A new stadium was the first topic on Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s lips when he acquired his minority stake in Manchester United, and this week has seen some real progress.
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00:00Manchester United are getting a new stadium. Welcome to Manchester World, I'm Theo Huston-Betts
00:05and today we're going to be talking about the news that came out this week about the Old Trafford
00:09regeneration. Now ever since Sir Jim Ratcliffe took charge of a minority stake in Manchester
00:13United, plans to regenerate or replace Old Trafford have been ongoing. A task force which includes
00:18Gary Neville and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has sat multiple times over the last few
00:22months and Burnham revealed the first model of a potential new ground this week at the Labour
00:26Party conference. Ratcliffe's preference seems to be building a completely new ground on the
00:30land surrounding Old Trafford which is already owned by the club. It could be as large as 90,000
00:34plus seats which would allow it to completely live up to the moniker of Wembley of the North.
00:38Burnham's involvement doesn't seem to hinge on public money being contributed towards the ground.
00:41However Greater Manchester could still stand to benefit heavily if the regeneration leads
00:44to developments similar to those seen near the Etihad Stadium with the potential for tens of
00:48thousands of jobs to be created which could massively benefit the local economy. The
00:52problems with Old Trafford have been well covered by fans and media channels so we want to know,
00:55is it a shame to see another classic stadium at risk of demolition? Follow Manchester World for more.