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Chapter 214 Stadium Renovation Plan

WW Seeing the expressions of these fans' representatives, Jiang Feng smiled and said: "Everyone is right. The remaining 800 million US dollars will still be used for various affairs of Manchester United. It is mainly used for the renovation and expansion of the stadium and transfer matters. Although Old Trafford is called Dream Theater by all our Manchester United fans, this title has not been recognized by everyone. My goal is to make Old Trafford a real Dream Theater. Everyone may have noticed that since the end of the season, Old Trafford Stadium has been closed to the public because the renovation and expansion of the stadium has begun."

After pausing, Jiang Feng continued: "For this project, I plan to invest at least $500 million! After the renovation and expansion, Old Trafford Stadium will become a super stadium that can accommodate more than 120,000 people to watch the game at the same time."

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, there was a burst of marvel at the scene.

Old Trafford Stadium was the home stadium of Manchester United since 1910. It was repaired by German air strikes during World War II for eight years (1941 to 1949). Manchester United also needed to move to the Maine Road Stadium, a club in the same city.

The stadium was expanded in the 1990s and 2000s respectively. The east and west stands have been expanded to the second floor, while the north stands have been expanded to the third floor.

The most noteworthy part of Old Trafford is the North Stand. The magnificent North Stand was announced on March 17, 1995 by Manchester United Chairman Edwards. The entire project cost 19 million pounds. There are 4,000 tons of steel bars and 4,500 tons of cement to support this huge stand, which has the largest cantilever roof in Europe. Its seats have increased to 25,110, and the second floor of the three-level stand has 31 luxurious "sky boxes" on the top of the second floor. In addition, the importance of the North Stand is also located in the control center on the top of its west corner, the studio and the famous Red Devils Coffee House.

Old Trafford is most famous for its western stands, also known as the Stratford part. Traditionally, this is the base for Manchester United's hard-core fans and the noisiest place on the stadium. The western stands were originally designed to accommodate 20,000 spectators, and the western stands were also the stands where the upper cover was added at the latest and the open-air staircase was finally cancelled.

The reconstruction of the West Stand was planned to begin in the 1992-93 season and was managed by the construction company Alfredmcalpine. When the second floor of the West Stand was completed in 2000, a large number of fans who used to gather in the "K Stand" gathered there, making the place full of slogans and flags. The place can best retain the authentic Manchester United culture. Manchester United star Dennislaw has a title of "Stretford Kings". Now there is also a bronze statue of him on the top floor of the West Stand to commemorate him.

The East Stand is the second stand in Old Trafford to be converted into an open-air stair stand, second only to the Sir Ferguson stand. The East Stand is also called the scoreboard of the stadium. Because the scoreboard of the stadium is located in this stand. The East Stand can currently accommodate 12,000 fans, and is a disabled area and a visiting fan area. The disabled area provides 170 seats and provides free seats for those who are taking care of.

In the past, Old Trafford assigned seats for each part by letter, and the east stand was the former "k stand". Fans here liked to cheer the club with singing. However, based on the reconstruction of the stadium, fans of the "k stand" have now moved to the second floor of the west stand, but they will still cheer Manchester United with singing.

The East Stand is also the location of the club's administrative center. The work locations of Manchester United staff, Manchester United journal staff, Manchester United official website and other administrative staff are located here. The advertising image department often promotes the front of the East Stand. Most often promotes Nike's new products. The Munich Air Fault Clock is also located at the connection point between the East Stand and the South Stand.

The South Stand was the main stand of Old Trafford Stadium in the past. Although there was only one floor stand, it had the most wing rooms in the entire field. All VIPs came to Old Trafford to watch the events and were arranged to go to the South Stand to enjoy the events. Media reporters would sit in the South Stand to watch the center, so they could watch the game from a good and clear angle. The TV's footage was all located in the South Stand, so the view on the TV was the view of the South Stand. The commentator's wing room was also located in the South Stand. The wing room of Manchester United's official TV station mut is located on the east side, while other wing rooms such as the BBC and Sky TV station were located on the west side.

The reserve seat is located in front of the center of the South Stand, which is higher than the grass, allowing the team leader and coach to have a broader vision to enjoy the game.

Located inside the two reserve seats is the old Old Trafford player channel, which was discontinued in 1993. This channel is the only remaining part of the original Old Trafford Stadium in 1910, while the others have been destroyed by artillery fire in World War II.

