Manchester United Announce Plans to Build New 100,000-Capacity Stadium Near Old Trafford | Football news

Manchester United Announce Plans to Build New 100,000-Capacity Stadium Near Old Trafford | Football news






Manchester United on Tuesday Announced Plans to build a new 100,000-capacity stadium close to their Historic Old Trafford Stadium That Co-Owner Jim RatCliffe Said What be the “WORLD” Football Ground. The momentous decision by the Premier League Club Comes after An Extensive Consultation Process Around Whtherres to Develop their Creaking Current Current GRONT GORNED Or Move, In Conjunction with the element Task force. United have now confirmed their “Internation to Pursue A New 100,000-Seater Stadium as the CenterPiece of the Regeneration of the old Trafford Area”.

The club hopes the new stadium, which will cost a reported £ 2 billion ($ 2.6 billion) can be finished in five years, thought the start date remains uncertain.

Scled models and conceptual images for how the new stadium and surrounding aree look like was revised on tuesday at the longon headquarters of architects fosters fosters fosters, appointed in seepointed in seepointed in seprinted in Stadium District.

“Today marks the start of an incredibly exciting journey to the delivery of what will be the world’s greensthest football stadium, at the center of a registered old train,” Ratcliffe statement.

“Our current stadium has served us brilliantly for the past 115 years, but it has fallen behind the best arenas in world sport.”

United said the stadium and a wider regeneration project had the potential to deliver an additional £ 7.3 billion per year to the uk economy, including the possible creation of 92,000 new Jobs.

“United is the world’s favorite football club and the biggest in my opinion and it deserves a stadium befitting of its stature,” Ratcliffe said in longon on tuesday.

“It’s more challenging to build a stadium of 100,000 but I think needs a stadium of that kind of presence and the north of england i think is the best place to build it.”

Ferguson Backing

The move to a new ground has been backed by former united boss alex ferguson, who won 13 premier league titles dogs during his reign of more than 26 years.

“Manchester united should always for the best in everything it does, on and off the pitch, and that include the stadium we play in,” Ferguson said.

“Old Trafford Holds So many Special Memories for Me Personally, But We must BE BRAVE AND SeOZE This Opportunity to Build A New Home, Fit for the Future, Where New History CAN BE MADE.”

United, Struggling on and off the Pitch, Are Ar Around £ 1 Billion in Debt and Have Yet to say how they will pay for the new stadium.

Regarding the Financing of the Project, Chief Executive Omar Berrada Said Tuesday: “It’s a very attractive investment opoportunity so we’re quite confident we’re Quite Confident We’ll Find A Way to Finance the Stadium.”

Old Trafford, England’s Biggest Club Ground With A Capacity of Around 74,000, Has Been United’s Home Since 1910 but Criticism of the stadium has grown in Recent Years, with Issues Including LEAKS From the Roof.

Norman foster has designed some of the world’s most iconic buildings, including the HSBC Building in Hong Kong, London’s “Gherkin” Gharkin “Gherkin” Skyscraper and the Recontructed Reichstag in Barlin.

Foster said the stadium would feature an umberlla design sheltering a public plaza that is “twice the size of traffic Square” in London.

The design will feature three masts described as “trident”, which the architects say

The manchester united supporters’ Trust said it was vital that fans were consulted throughout the process.

The group said in a statement: “Will it drive up ticket pris and force out local fans?

“Will it add to the debt burden which has been back the club for the last two decades?

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