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Matt Lewis. English Premier League soccer side West Ham United FC has announced that it will be increasing capacity at its London Stadium to 60,000. "The expansion plan will be discussed at a Richmond council planning meeting on Wednesday, where it is earmarked for approval.If it goes ahead, the scheme could be completed by the project will be completed by autumn 2018. Thousands more of our supporters who are on the season ticket waiting list will now have the opportunity to watch Premier League football at our home.”James has been Editor of Stadia since 2018 having worked at magazines and websites around the world for the past 10 years covering everything from technology to motoring and more. The Manchester expansion will be similar to the £110m upgrade at its London operation, next to Wembley Stadium, and will create 50 jobs. English Premier League soccer side West Ham United FC has announced that it will be increasing capacity at its London Stadium to 60,000.The club, which has been playing at a capped 57,000 capacity, has submitted an application for a safety certificate to initially increase available seating by 3,000 and has also reached an agreement with landlord E20 to eventually operate at its full 66,000.Should West Ham United be given permission to open up all available seats at the London Stadium, which was the centerpiece stadium for the 2012 London Olympic Games, it would become the largest club stadium in London, and second largest in the Premier League.A statement on the club’s website read: “West Ham United can confirm that London Stadium operators LS185, at our request, will be submitting the application for the safety certificate that will increase matchday capacity to 60,000. The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updatesA proposed £54 million expansion of Twickenham Stadium has been met with opposition by residents who fear more “repulsive” drunk Rugby chiefs say the capacity of the stadium will remain unchanged and the upgrade in corporate hospitality will largely replace other facilities currently off-site.But residents in neighbouring streets have hit out at the scheme, claiming their lives will be made a misery by an increase in braying, binge-drinking supporters using their grounds as toilets, parking in their spaces or threatening and abusing people.He wrote: “The car park is filled with unauthorised vehicles which choose to park in our privately owned car park parking spaces and, worse still, our private grounds are consistently used as a public toilet area.”Mr Robinson claimed rugby fans, concert goers and gym users often subjected residents to “anti-social and sometimes threatening behaviour” but such incidents were largely ignored by stewards and the RFU.One Rugby Road resident said they had seen 11 people use their garden as a toilet during this year’s Army versus Navy match.Louise Bell complained: “I counted 11 different people urinate literally outside my front window, against the wall of my flat.Another neighbour claimed they had even called the police over the “uneighbourly behaviour” of some people using the site’s gym, while another branded the behaviour of fans “repulsive”.The neighbouring Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School has also hit out at the building works needed for the extension, claiming it will have a detrimental effect on the public school pupils’ education.A spokesman for the RFU said: "We have submitted a planning application for redevelopment of the East Stand to Richmond Council and will be attending the planning meeting next week.

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The stadium has been built in such a way, that if required, an additional tier could be built onto the East Stand. Share ; By. They are ordered by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. The following is a list of stadiums in the United Kingdom with a capacity of 5,000 or more. The Tottenham stadium delay turned a potential setback into a feather in the cap for the NFL in the U.K., a defining moment in this 12th season of games in London. This would increase the capacity to 42,000. A proposed £54 million expansion of Twickenham Stadium has been met with opposition by residents who fear more “repulsive” drunk rugby fans will urinate in their gardens.