Inside Arsenal's new £300m+ stadium plans with futuristic Emirates project set to dwarf Spurs ground

[@peterdawson6273]

Plans have been announced to improve old trafford.all the stands will be turned around to face away from the pitch.

[@Rossboy2112]

😂

[@user-kn8un4ru8p]

Do you know old that joke is?

[@saedm2359]

😂😂😂

[@kerryharris6336]

​@@user-kn8un4ru8pno how old?

[@Irsyadaff.]

@@user-kn8un4ru8p still relevant

[@lmostayoutuber]

The marble halls wasn't torn down, they are iconic and preserved

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

And still CL or PL title for 21 years 😅

[@Ben_Gunner]

It's called Highbury Square and it's a luxury apartment complex.

[@kezmankezman758]

@@DuaneWest-o1y first of all it’s 20 years it won’t get to 21 because we will win one of the big trophies by the end of the season. Secondly were you born a W⚓️ or was it through commitment 👍🏼🙏🏼

[@granthibberd6069]

@@kezmankezman758😂

[@marti2474]

The Marble halls were listed protected and remain as part of a residential development

[@Ben_Gunner]

It's called Highbury Square and each unit was sold with a season ticket included. I was one of the estate agents signed up to advertise them ❤

[@LukesGamePage]

This video is a load of rubbish with a misleading title. 0 / 10.

[@joe7397]

It’s the sun what you expect

[@Ben_Gunner]

Agreed 💯

[@LukesGamePage]

@@joe7397 The thumbnail drew me in 😭

[@traductionscultureen-arver2307]

​@@LukesGamePagesuch a relief what you're saying. I like this Emirates stadium the way it is. Like its grass, favourite grass for me in Europe. It was the stadium of Fabregas, Rosicky, those players...I would like it to stay so

[@LukesGamePage]

@@traductionscultureen-arver2307 It didn't feel like home to me until far more recently. I remember when it first opended; was fresh and amazing new, but grey / red bland (none of the club specific touches about trophies, ex players etc). Was weird playing here for so long without a trophy, so after 2014 it started to feel a bit better, and club specific stuff was everywhere. The statues came too about 2017ish too if I remember right. However, the last few years of Wenger made for a mixed, often toxic atmosphere a lot of the time, so it was rarely a great place to be in my experience. But wow, the last few years the atmosphere has been amazing with the new anthem and great chants + the new renovation stuff outside. Give me this and a leaky roof over when it first opened anytime - the leaky roof has been fixed now anyway. 100% better than Old Trafford. Went to Anfield last season after last going in 2009 and wow the change is mental - done a great job there.

[@Goonercurt]

Throwing that Woolwich Arsenal tube station in like we wouldn't notice 😂

[@maxandshakira]

100 thousand waiting for season tickets for one london club and yet people claim they are struggling !!

[@Afe.j.69]

Only for those that can afford it. They're not working class fans that pay for these tickets now.

[@maxandshakira]

@Afe.j.69 Well if 1 hundred thousand people can afford expensive season tickets for 1 single club that is not even particularly successful these days there are obviously a lot of people that can afford all these types of luxuries yet a lot of these same people will claim they can not afford to put the heat on the pay food rent bills etc etc so something does not quite add up somewhere , same with millions of people cueing up on telephone for extremely expensive tailor swift and oasis tickets !!!

[@philc1773]

None of them are British....

[@rashidkhalid3970]

Arsenal are the biggest supported club in London and not only London southern parts of uk London outskirts. And most of rich people that live in North London usually support arsenal as well as others as well

[@jaysonw1990]

​@@philc1773how?😂😂 they'd all be British I'd imagine as you have to attend a certain % of games each season or they take it off you

[@senianns9522]

Tottenham have an unused room in their stadium. It's referred to as the 'New Trophy room' Silverware is a rarity and hasn't been added to in years!

[@WunHungLo99]

I heard the Moaning One had the locks changed to a bio locking system, his fingerprint .....and hes since burned off his thumb prints in protest.

