Vague plans have been announced that will increase the capacity of Ibrox to ‘over 51,500’. Currently the capacity is listed at 50,817.
It seems that the creation of three disabled sections will allow for 700 more fans to attend matches with the club typically boasting of creating one of the most accessible sports arenas in Europe. How that is assessed is anyone’s guess.
Multiple plans have been promoted on social media by fans to increase capacity with Celtic having an extra 9,000 seats to sell for every match.
Not since the Club Deck was built in 1990 has there been a significant increase in the capacity of Ibrox with the club hemmed in by the three stands built in the early eighties and the Listed Building status of the Main Stand.
At the 2022 AGM the disabled facilities were promised this summer but that work has been put back 12 months, today the club announced:
RANGERS are today pleased to update supporters on our plans to upgrade and improve facilities for disabled fans at Ibrox, with the overall stadium capacity also set to rise.
At a meeting of the club’s board last week, a phased series of works was agreed, with that beginning this summer with further construction scheduled for the summers of 2024 and 2025 to provide Ibrox with the best disabled facilities of any stadium in Scotland and become one of the most accessible sports arenas in Europe.
The summer periods have been chosen to ensure regular season matches are not disrupted by this essential work.
In all, this significant investment will take the number of spaces for wheelchair users to 270, while 700 general access seats will also be added. Upon completion, the capacity of Ibrox will be in excess of 51,500.
The board have also reaffirmed their intention to improve facilities for all supporters, with a phased programme of concourse and toilet refurbishment also under review.
Phase one will commence in a matter of weeks and will include key structural works in the Broomloan and Copland Stands. This work will not impact season ticket holders in these stands for 2023/24.
This work will include:
Extending the concourses to create space for additional accessible toilets.Â
Creating additional accessible kiosk points.
Alterations for the installation of lifts to the accessible platforms.
Once the Disabled Section is built into the Broomloan Road Stand there appears to be even less chance of a return to pre-2018 away allocations to the Glasgow Derby.
Why not think about digging down and adding more seats at the front of every stand and getting closer to the pitch aswell for better atmosphere ?
Get the capacity up as much as we can— G78 (@haygreig) May 17, 2023
Long overdue. Now update us on safe standing, Walter’s statue and tell us the plans heading into the summer while yer at it ?
— Very disgruntled bear (@BR090802) May 17, 2023
Good news. Now please announce megabrox. pic.twitter.com/10hHQdeqF5
— OnlyAnExcuse (@OnlyAnExcuse) May 17, 2023
Excellent. Moving in the right direction. 51,500 is a start but we want over 60,000 please
— Royal Rampant Raskin (@raskinrangers72) May 17, 2023
Not bothering your arse with concourse refurbishment in the main stand ? Its a bloody riot
— Scott Graham (@scottgraham89) May 17, 2023
They could build it with Lego blocks , no money.
No more getting the drinking water from the Rank smelling toilet pot.
700 new seats oh no our dominance is over that’ll raise another couple Bob for them
Maybe they could give those seats to the debenture holders who lost theirs when Rangers died ?
Now BDO say that bondholders have no right to make a claim because they are out of time.
In a circular to creditors on the liquidation, the firm says: “Following discussions with our legal advisors, the joint liquidators now consider that they have made every effort to seek out and admit these claims, and any future claims will now be legally time-barred under Scots Law. No further claims will therefore be admitted from bondholders or any other creditor who has not previously intimated their claim.” Herald Scotland 9th Feb 2020