Featured Image Credit: Twitter/Grok
Topics: Premier League, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Ipswich Town
Ryan Smart
Topics: Premier League, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Ipswich Town
AI has created what it thinks each Premier League stadium will look like in 100 years - and the results are incredible.
A number of Premier League clubs have moved stadiums to play in more modern venues in recent years, including the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham.
Everton will follow suit next season when they move into the Bramley Moore Dock Stadium, while Manchester United and Chelsea are also exploring plans to move out of their current homes.
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There have been some complaints from fans that many modern stadiums look too similar, with a number of them constructed with a 'bowl' shape.
The oldest football stadium currently in use today is believed to be Wrexham's Racecourse Ground, which was opened in 1807.
Even after the club's takeover by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, there are no plans to move out of the iconic stadium and, instead, there are proposals to expand it as the Red Dragons look to continue their surge up the leagues.
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Football stadiums have changed considerably over the years, particularly with the introduction of mandatory seating across the entirety of the English Football League pyramid.
With all that in mind and the trends we've seen in modern stadiums, SPORTbible asked Twitter's Grok AI to come up with the stadiums of the next generation - and here's what it came up with.
We start with what first looks like a relatively normal look at stadiums of the future, with Everton and Chelsea both opting for traditional designs in the future era.
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That's until you spot the glass roof on Everton's stadium - and then the monstrosity that is Ipswich's stadium.
Instead of the stands at the new-look Portman Road pointing towards the pitch, Tractor Boys fans instead get a glimpse of the car park - which is handily lit up by floodlights.
If that wasn't enough, there's even more fans stood on a balcony, and an Ipswich-themed truck that drives around what is presumably the new pitch. The stuff of nightmares.
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Next up is a look at what Southampton's St Mary's stadium could look like - and we're lost for words to describe it.
The stadium at least features four stands pointing towards the pitch. But instead of the walkway on the outskirts being flanked by a road or some houses, it's just rows upon rows of more fans.
If that wasn't enough, then there's the multi-helicopter pre-match show above the pitch.
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Next up, we have the stadiums of Manchester City (top) and Tottenham (bottom), which at least look more normal than what we've just seen - except for a rather intricate roof design in City's venue of the future.
Finally, we've got Chelsea (top left), Liverpool (top right) and Arsenal (bottom left) - as well as another look at Southampton's coliseum, which has taken a new form.
Chelsea's new home again utilises a bowl shape, while Liverpool's looks similar from the outside, though the presence of a football pitch on the walk to Anfield (we're still having nightmares from Portman Road) doesn't exactly look promising for what the inside might be like.