I couldnt get 5 of us in the East just now so we've squeezed into the South. They might need to open another stand.

Is the whole of the East Stand available to Hull fans or will the north end be closed off?

still plenty left in the west stand, so i doubt the club will open the north until they have gone

Don't think they close off the north end, but this will be Wires allocation with some in the north ID imagine, dependant on how many they bring.

According the the stadium website the capacities are as followed:

North Stand: 4,000 capacity.
East Stand: 6,000 capacity.
South Stand: 4,000 capacity.
West Stand Lower: 6,000 capacity.
West Stand Upper: 5,000 capacity.

Bearing in mind this will be pre-the barrier at the north end of the East stand, plus however much we have to deduct due to having unreserved seating (is it 10%?), plus the big screen allocation, means with the three stands I'd imagine a capacity of 14,500-15,000, plus a bit of the north for away fans should be around 15,500.

All guesstimated on my part though.

Hull Daily Mail today suggesting that there will be 18,000 there on Friday.

Be brilliant if we can get that, think it would be our 2nd highest non derby crowd at the KC? We got over 19k i think for Bradford way back when the KC had just opened.

Just had a look and basically the south end of west stand is sold out too but a fair few left down the north end

E1,E2 & E3 still not available for sale though which makes me think the Wire fans will be in there with North closed which would be ludicrous

If the SMC are going to charge us extra for opening the north stand, it makes sense to sell out the other areas first. At the end of the day, if there is the demand for it, they'll open it up.

Plus having FC fans in all 4 stands will help the atmosphere, its the reason City moved the away fans to the corner in the first place.

I'd be amazed if we got anywhere near that. Wonder if they have just made it up or got it from the club. It would be fantastic but I really can't see it. 15k would be more achievable.