This article from a year or two ago shows it could be possible with only a small portion of the freight terminal being used. They just need to stack the containers a bit closer!
If they can do a pitch similar to the Bernabeu it'd be fantastic for that.
Precisely.
Just swap them part of the W3 car park for the bit we'd need!
The ones I've seen always show the new stadium to have exactly the same size footprint as the current one, which makes it pointless. The meeting, refreshment and corporate areas need to be much larger than now to maximise revenue. As others have said let's have people arriving early or staying afterwards, for revenue and to make transport practicable for, hopefully, a 100,000 stadium.
Of course, so you do it like Spurs did.
If you wanted to go further afield I believe the Yankees did it when they built their new stadium. Certainly not out of the question for the world's leading architects and construction workers/contractors to work it out and you'd imagine if INEOS/Glazers are serious about it the bidding war will be immense.
That's the sort of option I think, rather than the silly ones shown previously as having the same size stadium as we have now. While such a new one could be a bit bigger footprint than now I'm not sure it would be significantly bigger though. I think a new site altogether would be better.
From that article
From that article
Incredibly crude two second job in paint but assuming you could get permission to bridge the canal then I reckon we fit something bigger than the current footprint in here. Would mean swapping the pitch 90 degrees and the space isn't exactly a normal shape but as said, you can get creative with stands to give it some character.
I'd argue you don't need a massively bigger footprint with a more modern construction method. Steeper seating for a start and then you can have more open concourses etc without needing a hugely larger building. The lowest tier at Old Trafford seems particularly shallow compared to other grounds.
Something like this would you to build the new stadium while gradually knocking down the old stadium and you could retain the South Stand and pitch for the history and Reserve/Womens team. Bonus points for having the canal right alongside the back of the stand. Somewhat similar to how Fulham's new stand runs along the Thames.From that article
Incredibly crude two second job in paint but assuming you could get permission to bridge the canal then I reckon we fit something bigger than the current footprint in here. Would mean swapping the pitch 90 degrees and the space isn't exactly a normal shape but as said, you can get creative with stands to give it some character.
That would be good. I do go along with the build the new one at 90 degrees over the old one approach though, I can't see anything else working really. Even though we would have to ask City to share
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It's funny how people say "Old Trafford is crumbling" when compared to most stadia in Ireland (excluding Croke Park and the Aviva and PUC) it's a cathedral.
The bathrooms as well in GAA stadiums, havent been cleaned in about 60 years.
They're brutal. They're rarely full though so it's difficult to justify a big investment. Even PUC is a huge white elephant.
To be fair it's not like they created that many great memories at their old grounds.
This is my biggest wish as well. I fecking hate how far fans are away from the pitch in some of these newer stadiums.
Well we couldn’t quite do that to the Sir Bobby ‘cos there’s a railway line in the way. Though I’m sure there is some scope for expansion there. A new roof would obviously be a massive improvement.
This! The supporters should be right on the pitch.
Yes. Ethiad was built for the commonwealth games using public money. The Olympic stadium was built with public money and by now the National Lottery. West Ham are leasing the stadium. But don’t let a few facts cloud your opinions.
The Emirates was poorly designed in hindsight.
just to add on, City are also leasing the Ethiad btw.
This is how I feel.
Denver Broncos did the same thing when they rebuilt their historic Mile High Stadium:
I'm aware they were built with public money, however building stadiums for the commonwealth games/olympics as part of a much needed regeneration plan (particularly in the case of Eastlands) is not the same as handing over public funds set aside for a leveling up project (which is already failing) to a hugely profitable company because they want a shiny new stadium to make more profit. Yes these clubs may have benefited, and there was some dodgy goings on with City and the council but someone was always going to receive these stadiums as a lease, doesn't mean we should get a government handout.
No, instead they lease it for 250years to an investment group owned by the Abu Dhabi state.
I'm not sure what benefits a new stadium will bring that the current one doesn't provide and the same applies for the local community, government help is needed elsewhere. A huge chunk of stadium revenue comes from catering yet 46 restaurants closed in manchester last year and many more other catering businesses, many citing the government's unwillingness to yield on VAT. I get the desire to be the best and a competitiveness with City but they didn't receive public funds to build a new stadium, they just happened to be in the right place at the right time and have managed to negotiate a suspect deal, if I recall they offered a senior Councillor a role on the board of directors? We don't need to be like city, we also don't need government funds particularly if it only passes through us to American via the Cayman Islands.
The old players tunnel in the South Stand I believe is the Munich tunnel, it was renamed in 2008.
Not sure that is actually the case, I posted documents from the club a few weeks ago that show the club don't necessarily own the freight terminal beside OT. The statement seems to indicate that land is only on a long term lease.
I thought the Munich tunnel was behind the south stand ( the entrance to the ground from that side?!) The old tunnel is certainly central to the pitch, having done the tour I’ve walked up it! you can colour me confused!
Even a brand new stadium built tomorrow would probably need renovation work after 25-30 years to maintain and modernize it.
