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Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney want to expand stadium capacity to 55,000

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have given an insight into their long-term ambitions for Welsh soccer team Wrexham , which they hope could eventually see the capacity of its Racecourse Ground stadium increase massively to 55,000.
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Wrexham supporters cheer during the English League Two soccer match between Wrexham and Stockport at the Racecourse Ground Stadium in Wrexham, Wales, Saturday, April 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super)

have given an insight into their long-term ambitions for Welsh soccer team , which they hope could eventually see the capacity of its Racecourse Ground stadium increase massively to 55,000.

The Hollywood pair have already of the historic but down-on-its-luck club through their $2.5 million takeover in 2021 and the fly-on-the-wall documentary series 鈥淲elcome to Wrexham鈥 that is streamed around the world.

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

The Welsh soccer team will play Major League Soccer's 麻豆传媒映画Whitecaps on July 27 at BC Place Stadium as part of a three-game North American tour.

Currently, the Racecourse only holds 12,600 fans, with plans to build a new 5,500-capacity stand in place. But Reynolds, a 麻豆传媒映画native, and McElhenney's vision is to build one of the biggest stadiums in English soccer.

鈥淲e have a plan in place right now that would eventually work from stand to stand, so eventually you get all four sides. It鈥檚 hard to say for sure, but we think we could get between 45-and-55,000 people in there,鈥 McElhenney told entertainment website Collider.

鈥淟ike the whole town could come to the game,鈥 Reynolds added.

The biggest club stadium in the English league is Manchester United's Old Trafford, which has a capacity of 74,310.

Reynolds and McElhenney have been frustrated so far in their attempts to develop the Racecourse, which they hoped would see a new stand opened for the start of the 2024-25 season.

In the face of ongoing delays, a temporary stand was erected last season.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a lot harder to build in the U.K. than, I found, almost anywhere else in the world,鈥 McElhenney said.

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