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United announce new stadium plans
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It would cause a stink - I'm just imagining several K fans farting at once
True but that wasn't what the poster claimed
Can still call it Old Trafford as it's still within the area. The stadium is named after the area it's in, so no need to change it.
If not, Trafford Park, Trafford Wharfside to go alongside the wider redevelopment of the area.
Im hoping he'll be gone before it breaks ground
Wembley kept its name, there's no reason Old Trafford can't if its built practically in the same spot.
Old Spice Trafford wouldn't be so bad.
Why do we need him? He'll put a running track around the field I bet
Don't think anybody knows the source of funding yet, but ineos have a history of getting funding for big projects.
Can get a loan secured against future revenue, if the wider redevelopment includes hotels, housing, retail, office, events etc then there would be plenty of partners. So future profits from all these would be attracted to funding partners.
People think Gary Neville is in this because his connections to the club and the city.. But he's also a property developer and has been able to secure funding for all his ventures.
I lived in Stratford and Hackney Wick.. Both East and West side of the Olympic park. He headed up the bid, and the Olympic and a large part of that was the regeneration of the area before, during and after the Olympics and the park was built.
https://www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/our-stories/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-10-years
There is enough room. You may need to take down one or two stands towards the end of the build to make enough room for one side of the ground but that’s not impractical. Bilbao and Spurs did similar things.
And an artificial lake for the INEOS sailing team.
How come the area is big enough for 90k and not 100k?
Can't we just drop the pitch down a few metres?
Can't we just drop the pitch down a few metres?
Ask TV Dragon Gary Neville to invest into it.
If only there was a lake sized area of water nearby the land.
Sounds like the players making demands for the Carrington upgrade
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Lovely!
What's the consensus here currently? Last time it was a near even split for and against a new stadium.
Means we need to absolutely nail the next managerial appointment and the next two windows because we might not be able to spend big on players for a while.
Of course the Glazers are supportive, they’ve done nothing with the stadium for 20 years and some else is now doing it for them.
As much as it would hurt to see Old Trafford go I don't see us having much choice if we want a modern state-of-the-art stadium.
Looking forward to seeing some designs in the near future, would be interesting for sure.
Though I guess we'll never see the different designs and just the final one. They have to keep the pitch close to the seats for sure, having it too far away kills it, look at West ham!
Though I guess we'll never see the different designs and just the final one. They have to keep the pitch close to the seats for sure, having it too far away kills it, look at West ham!
I hope we try to be a little different because I fear that our new stadium will look like the Emirates and Estadio da Luiz which are basically the same
Exciting news.
Would like to see a Cantona statue added.
Would like to see a Cantona statue added.
Should be 100k+
A new stadium on site is the right choice. The current Old Trafford has fallen too far behind to be properly salvaged. Why spend basically the same trying to redo the current ground when we can build a state of the art new one?
If they get the design right then it will be easier to get onboard the new build idea.
But if we are just left with a generic Spurs or Arsenal modern stadium at the end it will be a shame to lose Old Trafford.
But if we are just left with a generic Spurs or Arsenal modern stadium at the end it will be a shame to lose Old Trafford.
Didn't Spurs play at Wembley for the duration of the build?
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So that’s possibly end of the year just to see how feasible it is.
Agreed! A new stadium is an absolute must.
Should be 200k capacity with a theme park and zoo on site.
With dinosaurs
I quite like the clean modern design of those stadiums. We could paint ours red and add an F1 style livery to it to differentiate it from the rest
No giant water park, swimming pools and minimum of 300 saunas for fans?
I'm kind of disappointed, I wont lie
I'm kind of disappointed, I wont lie
i'd rather disneyland manchester edition
Starting already - ‘South stand United’ taking legal advice, whoever they are. Too many interested stakeholders to avoid delays.
No.
They built a bug chunk of the new stadium around the old one and then when they had to knock down WHL, that's when they moved to Wembley.
I wish that New Trafford name would die already. It’s childish sounding and Old Trafford is named after the area of Manchester it’s in
New old Trafford