STEWART ROBERTSON has confirmed Rangers are drawing up proposals for a redevelopment of Ibrox that could see an increase in the capacity of the stadium.
The Light Blues board have invested significant sums to bring their iconic home back up to standard in recent times following years of neglect by previous regimes.
Robertson was asked about future works at the RIFC plc Annual General Meeting on Tuesday and said: “We have looked at various options over the last six months or so and that (moving the corner screens) is one of them. It is probably the most expensive option because of the amount of steelwork and support work that we would need to do with the existing stands.
“However, we are looking at a couple of feasibility projects at the moment and one of those would involve lowering the pitch. The feasibility study there is to check where the water table is and see how far down it goes. We will have the results of that in a couple of months and we are also looking at potentially extending the Govan Stand by three rows as well.
“To go back to the point I made earlier, it is supply and demand. It is getting the balance between works that are feasible and make sense within the budgets we have got and expanding a new tier of the stand.”
Rangers were involved in a row with Glasgow City Council over the redevelopment of the Ibrox Complex into a fan zone last year. The Charity Foundation have now secured a 25-year lease on the ground and Managing Director Robertson is pleased with progress.
He said: “It will also give us additional facilities for the Soccer Schools, the Girls’ Academy and we are looking to rely the pitch there to give them a good facility to train on. Relations with the council are getting better, they have definitely moved on massively in the last 15 months and that is relations with the officers of the Council.
“They have been good with us, I have to say, since we had that stand-off last August.”
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