[@bb5979]

Imagine building 2 new stadiums in 20 years just because spurs live rent free 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 small club mentality as usual

[@killopillo-c9g]

​@@bb5979 but...what are YOU doing here??? 😂😂😂 p off back tototty hotspunk stadium

[@Ben_Gunner]

The stadium was estimated to cost 350m but that before the property crash. The stadium cost grew to over 540m and the residential development project also took a hit in value and the length of time selling the units off plan that caused us to need Emirates Airlines pay us upfront for the naming rights because the banks who loaned us the money forced us to recogiste the terms of the loans at much higher interest rates. The stadium was designed with a seating capacity of 62500 but during the stadium being built, champions league made changes with the space required for the new advertising hoarding that wraps round the outer edges of the seating area on the ground level that required us remove two rows of seats to be able to comply with the new advertising space requirements. We lost 2k seats but over the years they've managed to increase it by a few hundred seats seats since. The stadium design didnt include the foresight of having potential expansion possibilities for the future and as such its the roof thats rhe major problem for us. Apparently it cant be adjusted plus the council will be steadfast on not allowing it to become taller so jazzing up the roof and lowering rbe pitch is probably the easiest idea but they could also widen the stadium outer ring by 6-10ft and slant the tiers further back to add a new tier on top that hopefully wont breach the councils max hieght limit. It will cost more then 550m we paid to build rhe stadium..

[@Ben_Gunner]

Just a caveat about our relationship with Emirates Airlines and why the stadium and shirt rights seemed cheaply sold and why it was a 10 year deal. It was because the banks demanded more assurances from the club that the loan payments could be paid in light of the financial and property crash because part of the original deal was that the Highbury Square redevelopment and the other apartment blocks they were redeveloping, the projected sales profits that was tied to the original loan agreements had suddenly evaporated plus the cost of building materials went through roof pun intended. So Emirates came to the rescue and agreed to signing a long term rights agreement and gave the banks proof of finances that they could and would fulfil their obligations over that 10 year period and therfore guaranteed we could pay monthly payments for the next 10 years at least by which we'd have built up equity and or sold all our property units with that money tucked in our bank put aside as a safety cushion and the bank actually stipulated we had to always have 50m cash available should we mess up. This in many ways is the reason we had no money and had to sell a star player every season for years. in the 6 months of the stadium being finished, UEFA brought in new advertising hoarding requirements for CL clubs and because we were already so far ahead in the construction they had no choice but use seating spaces furthest forward to the the pitch in order to install the new wraparound hoardings. Wenger was fuming that they weren't aware sooner. The roof is difficult because of how it's designed and that's partly due to the rising costs to building not only the stadium but also the various residential projects being built simultaneously and the latter being used as the calatral for the original loan agreement that the banks later ripped up due to the recession and revised property valuations.

[@HoxtonHotspur]

Unlike The Sun you know what you’re talking about 👍

[@Poz100]

I took my parents on the Emirates Stadium tour, hosted by Charlie George, a couple of years after Arsenal moved in. He did a Q & A session at the end of it. The corporate boxes at the Emirates contribute more box office money than the whole of the previous stadium used to. He stated that the planning permission only allowed for just over 60,000 attendance even though it could be enlarged for many more. No mention of planning permission in this….

[@rossmartin2868]

Planning was restricted to 60,000 odd due to the current situation of the transport links. If we can expand those then it should be OK to increase the capacity, especially as planning around the area has been relaxed.

[@DatFwad]

The surrounding streets were considered too narrow for a larger crowd and could be potentially dangerous.

[@rockstarsouth3405]

They need to make a fully retractable roof, it always amazes me that there’s only one of stadium in a climactic country like the uk that has this features and in Wales out of all the places This is standard fair in stadiums at Germany, Holland and even down in Madrid

[@StephenBolger]

The club mentioned the ability to expand using the room around the pitch in the future soon after the stadium was built. Hopefully any expansion doesn't hurt the club's ambitions on the pitch like the creation of the Emirates did, especially with the momentum they've gained over recent years as title contenders.

