Is the stadium expansion now only a dream

[Jono1604]

4 hours ago, Always Next Year said:

Will the expansion still go ahead if we go down, or will it be put on ice or scrapped altogether.

Will never happen !

[Bezzanator89]

Survival (somehow): Yes, they'll continue with it.

Relegation: No, they'll struggle to fill the ground at the current capacity anyway.

[Fox92]

26 minutes ago, MattFox said:

Leeds were only averaging 21k 5-6 years ago

All came back out the woodwork though 

Exactly, but don't shout it to loud because apparently that never happened to the greatest support in the CountryTM.

Edited 24 May 2023 by Fox92

[los dedos]

1 hour ago, OntarioFox said:

It's not even really the ground capacity I'm most bothered about. Leicester is a ghost town when it comes to leisure and venues, so the creation of the adjacent complex is massively needed for the city as a whole.

 

If we lose that, we're only going to fall further behind regional alternatives as a place to come and spend time.

I actually said at the time of proposal.  The council should part fund it . The amount of money a arena/conference centre would bring too the town centre over a whole year would be massive. 

[HybridFox]

Some elements will happen around the ground imo. The capacity itself will be an issue though

[KrefelderFox666]

1 hour ago, Bezzanator89 said:

Survival (somehow): Yes, they'll continue with it.

Relegation: No, they'll struggle to fill the ground at the current capacity anyway.

Why should that even matter?

 

You could say that every season. We could go down next year so why invest in an expansion. It's about a long term strategy, not focussed on only next season.

[Stevosevic]

1 hour ago, Bezzanator89 said:

Survival (somehow): Yes, they'll continue with it.

Relegation: No, they'll struggle to fill the ground at the current capacity anyway.

We could literally be in the PL 12 months later and that’s a year wasted that could have been building works.

 

I’m glad people on here who can’t see beyond 2 years aren’t making the decisions  

[An Sionnach]

If the money is ring fenced then yes it should, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

[kingkisnorbo]

As pointless as the training ground. 

[mozartfox]

19 minutes ago, kingkisnorbo said:

As pointless as the training ground. 

Agree. Why do we need so many pitches there?  The up-keep must be very expensive and I doubt some are ever used.

[BenTayfour]

What would be the maximum capacity of the stadium with the all the stands expanded ? 56,000ish?

 

[David Hankey]

More like a pipe dream.

[StanSP]

3 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

More like a pipe dream.

What kind of pipe dream goes through all the red tape and hoops over a number of years? What would be the point of expending all that time and energy if it was just a pipe dream? 

[David Hankey]

8 minutes ago, StanSP said:

What kind of pipe dream goes through all the red tape and hoops over a number of years? What would be the point of expending all that time and energy if it was just a pipe dream? 

When we were going through all the "red tape and hoops" the situation was very different. 

 

Of course, it's possible this project will go ahead but more immediate expenditure needs to be on what will be a depleted squad, probably playing in the second tier. 

 

That, to me, is a more pressing matter.

[StanSP]

7 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

When we were going through all the "red tape and hoops" the situation was very different. 

 

Of course, it's possible this project will go ahead but more immediate expenditure needs to be on what will be a depleted squad, probably playing in the second tier. 

 

That, to me, is a more pressing matter.

I'm guessing the funds in place are already ring-fenced for the stadium, perhaps over several years. 

 

The depleted squad I imagine will get replenished by outgoing player sales and wages freed up by those out of contract (Tielemans, Evans, Mendy etc). 

 

I don't buy that because we are relegated the expansion should be scrapped. It wouldn't make sense. 

[AjcW]

I imagine it would be even more likely to happen if we go down as logistically they can justify shutting the entire stand for season like Fulham did and others have done previously. 

[Dan LCFC]

8 hours ago, Sampson said:

Should've happened before the training ground tbh. The ground expansion actually brings in more money, the training facilites are just a lavish expense of little value.

We even had the perfect chance to expand as well given we had games behind closed doors. Was a rare opportunity. Think we'd already started on the training ground by then though.

[Hamilton Fox]

2 hours ago, BenTayfour said:

What would be the maximum capacity of the stadium with the all the stands expanded ? 56,000ish?

 

Don’t think we are going to be worried about this!

[Vlad the Fox]

I’ve heard what others have said here, if we go down they’re are planning on a quick return, the expansion will go ahead as planned. 

[Babylon]

There are several factors, if KP still want to make the club bigger and better, ala the training ground. Then they could just go ahead with or without the premier league if they have the stomach for the debt personally. As clearly it can’t be borrowed on the clubs income any more, or at least for a while. 
 

If that’s the case, do it now so it’s ready when you go up and you have a groundswell of interest again. 
 

It’s an interesting one, if it does go ahead then it really cements their intent for the club and their willingness to continue as they have been doing. 

[Clever Fox]

2 hours ago, StanSP said:

I'm guessing the funds in place are already ring-fenced for the stadium, perhaps over several years. 

 

The depleted squad I imagine will get replenished by outgoing player sales and wages freed up by those out of contract (Tielemans, Evans, Mendy etc). 

 

I don't buy that because we are relegated the expansion should be scrapped. It wouldn't make sense. 

I'd say they are ring fenced.

Plus they can also go Interest only for a few years until things improve financially.

This way they can use available funds to bounce right back to the Premiership provided they appoint the right manager.

 

[sacreblueits442]

7 hours ago, Fox92 said:

But what? What if we don't go up again in those years?

 

Some of the biggest grounds in the Country are in the football league and don't get filled. Sheffield Wednesday, Port Vale, Cardiff. Don't want us to end up with a half filled big ground like this. Even Leeds never used to open parts of Elland Road up when they were in the Championship.

...if it was not for our owners we would still be rambling around in the second tier of League football!!!

We were lucky that they chose to invest in our club, take a look around and explain why, why would you have chosen Leicester City to invest in and not another club, where they may have had a football history of success, but had lost their way.

  We got lucky!!

[SheppyFox]

We don’t really need it if we go down, plastic fantastics will vanish.

[sacreblueits442]

1 hour ago, Babylon said:

There are several factors, if KP still want to make the club bigger and better, ala the training ground. Then they could just go ahead with or without the premier league if they have the stomach for the debt personally. As clearly it can’t be borrowed on the clubs income any more, or at least for a while. 
 

If that’s the case, do it now so it’s ready when you go up and you have a groundswell of interest again. 
 

It’s an interesting one, if it does go ahead then it really cements their intent for the club and their willingness to continue as they have been doing. 

...I thought the loan was already in place!!!

Surely it would be a debt with a payback period over a short period of time, say 5 years.

[kingkisnorbo]

You can guarantee that they are more arsed about finishing stuff like this than completely re-thinking the day to day goings on. Superficial FC, bright and shiny on the surface.