One of world's biggest stadiums larger than Old Trafford and Anfield is demolished

A stadium successful Malaysia larger than the likes of Manchester United's Old Trafford and Liverpool's Anfield was destroyed aft falling into disrepair

The colossal Shah Alam Stadium that supersedes Old Trafford and Anfield was demolished aft 30 years of usage.

The tremendous crushed - which is situated successful Selangor, Malaysia - had been an iconic arena since opening successful 1994 with its 80,372 capableness surpassing galore of Europe's legendary shot stadiums.

However, contempt galore attempts to renovate the crushed passim the years, it soon fell into a authorities of despair owed to semipermanent neglect successful the stadium's maintenance.

The mediocre authorities of it meant the Selangor authorities were driven to bid the demolition of the ground, which began connected Wednesday (September 25) aft it was judged to person structurally unsafe for stadium-goers backmost successful 2020.

The blowing up of the crushed was captured connected camera arsenic the extortion collapsed onto the seats earlier making its mode onto the pitch.

While the stadium was the location of Selangor shot club, it besides played big to Premier League giants Arsenal and Chelsea during their information of the Asia Tour successful 2011.

It was a clash betwixt Dundee United and Selangor XI that became the archetypal lawsuit to beryllium hosted astatine the stadium successful 1994 with the Malaysian broadside sporting Liverpool fable Bruce Grobbelaar betwixt the sticks.

The crippled ended 1-1 but determination was surely much to shot for the stadium which hosted immense concerts passim the years. Iconic bands specified arsenic Bon Jovi, Deep Purple and Maroon 5 each played astatine the venue.

Following the commencement of the dismantling, it's expected to beryllium finished by the extremity of the twelvemonth with a new, modern replacement acceptable to beryllium completed by 2029.

In a caller epoch for Malaysian stadiums, the projected crushed volition person a retractable roof, indoor humidity power and a 'event mode' for unrecorded euphony performances.

While the upgrades volition beryllium a invited diagnostic aft years of abandonment to the erstwhile arena, the stadium volition beryllium astir fractional the size of the Shah Alam Stadium. The expected capableness is acceptable to beryllium betwixt 35,000 and 45,000.

To enactment the size into further context, Old Trafford's existent capableness sits astatine 74,310 – though United are besides looking to physique their ain caller location pursuing the accomplishment of Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Anfield, meanwhile, present holds 61,276 pursuing redevelopments successful caller years.

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