Aston Villa[edit]
Current stadium status: Reconstructed.
Aston Villa have planning permission to increase Villa Park from 42,000 to 50,000 seats by expanding the North Stand,[7] with their American owner Randy Lerner apparently keen to boost capacity. Villa Park has been all-seater since 1994, when the Holte End was rebuilt, but did not reach its current capacity until the Trinity Road Stand was rebuilt in the 2000–01 season. No major developments have taken place since, although in the late 1990s it was planned to take the stadium's capacity to more than 50,000.
Burnley[edit]
Current stadium status: Reconstructed.
Burnley have an ongoing £20m development of Turf Moor planned. This will involve refurbishing some of the older stands, and will see capacity raised slightly above 22,000.[8] Further development after that is probable, with the Chief Executive Paul Fletcher confirming a second tier would be added to the Bob Lord Stand after the club won promotion to the Premier League. This would increase the capacity to around 28,000. The redevelopment will also include the new Stadiarena stand which effectively converts an outdoor stadium stand into an indoor arena and exhibition space within six minutes.
Chelsea[edit]
Current stadium status: Reconstructed.
Following Roman Abramovich's takeover, Chelsea have examined expanding their current home at Stamford Bridge to a capacity of over 50,000.[9] Numerous problems over health and safety issues have stalled this, because due to the stadium's location fans can only exit onto the Fulham Road.[10] The club have thus been linked with moves to a number of potential sites in west London, including a site at Earl's Court, although the club have indicated no such plans exist.[11] A further stumbling block is that the club's naming rights are owned by the Chelsea Pitch Owners, which also owns the Stamford Bridge freehold. As a condition for using the Chelsea FC name, the club has to play its first team matches at Stamford Bridge. A move to a new stadium could mean the club having to change their name.[12] Stamford Bridge was extensively rebuilt between 1993 and 1998, with three stands being replaced and the circular track between the pitch and stands being removed, and the only pre-1993 stand at the stadium being the 1974 East Stand structure.
Crystal Palace[edit]
Current stadium status: Reconstructed.
In January 2011, Crystal Palace announced plans to move from their run-down Selhurst Park home to return to the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre (on the site of the original ground the club left in 1915, a stadium that also hosted the FA Cup final from 1895 to 1914). The plans involve demolishing the existing structure and redeveloping it into a 40,000-seater purpose-built football stadium.[13] Tottenham Hotspur F.C. also released plans to redevelop the NSC into a 25,000-seater stadium, maintaining it as an athletics stadium, as part of their plans to redevelop the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.[14] However, Spurs' failure to secure the site, which instead went to West Ham United has left the road clear for Palace to pursue the site. Their current Selhurst Park home has been all-seater since the mid 1990s, holding more than 26,000 spectators. Wimbledon were tenants there between 1991 and 2003, and for six years prior to that the stadium also had Charlton Athletic as tenants.
Everton[edit]
Current stadium status: Reconstructed
Everton were planning to relocate to a new stadium in Kirkby.[15] This generated a large amount of controversy,[16] as it was beyond the city limits of Liverpool. In June 2008 Kirkby council approved the new stadium, however, following a public inquiry that was held in December 2008, the stadium was rejected by the Secretary of State in November 2009.[17]
It is planned to have 50,401 seats initially, with potential to increase to 60,000 at a later date. The club's current stadium has been all-seater (with a capacity of just over 40,000) since 1994, when a new stand was built at one end of the ground. The Main Stand was built in 1970, while the two remaining stands are refurbished interwar structures.
The first plans for relocation were announced in 1996. A site at King's Dock was identified and bid for in 2000.[18] These plans were then shelved in 2003 when chairman Bill Kenwright said that the club couldn't raise adequate funds.[19]
Hull City[edit]
Current stadium status: New.
Hull's KC Stadium, which opened in December 2002 with a capacity of more than 25,000 seats to replace Boothferry Park, is designed to provide for future expansion to a capacity of approximately 45,000 by the addition of a second tier on the Arco East Stand.[20] In March 2008 the Hull chairman said an expansion could potentially take place within two years if there was a clear need for further capacity.[21] In January 2011 it was announced that Hull, under new owner Assem Allam, were interested in buying the KC Stadium from Hull City Council in order to redevelop the stadium and the vicinity of it.[22] Consultation with the council commenced in May.[23] These talks broke down in September 2011,[24] leading the club to announce in December 2012 their intention to move into a new stadium should the club achieve promotion back to the Premier League.[25]
When Hull moved to the stadium in December 2002, they were still playing in Division Three (they reached the Premier League in 2008). For the 56 years prior to that, they had played at Boothferry Park but the decision was made to build a new stadium when a takeover by Adam Pearson in 2001 the club's new owner declared his ambition to build a stadium suited to top flight football, as Boothferry Park was too confined to develop a stadium fit for top division football.
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