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Rangers could be set to replicate Leeds United\u2019s stadium expansion by adding 10,000 to the capacity of Ibrox.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 49ers Enterprises have a controlling stake in both clubs and officially took control of the Glasgow side<\/a> at the end of May.<\/p>\n Speaking at\u00a0Rangers<\/a>\u2018 General Meeting (EGM) on 23 June, vice-chairman Paraag Marathe suggested the club\u00a0will explore plans for a stadium expansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n Currently, Ibrox holds 51,700 people at maximum capacity, and the famous ground hasn\u2019t been renovated since 1997.<\/p>\n Aberdeen\u2019s<\/a> former chief Keith Wyness \u2013 who served as CEO at Pittodrie between 2000 and 2004, had lengthy spells as the chief of Everton<\/a> and Aston Villa and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs \u2013 believes that the 49ers Enterprises need to maximise revenue in every possible way.<\/p>\n Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider<\/strong>\u2019s Inside Track podcast<\/a>, Wyness insisted that Rangers can add an extra 10,000 seats to Ibrox.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n Currently, the capacity of Celtic Park stands at 60,400, meaning that the Gers are around 9,000 short of their Glasgow rivals Celtic<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wyness added that this eats away at the club, as they can\u2019t get as many fans in the ground.<\/p>\n He told Football Insider<\/strong>\u2018s Inside Track podcast: \u201cThey are about 9,000 or 10,000 fans short of Celtic Park now every weekend and that sort of eats away. They\u2019re going to have to focus on what you can do with Ibrox. There are still areas. <\/p>\n \u201cThey had that really disastrous expansion attempt last season at Ibrox when they had to close it for some of the games that they shouldn\u2019t have done. I\u2019m sure that they won\u2019t repeat that, but they need to work on the revenue areas, hospitality areas, bigger number of seats. <\/p>\n \u201cThere are ways it can be done and I think you can get that extra 10,000 into Ibrox. There\u2019s a demand there, they\u2019ll still sell out every weekend, and I think it\u2019s a big show of intent. <\/p>\n \u201cYou look at what Paraag Marathe has done at Leeds, a huge expansion is going on at Elland Road. That\u2019s underway right now. It\u2019s a big positive and I think they want to do the same thing at Rangers. <\/p>\n \u201cStadium valuations, women\u2019s teams valuations, real estate assets, all those things are becoming very important now, and that\u2019s what the 49ers are good at. I think that they\u2019re going to look to maximise Ibrox in every possible way. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s got certain constraints due to its architecture. It is a beautiful old stadium, but it needs to be really maximised and they need to be very creative and do the best they can.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Rangers have received a \u00a320million injection<\/a> from their owners in the form of a new share issue,\u00a0sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As per a\u00a0Companies House\u00a0submission on 30 June, the club\u2019s holding company Rangers International Football Club Limited has issued 100 million shares<\/p>\n Each share was purchased at 20 pence per one pence share, taking the total investment to \u00a320million.<\/p>\n It comes after\u00a0Rangers\u2019 new owners committed to investing \u00a320million after agreeing to purchase a majority stake at Ibrox.\u00a0<\/p>\n For more Rangers and exclusive news, follow us on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or join our brand new\u00a0WhatsApp Channel<\/a>\u00a0for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Sun 6 July 2025 16:48, UK Rangers could be set to replicate Leeds United\u2019s stadium expansion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,5074,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-244559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-rangers","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114810484673583218","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Rangers](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ibrox-Rangers-2-1-1-1-1-2-1024x576.png\")
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Rangers could be set to replicate Leeds\u2019 stadium expansion (Credit: Imago)Rangers owners bankroll \u00a320m injection<\/strong><\/p>\n