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Friday 27th January 2023
A fan survey of over 11,000 people conducted in several European nations has revealed the top 10 ways supporters would like to improve their matchday experience.
Fans of football, basketball, tennis, volleyball and cycling voted the following as their most-desired changes to matchdays:
Almost half of the people surveyed didn't attend a live sporting event in 2022 (the other half must have gone to matches in America), but the list is an interesting insight into the changes that may come into football in future years (hopefully not!).
Tuesday 10th January 2023
Barcelona have revealed that they expect to lose up to €100m in matchday revenue when they move to the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys next season.
The move comes as Barca look to expand the Camp Nou to 105,000 capacity, but will need to play the 2023/24 season away from their home ground whilst the construction work takes place.
The club have started working on modernising the Lluis Companys, but attendances will be significantly down next year as the stadium only holds 55,000.
Barca are also having to pay to upgrade several areas around the stadium including for better public transportation routes and lighting.
Monday 2nd January 2023
Villarreal have moved back into their revamped El Madrigal after development work completed on schedule.
The La Liga outfit has spent the previous 6 months modernising their stadium, including building a new corner stand which now fully encloses the ground.
Instead of increasing capacity, seats in other stands have been spaced out more to give fans more room - as a result, the capacity has remained static at 22,000.
Other improvements include 2 new large screens and the replacing of all seats inside the stadium, which are now all covered by a roof.
The first match at the revamped stadium saw Villarreal beat Valencia 2-1 on New Year's Eve. Ironically, the Yellow Submarine had been playing in the nearby city of Valencia at Levante's Cuidad de Valencia whilst the modifications took place.
Monday 26th December 2022
A new 10,000 seater stadium is to be built in Hunedoara, Romania.
The stadium will be known as the Complexului Sportiv Michael Klein and will be the new home of Liga III side Corvinul Hunedoara.
The new stadium will have a capacity of just over 10,000 and cost around £55m to build. The project is expected to take a little under 2 and a half years to complete.
This is the second new stadium to be announced in Romania after plans were revealed for a new ground to be named after national legend Georgie Hagi.
Sunday 18th December 2022
Manchester City are looking at the possibility of expanding the Etihad Stadium.
The Premier League champions want to add at least another 6,500 seats, which would take the capacity to over 60,000.
This is most likely to be done by expanding the North Stand.
Man City are also looking to improve facilities outside the stadium, with a new covered fan zone, new shop and museum and a new hotel all under consideration.
Sunday 11th December 2022
Club Bolivar has started construction work on its new stadium.
The new stadium will be built on the site of the club’s old training pitch and will see a final capacity of around 20,000.
The side are the most successful team in Bolivian football, with 30 league titles to their name and are a part of Manchester City’s City Football Group.
The club are hoping start start using their new ground for their centenary year in 2025.
Sunday 4th December 2022
French side Bastia have announced plans to complete the renovation of the stadium - some 32 years after it was first started.
The Ligue 2 side have been playing at the Stade Armand-Cesari since 1932 and started modernising the stadium back in 1990.
The club will start the final stage of that modernisation in early 2024 which will see an extra €12m spent on a new restaurant, roof and museum.
Work on the 16,000 capacity stadium will be completed in 2026.
Friday 2nd December 2022
Austria Lustenau have been granted planning permission to build a new stadium.
The new stadium will have a capacity of 5,500, including room for around 2,000 standing. Construction is due to start towards the end of 2023 with the club hopeful to start playing there in 2024. The total cost of the stadium is around £15m.
The club were promoted back to the Austrian Bundesliga last season, but their current Reichsofstadion does not meet the requirements for a top level stadium in Austria.
Thursday 1st December 2022
River Plate has announced the ongoing redevelopment work on their El Monumental stadium will make it the largest stadium in South America.
The Argentine club will add around 12,500 extra seats, taking the total stadium capacity to 84,567 - that’s bigger than both Estadio Monumental in Peru (80,093) and the Maracana in Brazil (78,838).
No date has yet been given to start the expansion work.
Wednesday 30th November 2022
PSG May be forced to leave the Parc des Princes after negotiations to buy the stadium broke down.
The club has been keen to purchase the ground from the city council in order to expand it. However, the price being demanded by the council is deemed to be too high by PSG.
This has led the Ligue 1 club to pursue other options. They have already identified two other potential sites in the city and may even look to buy the 80,000 Stade de France.
Parc des Princes holds just 48,000. The club are wanting an arena with a capacity of at least 60,000 to enable it to compete with Europe’s elite.
Friday 25th November 2022
It seems as though New York City FC’s search for a permanent home May be over after the club announced plans for a new 25,000 seater stadium in Queens.
The new stadium will be built within walking distance of both New York Mets’ Citi Field baseball stadium and Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, home of the US Open.
It will be part of a wider regeneration project for the area which will also include 2,500 houses along with a hotel and retail space.
The club joined the MLS Eastern Conference back in 2015 and had been playing most of its Joe games at the New York Yankees’ baseball stadium, along with a number of games at Red Bull Arena, home of city rivals New York Red Bulls.
The project will cost a total of over £5bn with the stadium hoping to be ready for the start of the 2027 MLS season.
Thursday 24th November 2022
Gibraltar has released plans to build a new national stadium.
The new 8,000 seater UEFA Category 4 stadium will cost an estimated £100m and also include residential space as well as areas for retail and offices.
Work is planned to start in 2023, foxing Gibraltar to play their upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers in neighbouring Faro, Portugal.
Gibraltar Football Association unveils plans for new stadium during halftime of Gib v Andorra friendly. Check back for more information shortly pic.twitter.com/wJ5PZAxqlL
— GBC News (@GBCNewsroom) November 19, 2022
