Man UTD has confirmed plans for the construction of a new stadium of 100,000 seats next to Old Trafford. Sky Sports looks at some of the key questions about the announcement …
What about Old Trafford’s current stadium?
The new stadium will be built next to the current soil, although it is not clear what will happen to Old Trafford.
Club co -owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe previously emphasized that he wanted to keep the ‘essence’ of the famous soil, saying, “Our current stadium has served us brilliantly for the last 115 years, but has lagged behind the best arenas in world sports.
“With the construction next to the existing place, we will be able to preserve the essence of Old Trafford, at the same time creating a true top stadium that transforms only a fan experience only from our historic home.”
When will it be completed?
It has not yet been given a time range to end the new stadium.
No start date for any regeneration or construction work.
What is wrong with Old Trafford?
The falling standards of United soil were well documented, the latest example that arrived after the defeat of its home from Arsenal in May 2024, where the areas of the stadium were flooded after the thunderstorm, and the water also fell through the roof.
Other videos of the demolished parts of the soil are wider on the network in recent years and although it is the largest club stadium in England, it has not been selected to be one of the hosts for the Euro 2028 in the UK and Ireland.
“It’s a beautiful stadium, Old Trafford – but I’m not a lover of the roof because I think it’s too low,” said United editor we stand Andy Mitten.
“Old Trafford should not be smaller, it should be bigger.”
The last time the club took large work at Old Trafford in May 2006, when 8000 seats were added to the northeast and northeastern quadrants of the stadium.
This work was approved before the Glazer family took control of the club in June 2005, which means that no work was done to renovate Old Trafford since the majority shareholders of United 19 years ago.
Will the capacity be reduced to Old Trafford as the work continues?
Old Trafford may have 74,000 spectators, but it is not clear whether any area of the soil will need to be reduced to progress in construction work.
Will Man Utd have to play somewhere else for a while?
There is a possibility that Man UTD should play in the second stadium because plans are progressing around Old Trafford.
Tottenham Hotspur played at Wembley for almost three years between 2016 and 2019 while their new soils were being built. Previously, Fulham also played on Loftus Road, while Craven Cottage was renewed.
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Geographically speaking, the Etihad Manchester City stadium is closest to Old Trafford. There are also options further, with two Premier League fields in nearby Liverpool, including New Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium Anfield and Everton’s Everton Stadium Bramley-Moore.
However, there was no confirmation that Man Utd would have to play elsewhere or where it could be.
What will be called the new stadium?
There was no confirmation on any potential name for the new stadium. However, this could come with appointment rights, as Arsenal did when they moved to Emirates in 2006.
What is the cost?
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After the reports appeared last year, Melissa Reddy explained who would finance the stadium in the 100,000 Manchester United stadium and what are the plans for the local area
Telegraph He reported last year that Old Trafford’s spread would cost around £ 800 million, while new soil could reach £ 2 billion.
As part of his contract of 1.2 billion pounds to buy a stake in United, Ratcliffe puts £ 239 million in the club to help increase club infrastructure. The Catanical Bank of Sheikh Jassim, who was subjected to Ratcliffe in the United control run, was ready to advocate £ 1.27 billion for the same work.
Financing was one of the key considerations of the working group and a wide selection of potential sources of private funding will be investigated. There could be opportunities for a public-private partnership to power regeneration of the area.
However, the mayor of the great Manchester Andy Burnham revealed in September that United is not looking for public money to finance the stadium regeneration.
“Whatever they (Ratcliffe and Ineos) want, we will make it easier and we will be there to make sure the club is set for the future,” he said.
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2025-03-11 10:00:00
