The Theater of Dreams, according to Sir Bobby Charlton, has a capacity of 74,310 spectators, is renowned for its excellent acoustics and is the second largest stadium in capacity in England, after Wembley, and the 11th largest in Europe.

• In 1902 Newton Heath was renamed Manchester United and began to dream of a new stadium – away from Bank Street – with expectations of reaching 100,000 seats. The plan was adjusted to 80,000 seats, but that was not feasible either, so they ended up with a capacity of 75,635. The land was bought for around £60,000, while the architect Archibald Leach was given a budget of £30,000 to build. The brand new stadium was completed in 1909.
• The match that opened Old Trafford in 1910 was between Manchester United and Liverpool, which the visitors won 3-4.
• John Henry Davies, Manchester’s owner from 1902 to 1927, took inspiration for Trafford from neighboring Trafford Park railway station.
• On 11 March 1941 Old Trafford was bombed with its central stand almost completely destroyed. In 1949, its reconstruction was completed, which included canopies on all the stands and the installation of floodlights.
• For the first time since World War II, the stadium was opened on August 24, 1949 in the match Manchester United – Bolton 3-0, which was attended by 41,748 spectators!
• It has hosted cup semi-finals as a neutral ground, matches of the 1966 World Cup, EURO 1996, the 2012 Olympics and of course the England National Team. The stadium has also hosted the rugby league finals since 1998, as well as shinty matches, a traditional Scottish game.
• After the Hillsborough tragedy, all English teams were forced to admit only seated spectators, so the capacity of Old Trafford was reduced from 80,000 to 44,000.
• As the club became ever wildly popular along the way, the capacity of the stadium also increased.
• Old Trafford hosted the 2003 Champions League final between Juventus and AC Milan. That final hosted 63,800 fans!
• England’s 2-2 draw with Greece was played at Old Trafford in 2001, with that famous free-kick from Beckham sending England to the 2022 World Cup.
• The Munich tunnel – in memory of the victims of the air tragedy in the German city in 1958 – is preserved as it was! The players go through this to get onto the pitch.
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• The stadium’s record attendance was set on 25 March 1939 when an FA Cup semi-final between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Grimsby drew 76,962!
• The dimensions of the pitch are 105 X 68 meters.
• The center of the pitch is about nine inches higher than the edges so that water does not pool. Also, ten inches (25 cm) below the field is an underground heating system, consisting of 23 miles (37 km) of plastic piping.
• The grass at Old Trafford is watered regularly, cut three times a week between April and November and once a week from November to March.
• Old Trafford celebrated its 100th anniversary on 19 February 2010.
• There are four stands in the stadium, known as the Sir Alex Ferguson (North), East, Sir Bobby Charlton (South) and West Stands (Stretford End).
• Perhaps the most famous stand at Old Trafford is the West End, also known as the Stretford End, that of its die-hard fans.
• The Manchester United museum with the team’s famous trophy room, opened in 1986 as the first of its kind in the world. In 1998 it was moved to the North Stand. Then it had 192,000 visitors, in 2009 300,000 visitors…
• Following Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s takeover of the club in 2024, it has emerged that plans are in the works to build a new 100,000-capacity stadium near Old Trafford and that the current stadium will be shrunk to serve as a home for the women’s team and club academy.