Stadium capacity

[Andrew]

I am a bit confused and cannot find the data. I noted yesterdays attendance was a bit over 27,000 and occasionally we make about 28,500ish.

What is the actual capacity of the ground? when the new stand was being toited I heard figures between 32 and 35,000. With my eyes it looks like the new stand is bigger than the old in terms of seats, is that an otical illusion?

I am sure this was discussed before but as I said I can no mlonger find the data.

Any help appreciated.

[Kingjay81]

Quick google search states that capacity is 29,600 which is up from 25,700 since the new stand opened.

[iansthailand]

Quick google search states that capacity is 29,600 which is up from 25,700 since the new stand opened.

I think that was the original capacity forecast. The Club has made many amendments to the original plans so 29,600 will be unachievable. Not seen any revised quotes,

[bill taylors apprentice]

Depending where you look on the internet you will get the old capacity, rounded up capacity or even simply wrong capacity.

The PL publication for season 2025/26 the 'Premier Leagues own handbook' states 27,782 but this must be before areas of the new stand became available.

I believe it's currently 29,589 but its a bit of a mystery for some reason!

[AJW48361]

I am a bit confused and cannot find the data. I noted yesterdays attendance was a bit over 27,000 and occasionally we make about 28,500ish.

What is the actual capacity of the ground? when the new stand was being toited I heard figures between 32 and 35,000. With my eyes it looks like the new stand is bigger than the old in terms of seats, is that an otical illusion?

I am sure this was discussed before but as I said I can no mlonger find the data.

Any help appreciated.

Lots of Empty seats in my section of the JH Stand yesterday

[Logicalman]

I am a bit confused and cannot find the data. I noted yesterdays attendance was a bit over 27,000 and occasionally we make about 28,500ish.

What is the actual capacity of the ground? when the new stand was being toited I heard figures between 32 and 35,000. With my eyes it looks like the new stand is bigger than the old in terms of seats, is that an otical illusion?

I am sure this was discussed before but as I said I can no mlonger find the data.

Any help appreciated.

Here are some previous threads from this and last season:
Riverside Fully Open
3000 Empty seats
26,528
OOh La La
Our Ground Capacity

[Eton White]

I don't think the stand was ever expected to be as 32 - 35,000. I remember around 30,000 or just under being touted when it was being built.

[Hammer Smith]

The new official capacity for Craven Cottage following the Riverside redevelopment is 27,488. Clearly significantly reduced compared to the original estimate. I've no idea why this is much less than previously predicted though.

[bencher]

The new official capacity for Craven Cottage following the Riverside redevelopment is 27,488. Clearly significantly reduced compared to the original estimate. I've no idea why this is much less than previously predicted though.

If that's the case, then that huge and costly development added less than 2,000 seats to the CC capacity. That seems quite absurd, even if there are other benefits of the new stand.

[SG]

The new official capacity for Craven Cottage following the Riverside redevelopment is 27,488. Clearly significantly reduced compared to the original estimate. I've no idea why this is much less than previously predicted though.

If that's the case, then that huge and costly development added less than 2,000 seats to the CC capacity. That seems quite absurd, even if there are other benefits of the new stand.

On the face of it I agree but you have to look at the income per seat. These seats probably sell for some 2 or 3 times the average ground seat price (more in the hospitality areas or for the top 6 teams) so it is the equivalent in revenue terms to adding say 5,000 seats in normal areas

[iansthailand]

The new official capacity for Craven Cottage following the Riverside redevelopment is 27,488. Clearly significantly reduced compared to the original estimate. I've no idea why this is much less than previously predicted though.

Haven't they added an hotel and lost some flats from the original plan? I may be wrong but that's a possible reason. 

[Arthur]

I noted yesterdays attendance was a bit over 27,000 and occasionally we make about 28,500ish.

Have we had a crowd upwards of 28,000? I don't recall such.

[btffc]

I noted yesterdays attendance was a bit over 27,000 and occasionally we make about 28,500ish.

Have we had a crowd upwards of 28,000? I don't recall such.

27,736 is where we've topped out against Arsenal this season. A couple others in the 27.500 range. 27,770 was the highest I saw last season against Liverpool. I assume that's about maxed.

[SG]

Remember there's 3/400 seats lost with the segregation covers

[Andrew]

Thank you for that and the replies.

It was actuslly just idle curiosity because at half time V Brighton I noticed at half time nearly all of the three central sections of the new stand were vacated and I wondered how many that was and tried to work out how many would miss the start of the second half.

For the record I do have a very strong recollection of a capacity in excess of 32,000 being mentioned when this was first planned but I know there were safety issues about evacuating the ground quickly and it was backed off.

Thank you all very much.

[cookieg]

I would hope that there are plans for the Putney and Hammersmith ends to be developed. More so the Putney end so as not to impose on the flats behind the Hammersmith. Bournemouth have done fantastically well with such a small ground but they have found and sold players for massive profit I'm sure they have bought some duds but they do seem to make a lot of money. If we could match that then I think we really could be a euro spot regular.

[btffc]

I would hope that there are plans for the Putney and Hammersmith ends to be developed. More so the Putney end so as not to impose on the flats behind the Hammersmith. Bournemouth have done fantastically well with such a small ground but they have found and sold players for massive profit I'm sure they have bought some duds but they do seem to make a lot of money. If we could match that then I think we really could be a euro spot regular.

Problem is without adding more hospitality or increasing ticket prices, it would be very difficult to recoup the cost of rebuilding either end. A basic stand that increase capacity by 2000 would probably cost 50 million. It would take 20+ years to break even on that at current ticket prices not including lost revenue while it was being constructed. It's desperately needed, but demand isn't really there right now to justify increasing capacity and it makes little sense financially. Shad pretty much has to decide he wants to build more stuff because he likes it(which he has said is a passion) for it to happen.

[Hatch007]

I asked a friend of mine who works at the club in marketing and he said there are 28,000 seats with sometimes up to 600 taken up by segregation 👍

[fulhamfan]

https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/fulham/attendances

[mrmicawbers]

I heard the riverside stand brings in more revenue than the other stands together x 2