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Stamford Bridge (/ ˈ s t æ m f ər d /) is a football stadium in Fulham, adjacent to the borough of Chelsea in West London.It is the home of Premier League club Chelsea.With a capacity of 40,173, it is the ninth largest venue of the 2024–25 Premier League season and the eleventh largest football stadium in England.
In November 2015, Chelsea Football Club announced that they have submitted plans to the Local Authority to build a new 60,000 seater stadium on the Stamford Bridge site, which would match the current capacity of Arsenal's Emirates Stadium and only be surpassed by Old Trafford, and Tottenham's new stadium in the Premier League.
In June 2015 Chelsea unveiled plans to expand Stamford Bridge to a capacity of 60,000, [66] however in January 2018, in spite of the local councils' approval of the £2bn development, plans were blocked due to objections of a single local resident, referencing light restrictions of the build; so the plans were shelved.
Stadium Capacity Location Country Tenants Sport Image 1: Wembley Stadium: 90,000 [1]: London: England: England national football team: Association football, Rugby league, Rugby union, Gaelic Football & Hurling, American football, Boxing, Professional wrestling
Chelsea have bought 2.4 acres of neighbouring land with a view to redeveloping Stamford Bridge, but the club have still not ruled out relocating to a new site
Stadiums listed in bold indicate that they are the home grounds of teams participating in the 2024–25 Premier League season, while those stadiums listed in italics have now been demolished. † For closed or demolished grounds, capacity is taken at closure.
Stamford Bridge: 40,173 [15] London England: Chelsea: 1877: 4 [3] 92 Metalist Stadium: 40,003 (cl) Kharkiv Ukraine: FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv UEFA Euro 2012 venue: 1926: 4 [54] 93 Red Bull Arena: 40,000 [16] Leipzig Germany: RB Leipzig 2006 FIFA World Cup venue, UEFA Euro 2024 venue: 1954: 94 Stadio Artemio Franchi: 40,000 [55] Florence Italy ...
In December 2015 Chelsea announced intention to build a 60,000-seater stadium at Stamford Bridge to a design by Herzog & de Meuron. [12] Planning permission was achieved in 2017, [ 13 ] In May 2018, the club announced suspension of the rebuild due to the "unfavourable investment climate."