The Emirates Stadium will soon mark its 20th anniversary, and Arsenal has been urged to consider refreshing the venue.
When the Gunners first opened the stadium, it was a groundbreaking achievement and remains one of the premier stadiums in Europe.
Mikel Arteta’s side is aiming to bring the first Premier League title celebration to the Emirates at the end of this season.
They are edging closer to that goal, and fans are hopeful that this will finally be their year.
As Arsenal continues to pursue success on the field, pundit and former Everton executive Keith Wyness has encouraged the club to consider upgrading the Emirates.
He emphasised that while on-field success is crucial, Arsenal should also focus on enhancing the hospitality side of the business.
Wyness told Football Insider:
“It’s clear he’s giving the backing to Arteta, and they’re showing signs of success on the pitch.
“But they need to keep an eye on the age of the Emirates Stadium, already.
“They need to make sure it’s refreshed and the revenue streams keep going.”
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We have to work on every aspect of the club and refreshing the Emirates has to be on our to-do list.
When we built it, it was fitted with some of the best technology available at the time, but the time has come for us to make some changes.
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I don’t get it, Arsenal have already started upgrading the stadium and are having discussions about increasing the capacity, even possibly building upwards.
London Borough of Islington may have something to say about increasing the capacity, although I’m sure supporters would welcome it.
We moved in 2006. Still another 2 years to go before 20 yr anniversary. Basic history.
I’ve been a loving supporter of THE GUNNERS (ARSENAL FC)for the past 10 years now, and i will be willing, eager and excited to see them bring back both EPL & UCL to the emirate’s. And should as well add more trophies to their tally/name in this 2024/25 Season (Campaign).
The stadium looks great, is easily accessable to pedestrians, very comfortable with splendid views of the pitch and with excellent facilities. I don’t an urgency to upgrade other than perhaps better screens for watching replays etc.
I don’t see an urgency…
The planned Holloway Road underground exit that was agreed, never took place, thus seeing this station closed for over an hour before and after games – if it went ahead, this would ease the crowds entering and exiting from the Arsenal station.
The sounds from the announcer is as bad as it was at Highbury.
The away fans should be moved further away from the pitch (Newcastle anyone?).
There should be a standing area for those who want to watch the game, for instance a 20,000 area.
The outside area, where supporters paid a lot of money to have tiles placed with personal messages needs to cleaned up and redone.
Lifts and /or escalators need to be fitted at all sides of the ground for those who need them.
Capacity could then be increased to 80,000 by “filling in” one corner of each end (North Bank and Clock End).
Better and more toilet facilities are desperately needed.
More seating areas within the concourse, along with more thought put into avoiding the queues for food and drink.
Apart from the above, I see no reason to complain… but wouldn’t it be greet to have 20,000 more Gooners being able to see our club?
Ken, there was an agreement for Arsenal to co-fund an upgrade to Holloway Rd Station, which for some reason LT decided not go ahead with, and instead went for improvements at Finsbury Park station. We usually get the blame for Hollloway staying closed at match time, but it’s not our fault at all.
I doubt that London Borough of Islington would allow the increase in stadium capacity, but you have to say it would be welcome.
I don’t think that there’s the proverbial snowball in Hell’s chance of KSE/Arsenal being allowed to increase the stadium capacity.
KSE should concentrate on getting the most from the existing facility, which means spending money on a major upgrade of the stadium – not tinkering around with the odd bit here and there as has happened.
There was a very illuminating report not long ago that compared the EPL matchday income from the Sp*r’s stadium to Arsenal’s. Despite there being only a small difference between the capacity of the two stadiums (62,062 vs 60,704), Sp*rs earned £118m a season against Arsenal’s £103m.
So, a major upgrade in facilities/infrastructure and, through that, income generation, rather than trying to breathe life (again) into the hoary old “80,000 capacity” fantasy.
Yeah, it’s never going to happen is it. Mind you, that Spurs total probably includes rock concerts and US football events.They certainly make better use of their stadium TBH.
Actually, the Sp*rs comparison is only EPL matchday revenue so they’re making about £15m more from their stadium on matchdays across the season.
They certainly do raise further money from the NFL games, concerts etc. but I don’t think Arsenal has permission for extra activities (even if they wanted to host them) at The Emirates.
If all that’s not enough, we shouldn’t forget that Sp*rs are still to sell the naming rights to their stadium. Given its “iconic” status, which will presumably remain until the next brand-new stadium is built, they will probably get £15m+ a season for that as well.
Arsenal needs to get a move on over this, I think.
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