Manchester United’s ‘Wembley of the North’ stadium plan hits the buffers | Manchester United

Manchester United’s plans to build a stadium of 100,000 next to Old Trafford, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, is faced with delays due to a stance on the price of the land to start working on the construction of the land called “Wembley of the North .. The club wants the land used as a railway load terminal to complete the old traffic regeneration project, which they claim to bring 7.3 billion pounds to the UK economy.

United, owner of the terminal and operating transport company Freighttliner made negotiations to purchase the land, but the negotiations were locked due to the dispute on the price.

Freighttliner’s desire to move from Trafford Park to the nearby St Helens, while the company is looking for £ 400 million for the land and United values between £ £ £ 40 million and £ 50 million. Ratcliffe clearly stated that United did not want to accept the price set by Freightliner’s parent company Brookfield, and it is believed that the first debate reached a dead end.

One source said Freighttliner’s “united on a barrel.” The company is willing to move to a new site that will offer more capacity for trains, but does not rush to move. The club’s opinion is that Freighttliner will only be a significant decrease if they are willing to lower the price.

While the Old Trafford Master Plan, produced by Foster + Partners, opened designs for the Master Plan, Ratcliffe in March set an ambitious target to complete what it described as a five -year structure until 2030. United hoped to start preparation building work until the end of this year, but not being able to secure the Freighttliner site will delay the start date.

United’s options at this stage will be to increase the offers, wait for Freighttliner to reduce demands, or wait for the load terminal land to take back the project in a way that is not required. The new one is also possible Old Trafford Mayoral Development CorporationUnder the chairmanship of Sebastian COE can order a compulsory purchase, but it will be subject to legal difficulties and will lead to more delay.

Being completed by 2030 was always seen as an ambitious target except for the senior leadership team in Old Trafford, because United has not yet received a planning permission, and the ownership of all necessary lands or officially appointed architects. Foster + Partners is planning to carry out an official tender process to appoint club architects, while producing the impressions and videos of the proposed new stadium.

At a Fan Forum event on June 30, United acknowledged that securing the required land could be an obstacle to starting work this year. United asked the supporters whether the building would start in 2025 or 2026 and replied: “Planning work, including consultations with fans discussed during today’s meeting, continues.

“Discussions continue with local authorities, landowners and potential financing partners in order to secure the land. It provides financing that we need to continue the project. It continues to be our goal to continue the project as quickly as possible, but we can only do this after entering the necessary land and financing.”

United predicted the cost of the project to 4.2 billion pounds, but claimed that it would bring great social and economic benefits to local community and wider region, including more than 17,000 new houses, more than 17,000 new houses, and that it would attract extra 1.8 million visitors per year.

The cost of the stadium is expected to be around £ 2 billion by United, but considering that the tent roof will cost 300 million pounds, industry resources are a more realistic budget of £ 3 billion. FreightLiner’s requests for £ 400 million may cause the restructuring to be significantly over the budget from the beginning.

United does not seek any public money to build the stadium itself. The club refused to comment on a private commercial negotiation.