GregM40
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I don’t see the point in building a new stadium unless it’s the biggest in the world.
I think they will focus on hospitality, which means a reduced attendance from what is possible. 85-90k would be a fantastic number and the hospitality would probably pull in more money than an extra 10k tickets.Just read that the Spotify will have 105,000 seats, surely we have to surpass that broken shameless club.
I know this was your 2nd choice but it’s pretty much my first.
Think your 100k point can’t be understated. You could feasibly, though with difficulty, rebuild OT to the 90-odd mark so if there is to be a new stadium it needs to truly be iconic In size and feel.
Being sympathetic to the current pitches location will surely be something they look at.
By sympathetic to the current pitches location I am talking about the idea of downsizing Old Trafford after the new stadium is built to play women’s/youth games there with the pitch being in the same place it is now.There's no point in a rebuild at all if you keep the pitch where it is.
That's the whole reason Old Trafford isn't 95k at the minute.
By sympathetic to the current pitches location I am talking about the idea of downsizing Old Trafford after the new stadium is built to play women’s/youth games there with the pitch being in the same place it is now.
Love the idea. Fill the corner with some hardcore acoustic paneling and sell it to visiting fans as a "welcoming and relaxing atmosphere for our esteemed visitors"90k seems to be the sweet spot, build a new stadium with but build it with future expansions in mind.
More leg room for you giants and a better selection of beers for us pissheads.
Single tier wall with safe standing rail seats behind each goals. Throw the away fans in a corner at the top with shit views and poor acoustics so we can’t hear them.
We had the drop around the edge of the pitch… swap it out for a piranha or sharks with fricken lazer beams attached to their heads style moat.
I think we'll build on the current land and work out the details as we go, could end up with a strangely shaped stadium like Brentford's ground given the shape of the land.
Actually think we'd be better rotating the pitch 90 degrees and moving it northwest a bit and that would give us a better space to make something, but then you'd lose the idea that the Stretford End is that 'side' of the ground.
More leg room for you giants and a better selection of beers for us pissheads.
I managed to take my nephew to his first game the Lens friendly this past summer and in lower Stretford End. I had a pint of Carling (Not my fave) only option of larger and there was a cider option but I can't remember what it was (strongbow).Going off topic, but your post leads me to a question: The last (and second) time I visited Ild Trafford I was 16 years old so couldn’t drink. What are the liquor options at OT (aside from beer which I dislike)? Planning on going on 2025.
Yeah I don’t understand why this wouldn’t be an option either. Seems pretty straightforward to me.We could easily go to the limit of the regulations for how steep the stands are to reduce the footprint. Makes me think of Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter Stadion. Potentially have the stand overhang so that the actual footprint is smaller over the rail yard/freight yard?
Just for more frame of reference with this one if you don't know about it.
It's penned in on three sides by railway lines so they got creative with the shape of the stands. You can pretty much create whatever you want as long as it gets planning permission so there's room to work the space properly.
We could easily go to the limit of the regulations for how steep the stands are to reduce the footprint. Makes me think of Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter Stadion. Potentially have the stand overhang so that the actual footprint is smaller over the rail yard/freight yard?
Again, cost of attending matches post new build/revamp has to be a factor.
Man Utd’s global fan base has also allowed match day tickets to stay releatively cheap compared to other places. All that merchandise and other revenues, sponsors etc contributes to the funding.
You sound like Wolves fans in the 90’s when they were struggling to get out of the championship/1st division.They should go for at least 100k and maybe bigger. Make a statement. We're the big dogs, so we need the biggest stadium in UK
Look to Leverkusen.....another good example.Gotcha.
I do like the idea of having a small stadium around the current pitch for the women/youth teams.
If it means that it sorta links into the new stadium a la Cardiff or Dortmund perhaps then even better
Albeit I guess you could integrate it even further like a dugout under the angle of the seats perhaps to save a tiny, tiny bit more space? Turnstiles/access might be an issue though
Judging by the shape of our land it'd need to be L shaped if linked. Surely the new ground has to be rotated 90 degrees and we nominally call a big end stand the Stretford End.
Fair but if new stadium means a huge increase for matchgoing fans then what's the point? That's the point she's trying go make.
Increasing revenue is important to cover transfer and wages especially under the new premier league rules.
I'm really uncomfortable with the idea of moving, all those memories consigned to the history books. Liverpool expanded anfield. Barca expanded the nou camp. Real expanded the Bernabau. Why can't we do the same?
I desperately want the team to stay put. if we can expand the capacity of Old Trafford then great. And if not? Oh well never mind. What's the obsession with having a stadium that seats the entire population of Manchester anyway?
The whole area has various businesses that will benefit. What a bizarre take.Gary Neville should not be allowed to be involved with any of this. Its a clear financial conflict of interest and the last thing we need is advisers making suggestions when they have their own business interests at mind.
Wow the project has a lot more legs than we initially thought.
The scope sounds truly huge and amazing.
We could be looking at 100-90k stadium with insane infrastructure.
Also since Gary is heavily involved you can bet your arse hes had meetings and knows a little more about the manager situation than he may be letting on.
All i saw was 'soon'. I don't know the source. But considering the tweets that came out soon after about Seb Coe etc, I'd guess they maybe just meant thatHow soon?
I was hoping we'd have some renders.All i saw was 'soon'. I don't know the source. But considering the tweets that came out soon after about Seb Coe etc, I'd guess they maybe just meant that