New roof

Barrow have erected a couple of new stands in the close season. One on the West terrace that added 371 seats, and one in the north east corner that increases away seating by 522 seats.

I can't help but think there is space in the open corners for at least 1,000 extra seats. Any replacement of the Main stand would almost certainly lead to a temporary reduction in capacity, maybe even for an entire season. So to my mind, you put the extra seats in the corners first, then address the Main stand.

But something needs to be done. We are a club going places, with great momentum. I can see us at the top end of L1 before long, and there is no reason why we shouldn't expect gates for big matches to have the potential to be well over 10,000.  That capacity and more could be accommodated at BP if the ground is improved. Certainlly a more realistic option than dreaming about £50 million new stadium.  

Quoted from grimps

Waiting 4 years to increase our capacity will leave us well behind

As has been alluded to above, I think the pragmatic path is the one the club will ultimately tread on this matter.

After Saturday, we will have the luxury of the larger part of the Osmond for all but 1 of our next 12 league home games, which takes us beyond the half-way point of the season. That’s roughly another 900 seats beyond our traditional home capacity.

This gives us a pretty healthy period of time to gauge how the team is going to do this season, and what subsequent demand for tickets is going to be like, without a great risk of routinely exhausting capacity for home admission. It’s realistically at this point only that extra capacity is going to be necessary, and that’s assuming things are going well on the pitch.

I’d like to think that the necessary planning will have been done to allow swift action should it be needed, but the fortuitous way the fixtures have panned out means that keeping our powder dry for the time being is probably tue right approach.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

There are 13 houses on Harrington Street between the two Main Stand turnstiles. At Championship level funding that wouldn't be a non-starter, maybe even League 1 level with new investment. All of that area of housing could be demolished and additional height created in that part of a new stand with Corporate at the top.

Longer term a few acquisitions nearest the ground at the bottom of Imperial and Con Avenue would help redevelop on the Findus side.

Then the Findus stand was being built, players changing were meant to be to move over to the Findus, however when it was being built they was problems with the foundations.  On paper ideas sound feasible but in reality not that easy.

My mate who knows about all things building wise and knows Bp well assured me that rebuilding the main stand and taking it back to the ground perimeter would significantly increase the capacity along with extending it towards the pontoon is the best option

Quoted from crusty ole pie

My mate who knows about all things building wise and knows Bp well assured me that rebuilding the main stand and taking it back to the ground perimeter would significantly increase the capacity along with extending it towards the pontoon is the best option

There's been a lot of talk about purchasing houses behind the Main Stand (easier said than done) but what about moving a new main stand forward a bit and moving the pitch more towards the Findus (slightly narrower walkway at the front of the Findus)?  You'll also notice that the Pontoon is also slightly closer to the Findus than the Main Stand side so would work well with this.  Having said that I agree, there is room for a decent sized full length new stand.

Quoted from crusty ole pie

My mate who knows about all things building wise and knows Bp well assured me that rebuilding the main stand and taking it back to the ground perimeter would significantly increase the capacity along with extending it towards the pontoon is the best option

I agree about extending it to the perimeter with seating would add a justifiable number of extra seats, as at the moment the Main Stand has a wide walkway behind it, which could have extra seating added, whereas the walkways would then all be undercover, without the need to extend the footprint of the owned land. Saying that, I'm guessing the neighbours would all complain about the extra size of the stand and the loss of a certain amount of sunlight etc etc

The same could be done with the Pontoon AND Osmond Stands if it was looking for a relatively easy option to add extra seating throughout.

does anyone know what the capacity of Blundell Park is?

Quoted from forza ivano

does anyone know what the capacity of Blundell Park is?

Post of the week is won 🥇😂😂

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Hang on. So you are suggesting there are actual supporters that, ironically, don’t support the club because of the ground? That’s a bit like saying that those supporters only go to certain games, such as ……play off finals, games against premier league teams etc.

I know of someone who was a season ticket holder for over 20 years that can no longer attend games because of the parking issue, blue badge holder but still cant get parked close enough to the ground

Quoted from Simon

I know of someone who was a season ticket holder for over 20 years that can no longer attend games because of the parking issue, blue badge holder but still cant get parked close enough to the ground

I'm sure anomalies like this sad case will be among those things addressed as we go forward.  Like I said earlier perhaps a park and ride scheme to be dropped next to the ground.

Lots and lots of stuff will be in the mix. Personally I love the idea of a revamped BP, at whatever level. I am excited to see how smart the stadium looks like on Saturday.