East Midlands Giants Plan Stadium Expansions

Leicester Tigers and Northampton Saints have both revealed details of multi-million pound proposals to improve their stadiums this week. Leicester have unveiled plans for an £8 million redevelopment of the Clubhouse Stand at Welford Road that would boost the ground’s capacity to 26,000. The current stand is only temporary and holds 992 supporters with 28 spaces for disabled fans but the new stand would cater for 3,100 people with 62 disabled seats and it would be the first major renovation at Welford Road since the £15 million 10,000-seater MET-Rx Stand was built in 2008. The new three-storey …