Many fans ask why Manchester United‘s home ground, Old Trafford, is also called the Dream Theatre. Over time, Manchester United’s home stadium became known as the borough, and Manchester United Stadium took on the same name. Since then, Old Trafford had hosted Manchester United games, although Manchester United moved briefly during World War II when the stadium was bombed. The challenging team was forced to play their home matches at Manchester City’s Maine Road ground as Old Trafford was eventually rebuilt after World War II.
“Old Trafford”, or rather “Dream Theater” because It was built by the great Sir Bobby Charlton (who, among other things, was named after the former England team in the South Stand) and is one of the most iconic football stadiums. Best and Bobby Charlton’s Trinity statue is the stadium’s famous entrance window in the East Stand. “There are three statues: the first is Sir Matt Busby, and the second is George Best. Dennis Lowe and Bobby Charlton, known as the “United Trinity”, the most recent being the nine-foot-tall Sir Alex Ferguson statue erected on November 23, 2012.
The defiant team went well over budget to pursue the perfect playing arena, doubling their original estimate of 30,000. However, they could rely on the generous John H. Davies, a wealthy businessman who bought the club eight years ago under his old name, Newton Heath. As it turned out, United would have lost their first game at Old Trafford, finishing 4-3 against Liverpool in a thriller, but at the end of their first entire season in their new home, they would again be league champions. one of the many trophies the stadium will host.
Following the 1990 Taylor Report, which was published in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster and recommended that all top tier stadiums in the UK be converted to all-seater stadiums, more work was required. In 80 years, Manchester United’s capacity was reduced from 80,000 to 44,000. The 1980s and 1990s caused a decrease in the number of seats in the stadium due to the security measures put in place, reaching a low capacity of 44,000 seats. Recognising the exponential growth of football in the 1900s and the need to accommodate large numbers of fans safely, Davies realised that United needed a larger home than Clayton’s dingy old Bank Street, a field with few amenities and capacity.
In 2009, it was reported that Manchester United continued to hatch plans further to increase the capacity of Old Trafford. The next phase was to renovate the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand, which remains a single level, unlike the rest of the stadium.
