If we want to still call it Old Trafford I would have thought so.
Old Trafford revamp/could be torn down and rebuilt according to Glazer plans
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If we want to still call it Old Trafford I would have thought so.
You can call your stadium what you want, doesn't have named after it's location
You have to take age into account as well though. I'm 40 went to my first match I think in 95-96 went fairly regularly until 5 years ago. Between 96 and 2018 it's been largely the same stadium bar the expansions on the east and west stands and a few other alterations.
Yeah I think that train terminal would be a big problem for the club with regards to any plans to build over it. I don't see how it could be moved.
I don't know if the team would have to move at all with a phased refurbishment or rebuild. The club didn't have to move when any of the stands were rebuilt or expanded in 92, 95, 99, 00 or 05-06. The only stand that might have trouble with access is the South stand.
UEFA didn't ask United to host any finals in the 70's or 80's either before all the renovation work on OT in the 90's.
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The main stand I would imagine would be problematic, access to that would appear to be very limited, in today's world of 'elf & safety I could see that being a big issue
It’s been variously built and rebuilt throughout all that time. If we individually rebuilt the stands again as we did through the 90’s and 2000’s does that make it the same ground?
If the stand you sit in was fully torn down and rebuilt then what are you holding onto? It’s the team and memories on the pitch that make it iconic.
When fans say new stadiums are quiet or soulless it’s because it’s coincided with teams dropping out of the trophy winning contention (e.g Arsenal). They don’t talk about the great atmospheres at places like Atletico. They don’t talk about hugely successful new stadiums like Brighton and Brentford which coincided with their progress.
Well City are the opposite, they won next to bugger all at Maine Road
The new designs and construction materials may have something to do with it though
I remember going to Ewood Park years go, it was a Friday night in the FA Cup live on the BBC when live matches were like 3-4 a season so probably late 80's, the away end was just a small stand, with a corrugated tin roof which was only about 10 feet above us, probably held 2-3000 but boy the noise in there was just incredible, the sound just bounced off the roof
I told Midjourney to make us a stadium fit for oil. 
Presenting..... Gold Trafford, or variations of it at least.
Presenting..... Gold Trafford, or variations of it at least.
The fourth one... Change the gold to silver/white and you've got a nice looking stadium right there.I told Midjourney to make us a stadium fit for oil.
Presenting..... Gold Trafford, or variations of it at least.
How about 'The New Old Trafford'?
Not bad.Like this?
It’s depressing to think we’ll all be like 15 years older than now by the time a new stadium would be built and ready.
Wow. Ten Hag going for title number 35 in a brand new stadium. Let’s make it happen.
Took spuds 2 years to construct theirs, where you getting 15 from?
Depends on how much of priority it is for the new owners but it won’t take more than 2 or 3 years once it’s approved.
By the time the Glazers sell, the new owners make their plans, get the plans (which takes years) and then the building (also years)
Plans have already been drawn up, it’ll be done in less than 5 years. 2-3 I’d say
It tends to take less time if you are a multi-billionaire. go figure.
3-5 years tops
That depends if the new owners are happy with the Glazers's proposals. Barca's new presidents kept on scrapping old proposals and Chelsea aren't exactly going to go back to Herzog and de Meuron's plans. I suspect new owners will want their own vision implemented.
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I’d love the new stadium to be 100,500 capacity would be great if we were the first club in the modern era to hit 6 figures attendances every home game
Like this?
Looks like Atlanta's stadium.
Could you generate an image of an 'Old Trafford stadium industrial yet contemporary?' Ta in advance.
Ease off stealing lines Trigger
Old Trafford is a Cathedral. I do the sign of the cross as I pass it on the train on the way to Deansgate station and I’m not even religious.
You don’t tear down a Cathedral and build a modern one in it’s place.
I don’t want to see us build another soulless carbon copy new stadium and beckme like everyone else. Surely the best arthitects in the world can do better than that and we should hire the best
You don’t tear down a Cathedral and build a modern one in it’s place.
I don’t want to see us build another soulless carbon copy new stadium and beckme like everyone else. Surely the best arthitects in the world can do better than that and we should hire the best
Yessir.
From "Old Trafford stadium industrial yet contemporary"
Cheers mate.
That's 'bad at all. Any interior shots?
Looks like Anfield
Yes. But it's an amazing app.
All for a full rebuild. Just don't make it soulless bowl. 100k too.
I'm not convinced 100K is needed in the future, the days of people going to every game will start to dwindle IMO, the new generation of fans comes from the traditions of fathers taking sons to the game and that is pretty much gone now, kids pick a team (and change them) based on success + there's too many other distractions, I could be wrong of course but there's no way I could do what my Dad or Granddad did solely based on cost
What a weirdly cnuty thing to say. A season ticket holder (me) could just as easily that only people that rarely go to OT (if ever), or that aren't as connected to OT, don't see it as a historic place and are therefore happy to see it knocked down and replaced.
Same things were said 30 years ago and yet here we are, with a bigger demand for tickets over the past couple of years than the previous 20 despite the team being shite.
I don't mind the look of those three tbf.Yessir.
From "Old Trafford stadium industrial yet contemporary"
You're not wrong, but for me the connection is kind of already gone, the stadium of my memories and connections is long gone, if you transported someone from today back to 1990 they wouldn't even recognize the place and the reverse is also true
Everybody has their own connection to the ground of course. I just dislike the way that fella tried to belittle anyone that is hesitant to get on board with knocking OT down based on the random and bullshit assumption that they haven't ever visited.
That first pic is Anfield, I'm not having it.
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Second one is a bit Indianapolis Colts. But yeah a decent architecte could do something a million times better.
Second one is a bit Indianapolis Colts. But yeah a decent architecte could do something a million times better.