By Brady Haran BBC iCan reporter

Ian Cockerill gives a fan's view

It has been a month since plans were revealed for the Leicester Tigers rugby club to move to Walkers Stadium.

Tigers fans were initially upset by the idea of sharing a home with the city's main football team, Leicester City.

But the idea of moving away from the cramped, 16,800-seat stadium at Welford Road is gathering support.

BBC News visited the ground during a recent game and posed some questions to fan Ian Cockerill.

Mr Cockerill is known to many people as the voice of Tigers fans because of his regular appearances on the "Fan's Eye View" segment on BBC Radio Leicester.

Ian, a month after the plans were revealed, how do you think fans feel about the move?

Fans love the terraces

I think it's near 50-50 in terms of people for and against. The day the announcement was made it was probably 90-10 against.

The emotional reaction was that people don't want to lose Welford Road... it's a fortress and it has been our home for a long time.

But people are beginning to look at the facilities at Welford Road and the limited potential for expansion, and then look at the fact there is a new 32,000-seat stadium across the road which would appear to be a very good option.

What are some of the reasons for staying at Welford Road?

Welford Road is a 'fortress'

Welford Road's a fortress and the atmosphere is absolutely outstanding. It's a very difficult place to come if you are an away player.

The main thing people are very keen on is the terracing which is extremely close to the action. You can see the sweat and blood flying when players are hitting each other in tackles.

People like being able to stand and mix with the opposition supporters, have a bit of banter and take a pint out onto the terrace.

(Note: There are no terraces at Walkers Stadium because terracing is banned at football games. Tigers management say they are looking at the possibility of temporary seats/terracing for rugby games at Walkers Stadium)

Ian, you favour a move to the Walkers Stadium. Why is that?

A view from the Crumbie Stand

There are some negatives to Welford Road, although I do love it here.

For example, the toilets aren't great and some of the sight lines are a bit dubious, with grandstand posts in the way.

But the biggest problem Welford Road has got is its size and inability to expand... we're looking at spending more money to put in an extra 2,000 seats than we would have to spend in buying half the Walkers Stadium.

The Tigers are selling out every week and for the last three years we have not been able to bring new people into the game.

People want to come and see the best rugby team in the northern hemisphere, but they can't get in because no seats are available. Walkers is the most sensible option to develop the game and grow as a club.

A lot of people on the terraces talk about Walkers lacking atmosphere?

Walkers Stadium is blue and white

There's a worry that 18,000 or 19,000 people in a 32,000-seater stadium won't feel anything like the same as 17,000 people packed in to Welford Road.

There is also an emotional reaction that the Walkers Stadium is "the football stadium". It was built for Leicester City, it has the Foxes logo everywhere and it's all blue and white.

It's clearly going to be very important that on Tigers' days it's a Tigers experience - it's going to need some red green and white around.