Old Trafford demolition: Manchester United stadium redevelopment – Manchester United are currently weighing up all their options to revamp the age-old and famous Old Trafford stadium as plans to upgrade it to one of the world’s iconic and biggest stadiums are underway. A potential plan currently is to demolish the stadium completely and until then the home matches would take place at a different stadium with the Wembley Stadium being one of the options. Although, the club had made sure to discuss their plan with the supporter’s trust and then come to a conclusion over the best possible decision. Follow InsideSport.IN for the latest sports news and updates.
Old Trafford demolition: Manchester United considering all plans to redevelop the 112-year-old stadium with the potential of DEMOLISHING it completely and playing elsewhere
Completely reconstructing English football’s most famous club stadium the home of the Busby Babes and Sir Alex Ferguson’s 1999 treble winners from the ground up would be an extraordinary and controversial way to solve the range of problems currently afflicting United.
#mufc are considering three options for the redevelopment of Old Trafford:
• Knock down Old Trafford and rebuild it from scratch
• Rebuild & extend South Stand
• Leave stadium structurally intact but conduct a revamp of spectator and corporate areasvia @Ian_Ladyman_DM pic.twitter.com/zdqSFNlj7J
— utdreport (@utdreport) March 14, 2022
Old Trafford demolition: Man United considering all plans to redevelop the 112-year-old stadium
According to Sportsmail, the proposal is one of three currently being considered by the club. United are blessed with acres of land on their current site in Stretford on which to construct a stadium to rival any in the world of sport if they chose to do so.
One of two other two ideas being considered is to rebuild and extend Old Trafford’s ageing and problematic South Stand up and over the railway line that runs behind it. The second is to leave the stadium structurally intact but conduct a comprehensive revamp of spectator and corporate areas on all four sides.
Currently, it is thought that the South Stand revamp appeals most to the club’s owners the Glazer family and as such it is the more likely option. It would also be the most acceptable to fans. Current building technology would enable the railway line to be navigated, an issue that was considered prohibitive for many years, on the way to increasing capacity from the stadium’s current 74,000 to beyond 80,000.
However the option to demolish the 112-year stadium is understood to be real and is part of the proposals that competing architects and engineers have been examining as they bid for the contract to carry out the work.
Old Trafford demolition: Manchester United Stadium upgrade – Official Statement
Initial meetings had taken place between the club and a number of architectural and engineering companies in the first week of January 2022 to present their credentials as potential partners for the project.
“These meetings have produced exciting potential ideas, although it’s important to note that we’re still at an early stage and it’s premature to talk about timetables,” Collette Roche, Manchester United’s Chief Operating Officer, told a meeting of the club’s Fans’ Forum.
Roche said United had an open mind about the best approach to modernizing Old Trafford but the intention was to remain on the same site and take a phased approach so the team would not need to move away.
Old Trafford demolition: Manchester United considering all plans to redevelop the 112-year-old stadium with the potential of DEMOLISHING it completely and playing elsewhere