[@kimmorgan985]

Fabulous and timely; the Emirates Arsenal home is also home away from home for us Gooners! We can't lag behind our rivals!

[@joe7397]

@@kimmorgan985Ashburton Grove

[@stanthemafia]

We could easily sell out 100,000

[@EvHateisForbidden]

of course, my cousin is in a queue for a season ticket for 7 years now

[@the_one1001]

it's time for 100k plus stadiums, these stadiums are all tiny

[@doodeen]

If they do upgrade.Put a fecking roof on it.!!!.Any new stadium should have a retractable roof.

[@urbanrider429]

I’d think the biggest challenge would be the location with it’s limited space available

[@goodgamewellplayed1165]

Location?

[@tgmartin]

​@@goodgamewellplayed1165 in the middle of a densely built-up area

[@ryanduke1706]

The only way is up, they can't dig down as all the parking and other facilities are below the pitch, the marble halls were not torn down by the way. there still there.

[@Cslicksmusic91]

They can dig down the club even said they have more space than you thunk

[@ryanduke1706]

@@Cslicksmusic91 i have a friend who services the lifts on matchdays he parks his van right underneath the pitch its where all the players park and all the services, i know you can see some parking where the player entrance is but thats for special guests, the bulk of the stadium parking is under the pitch, im not sure where they can locate that too, in order for the pitch to go down they would need a new car park which would need to be onsite and pretty big.

[@hicm1of124]

I think there is just about enough spare room surrounding The Emirates Stadium in order to enable such a proposed expansion without the need to dig down - although one of the subsidiary train tracks may have to be removed > rerouted, along with one or two buildings perhaps?

[@cyberhazerd]

And you still won't be able to get tickets for any matches, the ballot system is a joke.

[@philbull1940]

Why do 1000,s of tickets find their way into resellers hands?

[@cyberhazerd]

@philbull1940 because arsenal allow season ticket holders to have upto 5 tickets and then they sell it for triple the price. And they don't seem to care about resellers. Whereas other teams have a zero tolerance policy. Arsenal take your money for a red membership and you never see a ticket the whole season.

[@readmore7180]

Become friends or friends of friends with ticket holders and go to games they cant make it to. I never actually met the owner of the tickets I used, it was a friend of a friend. One day my friend asked me if i wanted a ticket as his work colleague couldn't make the game, I said yes please. It was the last game at Highbury. Over the the next few seasons before I moved away from London I went to multiple London derbys, games against Manchester United, liverpool, all because I said yes once.

[@davidmay2073]

Cover the Bloody pitch when-it Rains. For Starters

[@sachinpatel1835]

utter woke nonsense. This isnt cricket

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

​@sachinpatel1835 no it's small club Arsenal, the biggest bottle jobs in PL history😅

[@CamoKKing]

@@DuaneWest-o1yyou spelt tottenham hotspur wrong

[@perrymcguire3806]

I've always said that the reasoning for the 'massive' space behind the goals - which some have told me were (a) for emergency service vehicles and (b) a UEFA requirement, was nonesense. Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium have the spectators right up against the pitch - so if northing else, Arsenal really ought to 'close' the 'massive' space between their goals and spectators behind. I have my fingers crossed. Doing this would probably increase capacity by an additional 5,000

[@muhamadrozaimi2716]

Arsenal should expand to 90000 -100000 seats for the future...as United definitely will expand to 100000 seats ...

[@metinosman-j4d]

There won't be any expansion, not up or down but you can dream it's free at least LMFAO.

[@barrymacdonald3439]

Would like more seats it's a nightmare getting a ticket these days with half decent seats. I can't keep begging my uncle for his season ticket seat when he is too busy 🤣

[@Legionnaire1992]

the Totty hotspurs stadium is very impressive.

