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Molineux is a 31,750 all-seater stadium, but it consistently attracted much greater attendances when it was mostly terracing. The record attendance is 61,315 . Plans were announced in 2010 for a £40 million redevelopment programme to rebuild and link three sides of the stadium to increase capacity to 38,000 seats.
The stadium was the largest newly built stadium in post-war England, and the initial success of the new ground is considered to have spurred on other clubs such as Sunderland and Derby County to move from their traditional homes to newly built Taylor-compliant stadiums in designated redevelopment zones.
Lifelong fan Jack Hayward purchased the club in 1990 and immediately funded the extensive redevelopment of a by then dilapidated Molineux into a modern all-seater stadium. [37] With work completed in 1993, Hayward redirected his investment onto the playing side in an attempt to win promotion to the newly formed Premier League.
On 7 December that year he was present for the friendly game against Honved of Hungary which commemorated the re-opening of Molineux as a rebuilt 28,525-seat stadium. The redevelopment saw three new stands built at the stadium in the space of two years, with the one replacing the Waterloo Road Stand being designated the Billy Wright Stand. [16]
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On 30 January 2020, Birmingham City Council's planning committee approved the renovation plans for Alexander Stadium at a cost of £72 million. [30] [31] [32] In March 2020, the city council appointed the Northern Irish firm McLaughlin & Harvey to redevelop the stadium. [33] The redevelopment was completed by spring of 2022, in time for the ...
Oct. 2—There has been no individual driving force for the $400 million project that's been in the works for over a decade as the anchor to an envisioned New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District.
Step 1: Come to agreements with stadium tenants. City Council finally voted on the stadium resolution more than four hours into Tuesday's meeting, but it wasn't straightforward.