Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney will not set a completion date for Wrexham’s new stand, despite a temporary structure making no “financial sense”.
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Red Dragons getting more fans through the gatesWork ongoing when it comes to new KopClub pushing for another promotionWHAT HAPPENED?
With interest in the Red Dragons booming – as the ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ documentary series opens up a window to the world – the club’s Hollywood co-owners have worked hard to get more fans through the turnstiles. A makeshift stand, which houses 2,289 supporters, has been put in place and there remains no official word on when reconstruction of the Kop end will be completed.
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Director Shaun Harvey has said in of why no date will be put in place, after previous claims that the stand could be ready for the start of the 2024-25 campaign: “I think we learnt a very important lesson and that was committing to a date. We did it in good faith at the time because that's when we hoped we could get there. The levelling up fund bid didn't work, we've had to go down different avenues and are still progressing those avenues. We are going to stop short of a new date but just reaffirm the commitment to increasing the capacity as quickly as possible.”
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Wrexham opened their temporary stand on December 23, for a derby date with Welsh rivals Newport, and it will remain in place despite operating at a loss. Harvey added: “The temporary stand will be in place for the rest of the season. It only went up when it went up because that was the only stage we could be certain that we weren't going to be able to get on site for the full development of the new Kop before the end of the season. It is there because we know it is not going to hold up a permanent development because that is the priority.”
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He added: “It doesn't make financial sense from the club's perspective if you just consider the cost of the stand against the ticket receipts that we will receive. What does make sense is being able to get an extra 2,289 people into The SToK Cae Ras for every home game. I think we were less motivated by the four-sided stadium than actually being able to increase the capacity. It just happens to achieve that fourth side. We would all have loved the new Kop to be there in use and not this interim stage but we were always going to look at the interim stage if that opportunity presented itself.”