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Portsmouth Stadium Football Club Development

Football Development in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK

post updated 8 September 2021 ; 15 Mar 2009

Waterfront development

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron

Capacity: 36,000 seats

News Update – March 2009

Statement by Portsmouth Football Club

Portsmouth Football Club Stadium

Portsmouth Football Club and their development partners Sellar have been working closely with Portsmouth City Council on options to fulfil the club’s ambitions for a new stadium.

Stadium picture by Philipp Schaerer, Zürich/CH © Herzog & de Meuron

The club‘s ultimate aim remains a new 40-45,000-seater stadium at Horsea Island near Port Solent, along with a multi-purpose arena and residential and retail developments to help support and fund the project.

However, over the past year it has become increasingly apparent that this may take considerably longer to achieve for the following reasons:

– New exits from the motorway for private vehicles and public transport are likely to be required

– The site is likely to need a new bridge from Tipner to Horsea Island to link the two developments and make access by foot easier

– The change to the city plan proposed by the council to accommodate the stadium will still need to be subject to an inquiry by an independent inspector appointed by the Secretary of State

– The council’s core strategy is unlikely to be adopted until mid-2011 and the club recognises the benefit of this being in place before proceeding with Horsea Island

– The issue of the ‘credit crunch’, which has affected housing and almost all other developments, as well as lenders’ attitudes to large projects

With these issues in mind the club has taken the decision to move forward with a two-stage approach.

image © Herzog & de Meuron

Stage One will take place at the current Fratton site. This will include a 30,000-seater stadium supported by a major supermarket as well as a new club shop, ticket office and club offices and other enabling development, the nature of which is to be confirmed.

The proposed development will help to fund alterations to the current stadium which will include two new stands, an extension to the Fratton end and improvements to the south stand. This would entail rotating the pitch 90 degrees.

image : Philipp Schaerer, Zürich/CH © Herzog & de Meuron

Subject to planning permission, work could be started before the end of the year, bringing the capacity of Fratton Park up to 25,000 for the start of the 2010/2011 season and 30,000 when the entire renovation is completed by the beginning of the 2011/2012 season.

At the same time we will continue to work on the major project (Stage Two) at Port Solent with a view to completion in line with the Football Association’s current World Cup bid for 2018/2022 in which Portsmouth would hope to be a World Cup city.

image © Herzog & de Meuron

Once we can move to the new stadium the Fratton Park site of approximately 7.5 acres will be sold for residential development. The development team are working hard to submit a planning application for Stage One as soon as possible.

Portsmouth Stadium architects : Herzog & de Meuron

Previously: New Portsmouth Stadium

PORTSMOUTH FC AND SELLAR PROPERTY GROUP JOINT VENTURE TO CREATE STUNNING WATERFRONT STADIUM AND REGIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE/ARENA ON GATEWAY SITE TO CITY

June 2008

image © Herzog & de Meuron

New Portsmouth Stadium – Design Team

Developers: Portsmouth Football Club and Sellar Property Group
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron
Traffic Engineers: WSP
Engineering and Environmental: Arup
Planning Consultants: Cushman & Wakefield
Cost Consultants: Davis Langdon
Ecology: URS Corporation
Planning Lawyers: Berwin Leighton Paisner

Stadium building designs

Portsmouth Football Club Stadium Images / information from Baron Phillips Jun 2008