows of seats at the front of each of the stands.
Would the swamp come back if we dig down ?
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There are no viable options for increasing capacity at BR that don't come with insane costs. And the increase in capacity would be relatively marginal, in a stadium the Club doesn't even own.
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Bazza has totally screwed us over.
No chance of sig increasing capacity at Brizzy Rd, marginal increases for huge costs, it just ain’t worth it.
Even if we had £100m to spend, there is simply nowhere available in the Leyton area for a decent stadium.
Might as well ramp up admission price to choke back demand.
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Leyton County cricket ground would be ideal, but it's a pipe dream.
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Chief crazy horse wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 3:31 pm Leyton County cricket ground would be ideal, but it's a pipe dream.
Assume it ain’t for sale, and if it was cost a fortune?
You’re right, ideal location.
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