New Trafford Stadium

New Trafford Stadium is the name given by the architects Foster + Partners to a potential new stadium for Manchester United that would replace Old Trafford, their home stadium since 1910.
In 2025 the club announced plans designed by Foster + Partners for a 100,000 seater stadium under a canopy. Manchester United hope to move to the stadium in time for the 2030-31 football season. Foster + Partners referred to the new stadium as "New Trafford Stadium" in a fact sheet.
The area around the stadium is likely to be subject to regeneration and development, possibly involving a public–private partnership. Jim Ratcliffe said that the construction would depend on "how quickly the government get going with their regeneration programme". Omar Berrada, the chief executive of Manchester United, said that "the stadium in isolation doesn't make sense without the wider regeneration project". The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves said in January 2025 that she supported the regeneration of the area around Old Trafford.
The new stadium will be built next to Old Trafford.
In 2021 Manchester United looked into redeveloping Old Trafford having not done any major work since 2006. 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. The stadium had a roof leak against Arsenal in May 2024 with similar occurrences in 2023, 2019 and 2012.
In February 2024 Sir Jim Ratcliffe purchased a 27.7% stake in Manchester United. In the same month Trafford Council announced plans to redelvop the area around Old Trafford as part of the Trafford Wharfside Development Framework. 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. 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. When fans were surveyed 52% were in favour of a new stadium rather than redevelopment 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.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham has said that no public money would fund the stadium. The area around the stadium is likely to be subject to regeneration and development, possibly involving a Public–private partnership. Jim Ratcliffe said that the construction would depend on "how quickly the government get going with their regeneration programme". Omar Berrada, the chief executive of Manchester United, said that "the stadium in isolation doesn't make sense without the wider regeneration project". The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves said in January 2025 that she supported the regeneration of the area around Old Trafford.
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.
The new stadium will be one of the tallest structures in Manchester and the second-largest football stadium in Europe. It will have 100,000 seats, but its gross seating capacity will reach 104,000. Hospitality will account for 15.5% of the seats. It will feature a 'trident' of three masts. the central mast will be 200 metres tall and feature a viewing platform. 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. The pitch of the stadium will be 15.9 metres below ground level.
Norman Foster of Foster + Partners has estimated that the construction will take five years. It is planned to build the stadium with a modular construction, transporting materials along the Manchester Ship Canal.