Having gained the necessary points to be promoted back into the Premier League, Leeds United supporters may soon be able to celebrate another change to things at the football club. It is expected that plans will soon be put forward that would see Elland Road expanded in order to be able to welcome as many as 56,500 supporters through the doors for each of the club’s home matches.
That would be an increase of nearly 20,000, which is more than the entire capacity of Bournemouth’s Dean Court, where only a little over 11,000 people can attend each home game.
A Club on the Rise
Located in Beeston, Elland Road has been the home stadium of Leeds United for more than 100 years. The club were Premier League mainstays for the first decade or so of the league’s existence after it separated from the Football League, being relegated down to the Championship at the end of the 2003-2004 campaign. Having made it back into the top-flight for the 2020-2021 season, Leeds then went back down three years later but have now done what’s necessary in order to head back up alongside Burnley, with the only question being who will join them through the Play-Offs.
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— Leeds United (@LUFC) April 23, 2025
One of the main problems for clubs looking to stay in the Premier League at the moment is that the clubs already in the division earn far more money than those making it into it via promotion, meaning that the newly promoted teams face an uphill battle to remain in the top-flight. Leeds United are hoping to overcome that barrier by increasing the money that the club brings in via ticket sales, which is why plans have been put forward to expand the West Stand and the North Stand in order to make Elland Road the seventh-largest football stadium in England.
@carlgannon210 The north stand fanzone at Elland Road packed out for @Leeds United v @Preston North End FC game MOT #ellandroad #fanzone #northstandfanzone #leedsunited #lufc #footballfans #leedsunitedfans ♬ original sound – carlgannon210
The hope is that the club will be able to refresh a stadium that has been around for more than a century, whilst maintaining the atmosphere that has made it such an intimidating place for opposition teams to visit over the years. Leeds City Council is keen to support the development plans, with Leader of the Council, James Lewis, saying that the ‘club deserves a stadium befitting of its special status and incredible fans’. The plans would also include the regeneration of the wider area around the ground, with the West Stand redevelopment beginning in the ‘next 12 months’.