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Manchester United To Leave Old Trafford for 100,000 ‘Pre-Fabricated’ Stadium
Manchester United have announced plans to leave their historic Old Trafford stadium, which has suffered from many years of neglect post‑Glazer ownership to follow in the vision of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sir Norman Foster to create the “world’s greatest football stadium, at the centre of a regenerated Old Trafford”.
The plans would see the new ground become the largest in the UK, with the reveal promo suggesting the stadium would add an additional £7.3bn each year to the UK economy with an additional 1.8 million visitors annually, whilst creating 92,000 new jobs and 17,000 new homes in the location. The Red Devils have spent the last 115 years at their current home, which currently holds nearly 74,000 spectators, but the new stadium will not be far away, with the build site expected to be built on club owned land adjacent to Old Trafford.
The suggested timing of the build is also very interesting, with Sir Norman Foster alluding to the fact that plans are in place to have the new stadium created within 5 years by utilising the Manchester Ship Canal to transport pre-fabricated elements to develop the new ground.
The Old Trafford Regeneration Task Force, which is chaired by Sir Ratcliffe, but also includes former United defender Gary Neville and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham have now confirmed the club’s intention to build a new stadium that would make it the largest in the UK. “Today marks the start of an incredibly exciting journey to the delivery of what will be the world’s greatest football stadium, at the centre of a regenerated Old Trafford,” said Ratcliffe.
“Our current stadium has served us brilliantly for the past 115 years, but it has fallen behind the best arenas in world sport. By building next to the existing site, we will be able to preserve the essence of Old Trafford, while creating a truly state of the art stadium that transforms the fan experience only footsteps from our historic home.”
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However, questions on how the club will finance the cost of the new stadium are still to be answered after Ratcliffe said earlier this week that the club would have run out of money by Christmas had he not made a series of recent cost saving cuts. Despite this it’s expected banks would be happy to finance borrowings to such an ambitious project. Speaking about the plans, Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada said: “Our long term objective as a club is to have the world’s best football team playing in the world’s best stadium. We are grateful for the feasibility work done by the Old Trafford Regeneration Task Force exploring options for the future of Old Trafford. We have carefully considered its findings, together with the views of thousands of fans and local residents and concluded that a new stadium is the right way forward for Manchester United and our surrounding community. We will now embark on further consultation to ensure that fans and residents continue to be heard as we move towards final decisions.”
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