The new Old Trafford is on the horizon. Manchester United has expressed its support for the government’s growth agenda by announcing its intention to build a new stadium with capacity for 100,000 people as a centerpiece of the regeneration of the area of its stadium.
This Tuesday, Foster + Partners, the architecture group designated to design the stadium, presented images and scale models of how the new stadium and surroundings could be.
Jim Ratcliffe, co -owner of Manchester United, said: “Today begins an incredibly exciting trip towards the construction of what will be the largest football stadium in the world, at the center of an Old Trafford Regenerate.” The essence of Old Trafford, while we will create a truly avant -garde stadium that transforms the experience of fans, just steps from our historic house. “
In addition, Ratcliffe puts this new project at the height of the Eiffel Tower: “It is more than a new stadium. Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, everyone wants to visit it. Everyone in the world will want to come to visit this stadium.”
Omar Berrada, executive director of Manchester United, said: “Our long -term goal as a club is that the best football team in the world plays in the best stadium in the world.”
Alex Ferguson, more successful coach in the history of the club, is in favor of this remodeling: “Manchester United should always strive to achieve the best in everything that does, inside and outside the field, and that includes the stadium in which we play. Old Trafford keeps many special memories for me personally, but we must be brave and take this opportunity to build a new home, suitable for the future, where a new story can be written. ”