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Future deepdale developments

Future deepdale developments

Spoke to Bryan Gray in The Great Room many many years ago and he told me that the STFS was constructed with high tension steel that could take the extra weight unlike the other 3 stands.

From the horses mouth.
 
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pne4ever said:
I think if we got to the premier league we would only have to give away fans 2000 tickets.
If this were to happen I would like to see them put in the corner of the STFS and the kop once again becoming the "home end"
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Prem rules, as I remember, state that you have to offer away clubs a minimum 3000 tickets.
 
Jack Daniels said:
Spoke to Bryan Gray in The Great Room many many years ago and he told me that the STFS was constructed with high tension steel that could take the extra weight unlike the other 3 stands.

From the horses mouth.
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did that calculation take on board the exponential rise in obesity of late ? of which peter isn't helping being seen in a McDonald's !!
 
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Let's say that the official capacity of Deepdale is 23,404, as reported on Wiki.
(Wiki has STF:7893 BSK:5933 IP:3719 AKTE:5859. These numbers do add up to 23,404.)

However, the numbers seem low (STF=8100?) - I guess that's because a small number of seats are awaiting maintenance.

Wondered what the actual capacity would be, with all existing seats in use. (Per stand ideally).

Two more stadium capacity figures are mentioned here. Not sure about these. 24,500 and ~24,000.

Is it okay to reply to an old thread ? Wasn't sure.
 
epsilon said:
Let's say that the official capacity of Deepdale is 23,404, as reported on Wiki.
(Wiki has STF:7893 BSK:5933 IP:3719 AKTE:5859. These numbers do add up to 23,404.)

However, the numbers seem low (STF=8100?) - I guess that's because a small number of seats are awaiting maintenance.

Wondered what the actual capacity would be, with all existing seats in use. (Per stand ideally).

Two more stadium capacity figures are mentioned here. Not sure about these. 24,500 and ~24,000.

Is it okay to reply to an old thread ? Wasn't sure.
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Those numbers per stand look about right i.e. SFTS is defo a touch under 8000 and there's slightly more in the Kop than the AKTE.

The actual numbers are in the programme so have a look in there if you have one, or I can tonight for you if you wish?
 
Would be good if we could just put the glass in the upper tier of the Invincibles, even if its still a shell inside.
 
The Whole Ground can take a second tier, however there are a few sticking points. 1. The Houses around the Ground. 2. The Roads a round the Ground. 3. Parking.

Key would be the Tram Network, to help easy the Parking issue and Roads, but snapping up the Houses won't be cheap and you know many will fight it.
 
FootballcrazyP_ said:
The Whole Ground can take a second tier, however there are a few sticking points. 1. The Houses around the Ground. 2. The Roads a round the Ground. 3. Parking.

Key would be the Tram Network, to help easy the Parking issue and Roads, but snapping up the Houses won't be cheap and you know many will fight it.
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Pointless to even discuss this - we just don't have the fanbase.

How about a nice shiny training facility instead? - erm....
 
I don’t think we’d have any issues selling out whatever the capacity is, simply because away fans or the full-kit-numpty brigades will just buy tickets in the home end to get their Premier League fix.

The only stand that would need tiering is the Finney, don’t think there would be any sense in going further (unless we were backed by a hugely wealthy owner that spent his money like Abramovich).
 
At the risk of being labelled a pessimist I cannot see North End getting into the Premiership under the present Ownership, sorry but that’s the way I see it
IF it ever happened I can see the upper tier of the Invisibles being turned into ‘pricey’ boxes for the ‘prawn sandwich’ brigade and that’s it
For myself and I suspect many others, the thought of Friday Night-Saturday Night-Monday Night games just to suit the TV Companies wouldn’t be enough for me to buy a Season ticket.
I would pick my matches as I do now
 
sf said:
Would be good if we could just put the glass in the upper tier of the Invincibles, even if its still a shell inside.
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Agree. There's nothing wrong in pretending ? and it would look 100% better. I don't think we'd extend the capacity of the stadium even if we could or there was demand to do so. Swansea 20,000, Bournemouth 12,000, Hull 24,000, Burnley 23,000. All managed and lets be honest, if we were promoted, sooner or later we'd be relegated and have no need once again for a bigger stadium.
 
Spoke with my new bestie Mr Ridsdale the other day, assured me training ground will happen, also the fanzone to go ahead ASAP having just taken repossession of the old Football museum space under the STF with top facilities. ( he promised ?)
Also said the changing rooms are also moving in due course into the STF stand to comply with Premier League directives......
Spoke with real passion and a love for the club.
In the same conversation pre transfer window he promised 4/5 players in.
As I say my new Bestie
 
White Horse 44 said:
Spoke with my new bestie Mr Ridsdale the other day, assured me training ground will happen, also the fanzone to go ahead ASAP having just taken repossession of the old Football museum space under the STF with top facilities. ( he promised ?)
Also said the changing rooms are also moving in due course into the STF stand to comply with Premier League directives......
Spoke with real passion and a love for the club.
In the same conversation pre transfer window he promised 4/5 players in.
As I say my new Bestie
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Good to hear ??
 
I know the quoted capacity is 23,404, but I think that assumes there are no are seats left free for segregation and possibly some seats were removed last summer to allow the advertising boards to be installed?

The club staff work hard to keep the stadium looking spick and span and make improvements where they can. The additions of refurbished kiosks and artwork to the concourses over the last year have modernised them. I do not think we need any more seats but it would be nice to add some finishing touches to the stadium if we ever get the Premier League windfall!

Here is my wish list:
  • Clean and repaint all the floodlights and supporting steelwork. I know they have done some - it must be like repainting the Forth Bridge
  • Complete the top tier of the Invincibles
  • A Fanzone which will hopefully happen by the sounds of it
  • Clean or replace the roofing and side panels to the stands
  • Replace faded/broken seats and rusty seat supports
  • Add/switch on the under tier lighting to the Shankly and Kelly stands
  • Add illuminated player icon logos to the Shankly and Kelly stands as per the Finney
  • New bigger scoreboard
  • Undersoil heating - ditch the frost covers which do not seem to have helped the pitch condition in recent weeks
I am sure the club have a bigger list than me.....
 
White Horse 44 said:
Spoke with my new bestie Mr Ridsdale the other day, assured me training ground will happen, also the fanzone to go ahead ASAP having just taken repossession of the old Football museum space under the STF with top facilities. ( he promised ?)
Also said the changing rooms are also moving in due course into the STF stand to comply with Premier League directives......
Spoke with real passion and a love for the club.
In the same conversation pre transfer window he promised 4/5 players in.
As I say my new Bestie
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Was that the January window or the upcoming summer window?
 
So many replies ! (The passion on display.)

I could have taken stand seat numbers from the program but Wiki is linkable (but thanks Tino). Here is another link which reports that the STF stand has about 8100 seats. The difference isn't massive but it seems odd.

Everyone knows that some seats are not currently usable and, for that reason, whole rows of seats are meshed off.

Has anyone ever asked a club official what the actual, physical number of seats in the ground is ?

Just as an aside, the difference in the design of the roof of the IP stand is quite visible on the main photo on the football tripper site that I linked.

Thanks for those replies.
 
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