The £2 billion project is now mapped to a triangular plot near Old Trafford and is targeted to open for the 2030-31 season, while remaining separate from the club’s existing crypto partnerships.
Manchester United has identified the exact site for its planned 100,000-seat stadium, a triangular 25-acre plot about 350 meters northwest of Old Trafford bordered by John Gilbert Way, Wharfside Way and Europa Way in Stretford. Designed by Foster + Partners and priced at about £2 billion, the venue is intended to open for the 2030-31 season and would overtake Wembley’s roughly 90,000 capacity to become the largest stadium in the United Kingdom. The land was acquired in June 2026 from Indurent, a company linked to Blackstone, and the stadium is positioned as the centerpiece of the wider Trafford Wharfside masterplan being developed with Trafford Council and the Old Trafford Regeneration Mayoral Development Corporation, including housing, commercial space and transport improvements. The project does not currently include any announced blockchain-based ticketing, financing or loyalty infrastructure, even though Manchester United has prior digital-asset ties through its 2022 Tezos training-kit and NFT partnership and the MUFC fan token. The update underscores how major sports infrastructure projects can move forward through conventional land, design and public-private development channels while leaving open the question of whether blockchain features are integrated later.