If Leeds United's grand future plans come to fruition, Elland Road could soon cater for 60,000 fans on matchdays. Even if that capacity had been in place on Saturday, it wouldn't have been enough to satisfy demand, nor would it have produced as much noise.
Whites fans have waited a long time for this - the first home Premier League game they could attend en masse for 17 years.
Sixteen of those were spent in the relative wilderness of the lower leagues, followed by 18 months that have featured a long-sought promotion and a full season of enjoyable but frustratingly crowdless top-flight football.