Renovations, improvements, new projects and expansion plans at Premier League clubs
The first days of March 2025, were all about Manchester United's announcement concerning its plan to build a new stadium - adjacent to their current home, the Old Trafford. This was dominating discussions everywhere, involving nearly everyone who loves football, follows the Premier League, identifies with the Red Devils or even bets on the club that tops all wagering interest at allbets tv bookmakers.The thing is, that it was more than just the initial fuzz around the club's plan. Everybody got to have their own say on where they will find the money to fund such a huge project, how they are going to support the club's growth and the financial investment necessary to build the new stadium at the same time, or even how this new stadium is going to balance the need for progress with the need to preserve the connection to the history and heritage, largely implicit in the value of Old Trafford.
Aerial view of Everton's new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium
Surely, Man United and Everton haven't been the only ones to look after their future, taking action for improving the infrastructure and facilitating, this way, their growth and development. If we take a look at other EPL clubs, we're going to find a lot more plans, some mediocre while others more grandeur as projects. But let's see what each team is up to.
Expansion plans: Arsenal, Leicester City, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Southampton
Expanding their stadium's capacity is always a top priority objective of every Premier League club's agenda. Being able to "host" more fans, bring in more visitors and profit from ticket revenues has traditionally been a strategic aim of clubs' management. So, much of the top flight planning, regarding the stadiums, concerns adding more seating capacity.Arsenal are looking to expand the Emirates Stadium, reaching nearly 80.000 capacity (now it is almost 60.000). Although there's no official planning at the moment, it is expected that it's going to start in mid 2025.
Leicester City has also set an eye on making its King Power Stadium bigger, but just like Arsenal there is no formal planning at this stage. Liverpool added more capacity to its home grounds -Anfield- last year, but it still needs to grow bigger if it wants to maintain one of the leading positions in EPL's greatest sports venues. So, it's almost certain that they're gonna invest in more expansion works.
Nottingham Forest has already come to an agreement for expanding City Ground and Southampton FC has announced that it will add extra capacity to St Mary's stadium, while also making improvements in the surrounding area to make the place more vibrant and more lively and profit from more match-day ticket revenues, this way.
Renovations and improvements: Crystal Palace, Manchester City, Chelsea
Adding more capacity is a top priority, but it's not directly linked to clubs' objectives concerning their performance. Renovations and infrastructure works are considered to be much more important in helping teams grow stronger, train better, score higher and ultimately dominate their opponents in any given match. This is what can be a game changer when it comes to evaluating how the home grounds can affect their capabilities and dynamics when entering the pitch - this is something that most sports analysts and bookmakers -like those listed at https://allbets.tv/tz/bookmakers/ - take into account when there are major redevelopments and improvements in a club's stadium.Renovations are quite common in the top flight's agenda for the near future. Crystal Palace, Manchester City and Chelsea got the green light for redevelopment works, each in their own venues. Crystal Palace is going to redesign Selhurst Park, City is going to upgrade the North Stand of the Etihad Stadium, while Chelsea's main focus will be on advancing Stamford Bridge in the upcoming two years.
New projects: AFC Bournemouth and Newcastle United FC
Besides Everton, being at the work-in-progress stage and Manchester United, being at the project planning phase, it is also AFC Bournemouth that has announced initial planning for moving to a new stadium. Currently, having one of the smallest facilities in the whole Premier League 'gang', Bournemouth will most likely build its new venue at the training center of the Vitality Stadium and so the club's training is moving to other grounds.Newcastle United FC seems also to go down this same road. The club's ownership revealed that they are planning to leave St James' Park and move to a new stadium, with more advanced facilities, better equipment and far greater capacity.