[@SeanMullee]

If your from Islington you would no that Islington Council wont let us do anything unless there getting something out of it. We already dug down to build the stadium. Im basically saying it all on Islington Council

[@sasazamami]

move to wembly and upgrade or tear down the stadium, in America the life of a stadium is 20-30 years

[@tristanwhite3472]

I didn’t know the Roof was leaking.

[@DaChaGee]

Why the hell did he show Woolwich Arsenal station?

[@abubakryasin5082]

Foolish editing 😅

[@kunimitsune177]

Almost like that's where we're from or something...

[@johnprosser5035]

Click bait.... So basically made up images

[@FrancieRobin1]

This is SO SO SO COOL!

[@FrancieRobin1]

I LOVE IT.

[@jumpedupchimpanzee]

I always wonder why they don't plan for expansion when they build new stadiums (or many other types of infrastructure). It can literally save hundreds of millions of pounds just to give it a bit of forethought.

[@tommierutherford3610]

Why not do both? Go up and go closer to the pitch? Thats got to be around 80-85.000?

[@saberftb]

Why does city want to expand the Etihad? I mean literally no one goes theres

[@andrewgordon9318]

Could move to Wembley like the Spuds did.

[@CashMNey]

It’s technically our second home tbh

[@guneytopal7076]

@@CashMNey If I'm not mistaken Arsenal are unbeaten at Wembley for over a decade with the last defeat coming in at 2011.

[@zohaibshinwari9481]

They lost to man city in the league cup final in 2018...​@@guneytopal7076

[@BestInTheWorld13x]

@@guneytopal7076 2018 we lost to city in the league cup final. But yes we've been there the most, won there the most and have o my lost there 2x recently

[@mrmervinjminky1536]

The prices will be even higher for season tickets, meaning more tourists, no working class fans, and an even worse atmosphere… from a library to a morgue…English football is utterly dire now ffs

[@marcogultom8632]

arsenal top management must thinking to expand emirates stadium certainly and surely (75k is not quite enough for future). must expand to 100k seat.

[@CelsoCandor]

They make fun of old trafford leaking roof, but they also have one😂

[@scottadams4655]

The building of new stadoums around Europe and the world means Arsenals 60,000 seats is standard now we look at Real Madrid, Barcelona, United, MCG 100,000 seater stadiums we need to atleast look at 85/90,000 seats to stay relevant financially expansion of stadiums around the world means 60,000 seats at Arsenal

[@tristanwhite3472]

I didn’t know the leak was leaking.

[@ironore1000]

It’s been fixed.

[@tristanwhite3472]

@ironore1000 oh right.

[@kevinwilson598]

And a brand new box for keir stalin

[@charliecoutts3003]

It's what happens ON the pitch that matters!!

[@amd1001]

instead of focusing on improving the squad we focus on improving our profit per square meter.

[@MichaelDaley-l6i]

I remember many supporters ashes ,buried under the penalty spot,at the North bank end,I wonder what happened to them,I thought it would be sacred ground?

[@lightlegion_]

Hello! I’m pleased to meet you! I’m Cecilia.

[@jayjayaseelan7441]

This is a new stadium? Any forward planning?

[@3angleofdeath437]

Jangan lupa di balik stadium arsenal yg megah, ada kerja keras Arsen Wenger,

[@Jacqui_Jenny_Gunnarsdóttir]

LEAKING ROOF footage was from Old Trafford. What a poorly created video to mislead.

[@ralphdavidson9542]

So not a new stadium then. I thought 300m eas a bit crap for a stadium.

[@mrorangepeel659]

It’s not new… it’s a revamp.

[@Trecesolotienesdos]

Empty pr. will the money be used to get trophies? 3:24

[@wayneferrier8096]

The spurs stadium takes a lot of beating

[@DLR300]

But their team doesn’t!

[@Ben_Gunner]

So does my toilet seat..

[@kerryharris6336]

​@@DLR300😂😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🤣🤣🤣🤣💯👍🏾

[@Cannabis0771]

Nothing wrong to Emirates Villa def need upgrade

[@robertburgess11]

There's nothing wrong with the stadium other than it's too small

[@tristanwhite3472]

Now it’s 5th.

