AdamStag
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So we finally have some concrete plans for the embarrassment that is our East Stand.
https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/east-stand_cgis_plans/
Its way better than we have now (which is basically nothing) and looks professional, definitely helps us generate more revenue, its still annoying that its taken 10 years and we missed out on so much better. But it will bring an end to the whole saga which is good news in itself.
The only issue is that it does not really increase the capacity by much at all, if anything I feel like the away capacity will be reduced as you would not want to have away fans underneath the boxes. The away end only holds 950 and we simply have to look at expanding it at some point. We still have one of the smallest capacity stadiums in the football league and missing out on so many extra away fans just seems such a wasted opportunity.
Appreciate our ground isn’t the the best either, but that grounds far too small, especially for the away end, i can’t imagine it would be a challenge to either extend that stand back to push it upto 2,000 or so. As you say the money would be easily recouped in a relatively small period of time. Our away end holds about 1800 and we still believe that isn’t really big enough.
Glad you’re sorting that east stand out, that’s been going on nearly as long as our bishop st issue!