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19 May 2025 10:57:09
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Weejoe has written an article entitled, Redeveloping The Main Stand Is A Smart Move for Celtic

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19 May 2025 13:55:44
A very well constructed piece Weejoe. I think the Board should certainly consider it. My only concern is assuming we continue to dominate domestically, I think if anything, attendances would decline as apathy sets in. I get that Celtic should adopt a ticket resale scheme to fill in the missing seats we see each Home game (Derbys excepted) but even with that, I think although ST sales may remain high, attendances will dip if there's no meaningful competition. I'm just wondering what the attendance figures looked like at Celtic Park as we went deeper into our first 9iarin the 70s ?. That may be a decent barometer if we could fill an increased capacity.

19 May 2025 14:03:54
Great article.
We knew back in 2021 that the Scottish Champions would be guaranteed CL Group stage football for at least the next 3 seasons.
Celtic did brilliant to win all 3 league titles and get that extra cash.

I was hoping that Celtic would use that extra cash wisely by building a hotel or increase our stadiums capacity.
Basically generate more annual income for years to come.

I didn’t realise though it would cost as much as £210M to complete the bowl.
I was wishful thinking it would be about £100M.

This current board are probably not the risk takers for this particular project but I’m sure it’s something that will eventually get done.
I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.

19 May 2025 14:18:17
9iar,
Our attendance did dip in the mid 70s when Celtic did our first 9 in a row.

The difference between our 7 in a row campaign and our 9 in a row campaign was an attendance decrease of 22.5% which is very high.

19 May 2025 15:04:15
There's our answer. Assuming we continue to dominate, we wouldn't fill a bigger capacity.

{Ed007's Note - Could Celtic sell the entire allocation of season tickets in an expanded stadium, that's a 100% yes. Whether the stadium would be full every game is another matter but a ticket reselling system would go a massive way towards doing that. I would also do what a lot of English teams are doing and if the tickets aren't used - or put up on the reselling platform - for a certain percentage of games you lose the season ticket.}

19 May 2025 15:41:28
Yes, there will be games were people don't turn up and we have empty seats but from a business viewpoint, that won't matter if it is a season ticket as we already have the money. You raise a good point regarding the resell scheme as this would help fill those empty seats and could generate even more revenue for the club.

@buzz the 210 million was estimated using the cost of spurs and Wembley but like you, I don't think it would be as much as that.

I should have also said that the waiting list for a season ticket is massive just now and they have closed the waiting list as a result. So there is certainly a demand for it.

19 May 2025 18:25:17
Lowering ticket prices could help ensure the stadium if full every matchday.

{Ed007's Note - We have 52k - 53k season ticket holders with limited public sales on the remainder which are snapped up, so what ticket prices should be lowered, the away fans?}

19 May 2025 21:09:26
Edd, am sure a seen it sumwer that if season tickets are put up for resale then Celtic would get most of the money due to admin ect and the season ticket holder would receive money that could only be spent in our Celtic shops, apologies if wrong info.

{Ed007's Note - That's one of the systems people have mentioned because - I think - TRIFC fans only get credit to spend in the shop or the mygers scam. Every time I've looked into it though the seller gets the majority of the price, it's an automated computer system so costs should be minimal once it's up and running.}

19 May 2025 21:18:27
I thought the topic of the discussion was the concern if we redevelop the main stand and have more capacity we'd struggle to fill the stadium? We are having a hypothetical discussion as we don't know for a fact whether we'd sell the extra season tickets. Lowering prices could be a potential solution. Ticket reselling scheme is a great idea.

