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Vice-chairman confirms Rangers are looking to expand Ibrox capacity

Rangers are exploring the possibility of expanding the capacity of Ibrox Stadium, the club's vice-chairman John Bennett has confirmed.

The Gers are still fresh from celebrating their first Premiership title in a decade after winning the league by a whopping 25 points, but it seems that planning for the future behind-the-scenes is well and truly underway.

At the moment, Ibrox can hold a full capacity of 51,082 when sold out, but Bennett admits he and the rest of the club's hierarchy are keen to extend that further.

Rangers have sold 44,000 season tickets for next season ahead of fans returning to see Steven Gerrard and his players defend their new crown, as well as take on a crack at the Champions League qualifiers.

And Bennett has revealed an initial plan would see extra seating installed in front of the Argyle House hospitality suite at the back of the Sandy Jardine Stand.

Asked if there were plans to increase the capacity of the ground, Bennett told the Louden Tavern podcast : "Yes there are. The most immediate one is something around Argyle House which will involve extra seating.

"There are longer-term plans that might be able to add more seating but I'm going to describe that as 'mid-term' as we want to do Edmiston House, we want to get that museum up and running.

"I'm a real backer of the museum, I do think this is a real legacy moment for the club.

"We're making this bridge from a recovery phase to a growth phase.

"When you see us putting in some new, premium seating and ally that with Edmiston House, the museum, I think you can see then that this club is putting the dark years behind us.

"It won't be in one year's time but I don't think it's as far away as five years' time that you will see a bit more stadium expansion happening."

As we told you earlier this week, Rangers have already unveiled plans to renovate Edmiston House, with the new structure set to contain a club museum and a two-storey superstore.

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