Wow, it's all looking great. Wish Wigan would fill the corners in but I've read somewhere that they designed it so it wasn't possible

The way they've built the stands behind the sticks at DW would make it difficult to fill in the corners. They've bricked up all the sides, unlike HJ, so it would take quite a bit of work to restructure it in a way to hold the roof. But I reckon it could be done if needed. I doubt they'd purposely design it in a way that would make it not possible to expand.

Don't see the need to expand it though myself. How many times has the place been full? Wigan Athletic's biggest crowd this season has been 18k so far and they're in the Premier League (although they've only played two North West teams so far this season).

Wonder if there will be an attempt to get some cladding on the outside of the SE croner before boxing day, otherwise it might get a bit chilly/wet at the now open ends of those stands.

I'd put my house on Wigan RL having filled it more often than the Latics.

I'm just making an assumption, but surely Latics fill it for games against Man Utd and Liverpool for example? If not, bloody hell how are they still alive?!

Who cares what happens at Wigan !

i would have thought wigan fans would be more concerned about getting their own stadium, rather than filling the corners in at their local football ground.

Don't think Wigan will ever have their own stadium again ! They sold their soul and will never get it back ! The only option they might have is if Leigh go out of business and they take over their but they still wouldn't own it ! They are the gypsies of rugby league along with Broncos / quinns

Can I change gypsies for parasites !

You've done it now !!

Wait for it....

Latics crowds have been terrible the last 2 years. Last year they only got 13k on against Chelsea.

This season they got 18k but with 4k in the away end and loads of free giveaways.

Apparently the 15,500 figure was a bit of talking the figures up. According to the planning application submitted, there will be 928 new seats in the NE and approx 840 new standing positions in the SE. That would make the new capacity = 13024+928+840 = 14792. Whether any design tweaks following planning permission have been possible to squeeze a few more in, I'm not sure. But surely that would only take it up closer to or around 15k, not as much as 15.5k.

Regardless of new capacity I hope the 'closing in' of the home stands will has a positive affect on the atmosphere at home games. It also looks so much better.

Won't the original southstand hold more people as the sky screen won't be there the capacity must go up for that reason alone