FiNeRaInTony Le Mesmer I supose the application has been made assuming the club establish themselves long term in the premiership.
With the exception of games like we have on Sat, you have to ask whether we really need to extend at all at the moment.
I believe tickets for our first 2 home games went on general sale, so demand is hardly outstripping supply.
Personally, i feel that our ground is just about perfect at the moment.
Rubbish mate. City sold out as apparantly did boro and we are only giving away fans 2,300. Most clubs would sell out another 2,000 EASILY. We also sold out agaisnt man city which isn't the most of attractive of games and it was a monday night on sky. For the top 8 including most london clubs we'd get around 30,000+ IMO. For purely business reasons the move is viable and one we should proceed with to expand. Obviously bolton on a tuesday night wouldn't sell out, but a lot would.
if we are going to spend millions on an extra 10,000 seats, we have to be able to fill it for most games, not just half a dozen big games IF we are in the prem.
I think you are over estimating how big Reading are. As soon as our winning cycle comes to an end our ground will seem plenty big enough. Man City & Boro both went on general sale, as did just about every away game last season and this. That doesn't strike me as a club with huge demands for tickets.
We need to continue expanding steadily year on year, not do a Bradford.
Expanding the stadium will not happen until we are firmly established as a prem club that does not see relegation as a realistic possibility. John Madejski isnt that stupid.