What Wrexham AFC's new capacity will be once 5500 Kop stand is created as Championship football looms | OneFootball

Revised designs for Wrexham's new Kop stand were revealed last month, here's what their new capacity could be when it is completed.

With Wrexham AFC’s latest plans for the re-development of their Kop end approved by local councillors at the start of March, the club have received the green light to begin working on their new stand.

That end of the Racecourse Ground had been unused since 2007, before a temporary stand has been put in place during the last couple of seasons.

That stand is capable of holding up to 2289 spectators, but when the new, 5500-capacity stand is eventually completed, it will take the ground’s total capacity up to around the 16,500 mark.

With the Red Dragons enjoying another fine season on the pitch, Championship football could be beckoning, meaning now could be the perfect time for ambitious owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney to begin kicking some of their plans into gear.

Wrexham’s ground will soon reach a 16,500 capacity

Although the re-development of the Kop end at Wrexham has taken longer than the club initially hoped, work should now be able to begin shortly.

The new stand is set to have a capacity of 5500, as well as featuring provisions for safe standing, accessible seating and hospitality areas.

As outlined by the revised design, the players’ and officials’ facilities will also be housed at that end of the ground in future. The club have also revealed that the brick facade at the rear of the stand will pay homage to the ‘Terracottapolis’ nickname that the city has.

An update back in October outlined that the club were hoping the new stand could be open in time for the Under 19 European Championships, which are being hosted in Wales in June 2026.

While it is currently unclear whether that deadline is still considered to be achievable, it seems inevitable that at some point in the next few years, there will be a new-look Racecourse Ground.

If the owners’ comments are anything to go by, this development could be just the start. Reynolds and McElhenney hinted previously that they hope to one day increase the stadium’s capacity to around the 55,000 mark, meaning this could be just the start of the exciting developments at Wrexham over the next few years.

Increased capacity would further strengthen Wrexham’s home support

Wrexham’s rapid rise has been a well-publicised one in recent seasons. Since Reynolds and McElhenney took over the club, they have gone from strength to strength.

First, the club ended their 15-year exile from the Football League, before breezing through League Two last term. Now, with just five games of their league season still to play, they face the prospect of creating history within the pyramid of English football.

No club has ever won three successive promotions in the top five tiers of English football, but that is exactly what Wrexham are staring in the face at present.

With the end of the season coming into view, they have built up a six-point gap over their nearest challengers, Wycombe, and are surely now just a couple of wins away from the second tier.

One thing which has become a trademark over the course of their recent rise is their phenomenal home record. Phil Parkinson’s men have been formidable on home turf in recent years, having finished with the division’s best home record in both their National League and League Two promotion seasons.

This year, in League One, they find themselves second only to Birmingham City.

The vociferous support they receive at home games makes it undoubtedly one of the toughest assignments for away teams in the whole of the lower leagues and, with the increased capacity set to boost their numbers even further when completed. That is unlikely to change any time soon.