{Ed007's Note - Well there's over 15k on our ST waiting list so even if half of them take them up there's 7500 sold right away and the actual uptake would probably be higher. Why would any club lower season ticket prices when they are selling everyone available and have a waiting list of between 15k - 20k?}

19 May 2025 21:22:14
Main Stand redevelopment is an absolute no-brainer and I’d agree wholeheartedly, it’s key to Celtics future. It’s not if, but when.
The funding is comfortably available. We have cash in the bank, we haven’t had a share issue in 20 years and there’s plenty of scope to take on moderate debt without undermining us financially (. what else is the money being spent on? ) . As of today, we have a sizeable waiting list. The current main stand is desperately out of date and hasn’t been touched for 35 years. Fact. As and when the world’s media attends, they have to operate out of a tent in the car park. The Stadium is unable to host elite UEFA events (out with Celtic) , mainly due to that stands shortcomings. .30 years ago, naysayers said we shouldn’t redevelop… too risky! Mercifully, Fergus ploughed on and changed our history. The extra 10,000 seats (we have on Ibrox) provides millions more in additional funding every year. The current challenge is no where near the one Fergus conquered.
It’s a fact that every major credible sport’s body has either done it, or has plans to upgrade their stadiums. The debate about supply and demand is sensible but also a bit of a red herring, as the stand is holding us back regardless. Modernisation is as important as a capacity increase. 67-68K would keep everyone happy surely! The point is, let’s park the small mindedness. The reality is, once the main stand is upgraded, the rest of the stadium will need to be looked at (and we’ll be glad then we have the extra capacity) . We have to move with the times.
Redevelopment HAS to happen. Hail hail!

19 May 2025 22:21:03
I’m main stand old firm full, champ league full, that’s it …. last game season 2 empty seats either side of me, standard league game 4 empty seats, id do anything for another tik for my little on, and like everyone there’s odd game I can’t make do reselling would make sense, needs better processes.

19 May 2025 22:58:40
@savcelt - doing the suggested work would increase capacity by about 12,000. I also think we would easily sell the extra season tickets no problem as we have a massive waiting list and even more wanting to get on the waiting list but can't as it got closed due to it's size.

@jaa11 - it is irrelevant to our finances if there are empty seats as long as the season tickets get sold and I am confident they would.

20 May 2025 10:21:51
Interesting thread. On the one hand we'd sell a lot more STs so Celtic gets the money up front. Defo. But in the absence of a good resale structure, the sight of even more empty seats game by game would be exacerbated and frankly embarrassing especially when apathy sets in with continued dominance. But all things considered, the main stand needs work. But did the Board not say at last year's AGM it wasn't their priority?

20 May 2025 10:37:55
Weejoe Do you think that rebuilding/ designing main stand and filling in the corners will give us 12k extra seats . I think the view was that the club were more likely to provide bigger better hospitality boxes which should bring in even more revenue and profit and limit the max seating to approximately 67k or 68k .

I would hope club will use this opportunity to provide up to date dressing room facilities, as well as other underground accommodation that is required .
I think that modern stadiums have facilities for buses to drive in under the accommodation to allow players to go straight to and from bus to dressing room .

I would be very concerned if this work lasted 4/ 5 years as the loss of revenue would put up cost massively. We would either have Celtic Pk with great restrictions on max attendance or highering out another stadium . No appropriate stadium exists in Glasgow.

20 May 2025 15:43:39
@wee des 1 – When I said 12,000 extra seats, I was accounting for increased hospitality, meeting UEFA requirements for hosting European finals, and improved media and player facilities. I accept that you could increase hospitality even more by reducing the number of additional seats. Obviously, the club will know best what brings in the most revenue and where the demand lies.

When I said the work could take a few years, I didn’t mean the construction itself would take that long — I meant the whole process. First, you’d need to carry out feasibility studies on the site and get planning permission. Then comes the design phase and securing approvals. After that, the project would go out to tender and there would be meetings with contractors. Then there’s the demolition of the existing parts of the stadium being replaced, along with all the groundwork and foundations.

Only then do you get to the main construction phase. Once that’s done, the new stand would need to be tested and certified. I’d guess that part of the stadium would be closed for somewhere between one and two years while the construction is underway.

The only thing I’d stress is that if it does go ahead, we make sure the steel is ordered to arrive on time.

20 May 2025 20:04:50
At the very least I'd d like to see the main stand redeveloped, increasing the capacity and 'completely' the bowl.

However, I'd love to see a new stadium ? that takes us well into this current century and puts us in a position to increase revenue streams as well as hosting a European Final.

The costs associated with building new stadia are increasing year on year, at some point it will be stick or bust, if our club is not careful.

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