BOURNEMOUTH have shared the first images of their unbelievable £90MILLION stadium revamp plans.
With by far the smallest stadium capacity in the Premier League, the Cherries plan to DOUBLE the amount of seats in the Vitality Stadium.
That will take the current capacity from 11,307 to around 20,500in the next two-and-a-half years – with room to grow to over 23,000.
The redevelopment would make it only the second smallest stadium, leapfroggingBrentford’sG-tech Community Stadium with 17,000.
And ‘s American owner Bill Foley reckons the Vitality won’t even need to close for the expansion.
Instead, the renovations will require the demolition of the current South Stand, as well as the expansion of the existing North and East stands.
The plan –available on the BCP Council planning website– also shows how more seats will be made by infilling all four stadium corners.
The stadium, built in 1910, will be completed by the end of 2027.
Bournemouth unveiled an incredible computer generatedmontage showing how it will look on Tuesday, with the caption: Together anything is possible.”;
The snaps shared for the first time how the new South Stand will fit in with the current ground and its surroundings.
It also included the proposed new fan zone in the South West corner of the ground, between the new South Stand and current main stand.
There are also plans to modernise the facility with new perimeter fencing and relocated turnstiles, a new ticket office and additional hospitality space.
Foley was keen to redevelop the stadium as building a new stadium would have taken five or six years.
Bournemouth will build the South Stand off site and start snapping it in place after the final game against Manchester City next season.
Bournemouth will be buoyed by a strong 2024/2025 season that saw them finish in the top half of the Premier League for the first time since the 2016/2017 campaign.
The Cherries have also received a huge cash injection of around £100million so far from the summer sales ofDean Huijsen,Milos KerkezandJaidon Anthony.
ManagerAndoni Iraolawill hope to build on this new financial support – and the improved home support after the expansion – to make a push for European football over the coming years.
plan hold a public exhibition at Vitality on Monday, 21 July between 15:30 and 20:00 BST.
The Vitality Stadium will be officially owned by a new entity called Black Knight Stadium Limited – named after Foley’s company which owns the club.
They have tried and failed to buy it back several times since, but Foley made the announcement of the deal at the official opening of theclub’s £32m training facility.
Iraola’s revamped side will travel to Premier League champions Liverpool in their opening game of the 2025/ 2026 season.
