SEATING: Fans enjoying a Premier League match at the Riverside Stadium last season Picture: PRESS ASSOCIATION
MIDDLESBROUGH’S Riverside Stadium is to increase its capacity in time for the club's promotion push.
The ground is to gain 250 seats, bringing its spectator capacity to 34,000 in time for the club's Championship campaign.
Councillors from Middlesbrough Council’s licensing committee re-issued a General Safety Certificate for the forthcoming 2017/18 season at a Town Hall meeting.
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