[@RollaArtis]

I remember when there was a huge pile of festering rubbish where the pitch now is...

[@bb5979]

It comes back every weekend

[@RollaArtis]

@@bb5979 That's a bit harsh..

[@michaelohagan9214]

@@bb5979😂

[@MattieBennett]

Arsenal FC: “Can we expa…” Islington Council: “No.”

[@maco8010]

It's all about tottenham

[@rsensl49]

Арсенал арсенал арсенал❤

[@lasalleklang1973]

The translucent polycarbonate roof, which probably is the biggest refurbishment big ticket item, has most probably past its lifespan, needs replacement. This could be done during the 3-month break with minimal disruption. Adding seats and increasing capital expenditure wouldn't be financially viable.

[@HelderDaGracaFonseca]

we need top players, not concert halls

[@davidbowles4196]

COME ON YOU SPURS

[@illitrait]

...more pointless input from The Sun. Complete waste of time. AVOID.

[@Keyinfpk]

Cmoooon

[@tristanwhite3472]

The Emirates used to be the 2nd biggest behind Old Trafford.

[@cryptofpl]

Lets Funking Go

[@bkgee007]

Fantastic!

[@liamnugent4146]

Biggest club in England

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

Never to win the CL or the EL 😅

[@mrkwxbenn]

IR35

[@enclosure756]

Every gunner is a runner

[@jazzip2989]

having a massive stadium doesn't bring major trophies...focus on winning trophies

[@annewalden3795]

Trophies are nice but it is bums on seats that are the key to success. You must never forget that football is run to make money . If Arsenal can accommodate 20,000 more customers for every home game that is a substantial return on the investment.

[@questmasta197jarvis7]

People really hating everything this club does 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@annewalden3795]

Questmasta there are a lot of very strange people in this sorry old World .I think Arsenal play some beautiful football.

[@GiulianoM14]

AI is murder.

[@atb89]

Tottenham and Arsenal battling about stadiums while none of them wins anything of importance. Good on ya!

[@JonnieBlaze411]

It will set us back another 20 years, we remember the faux promises that we’d compete with the Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. We are just in the infancy of been competitive. Please use the money to get a competitive team then expand the Emirates.

[@Gunnercv]

🔴⚪️🔴⚪️👍

[@london_james]

Not gonna happen as the council won't allow it

[@london_james]

nice video though

[@3879keith]

did they build the Stadium out of Cardboard ????????.........they were at Highbury 93 years they have only been at this Stadium 18 years

[@HoxtonHotspur]

🤣 WALOB 🤣

[@DjAaronH]

Absolute GARBAGE!

[@marti2474]

Typical Sun idiocy

[@swisstony6622]

300m? I think it'll be nearer 1 bn

[@fredadams6239]

It’s already the biggest library. What a 💩hole, needs repaired/ updating already.

[@ironore1000]

It’s 20 years old, wear and tear is normal. Evidently, you haven’t visited it in recent years to hear the noise.

[@fredadams6239]

@ holes in the roof after 20yrs, glad the same cowboys didn’t build my house, as for noise 😂🤣😂🤣 I suppose when your use to a library whispering can seem quite load 😂🤣😂🤣

[@johnedwards-ty6du]

They should worry about trying to win the champions league!!!

[@bb5979]

Why? That aint happening 🤣 they just want to profit from this wave and ride the coattails like united did for so many years

[@tristanwhite3472]

Yes and premier league

[@audiopimpOFFICIAL]

Already! 😂😂😂

[@cal6762]

How can it be inside our plans if it's AI generated nonsense? Why is he speaking like that?

[@ikaida12]

Move to wembley

[@bobbastian760]

"We made up an Arsenal stadium redevelopment, here's the video 🤡🤡🤡"

[@idankacak7856]

as always spurs....... as always😂

[@parklane8315]

what a bore 🥱😴