She is Manchester United He joined the fever (or need) of the great clubs of the continent to change their stadiums and, in chance, would build the second largest in the world and change the construction system: 160 pieces made outside the United Kingdom will be assembled as a Mecano and an umbrella will collect rain and energy from the future Miniature City.
This is the proposal of British architecture Norman Foster for Old Old Trafford, known as the ‘Theater of Dreams’, now a month ago he became 115 and that the building shows the age of age.
“It should be one of the most exciting projects in the world today, with an incredible regional and national importance. It all starts with the experience of fans, which approaches them in the field and develops a great acoustic flow,” in Foster’s words, whose study has shown digital models a few days ago.
The stadium will be surrounded by a large umbrella or umbrella that will take advantage of energy and water; It will store a new public square that doubles the size of Trafalgar Square and wears three masks -the highest 200 meters -, inspired by the trident of the Red Devils of the Club Shield.
It will take over over 100,000 viewers and located on the land surrounding the Old Trafford, as part of a broader change of the Trafford area of Wharfside. This will be the largest in the United Kingdom. This will exceed the current Wembley (90,000).
It will also be one of the great coliseums of the world, with the list destroying the Great Casablanca Stadium that will form Morocco to house the 2030 World Cup and will have capacity for 115,000 people. It will also store an athletics, pool, shopping center and hotel.
Among those who went through a “lifting” or preferred the solution to Old Trafford, was Eveton’s newly opened Bramley-Moore dock-which would tell his iconic Goodison Park at the end of this season; Expanding the Manchester City Etihad, began in 2024; The new Tottenham Hotspur and the expansion of the Blies of Anfield (Liverpool), completed in several phases and ended in 2023.
Arsenal plans to expand the Emirates Stadium and Newcastle United will be considered to build a new one, according to the local press. Outside the United Kingdom, AC Milan and Inter Milan are a joint project of a new stadum in San Siro, located around the elderly.
The keys to the new Old Trafford
1. The new stadium will go from the current 74,000 viewers to over 100,000. This will be the biggest enclosure of European football and second in the world, after Rungraduate can be 1 of Pionyang (North Korea, more than 114,000 chairs) and until the great Casablanca stadium is built.
2. Architectural study estimates a five -year construction time, half of the usual thanks to the mechanical or modular style construction system: 160 pieces will be able to work outside the United Kingdom and come by the boat of the Manchester channel, a 58 -kilometer in navigating route and connected to the sea.
3. The project will attract 7,300 million pounds to the local economy and create 92,000 jobs and 17,000 homes, according to the club, estimated that there will be an annual injection for the city of 1.8 million tourists.
4. The stadium, according to Foster, will be the heart of a fully passed new district, with public transportation and a network of green spaces; A “Miniature City”.
5. Financing is unknown, as the cost of a new construction stadium is estimated to be over 2,000 million pounds. According to The Athletic, the United is studying the sale of the rights of the name of its new headquarters to contribute to finance the project.
6. Norman Foster emphasized the importance of fans’ experience, “that they are approaching the field and developing a good acoustic flow.”
7. The stadium has three masks, inspired by the trident of Red Devils and that reflects the verticality of Manchester Industrial Horizon. Masts hold a translucent “umbrella” that covers the stadium’s stance and protect from rain to a large public square, doubling the size of Trafalgar Square. The big umbrella will also get rain and water. The covered square, with a view of the popular bridgewater channel in the city, will serve as a focal point to accept fans and celebrate community events.
8. The new structure will include three masks that will be seen from forty kilometers away. The highest will measure about 200 meters high.
9. It is unclear what will happen to the current headquarters of United, but the current Old Trafford Old Trafford seems unlikely.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
