2018 England

Nottingham Forest is planning to build a new Brian Clough Stadium (name may change but due to Brian Clough’s contribution to the club, it is very probable that Nottingham will name their stadium after this long-serving manager) in a bid for the club to be recognised again as a top club. After having fallen into League One, the twice Champions of Europe are aiming to get promoted back to the Premier League. The stadium they are designing will be a super stadium in Clifton in the east Midlands, with the view of hosting some games of the World Cup 2018. Initially, the stadium will have a capacity of 40000 spectators but it will be increased to 50000 should Nottingham Forest successfully climb from League One to the Premier League. If all these plans come to reality, this new stadium is almost certain to be part of England’s package for hosting the World Cup. The club will have until 2009 to decide and submit the plans, for the new stadium to be considered for the 2018 World Cup.

New Forest Stadium for World Cup Bid?

Most of the funds to build the new stadium will come from outside developers who believe in the potential of this new project which will yield abundant financial rewards and attract businesses to set around the stadium. Local authorities are also willing to provide financial help to this club to implement these ambitious plans. Multi-millionaire Nottingham chairman Nigel Doughty will finance the rest of the project. The club plans to move to its newly-built stadium, with a budgeted cost of £45-£50 million, by 2014. If Nottingham is promoted to the Premier League, as planned by the board, things will be easier for the club to put into action their plans for the stadium, due to the hefty revenue from TV rights earned on promotion.