The Guardian view on Manchester United’s stadium plans: put the fans first | Editorial

A £2bn new arena for Britain’s biggest football club will bring regeneration to the surrounding area. But matchgoing supporters are right to be circumspect

Visitors to Salford’s Lowry art gallery this summer will be able to enjoy a new take on one of the greatest paintings about sport. Depicting thousands of supporters bent purposefully towards a 1950s football stadium, LS Lowry’s Going to the Match has become part of the iconography of the national game. As part of its silver jubilee celebrations, the gallery is staging an immersive experience of the painting, including a nostalgic soundtrack evoking the sounds of a lost world.

So much for the past. Barely a mile away from the Lowry, at Manchester United’s Old Trafford base, it is the ghosts of football’s future that are being summoned up. To great fanfare, this month the club unveiled computer-generated images of Lowryesque hordes approaching the new £2bn stadium it hopes to build by 2030.

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Manchester United reveals plans for the "world's greatest" soccer stadium to replace Old Trafford

Manchester United has unveiled plans to build the biggest stadium in the United Kingdom
ABC News - Mar. 11
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Manchester United need permission from airport authorities before progressing with new stadium plans

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Man Utd plan to build 'iconic' £2bn 100,000-capacity stadium

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Watch: Man Utd release images of new stadium

Look at plans for Manchester United's new stadium as they aim to build an "iconic" new 100,000-seater ground close to Old Trafford.
BBC News - Mar. 11
Manchester United reveals plans for new 100,000-seater stadium

Arena is expected to cost at least £2bn and be the ‘centrepiece’ of a major regeneration project
Financial Times - Mar. 11
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The Guardian - Mar. 14
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Man Utd to leave Old Trafford for new stadium

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ESPN - Mar. 11
A new Manchester United stadium isn’t about regeneration and never will be | Jonathan Liew

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The Guardian - Mar. 18
Leicester v Manchester United: Premier League updates – live

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The Guardian - Mar. 16
Architects promise to preserve Old Trafford’s history in new stadium

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Who is Manchester United’s new stadium for?

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Financial Times - Mar. 15
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The Guardian - Mar. 9
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Man United's new stadium will be big, but it won't be world's biggest football ground

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ESPN - Mar. 12
Manchester United to Build 100,000-Seat Stadium

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The New York Times - Mar. 12
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Man Utd's new stadium - 11 key questions

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BBC News - Mar. 11
Manchester United hike season ticket prices for third straight year

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Yahoo Sports - Mar. 17
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The Observer view on the proposed Ukraine deal: Kyiv’s allies must not fall into Putin’s trap | Observer editorial

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Andy Burnham pushes for £200mn in government funding for Old Trafford regeneration

Mayor makes case for state support for development plans around Manchester United’s new stadium
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Manchester United insist season-ticket price increases are ‘fair and reasonable’

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The Guardian - Mar. 17

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