The Gunners have been at the stadium since 2006, when they left their spiritual home, Highbury.
The Emirates is one of the finest stadiums in Europe and among the largest in the Premier League. However, it still does not accommodate all those who wish to attend games, and many clubs address such issues by expanding their stadiums.
With the team enjoying success under Mikel Arteta, Arsenal is attracting a new wave of supporters who will want to visit the stadium. The current capacity of 60,704 may not be sufficient to meet this growing demand.
Josh Kroenke has now confirmed that internal discussions are underway regarding the expansion of the ground.
He told ESPN:
“It would be premature to talk about any plans in depth, but the internal conversations are starting to occur about [the stadium]. It is not an easy renovation, but we see the possibilities of what’s there,”
Just Arsenal Opinion
We are one of the biggest clubs in Europe, so we deserve a bigger stadium, and hopefully, we will expand it soon.
But even more importantly, we need to celebrate winning the Premier League and other major trophies at the Emirates.
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I’d be delighted
Just might be able to get to more matches- including with sons and grandsons
The stadium certainly needs a facelift and capacity increase. Whilst regarded as state of the art when opening in 2006 it has fallen behind other stadia, especially our noisy neighbours fantastic facilities. At the Emirates, it’s almost impossible to either get a drink or food and even get into the toilets during half time and back to your seat. Certainly not one of the worst and if it’s size is increased so must the facilities.
The subject of increasing the capacity at The Emirates always comes up from time to time.
I remember reading a whole, long, exchange of correspondence about it some years ago now and the gist of it was that an increase (over and above a few hundred here and there) because it was part of the original agreement to build the stadium.
If (still) true, we’ll see what/if KSE can do anything about that now after all these years, but I wouldn’t hold your breath.
That’s nice ideal, and also we need new straker this seasion please management