Sir Jim Ratcliffe may have to wait seven years for Manchester United to get a new stadium, since planning permission is a big hurdle they must negotiate.
The INEOS CEO has made redeveloping the club’s infrastructure a priority, with Old Trafford in desperate need of repair. Ratcliffe has assembled a task group to assist with the Old Trafford project, which includes Seb Coe and Gary Neville, with his sights set on a ‘Wembley of the North’.
However, industry sources have told the Daily Mail that United may not play in a new state-of-the-art stadium until 2032.
The club’s owners must purchase the land behind Old Trafford, which is now utilized as a freight train terminal. That is considered as the key to speeding the research, and it is believed that a breakthrough will occur within the next several months. Talks with Freightliner are ongoing, but they still require government assistance to relocate to a new location.
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A decision has not yet been made on whether to rebuild Old Trafford or build a new stadium, but neither is a short fix. The club prefers to build a new 100,000-seat stadium after learning that redeveloping Old Trafford will only raise capacity to 87,000, up from 74,000.
Ratcliffe has established a target finish date of 2030. The SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, home to the city’s NFL team and the arena where United faced Arsenal on tour last summer, was constructed ahead of schedule, which may have influenced some people’s opinion.
Old Trafford has been derided for years and is now behind a number of modern stadiums that have been built over.
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