Arsenal could face significant challenges in expanding the Emirates Stadium as they look to increase its capacity for both financial and fan-related reasons. The club has one of the most expensive match tickets in the Premier League, but it still manages to fill the stadium to its maximum. However, the demand for tickets continues to exceed availability, meaning that more supporters are missing out on the opportunity to watch their team live. An expansion of the stadium would allow more fans to attend matches, which would be a positive move for the club both financially and in terms of fan engagement.
Mikel Arteta’s team is performing exceptionally well, attracting more supporters who are eager to see their team in action. Despite this growing demand, Arsenal’s stadium is one of the youngest in the Premier League, having opened in 2006. Nonetheless, the club is determined to increase its capacity to meet the increasing number of fans wanting to attend matches.
However, expanding the Emirates Stadium presents its own set of challenges. Nick Tyrer, one of the architects who worked on Everton’s new stadium, has shared his insights on the possible expansion of the Emirates. According to Tyrer, there are significant constraints that Arsenal will need to overcome. As quoted by Goal.com, Tyrer explained, “It’s efficient, everything fits together like a nice puzzle. It’s impressive what they were able to do on that tight site, but the problem with a puzzle that fits nicely together is as soon as you want to make big changes to it, it’s difficult.”
One of the main difficulties is the stadium’s roof, which is supported by just eight points. To expand the stadium, the current structure would need to be removed, and a new, wider roof would need to be built. Tyrer pointed out that such a project would essentially be like building a new stadium altogether, especially if the aim is to increase capacity to 80,000 seats.
The challenges of expanding the Emirates Stadium are considerable, and it may turn out to be more feasible for Arsenal to construct an entirely new stadium rather than attempting to modify the existing one. This would require significant investment and careful planning, but as the demand for tickets continues to grow, the need for a larger venue may eventually become unavoidable. Regardless of the path chosen, Arsenal’s future will likely involve a new or expanded ground to accommodate its ever-growing fanbase.
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‘ Mikel Arteta’s team is performing exceptionally well, attracting more supporters who are eager to see their team in action’
They maybe not performing exceptionally well at the moment resulting in some fans showing their horns, but the gaffer has certainly raised expectations of this outfit.
Now that the bar has risen, silverware is minimum requirement as we set sight on a 80,000 capacity stadium
They should have made provision for expansion while building the stadium 🏟️ in the first place like old trafford and many other stadium in England.
Daniel Bello,
But they didn’t expect to be this successful.
And they might just need to increase the size of the trophy cabinet. As the old one must be now starting to creak under the avalanche of trophy’s that we’ve won in recent years. 🤣😂👍
True. That’s the first thing that came to my mind. Failure to do so is a serious indictment on the technical team! Poor planning if you ask me.
The Architects arguement for expansion is basically “ it can be done but it’s expensive “.OR basically “ it’s gonna cost you guv”.
I’ve read elsewhere there are also plans to dig down not necessarily up.So who knows.But this won’t be an issue for the Kroenkes.(Already built single wood in LA.
More a question of how much TFL will try & nick off Arsenal for the pleasure,
Not going to happen!!! We struggled to get acceptance for the current stadium’s capacity, so an extra 20K will not get approval.
I understand why as the whole area around the ground is residential. Holloway Rd station is restricted on match days as no escalators and Drayton Park is closed. It means hordes of people funnelling down residential areas which can’t be easy for the locals. Imagine another 20,000 people
Sue, I used to cut through that council estate close by until they put a block on it on match days.
Improvements to surrounding infrastructure, including widening of the access bridges and improvements to two underground stations that are currently only used to get fans there and currently closed once game is underway with certain other stipulations, means it could happen. Anything can be done with the will and money to carry it through. With over 100,000 on the waiting list and more revenue to be made by using the stadium more for other presentations, as spurs do, I think it will go ahead.
How was expansion not considered when making the stadium? Truly absurd.
Because the London Borough of Islington set a maximum capacity of 60000. A figure endorsed by the local residents.
The stadium should never have been built there if they were planning expansion.