The current player passage is located in the southwest corner of the stadium, and the entrance is also increased to prevent emergencies. When a large machine is required to enter the grass, the seats above the entrance of the passage can be raised to 25 feet (76 meters) high so that they can pass through.

The player passage connects the player's locker room, which includes TV access and player leisure area.

Jiang Feng’s expansion plan this time is to expand the three stands of the stadium east, south and west together.

Relatively speaking, it is easier to expand the east and west stands, but it is difficult to expand the south stands. Since the south stands are close to the railway, the railway stations and rails need to be relocated. In addition, Manchester United also needs to acquire about 50 private houses near the train tracks, with the total cost of the project reaching 1 million pounds.

It is quite difficult for these projects to be completed by Manchester United club before Jiang Feng acquired Manchester United. However, Jiang Feng is rich and powerful now, so such a small project is nothing.

Therefore, Jiang Feng decided to expand these three stands together in one step.

Not only that, Jiang Feng also plans to conduct large-scale expansion in four directions: northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest of the stadium.

After such an expansion is completed, the audience will be accommodated at Old Trafford Stadium from 68,000 now to about 128,000, which is nearly doubled compared to the original capacity.

However, the things that excited these fans did not end there. Jiang Feng continued: "At the same time, I will also build a brand new modern training base to improve the training level of Manchester United's teams."

Jiang Feng's words came to an end, and there was applause at the scene. Manchester United fans present couldn't help but cheer, applauding Jiang Feng's actions.

Turning Old Trafford Stadium into a real dream theater and building a modern training base fully proves that Jiang Feng really loves Manchester United, otherwise he would not have spent so much money on it.

Finally, Jiang Feng said loudly: "Also, I will promise that I will inject $100 million into Manchester United every year to introduce players to the team. I will build Manchester United into an invincible 'space fleet'!"

Jiang Feng's words completely mobilized the passion of all Manchester United fans at the scene.

In the past, these Manchester United fans could only envy Real Madrid, who read newspapers every summer, for having money and buying superstars every year. Although Manchester United occasionally made big moves, such as introducing Ferdinand with 30 million yuan, most of the time, they could only watch other giants take away superstars.

Now they finally have their own "Florentino" (Real Madrid chairman), no, a more "Florentino" chairman than "Florentino".

Many reporters at the scene were also excited. They were originally looking forward to the rich man who had just entered the two Premier League clubs to take crazy actions in the summer. Now, before the transfer window opened, Jiang Feng announced a strategy of investing $100 million in signings every year, which is undoubtedly exciting.

Since Jiang Feng is already like this, I believe that the Russian rich man will not be willing to be lonely, right? All the reporters are thinking so.

However, some people were not tactful and asked a question that made everyone feel uncomfortable.

"Mr. Jiang, I am Calderon, a reporter from The Sun. You just said that you invest $100 million every year to bring in players. So what if Manchester United sells team pillars like Beckham?"

The question of Calderon, a reporter from the Sun, made the enthusiasm of Manchester United fans present suddenly decrease.

Yes, since so much money is invested every year to sign up, why do you still sell top stars like Beckham? You know, Beckham is the most popular star in Manchester United and the top brand of Manchester United. However, such an important person is actually sold by Manchester United, which is not a good phenomenon.

Jiang Feng looked at the Sun reporter who stirred up the emotions of fans with contempt and said: "Mr. Beckham's transfer is his own wish. Mr. Beckham has made outstanding contributions to the team for more than ten years at Manchester United, and now it is the year of playing. As the team owner, I am very willing to leave such a world-renowned star. However, we Chinese have two old sayings, one is said to be a strong melon, and the other is said to be in Cao's camp. Now Mr. Beckham is unwilling to continue to stay in Manchester United. If I force him to stay, it will not only be bad for him, but also for the team. Therefore, after he expressed his transfer intention to the team, our club accepted some transfer requirements from other clubs."

After a pause, Jiang Feng continued: "And, Mr. Beckham's transfer is not inconsistent with the recruitment work of our team. The recruitment is to adjust and supplement the team's strength. We cannot say that Mr. Beckham's transfer will decline. Please wait and see. Manchester United will introduce a large number of powerful players this summer."

Jiang Feng's words made the fans present excited again. Welcome to your support, which is my greatest motivation.m

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