I'm sure this is the only way of doing it. They wouldn't willingly take out 1,000 seats unless they felt they had no other option.
I get that, I totally do.
They haven't got another option but still the ground expands (or maybe they have if what SP said is right, couldn't tell if he was being serious) by 8,000 and the amount of normaltons allowed in decreases by 1,000.
We never benefitted from the new Stand. They decreased the GA allocation by 1,000 whilst the building took place. They increased it by 1,000 when it was opened. And now it's gone again. Will we ever get it back? Probably not, only if the Annie is built but they'll probably take another 1,000 away if or when the building starts on it.