In 2025 the club announced plans designed by Foster + Partners for a 100,000 seater stadium under a canopy.[1] Manchester United hope to move to the stadium in time for the 2030–31 football season.[2] Foster + Partners referred to the new stadium as "New Trafford Stadium" in a fact sheet.[3]
The area around the stadium is likely to be subject to regeneration and development, possibly involving a public–private partnership.[3]Jim Ratcliffe said that the construction would depend on "how quickly the government get going with their regeneration programme".[3] Omar Berrada, the chief executive of Manchester United, said that "the stadium in isolation doesn't make sense without the wider regeneration project".[2] The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves said in January 2025 that she supported the regeneration of the area around Old Trafford.[2]
In 2021 Manchester United looked into redeveloping Old Trafford having not done any major work since 2006.[4][5] In 2023 the stadium was left off the list for hosting Euro 2028 matches due to being unable to say whether it would be available for the competition.[6][7] The stadium had a roof leak against Arsenal in May 2024 with similar occurrences in 2023, 2019 and 2012.[8][9][10]
In February 2024 Sir Jim Ratcliffe purchased a 27.7% stake in Manchester United.[11] In the same month Trafford Council announced plans to redelvop the area around Old Trafford as part of the Trafford Wharfside Development Framework.[12] Ratcliffe following his purchase stated that he wanted to see "national stadium in the north of England", rather than refurbish the existing stadium as it would not be perfect.[13] A taskforce made up of Lord Coe, Andy Burnham, Gary Neville, Sara Todd, academics and a fans group members explored whether to renovate the existing stadium or construct a new one.[14] When fans were surveyed 52% were in favour of a new stadium rather than redevelopment[15] In September 2024 the first images of the new stadium were published and it was reported that it could bring in £7.3bn each year to the UK economy.[4]
The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham has said that no public money would fund the stadium.[3] The area around the stadium is likely to be subject to regeneration and development, possibly involving a Public–private partnership.[3][16]Jim Ratcliffe said that the construction would depend on "how quickly the government get going with their regeneration programme".[3] Omar Berrada, the chief executive of Manchester United, said that "the stadium in isolation doesn't make sense without the wider regeneration project".[2] The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves said in January 2025 that she supported the regeneration of the area around Old Trafford.[2]
In March 2025 it was announced that the club would build a proposed 100,000-seater arena, costing around 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) designed by British architect Norman Foster.[17]
Design
The new stadium will be one of the tallest structures in Manchester and the second-largest football stadium in Europe.[3] It will have 100,000 seats, but its gross seating capacity will reach 104,000.[18] Hospitality will account for 15.5% of the seats.[3] It will feature a 'trident' of three masts.[2] the central mast will be 200 metres tall and feature a viewing platform.[2] The designs for the stadium feature a vast 126,000 square metre canopy under which would be a commercial quarter of entertainment and commercial venues.[2] The pitch of the stadium will be 15.9 metres below ground level.[2]
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