Football Stadium Design

As move a step closer to a new stadium we look at some stadium plans that never materialised from waterfront arenas to weird volcanic exteriors

step closer to a new stadium after agreeing a deal to buy the Bramley-Moore Dock site which will house a £300million new ground.

And while we're no experts on structural engineering, we're guessing that building a stadium isn't easy.

You don't want it too big or too small, the aesthetics and acoustics must be right and you can't break the bank either. That's a lot of moving parts.

That's why the biggest and most eye-catching arenas inspire such wonder. Not only is there the sheer size of them, but also the knowledge that they took millions of hours of planning and construction to realise.