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United plan to build a 100,000-seat arena to replace Old Trafford, which would make their new home the biggest ground in the U.K. — larger even than Wembley, England’s national stadium — and one of the biggest purpose-built football stadiums in the world. The project is the centerpiece of a regeneration project that would also include 17,000 homes being built in the area.
While the plan is to build a new stadium on the same site as Old Trafford, a source has told ESPN that United will not need to play a game away from their current home while the work is completed.
The new ground will dwarf that of their crosstown rivals, Manchester City. The reigning Premier League champions’ City of Manchester Stadium doesn’t even make the Premier League’s top five biggest grounds thanks to its relatively meager capacity of 52,900.
5. Emirates Stadium (Arsenal, 60,704 capacity)
After leaving Highbury in search of more modern, capacious facilities, Arsenal have called the Emirates home since 2006. The record attendance was set in November 2019, when 60,383 supporters flocked to watch the Gunners muster a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League.
4. Anfield (Liverpool, 61,276)
Already one of the biggest stadiums in England, a two-phase expansion of the Main Stand and the Anfield Road Stand has created an additional 15,500 seats in recent years, thus increasing the total capacity well above the 60,000 mark. The Reds now regularly attract more than 60,000 fans for home league fixtures in this all-seater era, but the record attendance at Anfield is 61,905, set at an FA Cup tie against Wolves in 1952 when large sections of the ground were still standing-only terraces.
3. London Stadium (West Ham United, …
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