Wrexham homeowners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney wish to develop stadium capability to 55,000

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have given an perception into their long-term ambitions for Welsh soccer crew Wrexham, which they hope may finally see the capability of its Racecourse Floor stadium enhance massively to 55,000.

The Hollywood pair have already reworked the fortunes of the historic however down-on-its-luck membership via their $2.5 million takeover in 2021 and the fly-on-the-wall documentary collection “Welcome to Wrexham” that’s streamed world wide.

After back-to-back promotions, Wrexham will play within the third tier of English soccer subsequent season.

At the moment the Racecourse solely holds 12,600 followers, with plans to construct a brand new 5,500-capacity stand in place. However Reynolds and McElhenney’s imaginative and prescient is to construct one of many largest stadiums in English soccer.

“Now we have a plan in place proper now that will finally work from stand to face, so finally you get all 4 sides. It’s onerous to say for positive, however we expect we may get between 45-and-55,000 individuals in there,” McElhenney advised leisure web site Collider.

“Like the entire city may come to the sport,” Reynolds added.

The largest membership stadium within the English league is Manchester United’s Previous Trafford, which has a capability of 74,310.

Reynolds and McElhenney have been pissed off to date of their makes an attempt to develop the Racecourse, which they hoped would see a brand new stand opened for the beginning of the 2024-25 season.

Within the face of ongoing delays, a brief stand was erected final season.

“It’s loads tougher to construct within the U.Ok. than, I discovered, nearly anyplace else on this planet,” McElhenney stated.

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