Sebastian Coe to head ManU stadium task force

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe will "spearhead a special task force to explore" the creation of a new stadium for Manchester United as the "centre-piece of a wider regeneration project of the Old Trafford area." ManU minority owner Jim Ratcliffe has convened the 10 person Old Trafford Regeneration Task Force and believes Coe’s experience as head of the organising committee for the 2012 London Olympics "could prove invaluable." The task force will look into "financing options for the stadium given the view that, while the club has the capacity to arrange its own financing for a phased redevelopment of Old Trafford, a new build and wider regeneration project would require support from funding partners." The task force is expected to "make recommendations later this year" (London TELEGRAPH, 3/8).



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