MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City has submitted a planning utility to broaden the capability of the Etihad Stadium to greater than 60,000, making it the third largest floor within the Premier League behind Manchester United and Tottenham.

The stadium was certainly one of 10 included in Britain and Ireland’s bid to host the European Championship in 2028. That bid stated City’s stadium would have a capability of 61,000.

City stated Tuesday its plans will add about 7,000 new seats to the stadium by increasing the North Stand with a bigger, single higher tier. They additionally embody a brand new membership store, museum and 400-bed lodge, which might entice enterprise from a brand new 23,500-capacity area already below building subsequent to the stadium.

City estimates the plans will take as much as three years to finish as a part of an funding plan of 300 million kilos ($370 million) in east Manchester.

City’s new capability would climb above that of Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium (60,704) and the Olympic Stadium in London (60,000), the place West Ham performs.

Man United’s Old Trafford stadium has a capability of 74,310, whereas Tottenham has 62,850 seats at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. 

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