Demolition and preparatory work started in the summer of 2013. Burnley chairman Alan Pace's plans to develop Turf Moor [65], On 30 September 2010 the Planning Committee of Haringey Council unanimously approved the revised planning application and the Mayor of London gave his approval on 25 November 2010. [225] In November 2007 the club announced that the New Meadow would be expanded by filling in the corners between the Roland Wycherley Stand, South Stand and West Stand, bringing the overall capacity up to 12,500. [37], At one point, while flying high in Europe in 2001, Leeds United were examining a potential move to a new 50,000-seat stadium in nearby Stourton, while there were also ambitious plans to redevelop Elland Road as a 90,000-seat "Wembley of the North". The stadium was designed to be easily expanded in the future. The stadium had built into its design the ability to have capacity increased to 30,750, which has been completed as of the end of the 201213 season. Neither came into operation; Lord found them uneconomical, partly because of a major rise in oil prices. [296] After many delays due to legal challenges by a small number of residents, work finally got underway in November 2013. The Turf Moor site has been used for sporting activities since at least 1843, when Burnley Cricket Club moved to the area. [193], These plans include five cafes/restaurants, two convenience stores and 2,000 square metres of office space. United have not had their own home ground. The club that re-formed following the dissolution of the original Maidstone United played at Sittingbourne, while constructing a new stadium at James Whatman Way. [73], The capacity was further increased on 5 August 2019 with additional 148-seat, increased the overall capacity into 62,214. This new stadium, which cost just over 30 million, is built just a few hundred yards from the site where the original Plough Lane, which is the original home of Wimbledon FC for more than 80 years, stood. In December 2017, the club announced plans to undertake a redevelopment of the Main Stand at Selhurst Park, raising the capacity to approximately 34,000, with the new structure ready by 2021. But the new chairman has no. [57] The plans appeared to have been shelved upon the 2007 takeover and review of the club by Mike Ashley, who subsequently announced in 2008 he would be selling the club. In 2014 the club announced that planning permission had been granted for the new stadium. [90][91], The highest attendance recorded at Turf Moor is 54,775 for a match against Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup third round on 23 February 1924. Coventry had even hoped to become the home of the new national stadium, joining Birmingham and London in the race to be the new Wembley, but were unsuccessful in their bid. The new stadium would have included facilities to match the best Premier League clubs including a substantial increase in match-day hospitality areas, more corporate boxes of a far higher standard, more cafe and bar areas including for away supporters, significantly more toilets, larger and more versatile player dressing rooms, wider seats with more legroom, a hard-wearing hybrid pitch capable of withstanding multiple rugby and football matches being played on it every week and facilities that could be used throughout the year for corporate events. MLS Power Rankings: Mukhtar has Nashville on the rise - ESPN [46], Turf Moor and Gawthorpe returned to Burnley ownership under co-chairmen John Banaszkiewicz and Mike Garlick in 2013, after support from private investors. Initially two stands were open, with a third stand opening later in 1994, but eventually the 2 tiered North Stand was completed to leave an all seater stadium with a capacity of 24,500 in 1998. [4] Turf Moor hosted its first floodlit football match in March of the same year, between Burnley and Nelson; 16 creosote-fuelled lamps were placed on poles at intervals along the sides of the pitch.