| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? 21:39 - May 2 with 6922 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
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| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 08:37 - May 3 with 851 views | nrb1985 |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 08:25 - May 3 by Cheltenham_Blue |
There has to be an application in planning for planning permission to be granted, which, currently, there isn't.
I think a few are reading into this far more than was intended. All I'm really saying is that that number on the ST cap (21k) seems deliberate if the capacity of a demolished Cobbold is 7k. All season ticket holders get to keep a seat.
Ashton is regularly mentioning it now, which makes me think it is in active development, possibly even to the stage of asking preparatory drawings being drawn up but that wouldn't be unusual for a plan with a activation point still 2-3 years away.
I just think the 21k cap is intentional based on future planning. |
I think you're right but it's all entirely circumstantial tbh but worth doing the exercise now to get ducks in a row.
If you look at it from ORG's perspective - they bought the club for a song. Within the next 3-4 years we could potentially be an established PL team worth at that point - conservatively you'd say £150-300m depending on the various TV and commercial deals , maybe there's a 39th game etc etc?
Why would you mess about building a new stand when you can be in and out in 7 years having made 3-5x on your investment? [Post edited 3 May 2023 8:37]
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| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 08:38 - May 3 with 837 views | HungryLikeTheWoolf |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 21:46 - May 2 by Cheltenham_Blue |
7K. With a cap on season tickets of 21k there's just enough room to squeeze everyone in if the Cobbold is closed for redevelopment then.
Not suggesting its imminent, but the figures match up is all I'm saying. |
Wouldn't we need 2k seats free for away fans though? So not sure the maths would really work out. |  | | |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 11:12 - May 3 with 763 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 08:38 - May 3 by HungryLikeTheWoolf |
Wouldn't we need 2k seats free for away fans though? So not sure the maths would really work out. |
Temporary stand on the roof of the south stand. Easy. | |
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| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 11:27 - May 3 with 750 views | clive_baker |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 08:10 - May 3 by muhrensleftfoot |
That's not far fetched. The complexity of having to build over Portman Road too, and the loss of revenue for at least one season. Where to put the away supporters? A planning nightmare I should think! |
I've got no idea what these things cost tbh, just sounded way higher than I would've thought given the additional revenue it'll likely return. What do we make from ticket revenues currently? £8m or so? Even if we're generous and said we could add 1/3 to that directly as a result of a new Cobbold stand that's a payback period of 30-40 odd years at that price, not to mention the cost of capital. Lost revenue on 7,000 seats for a season is a rounding error in the context of £100m.
Agree the logistical element would be a ball ache. I imagine it would have to be phased in so much as moving away fans section first, then moving ST holders to another stand for a year with the promise of a seat back in Cobbold when done (no idea what it would mean to those in the corporate bit). |  |
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| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 11:29 - May 3 with 750 views | PhilTWTD |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 21:41 - May 2 by RIPbobby |
7k |
It'll be somewhat lower than that as the whole ground is around 29,000 and all the other stands are much bigger. |  | | |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 12:11 - May 3 with 728 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 21:41 - May 2 by RIPbobby |
7k |
reckon it's about 5.5k in all | | | |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 12:25 - May 3 with 717 views | GeoffSentence |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 11:12 - May 3 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Temporary stand on the roof of the south stand. Easy. |
rope round the pitch |  |
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| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 12:34 - May 3 with 691 views | textbackup |
£9m back then… material costs are through the roof these days |  |
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| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 12:35 - May 3 with 687 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
| Anyone know what the capacity of the Cobbold is? on 12:11 - May 3 by PrideOfTheEast |
reckon it's about 5.5k in all |
Surely someone on here has the time to count the number of seats from the ticket website?  |  |
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