Manchester United has joined the fever (or necessity) of the great clubs of the continent to renew their stadiums and, incidentally, will erect the second largest in the world and revolutionize the construction system: 160 pieces manufactured outside the United Kingdom will be assembled as a mecan and an umbrella will collect rainwater and energy from the future city in miniature.
It is the proposal of the British architect Norman Foster for the old Old Trafford, known as ‘The Theater of Dreams’, which today a month ago he turned 115 and whose building has been showing the Age of the Age.
Mobble of the future Old Trafford
“This must be one of the most exciting projects in today’s world, with an incredible regional and national significance. Everything begins with the experience of fans, bringing them closer to the field and generating a great acoustic roar,” in Foster’s words, whose study presented the digital models a few days ago.
The stadium will be surrounded by a huge umbrella or umbrella that will take advantage of the energy and rainwater; It will house a new public square that doubles the size of Trafalgar Square and will wear three masts -the highest of 200 meters -, inspired by the trident of the Red Devils of the Club shield.
It will host more than 100,000 spectators and will be located on land surrounding Old Trafford, as part of a broader regeneration of the Trafford Wharfside area. It will be the largest in the United Kingdom. It will surpass the current Wembley (90,000).
It will also be one of the great coliseums of the world, whose list will break the great Casablanca stadium that will build Morocco to house the 2030 World Cup and will have a capacity for 115,000 people. It will also house an athletics, covered pool, shopping center and hotel.
Mobble of the future Old Trafford
Among those who have gone through a “lifting” or have preferred the Old Trafford solution, are the newly opened Bramley-Moore Dock of Everton-who will say goodbye to his iconic Goodison Park at the end of this season; The expansion of Manchester City Etihad, started in 2024; The new Tottenham Hotspur and the expansion of the Blies of the Anfield (Liverpool), which was completed in several phases and ended in 2023.
Arsenal plans to expand his Emirates Stadium and Newcastle United would be considered to build a new one, according to the local press.
Outside the United Kingdom, AC Milan and Inter Milan jointly project a new stadium in San Siro, located in the surroundings of the old one.
Lord Norman Foster project keys:
– The new stadium will pass from the current 74,000 spectators to more than 100,000. It will be the largest football enclosure in Europe and the second in the world, after the rungraduate May 1 of Pionyang (North Korea, more than 114,000 seats) and until the Great Stadium of Casablanca is built.
– The architecture study estimates a five -year construction time, half of the usual thanks to its mechanical or modular style construction system: 160 pieces will be attached that will have been manufactured outside the United Kingdom and will arrive by boat along the Manchester channel, a 58 -kilometer navigable route and connected to the sea.
– The project will attract 7.3 billion pounds to the local economy and create 92,000 jobs and 17,000 homes, according to the club, which estimates that there will be an annual injection for the city of 1.8 million tourists.
– The stadium, according to Foster, will be the heart of a completely passable new district on foot, with public transport and a network of green spaces; a “miniature city.”
– Financing is an unknown, since the cost of a new construction stadium is estimated at more than 2,000 million pounds. According to The Athletic, United analyzes selling the rights of the name of its new headquarters to contribute to finance the project.
– Norman Foster stressed the importance of the experience of fans, “bringing them closer to the field and generating a great acoustic roar.”
– The stadium has three masts, inspired by the trident of the Red Devils and that reflect the verticality of the industrial horizon of Manchester. The masts hold a translucent “umbrella” that cover the stadium’s stands and protect from the rain to a large public square, which doubles the size of Trafalgar Square.
The huge umbrella will also capture rain and rainwater.
The covered square, with a view to the famous Bridgewater channel in the city, would serve as a focal point to welcome fans and celebrate community events.
– The new structure will include three masts that will make it visible from forty kilometers away. The highest will measure about 200 meters high.
– It is not clear what will happen to the current headquarters of United, but the current Old Trafford will be kept.
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