New Stadium | 100k Stadium to be built - design visualisation released

[Red in STL]

Wrong stadium, right idea.

Can't imagine LA land is cheaper than Manchester.

Probably not but it wasn't purchased to build a stadium, it's built on part of what was once a racecourse and other stuff that was demolished in 2013 and the land was up for redevelopment, the stadium is just part of it and the land owners are part of the consortium that built it (as I understand it anyway)

 

[euv2]

Make it huge, make it accessible, make it distinct (I think all the modern stadiums prefer a bowl so the rectangle facade is probably gone but you can hopefully save some of the old style at least). Make sure the catering is great, the seats are comfortable with legroom (but still right by the pitch), and the other “little” things are taken care of.

according to the Athletic, our budget is £2 billion. By contrast, SoFi (which apparently Ratcliffe wants to emulate) cost $5.5 billion between 2016 to 2021. Not sure how we can spend half the money to get something of a similar standard. That makes me nervous.

From what I understand, the $5.5b figure also includes the cost of the Hollywood Park which consists of the hotel, retail space, YouTube theatre, etc

Also, the stadium costs ballooned due to having to dig nearly 100ft underground due to restrictions imposed on it by the aviation administration, delays due to covid and labor shortages. It is also designed to withstand earthquakes which also adds to cost.

The Intuit Dome costs $2b and has a capacity of only 18000 but is very fancy with lots of lots of over-the-top features, like charging point for every seat, boat load of restrooms, carbon neutral, solar energy + battery storage etc. It makes the Sofi look like good value for money.

I think our stadium will definitely be the best in Europe, considering it costs £2b (probably closer to £2.5b when it's done) for the stadium alone, but will it be as fancy on the interior as the Sofi or Intuit? I doubt it and it's not really trying to be that, instead focusing on proximity to pitch/acoustics etc. A lot of the stadium's appeal also depends on the surroundings and what gets built alongside it (like COSM, Fan zones) and how hard United are willing to go in that area.