Winter
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This is hardly a new question , it's been around since the new stadium was built .
The difference for me is the new format for European competition that's going to be phased in a few seasons time.
The season ticket waiting list is reportedly 12 thousand long, on top of the 53 thousand plus already sold.
Is now the time for the club to bring the main stand into line with the rest of the stadium?
The main stand has a capacity of just under 8,000.
If this was increased more in line with the north stand, currently 27,000 capacity we could see the stadium have an increased capacity, bringing it up to somewhere in the region of an extra 15, 000 seats at least giving Celtic Park a capacity of somewhere in the region of 75,000.
This would no doubt see many empty seats for SPFL matches if not all bar one but the question is really about the change of format for Europe which will see far more European matches than we do now.
Would this be too ambitious for Celtic?
If you add current STs to the waiting list then the number is 65,000 ST holders and this is without European football.
I personally think that the attendance numbers would increase , especially for the European nights.
Though may see a closed off tier domestically.
Is a 70,000 &/or plus capacity for Celtic too much?
The restructuring of European competition appears to be the beginning ( hopefully) of a new era that could possibly see things as we know it change dramatically.
Are the club missing a trick here ?
Such numbers on a waiting list?
When those with STs are for home domestic games anyway , would not the cost of such a project pay for itself probably pretty quickly?
The McCann new stadium paid for itself quickly enough.
I think that with both Champions league and Europa league matchdays about to increase significantly this is a more pressing question than the idea of a Celtic Park hotel and with it larger numbers at CP, it could even lend itself ultimately to the building of a hotel to accommodate the bigger numbers of supporters on the fabled CP European nights.
The difference for me is the new format for European competition that's going to be phased in a few seasons time.
The season ticket waiting list is reportedly 12 thousand long, on top of the 53 thousand plus already sold.
Is now the time for the club to bring the main stand into line with the rest of the stadium?
The main stand has a capacity of just under 8,000.
If this was increased more in line with the north stand, currently 27,000 capacity we could see the stadium have an increased capacity, bringing it up to somewhere in the region of an extra 15, 000 seats at least giving Celtic Park a capacity of somewhere in the region of 75,000.
This would no doubt see many empty seats for SPFL matches if not all bar one but the question is really about the change of format for Europe which will see far more European matches than we do now.
Would this be too ambitious for Celtic?
If you add current STs to the waiting list then the number is 65,000 ST holders and this is without European football.
I personally think that the attendance numbers would increase , especially for the European nights.
Though may see a closed off tier domestically.
Is a 70,000 &/or plus capacity for Celtic too much?
The restructuring of European competition appears to be the beginning ( hopefully) of a new era that could possibly see things as we know it change dramatically.
Are the club missing a trick here ?
Such numbers on a waiting list?
When those with STs are for home domestic games anyway , would not the cost of such a project pay for itself probably pretty quickly?
The McCann new stadium paid for itself quickly enough.
I think that with both Champions league and Europa league matchdays about to increase significantly this is a more pressing question than the idea of a Celtic Park hotel and with it larger numbers at CP, it could even lend itself ultimately to the building of a hotel to accommodate the bigger numbers of supporters on the fabled CP European nights.
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