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More money from owning the stadium via bar takings and other match day revenues plus stadium hire for non football mattersInterestingly the new Toulouse owner is keen to see them have their own stadium one day. Seems a bit of a waste of money given quality of their rented one but maybe rent is high?
SB: Will the new training centre be at the Ernest Wallon Stadium?
“I am very happy with our relationship with Stade Toulousain, which owns the stadium, and we have very nice facilities. We are happy to work together in the same stadium, and we have a lease at Ernest Wallon until 2029. But I think the ultimate goal would be for us to have our own stadium.
“In the medium to long term, we want to become a force in the Super League, but the main ambition is to have our own facilities, not just a single performance centre, but our own home as a professional organisation.”
“This is something I want to open as soon as possible.”
Toulouse Olympique’s new owner sets out stadium, Super League and Grade A ambitions
TOULOUSE OLYMPIQUE are embarking upon a new chapter under the leadership of OLIVIER DUBOIS, aged 43, the owner of Autobuy (an electronic sales platform for professional vehicles) and a major sponso…
Wakey have had loads of planned stadiums fail
The dimensions on the west are similar to the Grandstand part of the new complex on the east (no need for them to replicate the offices & changerooms)
So long as the game sticks with it for an extended period of time it will work (or worse case at least delay the death of the professional game in the UK).
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Where’s the extra 200+ seat’s coming from?WARRINGTON WOLVES will be operating at a greater capacity attendance during the 2024 Super League season.
The Cheshire club’s application to the Council for a new Ground Safety Certificate has bee approved, with the new 15,300 capacity coming into force on 3rd February 2024.
The Halliwell Jones Stadium broke a stadium capacity record last year when 15,026 fans attended the Wolves’ Round 9 Super League clash against Wigan Warriors.
Warrington Wolves issue statement on Halliwell Jones Stadium as capacity at Super League ground increases
WARRINGTON WOLVES will be operating at a greater capacity attendance during the 2024 Super League season. The Cheshire club’s application to the Council for a new Ground Safety Certificate ha…
Will the derby sellout?At a time when many sporting clubs are fighting an ongoing battle to retain their audience, Super League club Hull KR finds itself in a very different position. On Tuesday, the club announced they had reached 7,000 membership sales, the largest in their history.
The figure is impressive to the eye but is taken to another scale when you put further context behind it. Ahead of the 2022 season, Hull KR had 5,467 members. It means that they have experienced a 28 percent increase in two years. It should be noted that their first home game is still another five weeks away, meaning sales are likely to increase considerably once again.
But such has been the speed of their recent growth that it has actually created some real growing pains. As an example, the club is struggling to keep up with retail demand and is now looking at the possibility of buying a warehouse having doubled retail income to a seven-figure turnover. To facilitate further demand for tickets, the club has had to identify quick ways in which they can expand their stadium or face turning people away; they sold out four times last year with more than 1,000 fewer members and may need to cap how many memberships they sell if the rate of purchase continues. To ensure they can keep up, the club has increased its workforce by 15 percent in the last 12 months.
The priority now is that with no signs of their growth slowing down, they must continue to find ways to expand their business and do so at speed, or face the threat of not keeping up with demand. It's a wonderful issue to have, of course, and CEO, Paul Lakin, is finding ways to overcome it.
"I knew there were growth opportunities from being here before and knowing the area," Lakin said. "The surprise for me has been the last four months and the continued growth we've experienced, which has exceeded my expectations. I thought it might slow down but in actual fact, it's been more rapid than it has in the last two years.
"We've had to really consider ways in which we can accommodate our supporters and that has become the immediate objective — to make sure we have the ability to deliver. Things such as handling the growth of our retail and being equipped within the stadium to accommodate a higher number of attendees are part of that.
"The East Stand extension, which could be seen as a relatively quick win, was something six months ago we would have been planning to look at once we reached the end of this season. But we have architects looking at it now because we simply have to; we're going to have capacity issues. It's a good problem to have, but we need to keep pushing hard to maintain the growth of the club."
Hull KR embrace growing pains with stadium expansion & retail demand priorities
Rovers have enjoyed exceptional growth in recent years, and they're tackling the challenges that come with that head on.
It'll be increased allowance in the terracing stands.
Unlikely, unfortunately they have capped HKR fan tickets at 3,500 which have sold out in a days. Without ability for the other 5k HKR fans to get in it wont sell out. They've also increased the ticket prices for this game which is annoying fans of both sides.
