Arsenal want to modernize Emirates Stadium despite it being only about 20 years old. The club plans to add around 20,000 seats to the current official capacity of 60,704, with an estimated cost of about £500m, following a Premier League title triumph. Stan Kroenke says the renovations will preserve the stadium’s character while creating an elevated matchday experience for Arsenal supporters. Talks are underway, led by chief executive Richard Garlick, though no formal permission has been granted yet. With around 100,000 fans on a season ticket wait list, the expansion is expected to provide future revenue. Competition from nearby Tottenham’s newer stadium also pressures Emirates Stadium’s appeal for alternative uses such as conferences.
"There's some character that I want to make sure we're preserving and bringing back to the ground as well. I think we can do that in a very elegant manner that's really to the benefit of Arsenal. "We do this stuff in the States in our facilities and our teams. We take great pride in it so I think we have a chance to come over and really give the Arsenal supporters an elevated matchday experience from where they are right now.""
"Arsenal are now planning to add around 20,000 seats to its current official 60,704 capacity following their Premier League title triumph - at an estimated cost of around 500m. With 100,000 fans sitting on a season ticket wait list, Arsenal see the potential expansion as a potentially valuable source of future revenue - but there's more to it than that."
"No formal permission has yet been granted, but Josh Kroenke has confirmed that talks are underway, led by chief executive Richard Garlick. One factor is that what was cutting-edge and innovative in 2006 has now been gazumped by more recent stadium developments - most notably, in this case, Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium less than four miles away."
"That means there is more competition for alternative uses of the stadium like conferences, c"
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