Football Ground Map
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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
Tuesday 22nd November 2022
German side Union Berlin are to start redevelopment work on their Stadion An der Alten Forsterei early in 2023.
The Bundesliga side plan to increase the capacity from 22,000 to 37,500.
The cost of the project is around €150m, which will take more than 2 years to complete. Union will be forced to play away from the stadium and will spend the 2024/2025 season playing at the Olympiastadion - home to city rivals Hertha Berlin.
Monday 14th November 2022
Argentinos Juniors have revealed plans to modernise the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona.
The Argentinian club are looking to completely moderise the stadium, building a new 3-tiered stand behind one of the goals, and covering all stands around the pitch with a roof.
The stadium is named after the football legend who made his debut at the stadium back in 1976.
Work is expected to take around 2 years. Once complete, the stadium’s capacity will increase from the current 22,000 to around 30,000.
Friday 11th November 2022
Argentinian side Newell’s Old Boys have presented plans to redevelop the Estadio Marcelo Bielsa.
The ground will be remodelled over the next 4 years into a fully enclosed bowl with a capacity of 65,000.
The club has been playing at the ground since 1911, with the last major upgrade taking place 25 years ago. That set the capacity to 42,000.
As well as the large increase in capacity, the work will also install 2 new large TV screens and newer educative boxes.
Bienvenidos al futuro
— Newell’s Old Boys (@Newells) November 4, 2022
En el corazón de la ciudad! pic.twitter.com/Sff52HjTsY
Friday 11th November 2022
French side Nimes have played their last game at the Stade des Costieres.
The stadium will now be demolished, with a new 15,000 capacity ground built in its place. The new ground is scheduled to open in 2026.
The Ligue 2 side will play the next 3 and a half years at the 8,000 capacity Stade des Antonins.
The team's final game at their old ground was a 1-0 victory over Girondins de Bordeaux.
