Man Utd get green light to turn Old Trafford into Britain’s biggest stadium
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has publicly backed plans for the redevelopment of Manchester United’s home ground Old Trafford.
Plans to regenerate the area around Old Trafford were last week approve by the government,. Champione as ‘a shining example’ of their plans to promote economic growth.
United are set to make a decision เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย at the end of the season whether to redevelop. The existing stadium into an 87,000-capacity venue or build a brand-new 100,000-capacity ground which has dubbe ‘the Wembley of the north’.
The task of building a new stadium on surrounding land would likely take. Six years and cost more than £2 billion.
It is thought to be the the option favoure by co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the project task force,. Which includes Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham and former club captain Gary Neville.
Backing the plans led by the club and Burnham, Reeves said on Wednesday:. ‘We are supporting key investment opportunities across the UK.
‘The government is also backing Andy Burnham’s plans for the redevelopment of Old Trafford which promises to create new housing and commercial development around a new stadium to drive regeneration and growth in the area.’
Ratcliffe, whose INEOS group completed its minority takeover of the club last year, has made building a new stadium key to his plans to lift the faltering Premier League giants.
Old Trafford last underwent renovations in 2005 and it is clear the stadium is in dire need of an overhaul as United lag behind their rivals, both at home and abroad.
Once the project is complete, ticket prices are sure to be a bone of contention regardless of whether a new stadium is erecte or the current one upgraded.
It is fair to say Ratcliffe has made a less than auspicious start to his tenure with the team struggling on the pitch, despite a change of management, and fans unhappy with a number of cost-cutting measures that have coincide with ticket prices being hike.
Despite the team languishing in mid-table obscurity the cheapest single match ticket available at Old Trafford this season standing at £66 – the highest in the entire Premier League.
Ratcliffe was confronte by angry supporters following Sunday’s win over Fulham as he attempte to leave Craven Cottage and fans will hope that the huge increase in commercial revenue that ‘the Wembley of the north’ would generate will result in reduce ticket prices.
On a recent episode of The Overlap, club legend Paul Scholes slammed United’s ‘ridiculous’ ticket pricing and accused Ratcliffe of ‘not caring’ about fans.