I doubt it. The waiting list has returned since Covid to be fair but I'd be bowled over if there were even half the 40k you've suggested on the list genuinely wanting to buy one.
New Stadium or Revamp Old Trafford | Aim is to build 100k seater stadium
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Paul Scholes (with Nicky Butt in the Manchester-Evening-News-Podcast) about this topic......
“The stadium is behind so many clubs. We’ve spoken before about the history of the club, Old Trafford and what has happened there, but if you look in 20 years and we have an amazing stadium, I don’t think people will talk about it.
“They need to have a stadium that fits the club because it’s fallen behind.
“I’d probably be in favour of knocking it down and going again. As much as you don’t want that to happen because of everything that has happened there in your life, but as Nicky said, if you add bits all the time as they have done with the training ground, it’s not going to be right.”
“The stadium is behind so many clubs. We’ve spoken before about the history of the club, Old Trafford and what has happened there, but if you look in 20 years and we have an amazing stadium, I don’t think people will talk about it.
“They need to have a stadium that fits the club because it’s fallen behind.
“I’d probably be in favour of knocking it down and going again. As much as you don’t want that to happen because of everything that has happened there in your life, but as Nicky said, if you add bits all the time as they have done with the training ground, it’s not going to be right.”
stevoc
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No but surely it’s only as complicated as building over a road and probably less than over a train/tramline, just leave a tunnel and fortify around it?
Building over a river/canal is simple enough and happens all the time. But I've no idea if putting a 100k seater stadium on it is feasible.
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Really? I see week in week out 73k or more in attendance for most games. I flew 13 hours to try to catch a match in old Trafford and so many tickets were sold out for many of the matches.We wouldn't sell out 100k every week unless there was a significant reduction in ticket prices.
We'd struggle to sell 40,000 individual tickets for matches outside the top 6/7.
JoeyJoJoJrShabadoo
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That's a blatant lie. Our average attendance for 2023/2024 was 73,534. As per multiple stats websites.We wouldn't sell out 100k every week unless there was a significant reduction in ticket prices.
We'd struggle to sell 40,000 individual tickets for matches outside the top 6/7.
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