Fosters reveals plans for Manchester United’s 100,000-seat Old Trafford replacement

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Practice confirmed as lead architect on stadium described by co-owner Jim Ratcliffe as the “greatest in the world”

Manchester United FC has unveiled plans to replace Old Trafford with the UK’s largest stadium and confirmed Foster & Partners as the £2bn scheme’s lead architect.

The club has published the first images of the much-anticipated scheme this morning, showing a 100,000-seat stadium surrounded by three 200m-tall spires and sitting at the centre of a sprawling mixed-use development.

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