It’s been a long time, but the giants of the Premier League Manchester United have officially announced their intention to build a new stadium in the city rather than trying to redevelop the ruin infrastructure at Old Trafford.
The Theater of Dreams has been the house of United since 1910 but has been showing its age in recent years, with roof clips that fled rainwater on fans and other examples of the deterioration of the stadium regularly circulating on social networks.
United plans to build an arena with 100,000 places to replace Old Trafford, which would make their new house the largest land in the United Kingdom – larger than Wembley, the National Stadium in England – and one of the largest football stadiums built in the world. The project is the centerpiece of a regeneration project which would also include 17,000 houses built in the region.
Although the plan is to build a new stadium on the same site as Old Trafford, a source told ESPN that United would not need to play a game far from their current home during the end of the work.
The new land will eclipse that of their crosstown rivals, Manchester City. The title stadium of the city of the Premier League of the Premier League of the Manchester stadium does not even make the best premier League terrains thanks to its relatively lean capacity of 52,900.
What are the biggest stadiums in the Premier League?
5. Emirates Stadium (Arsenal, 60,704 capacities)
After leaving Highbury in search of more modern and more spacious installations, Arsenal called the Emirates at home since 2006. Record attendance was established in November 2019, when 60,383 supporters flocked to watch the Gunners gather a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League.
4. Anfield (Liverpool, 61,276)
Already one of the largest stadiums in England, an expansion in two phases of the main stand and the Anfield road stand has created 15,500 additional seats in recent years, thus increasing the total capacity much higher than the 6,000 mark. The Reds now regularly attract more than 60,000 fans for the games of the Home League in this time of all places, but the record attendance in Anfield is 61 905 which takes place in equality in FA Cup against Wolves in 1952, when large sections of the ground were still standing from the terraces.
3. London Stadium (West Ham United, 62,500)
Originally built to organize athletics events for the 2012 London Olympic Games, West Ham concluded a somewhat controversial agreement to leave the Boleyn field and settle in the London stadium as main tenants in 2016. Record attendance for a Hammers match came when 62,449 fans took place for a home defeat 2-0 Hove Albion in 2022.
2. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (Tottenham Hotspur, 62,850)
After having made Wepez their temporary house while their new stadium was built on the site of their beloved Old White Hart Lane, the new versatile stadium of Tottenham was finally opened in April 2019. It is the third largest football stadium in England (behind the capacity of 90,000 inhabitants.
Although it is also used to organize NFL matches in the United Kingdom, record attendance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was set by a football match with 62,027 people present for a 3-0 derby victory against Arsenal from northern London in May 2022.
1. Old Trafford (Manchester United, 74 197)
In the current state of things, Manchester United’s house is already the largest football stadium in the English club, with successive extensions making its capacity of more than 10,000 more than any other land.
However, the record capacity for a united match was set at 76,098 in a championship match against Blackburn Rovers in March 2007, before a structural rearrangement of the seats slightly reduced the overall capacity.
If the new United Terrain opens with the expected capacity of 100,000, it will be an increase of 33% on the number of fans that they can currently adapt to Old Trafford.
What is the biggest football stadium in the world?
Regarding the biggest stadiums specific to world football football, the Grand Old Camp Nou of Barcelona will comfortably keep its title when it will finally reopen after a large overhaul.
The giant concrete bowl of Barça had previously had a capacity of 99,354, but the redevelopment work in progress will take the number of seats in six figures. Their return to Camp Nou continues to be postponed, and they could have spent the whole season at the Olympic stadium of 54,367 whims of the city. And, when Barça finally returns home, the frequentation of Camp Nou will initially be capped at around 60,000 years as the work continues. However, when all the work is completed (provided by the summer of 2026), the capacity will increase to around 105,000, the highest in Europe.
This figure is overshadowed by the record attendance of the old Camp Nou, which is held at the 120,000 allegiant fans who have seen the Blaugrana Host of Juventus in the quarter -final of the European Cup in 1986. This was made during the major expansion of the permanent section which was completed before the 1982 World Cup in Spain, temporarily increasing the overall capacity of Camp Nou to 121,401.
What is the biggest participation for a club football match?
Attendance from around the world for a club football match also involves Manchester United. When the Red Devils faced Real Madrid at the 2014 International Champions Cup (pre-season tournament played around the world) at the Michigan Stadium of Ann Arbor, 109,318 were present.
There may have been larger participations during the May 1st Rungrado stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The stadium of 113,281 capacities hosted certain matches of the North Korean national team. However, reliable frequentation figures for football matches organized at the arena are difficult to find, so maybe it will take the allocation of a FIFA World Cup to North Korea before being able to obtain official numbers for a match there.
In terms of stadiums in all sports, even the Rungrado is overshadowed by the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, which welcomes the National Cricket teams of India. It is listed as the largest sports stadium in the world thanks to a colossal capacity of 114,600 when all are seated, and 132,000 with standing.
